Inès Ibbou

Inès Feriel Ibbou (Arabic: إيناس فريال إيبو; born 5 January 1999) is an Algerian tennis player. She's considered as the youngest female tennis player to win a senior ITF tournament in tennis history (14 y/o and 8 months).

Inès Ibbou
إيناس إيبو
Full nameInès Feriel Ibbou إيناس فريال إيبو
Country (sports) Algeria
ResidenceStaouéli, Algiers
Born (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999
El Biar, Algiers
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 56,370
Singles
Career record155–106 (59.4%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 464 (19 December 2022)
Current rankingNo. 577 (24 July 2023)
Doubles
Career record74–54 (57.8%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 293 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 312 (24 July 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–5
Last updated on: 30 January 2023.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 464 in singles, reached on 19 December 2022, and 293 in doubles, achieved on 30 January 2023. Ibbou has won three singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for Algeria Fed Cup team, Ibbou has a win–loss record of 5–5 in Fed Cup competition.

Junior career

Grand Slam performance

Singles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: 2R (2015, 2016)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2015)
  • US Open: 1R (2015)

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: QF (2016)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2015)
  • US Open: 1R (2015)

Senior career

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2013 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria 10,000 Clay France Amandine Cazeaux 6–1, 6–1
Loss 1–1 May 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Poland Sandra Zaniewska 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Sep 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Russia Varvara Gracheva 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–0
Loss 2–2 Nov 2017 ITF Benicarlo, Spain 15,000 Clay Slovakia Vivien Juhaszová 1–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 May 2019 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Luxembourg Eléonora Molinaro 2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Feb 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 May 2022 ITF Oran, Algeria 15,000 Clay Netherlands Lexie Stevens 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–5 May 2022 ITF Oran, Algeria 15,000 Clay Netherlands Lexie Stevens 6–7(4), ret.

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2013 ITF Nules, Spain 10,000 Clay Spain Noelia Bouzó Zanotti Spain María Cañero Pérez
Spain María José Luque Moreno
7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay France Kélia Le Bihan France Alice Bacquié
Romania Irina Bara
1–6, 0–6
Loss 1–2 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Canada Petra Januskova France Manon Arcangioli
Italy Angelica Moratelli
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Canada Petra Januskova United States Madeleine Kobelt
Germany Nora Niedmers
6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 2–3 Sep 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Italy Isabella Tcherkes Zade Argentina Victoria Bosio
Colombia María Fernanda Herazo
6–1, 6–4
Win 3–3 Jan 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Czech Republic Anna Sisková Switzerland Fiona Ganz
Serbia Elena Gemović
6–3, 6–1
Win 4–3 Jan 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Russia Darya Astakhova France Manon Arcangioli
France Salma Djoubri
6–3, 6–0
Loss 4–4 Feb 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Belarus Kristina Dmitruk Japan Miyu Kato
Japan Kisa Yoshioka
4–6, 5–7
Win 5–4 May 2022 ITF Oran, Algeria 15,000 Clay Algeria Amira Benaïssa Germany Luisa Meyer auf der Heide
Netherlands Lexie Stevens
w/o
Win 6–4 Sep 2022 Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland 60,000 Clay Switzerland Naïma Karamoko Switzerland Jenny Dürst
Poland Weronika Falkowska
2–6, 6–3, [16–14]

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2013 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria G5 Clay Tunisia Farah Baklouti 6–0, 6–1
Win 2–0 Apr 2015 ITF Cairo, Egypt G2 Clay Egypt Sandra Samir 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–0 May 2015 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria G3 Clay South Africa Zani Barnard 6–1, 6–0
Win 4–0 May 2015 ITF Prato, Italy G2 Clay Russia Anastasia Potapova 6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result W–L Date Tournament Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2013 ITF Tunis, Tunisia G5 Hard Morocco Ghita Nassik Czech Republic Tereza Melichárková
Spain Ana Román Domínguez
6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 Feb 2013 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria G5 Clay Morocco Ghita Nassik Italy Federica Joe Gardella
United Kingdom India Sanders
6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss 2–1 Mar 2015 ITF Vinaròs, Spain G2 Clay Italy Lucrezia Stefanini Spain Cristina Bucșa
Switzerland Rebeka Masarova
0–1 ret.
Win 3–1 May 2015 ITF Prato, Italy G2 Clay France Lucie Wargnier Italy Ingrid Di Carlo
Italy Rosanna Maffei
6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–2 May 2015 ITF Santa Croce, Italy G1 Clay France Lucie Wargnier Russia Anna Blinkova
Russia Olesya Pervushina
2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Feb 2016 ITF El Menzah, Tunisia B2 Hard Tunisia Chiraz Bechri Morocco Oumaima Aziz
Morocco Diae El Jardi
w/o

National representation

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Ibbou made her Fed Cup debut for Algeria in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III, when she was 16 years and 99 days old.

Group membership
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (5–5)
Matches by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (2–2)
Doubles (3–3)
Matches by setting
Indoors (1–1)
Outdoors (4–4)

Singles (2–2)

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2015 Z3 RR Apr 2015 Ulcinj (MNE) Norway Norway Clay Melanie Stokke W 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Denmark Denmark Caroline Wozniacki L 2–6, 1–6
Z3 PO Montenegro Montenegro Kristina Samardžić W 6–0, 6–1
2022 Z3 PO Jun 2022 Ulcinj (MNE) Morocco Morocco Clay Aya El Aouni L 5–4 ret.

Doubles (3–3)

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2015 Z3 RR Apr 2015 Ulcinj (MNE) Norway Norway Clay Amira Benaïssa Caroline Rohde-Moe
Melanie Stokke
L 1–6, 4–6
Denmark Denmark Emilie Francati
Mai Grage
L 0–6, 0–6
Z3 PO Montenegro Montenegro Nikoleta Bulatović
Kristina Samardžić
W 6–4, 6–2
2020–21 Z3 RR Jun 2021 Vilnius (LTU) Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Hard (i) Inès Bekrar Tadiwanashe Mauchi
Tanyaradzwa Midzi
W 6–2, 6–0
Malta Malta Lynda Benkaddour Elaine Genovese
Helene Pellicano
L 6–7(5–7) ret.
2022 Z3 RR Jun 2022 Ulcinj (MNE) Cyprus Cyprus Clay Amira Benaïssa Maria Constantinou
Victoria Savvides
W 6–2, 6–2


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