Mohammad Ghareeb

Mohammed Ghareeb (born July 22, 1980) is a tennis player from Kuwait. 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 Roger Federer in the second round of the 2006 Dubai Tennis Championships, 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 Dubai Tennis Championships he won a set from Top 10 player Tomáš Berdych 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 Nikolay Davydenko. Once again, he received a wild card in 2009, losing 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 in the first round to third seed Gilles Simon. 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 Iran and Indonesia, before losing the division championship match to the Philippines in a 0–5 sweep. As of February 2018, Ghareeb had a 67–31 record in Davis Cup play for Kuwait (50-13 in singles), and was its longest-standing member.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

ATP Challenger (0–0)

ITF Futures (5–5)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ivo Klec	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Florin Mergea	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Robert Smeets	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Template:Dts	Koszalin, Poland	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dawid Olejniczak	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Template:Dts	Gurgaon, India	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nathan Thompson	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–5	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Johan Örtegren	6–0 ret.
Win	2–5	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Malek Jaziri	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–5	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Malek Jaziri	6–3, 7–67–3
Win	4–5	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chen Ti	5–7, 7–68–6, 6–2
Win	5–5	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Saketh Myneni	6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

ATP Challenger (2–1)

ITF Futures (10–6)

Result	W–L	Template:NsDateTemplate:Ns	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Marrakech, Morocco	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jalal Chafai	Template:Flagicon Kane Dewhurst Template:Flagicon David McNamara	7–5, 4–6, 7–6(10–8)
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Bangkok, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya	Template:Flagicon Minh Le Template:Flagicon Hiroyasu Sato	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Template:Dts	Menzah, Tunisia	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Walid Jallali	Template:Flagicon Pawel Dilaj Template:Flagicon Robert Godlewski	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ravi-Shankar Pathanjali	Template:Flagicon Ralph Grambow Template:Flagicon Philipp Marx	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	3–2	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Greg Jones	Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi Template:Flagicon Purav Raja	6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win	4–2	Template:Dts	Kraków, Poland	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kalle Flygt	Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström Template:Flagicon Robert Gustafsson	6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win	5–2	Template:Dts	Koszalin, Poland	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström	Template:Flagicon Mateusz Kowalczyk Template:Flagicon Grzegorz Panfil	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win	6–2	Template:Dts	Oslo, Norway	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ervin Eleskovic	Template:Flagicon Fabio Colangelo Template:Flagicon Francesco Zacchia	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win	7–2	Template:Dts	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström	Template:Flagicon Ivan Cerović Template:Flagicon Pierrick Ysern	7–6(7–4), 4–6, [13–11]
Win	8–2	Template:Dts	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström	Template:Flagicon Jukka Kohtamäki Template:Flagicon Mika Purho	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	8–3	Template:Dts	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Illya Marchenko	Template:Flagicon Colin Ebelthite Template:Flagicon Sam Groth	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]
Win	9–2	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Johan Örtegren	Template:Flagicon Rohan Gajjar Template:Flagicon Ken Skupski	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	9–3	Template:Dts	Modena, Italy	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Robert	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Hormazábal Template:Flagicon Hans Podlipnik-Castillo	3–6, 2–6
Win	10–3	Template:Dts	Kish Island, Iran	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Balleret	Template:Flagicon Mattia Livraghi Template:Flagicon Marco Simoni	6–1, 6–2
Loss	10–4	Template:Dts	Kish Island, Iran	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Balleret	Template:Flagicon Alexander Satschko Template:Flagicon Marc-Andre Stratling	2–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	11–4	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Vasiliev	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Bega Template:Flagicon Jan Blecha	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Loss	11–5	Template:Dts	Meshref, Kuwait	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Mikhail Vasiliev	Template:Flagicon Lewis Burton Template:Flagicon Ruan Roelofse	6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss	11–6	Template:Dts	Doha, Qatar	Futures	Hard	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Balleret	Template:Flagicon Marko Danis Template:Flagicon Marek Semjan	5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win	12–6	Template:Dts	Innsbruck, Austria	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Abdullah Maqdes	Template:Flagicon Andrea Basso Template:Flagicon Alessandro Ceppellini	6–0, 6–3
Loss	12–7	Template:Dts	Jounieh, Lebanon	Futures	Clay	Template:Flagicon Abdullah Maqdes	Template:Flagicon Ivo Klec Template:Flagicon Adrian Sikora	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]

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