Mohammad Ghareeb

Mohammed Ghareeb (born July 22, 1980) is a tennis player from Kuwait. He plays right-handed with a single-handed backhand.

Mohammed Ghareeb
Country (sports) Kuwait
Born (1980-07-22) 22 July 1980
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Turned pro2000
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$161,075
Singles
Career record28–15
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 336 (17 July 2006)
Current rankingnone (29 January 2018)
Doubles
Career record9–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 264 (9 June 2008)
Current rankingNo. 1509 (29 January 2018)
Medal record
Representing  Kuwait
Men's Tennis
Islamic Solidarity Games
Silver medal – second place2005 Ta'ifSingles
Silver medal – second place2013 PalembangTeam
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place2011 DohaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2011 DohaTeam

Career

Unranked in singles as of February 2018, with a career-high ranking of No. 336 in 2006.[1] In August 2016, Al Ghareeb was Kuwait's second ranked tennis player.[2]

He played a competitive match against world No. 1 Roger Federer in the second round of the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships, though he lost in straight sets.[3] Ranked No. 488 at the time of the match, Ghareeb was expected to offer little resistance to Federer, but in a surprisingly competitive match, Al Ghareeb led 5–3 in the first set, and 3–2 in the second, before succumbing 7–6, 6–4.[4] According to Federer, Al Ghareeb was "definitely the better player and I think only my experience helped me get through."[5]

Al Ghareeb did not make a significant breakthrough at a top-level event, though in the 2007 Dubai Tennis Championships he won a set from Top 10 player Tomáš Berdych before losing 3–6, 6–3, 6–2.[6] Al Ghareeb again received a wild-card to Dubai in 2008, losing 6–4, 6–0 in the first round to the fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko. Once again, he received a wild card in 2009, losing 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 in the first round to third seed Gilles Simon. Simon praised his opponent's play and expressed surprise at his low ranking, saying that Al Ghareeb "has a strange ranking, 400 or so, with his game, it's just unbelievable."[7]

In 2007, he led the Kuwaiti team in its most successful Davis Cup season, reaching the Asia/Oceania Group II final with victories over Iran and Indonesia, before losing the division championship match to the Philippines in a 0–5 sweep.[8] As of February 2018, Ghareeb had a 67–31 record in Davis Cup play for Kuwait (50-13 in singles), and was its longest-standing member.[9]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2003 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Germany Ivo Klec 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2005 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Romania Florin Mergea 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 May 2007 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Australia Robert Smeets 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Jun 2007 Koszalin, Poland Futures Clay Poland Dawid Olejniczak 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Mar 2008 Gurgaon, India Futures Hard United States Nathan Thompson 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–5 May 2008 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Sweden Johan Örtegren 6–0 ret.
Win 2–5 May 2009 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Tunisia Malek Jaziri 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–5 May 2009 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Tunisia Malek Jaziri 6–3, 7–67–3
Win 4–5 Sep 2012 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Ti 5–7, 7–68–6, 6–2
Win 5–5 Sep 2013 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard India Saketh Myneni 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 19 (12–7)
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (10–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2001 Marrakech, Morocco Futures Clay Morocco Jalal Chafai Australia Kane Dewhurst
Australia David McNamara		 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(10–8)
Win 2–0 Nov 2004 Bangkok, Thailand Futures Hard India Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya United States Minh Le
Japan Hiroyasu Sato		 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Dec 2005 Menzah, Tunisia Futures Hard Tunisia Walid Jallali Poland Pawel Dilaj
Poland Robert Godlewski		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–1 May 2006 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard India Ravi-Shankar Pathanjali Germany Ralph Grambow
Germany Philipp Marx		 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 3–2 May 2007 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Australia Greg Jones Pakistan Aisam Qureshi
India Purav Raja		 6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win 4–2 Jun 2007 Kraków, Poland Futures Clay Sweden Kalle Flygt Sweden Johan Brunström
Sweden Robert Gustafsson		 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win 5–2 Jun 2007 Koszalin, Poland Futures Clay Sweden Johan Brunström Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
Poland Grzegorz Panfil		 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 6–2 Jun 2007 Oslo, Norway Futures Clay Sweden Ervin Eleskovic Italy Fabio Colangelo
Italy Francesco Zacchia		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 7–2 Jul 2007 Togliatti, Russia Challenger Hard Sweden Johan Brunström Croatia Ivan Cerović
France Pierrick Ysern		 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [13–11]
Win 8–2 Aug 2007 Tampere, Finland Challenger Hard Sweden Johan Brunström Finland Jukka Kohtamäki
Finland Mika Purho		 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 8–3 May 2008 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard Ukraine Illya Marchenko Australia Colin Ebelthite
Australia Sam Groth		 6–2, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win 9–2 May 2008 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Sweden Johan Örtegren India Rohan Gajjar
United Kingdom Ken Skupski		 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 9–3 Jul 2007 Modena, Italy Futures Clay France Stéphane Robert Chile Guillermo Hormazábal
Chile Hans Podlipnik-Castillo		 3–6, 2–6
Win 10–3 Nov 2008 Kish Island, Iran Futures Clay Monaco Benjamin Balleret Italy Mattia Livraghi
Italy Marco Simoni		 6–1, 6–2
Loss 10–4 Nov 2008 Kish Island, Iran Futures Clay Monaco Benjamin Balleret Germany Alexander Satschko
Germany Marc-Andre Stratling		 2–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win 11–4 Sep 2012 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Russia Mikhail Vasiliev Italy Alessandro Bega
Czech Republic Jan Blecha		 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Loss 11–5 Oct 2012 Meshref, Kuwait Futures Hard Russia Mikhail Vasiliev United Kingdom Lewis Burton
South Africa Ruan Roelofse		 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 11–6 Oct 2012 Doha, Qatar Futures Hard Monaco Benjamin Balleret Slovakia Marko Danis
Slovakia Marek Semjan		 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win 12–6 Aug 2014 Innsbruck, Austria Futures Clay Kuwait Abdullah Maqdes Italy Andrea Basso
Italy Alessandro Ceppellini		 6–0, 6–3
Loss 12–7 Jun 2015 Jounieh, Lebanon Futures Clay Kuwait Abdullah Maqdes Slovakia Ivo Klec
Slovakia Adrian Sikora		 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]

References
  1. "ATP Player Profile". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. "Kuwait tennis rankings". Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  3. "2006 Dubai result". Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  4. "A Rather Tough Second Round for Roger".
  5. "Agassi loses in Dubai; Federer also struggles".
  6. "Federer breaks Connors' record streak".
  7. "Djokovic advances to 2nd round in Dubai". Associated Press. Feb 24, 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
  8. "Davis Cup – Team Biography: Kuwait".
  9. "Davis Cup – Players: Mohammad GHAREEB".
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