Yomna Farid (Arabic: يمنى فريد; born 28 June 1983) is a retired Egyptian tennis player.

Yomna Farid
يمنى فريد
Country (sports) Egypt
ResidenceAlexandria, Egypt
Born (1983-06-28) 28 June 1983 (age 41)
Alexandria, Egypt
Turned pro1997
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$11,038
Singles
Career record31–41
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 607 (29 December 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior1R (2001)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record21–28
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 480 (10 November 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior2R (2001)
Wimbledon Junior1R(2001)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–19

Farid has career-high WTA rankings of 607 in singles and 480 in doubles, both achieved in 2003. In her career, she won one doubles title on the ITF circuit.

Playing for Egypt in Fed Cup, Farid has a win–loss record of 9–19.

Career

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Born in Alexandria, Farid started playing tennis aged 12; her favourite surface has been clay.

She had a successful junior career, winning six singles and five doubles titles on the ITF junior circuit. Her career-high ranking as a junior was world number 38, and she finished her junior career with a record of 80–45.

Farid made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic, in the doubles event partnering Marwa El Wany. She retired from professional tennis 2006.

ITF finals

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Doubles (1–1)

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Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Result Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 25 October 2003 Lagos, Nigeria Hard   Heidi El Tabakh   Rebecca Dandeniya
  Michelle Snyman
5–7, 3–6
Win 2 November 2003 Lagos, Nigeria Hard   Heidi El Tabakh   Lizaan du Plessis
  Noha Mohsen
6–1, 5–7, 6–1

ITF junior finals

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Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (6–2)

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Result No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 5 September 1999 Beirut, Lebanon Hard   Tanja Hırschauer 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win 2. 13 August 2000 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Noha Mohsen 6–4, 6–4
Win 3. 26 August 2000 Damascus, Syria Clay   Amani Khalifa 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 4. 3 September 2000 Beirut, Lebanon Clay   Amani Khalifa 6–1, 6–3
Win 5. 22 September 2000 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Alexandra Kostikova 6–4, 6–3
Win 6. 3 March 2001 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard   Amani Khalifa 6–3, 6–3
Win 7. 7 April 2001 Tunis, Tunisia Clay   Sylvia Montero 6–1, 6–7(2), 6–3
Loss 8. 15 April 2001 Tunis, Tunisia Clay   Karin Coetzee 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (5–2)

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Result No. Date Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 21 August 1998 Giza, Egypt Clay   Dina Khalil   Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer
  Feriel Esseghir
5–7, 2–6
Win 2. 5 September 1999 Beirut, Lebanon Hard   Dalia Coutry   Kerry Ann North
  Karen Highfield
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 3. 13 August 2000 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Dalia Coutry   Nisrine Hajbane
  Meryem Lahlou
w/o
Win 4. 18 August 2000 Cairo, Egypt Clay   Dalia Coutry   Tseng Chun-ning
  Wang Ting-wen
6–3, 6–1
Win 5. 26 August 2000 Damascus, Syria Clay   Amani Khalifa   Amal Basha
  Reem Raouf
6–4, 6–1
Win 6. 3 September 2000 Beirut, Lebanon Clay   Amani Khalifa   Reem Raouf
  Sara Sabry
7–6(7), 6–2
Loss 7. 15 April 2001 Tunis, Tunisia Clay   Amani Khalifa   Sana Ben Salah
  Feriel Esseghir
6–3, 2–6, 3–6
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