Mohammed Ghareeb (born July 22, 1980) is a tennis player from

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the no ...

. He plays right-handed with a single-handed backhand.

Career

Unranked in singles as of February 2018, with a career-high ranking of No. 336 in 2006. In August 2016, Al Ghareeb was Kuwait's second ranked tennis player. He played a competitive match against world No. 1

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in the second round of the 2006

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, though he lost in straight sets. 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. According to Federer, Al Ghareeb was "definitely the better player and I think only my experience helped me get through." Al Ghareeb did not make a significant breakthrough at a top-level event, though in the 2007

he won a set from Top 10 player

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before losing 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. Al Ghareeb again received a wild-card to Dubai in 2008, losing 6–4, 6–0 in the first round to the fifth seed

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. Once again, he received a wild card in 2009, losing 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 in the first round to third seed

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. 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." In 2007, he led the Kuwaiti team in its most successful Davis Cup season, reaching the Asia/Oceania Group II final with victories over

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and

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, before losing the division championship match to the

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in a 0–5 sweep. As of February 2018, Ghareeb had a 67–31 record in

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play for Kuwait (50-13 in singles), and was its longest-standing member.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghareeb, Mohammed 1980 births Kuwaiti male tennis players Living people Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kuwait Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in tennis