Malak El Allami

Malak El Allami
Country (sports) Morocco
Born (2006-07-28) 28 July 2006 (age 18)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$16,627
Singles
Career record14–24
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 976 (12 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1,024 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Junior2R (2023)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2023)
US Open Junior2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record21–13
Career titles0
2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 709 (9 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 715 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open JuniorW (2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–4
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Malak El Allami (born 28 July 2006) is a Moroccan tennis player.

El Allami has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 976, achieved on 12 August 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 709, achieved on 9 December 2024.

El Allami made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Morocco Open, where she received entry into the wildcard, but lost in the first round to Kamilla Rakhimova.[1]

She is the first Moroccan female tennis player to win a match at Wimbledon in juniors.[2]

In 2024, she and her partner and compatriot Aya El Aouni became champions in doubles at the ITF W35 tournament held in Casablanca, Morocco.[3]

Playing with Emily Sartz-Lunde of Norway, she played in the girls' doubles of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships where they were defeated by British pair Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu in the second round.[4]

At the 2024 US Open she reached the final of the girls' doubles alongside her Norwegian partner Emily Sartz-Lunde, notching a win over British pair Mika Stojsavljevic and Mingge Xu.[5] In the final, they defeated Julie Paštiková of the Czech Republic and Julia Stusek of Germany on a match tie-break.[6][7]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Belgium Eliessa Vanlangendonck 1–6, 0–2 ret.

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
W35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Poland Malwina Rowinska Anna Semenova
Turkey Selina Atay
7–5, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jul 2024 ITF Casablanca, Morocco W35 Clay Morocco Aya El Aouni Switzerland Chelsea Fontenel
Egypt Sandra Samir
6–2, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2024 US Open Hard Norway Emily Sartz-Lunde Czech Republic Julie Paštiková
Germany Julia Stusek
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]

References

  1. ^ "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". www.wtatennis.com.
  2. ^ "MEET THE FIRST MOROCCAN GIRL TO WIN A SINGLES MATCH AT WIMBLEDON". www.itftennis.com.
  3. ^ "Tennis/ Au Women's World Tennis Tour du RUC W35 : Aya et Malak au-dessus du lot !". www.lopinion.ma.
  4. ^ Williams, Takashi (19 July 2024). "Incoming first-year Malak El Allami returns to Wimbledon". Columbiaspectator. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ "British teen Stojsavljevic reaches US Open junior final". BBC Sport. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ^ "NORSK BRAGD I USA: SARTZ-LUNDE TOK US OPEN-TITTELEN". Eurosport. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Rafael Jodar, Mika Stojsavljevic win US Open junior titles". ESPN. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.