Jalal Chafai-Alaoui (born 22 January 1980) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player.
Chafai, an Arab world junior champion from Salé, spent his early career in the United States playing collegiate tennis for the Drury Panthers, who were coached by Moroccan Amine Boustani. After graduating in 2001 he competed on the professional tour and reached a best singles world ranking of 546, with an ITF Futures title win in Algeria in 2003. His career included an ATP Tour doubles main draw appearance at the 2002 Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca. He has also played professional tennis for the Springfield Lasers in the World TeamTennis competition. Returning to Drury to complete a Master's degree, Chafai served for a period as a tennis assistant coach for the college.
ITF Futures finals Singles: 2 (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Morocco F1, TangiersClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–2, 3–6, 1–6Win1–1Algeria F2, SonatrachClay Boris Borgula7–6(6), 6–7(3), 6–4
Doubles: 3 (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Morocco F2, MarrakechClay Mohammad Ghareeb Kane Dewhurst David McNamara7–5, 4–6, 7–6(8)Loss1–1Algeria F1, Sidi FredjClay Rabie Chaki David Cors-Pares Gabriel Trujillo Soler5–7, 2–6Loss1–2Egypt F1, CairoClay Talal Ouahabi Karim Maamoun Mohamed Mamoun4–6, 3–6
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