Salma Djoubri (born 20 December 2002) is a French

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player. Djoubri has a career high WTA singles ranking of 412, achieved on 21 March 2022. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 885, achieved on 18 March 2019. Djoubri has won three singles tournaments on the ITF circuit.

Career

She made her start playing tennis as a member of the Saint-Aubin Tennis Club. Coached her father, Karim Djoubri, she was playing professional tennis at the age of 14 years-old. She won two titles in

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in 2021. Match Djoubri made her

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main-draw debut at the

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doubles event, after she was awarded a wildcard partnering with

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. Competing for

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, United States, Djoubri was ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) as NCAA Division II’s No. 1 player throughout the 2023-24 athletic year. Djoubri won the 2023 ITA Cup Women’s Singles Super Bowl and National Championship after defeating Nadja Meier. She was the sole DII player to be selected for the ITA DI Fall National Championships in San Diego that year. During the spring season, Djoubri posted a 17-1 singles record and a perfect 17-0 against DII opponents, all in singles matches. She was one of the Division II Women’s tennis student-athletes who earned ITA All-American honours for the 2023-24 college tennis season. She continued to feature for the Lynn University tennis team in the spring of 2025.

Personal life

She is from

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, France. She began her freshman year at

in the United States in 2022.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

References

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