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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Ivo Klec 6–3, 4–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Florin Mergea 6–4, 3–6, 5–7Loss 0–3 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Robert Smeets 3–6, 2–6Loss 0–4 Koszalin, PolandFutures Clay Dawid Olejniczak 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 4–6Loss 0–5 Gurgaon, IndiaFutures Hard Nathan Thompson 2–6, 2–6Win 1–5 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Johan Örtegren 6–0 ret.Win 2–5 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Malek Jaziri 6–4, 6–4Win 3–5 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Malek Jaziri 6–3, 7–67–3Win 4–5 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Chen Ti 5–7, 7–68–6, 6–2Win 5–5 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Saketh Myneni 6–4, 6–1
Doubles: 19 (12–7) ATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (10–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Marrakech, MoroccoFutures Clay Jalal Chafai Kane Dewhurst David McNamara 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(10–8)Win 2–0 Bangkok, ThailandFutures Hard Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya Minh Le Hiroyasu Sato 2–6, 6–4, 6–4Win 3–0 Menzah, TunisiaFutures Hard Walid Jallali Pawel Dilaj Robert Godlewski 6–2, 6–4Loss 3–1 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Ravi-Shankar Pathanjali Ralph Grambow Philipp Marx 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss 3–2 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Greg Jones Aisam Qureshi Purav Raja 6–2, 5–7, 2–6Win 4–2 Kraków, PolandFutures Clay Kalle Flygt Johan Brunström Robert Gustafsson 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4Win 5–2 Koszalin, PolandFutures Clay Johan Brunström Mateusz Kowalczyk Grzegorz Panfil 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)Win 6–2 Oslo, NorwayFutures Clay Ervin Eleskovic Fabio Colangelo Francesco Zacchia 7–6(7–5), 6–4Win 7–2 Togliatti, RussiaChallenger Hard Johan Brunström Ivan Cerović Pierrick Ysern 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [13–11]Win 8–2 Tampere, FinlandChallenger Hard Johan Brunström Jukka Kohtamäki Mika Purho 6–2, 7–6(7–5)Loss 8–3 New Delhi, IndiaChallenger Hard Illya Marchenko Colin Ebelthite Sam Groth 6–2, 6–7(5–7), [8–10]Win 9–2 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Johan Örtegren Rohan Gajjar Ken Skupski 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]Loss 9–3 Modena, ItalyFutures Clay Stéphane Robert Guillermo Hormazábal Hans Podlipnik-Castillo 3–6, 2–6Win 10–3 Kish Island, IranFutures Clay Benjamin Balleret Mattia Livraghi Marco Simoni 6–1, 6–2Loss 10–4 Kish Island, IranFutures Clay Benjamin Balleret Alexander Satschko Marc-Andre Stratling 2–6, 6–1, [4–10]Win 11–4 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Mikhail Vasiliev Alessandro Bega Jan Blecha 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]Loss 11–5 Meshref, KuwaitFutures Hard Mikhail Vasiliev Lewis Burton Ruan Roelofse 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)Loss 11–6 Doha, QatarFutures Hard Benjamin Balleret Marko Danis Marek Semjan 5–7, 6–7(2–7)Win 12–6 Innsbruck, AustriaFutures Clay Abdullah Maqdes Andrea Basso Alessandro Ceppellini 6–0, 6–3Loss 12–7 Jounieh, LebanonFutures Clay Abdullah Maqdes Ivo Klec Adrian Sikora 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [6–10]
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