Yomna Farid

Yomna Farid
يمنى فريد

Country (sports)	Egypt
Residence	Alexandria, Egypt
Born	(1983-06-28) 28 June 1983 Alexandria, Egypt
Turned pro	1997
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$11,038
Singles
Career record	31 - 41
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 607 (29 December 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open Junior	1R (2001)
Wimbledon Junior	1R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	21 - 28
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 480 (10 November 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open Junior	2R (2001)
Wimbledon Junior	1R(2001)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	9–19
Last updated on: 12 January 2015.

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

Farid has a WTA singles career high ranking of 607 achieved on 29 December 2003. She also has a WTA doubles career high ranking of 480 achieved on 10 November 2003. Farid has won one ITF doubles titles.

Farid made her WTA main draw debut at the 1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic in the doubles event partnering Marwa El Wany.

Playing for Egypt in Fed Cup, Farid has a W/L record of 9–19. Farid retired from tennis 2006.

Early life

Farid was born in Alexandria. Favourite Surface clay and started playing tennis aged 12.

Career

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

ITF Finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	25 October 2003	10,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Rebecca Dandeniya Michelle Snyman	5–7, 3–6
Winner	2 November 2003	10,000	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Heidi El Tabakh	Lizaan Du Plessis Noha Mohsen	6–1, 5–7, 6–1

ITF Junior Finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Result	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
L	5 September 1999	Lebanese International Junior Tournament	Beirut, Lebanese	Hard	Tanja Hırschauer	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
W	13 August 2000	The Arab International	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Noha Mohsen	6–4, 6–4
W	26 August 2000	Damascus International Junior Tournament	Damascus, Syria	Clay	Amani Khalifa	3-6, 6-4, 6-1
W	3 September 2000	Lebanese Allied International Junior Tournament	Beirut, Lebanese	Clay	Amani Khalifa	6-1, 6-3
W	22 September 2000	Movenpick International Junior Tournament	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Alexandra Kostikova	6-4, 6-3
W	3 March 2001	Brunei International Junior Tournament	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei	Hard	Amani Khalifa	6-3, 6-3
W	7 April 2001	International Junior Tournament of Tunisia	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Sylvia Montero	6-1, 6-7(2), 6-3
L	15 April 2001	African Closed Junior Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Karin Coetzee	2-6, 1-6

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Result	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
L	21 August 1998	Movenpick Pyramids Tournament	Giza, Egypt	Clay	Dina Khalil	Siham-Soumeya Ben Nacer Feriel Esseghir	5–7, 2–6
W	5 September 1999	Lebanese International Junior Tournament	Beirut, Lebanese	Hard	Dalia Coutry	Kerry Ann North Karen Highfield	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
W	13 August 2000	The Arab International	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Dalia Coutry	Nisrine Hajbane Meryem Lahlou	W\O
W	18 August 2000	International Junior Championships of Egypt	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Dalia Coutry	Chun-Ning Tseng Ting-Wen Wang	6–3, 6–1
W	26 August 2000	Damascus International Junior Tournament	Damascus, Syria	Clay	Amani Khalifa	Amal Basha Reem Raouf	6–4, 6–1
W	3 September 2000	Lebanese Allied International Junior Tournament	Beirut, Lebanese	Clay	Amani Khalifa	Reem Raouf Sara Sabry	7–6 (7), 6–2
L	15 April 2001	African Closed Junior Championships	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Amani Khalifa	Sana Ben Salah Feriel Esseghir	6-3, 2-6, 3-6

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