Mohamed Haythem Abid (born 17 July 1985) is a retired professional Tunisian

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. Representing his country internationally, he played in thirty-seven

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ties, and won a silver medal at the

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partnering with

Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri (; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian former professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circ ...

. As a junior, Abid reached as high as No. 19 in the world, and spent four years at the Bruguera Academy in

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. He defeated future world No. 5 Kevin Anderson at the 2003 African Closed Junior Championship.

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* * 1985 births Living people Tunisian male tennis players Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis African Games silver medalists in tennis African Games silver medalists for Tunisia Tennis players at the 2007 All-Africa Games UCLA Bruins men's tennis players Expatriate tennis players in the United States 21st-century Tunisian sportsmen Tennis players from Tunis {{Tunisia-tennis-bio-stub