Lamine Ouahab (

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: الأمين وهاب ''al-ʼAmīn Wahhāb'') (born 22 December 1984) is a Moroccan professional

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player.

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Ouahab reached as high as No. 4 in singles in January 2002 (and No. 18 in doubles), compiling a singles win–loss record of 92–24. He reached the boys' singles final of Wimbledon in 2002, defeating

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en route before losing to

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Pro tour

Ouahab turned professional in 2002 at the age of 17. Due to his junior success, he got a wild card into the 2004 Summer Olympics main draw. He lost in the first round to 15th seed

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. Ouahab made his ATP debut in 2006 at the

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in his home country of Morocco after receiving a wildcard into the main draw. He lost in the first round to

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. In 2009, Ouahab qualified for his first and only grand slam tournament at the

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. He lost in the first round to Florian Mayer. It was also in 2009 that he reach his career-high ranking of 114 on September 21 which is also the highest ranked any Algerian player has been in history. In late 2013, Ouahab acquired a Moroccan passport and officially stopped representing Algeria and started representing Morocco. At the

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, Ouahab made his only ATP quarterfinal after defeating 1st seed and world number 24

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in the second round. He lost to

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. At the

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, 617 ranked Ouahab upset the 3rd seed and world number 34

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in the first round. He lost in the second round to

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Davis Cup

As a member of the Algerian Davis Cup team, Ouahab posted a 17–3 record in singles and an 8–1 record in doubles. As a member of the Moroccan Davis Cup team, he posted a 7–5 record in singles and a 3–4 record in doubles. These records add up to overall records of 24–8 in singles, 11–5 in doubles, and 35–13 overall.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 58 (36–22)

Doubles: 32 (19–13)

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ouahab, Lamine 1984 births Living people Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Algerian male tennis players Moroccan male tennis players Algerian emigrants to Morocco Olympic tennis players of Algeria Tennis players from Barcelona Sportspeople from Algiers Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Naturalized citizens of Morocco Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Algeria Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games African Games gold medalists for Algeria African Games medalists in tennis Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Competitors at the 2019 African Games