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Lina Bennani (born 4 July 1991) is a Moroccan former professional
tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player. Born in
Casablanca Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
, Bennani participated in six
Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
ties for Morocco between 2008 and 2011, mostly as a doubles player. She won her only singles rubber, over Malta's
Elaine Genovese Elaine Genovese (born 11 January 1991) is a Maltese tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 542, achieved on 31 July 2023. Genovese has represented Malta in the Fed Cup, where she has a wi ...
in 2010. Bennani, who won three ITF doubles titles, competed in the main draw of her home
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tournament, the
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, once in singles and four times in doubles. At the
2011 Pan Arab Games The 2011 Arab Games also known as the 12th Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 23 December 2011. This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event. Khalifa International Stadium was the main venue for the comp ...
in Doha, Bennani won bronze medals in the singles and team events for Morocco.


ITF finals


Doubles: 4 (3–1)


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennani, Lina 1991 births Living people Moroccan female tennis players Tennis players from Casablanca 21st-century Moroccan sportswomen