Selima Sfar is a Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

n female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world (July 16, 2001). She has experienced most of her success in ITF

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

 tournaments, winning eleven singles tournaments and twenty doubles tournaments. As of March 22, 2010, she is 314th in the WTA singles & 112th in the WTA doubles rankings.

Selima has been able to receive wildcards for Middle Eastern tournaments in Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

 and the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

.  At the Dubai

Dubai Tennis Championships

The Dubai Tennis Championships is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab...

 tournament in 2001, she reached the quarterfinals, beating Silvija Talaja

Silvija Talaja

Silvija Talaja is a former Croatian professional tennis player.Her most successful year was 2000, when she won two WTA tournaments and received career-high ranking of number 18...

 and Barbara Schett

Barbara Schett

Barbara Schett Eagle is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking, World No. 7, on 13 September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 to 2004 she played in 48 games for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30...

 before being defeated by Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....

 in three sets.

Selima has represented Tunisia in the Fed Cup

Tunisia Fed Cup team

The Tunisia Fed Cup team represents Tunisia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Tunisienne de Tennis. They have not competed since 2006.-History:...

, going 41–24.  She also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tunisia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.- Bronze:* Fethi Missaoui — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight-Athletics:Men's 1,500 metres* Ali HakimiMen's Marathon* Tahar Mansouri — 2:18.06...

, losing in the first round to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a Dutch tennis player. Primarily known for her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1995 and adopted his surname...

 and the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tunisia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The country was represented by 28 athletes competing in 10 sports.-Medalists:- Athletics:- Boxing:...

, losing in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki

Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is the current world no. 1 on the WTA Tour. As of 7 November 2011, she has held this position for 56 weeks...

. Sfar holds the records for the Tunesian in the Fed Cup with the most wins, the most singles wins, the most doubles wins, the most ties played, and the most years played.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, Sfar and her partner Ekaterina Makarova

Ekaterina Makarova

Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova is a professional Russian tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.-Career:...

 reached the quarterfinals of the doubles competition, where they were defeated by Lisa Raymond

Lisa Raymond

Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles...

 and Samantha Stosur

Samantha Stosur

Samantha "Sam" Jane Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She won the 2011 US Open singles title and was a finalist at the 2010 French Open. Stosur is ranked World No. 6 and her career high in singles is World No. 4, achieved on 21 February 2011. She is a former world No...

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ITF Circuit (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	August 14, 1994	Carthage Carthage Carthage , implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC...	Clay	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot Anne-Gaëlle Sidot Anne-Gaelle Sidot is a former professional tennis player from France.-Career:...	5–7 6–3 6–4
2.	March 26, 1995	Moulins Moulins Moulins or Moulin may refer to:-People:*Jean-François-Auguste Moulin, politician in the French Revolution*Jean Moulin, member of the French Resistance during World War II*Pierre Du Moulin, Huguenot minister and author in France...	Hard Indoors	Linda Sentis	3–6 6–3 6–2
3.	November 26, 1995	Le Havre Le Havre Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...	Clay Indoors	Émilie Loit Emilie Loit Émilie Loit is a retired French professional female tennis player. She was born in Cherbourg, France.She rose to fame when she played against American superstar Serena Williams before losing 6–3, 6–7, 5–7 in a tough first round 2003 Australian Open match.In her career Loit has won three career...	0–6 6–3 6–4
4.	February 4, 1996	Dinan Dinan Dinan is a walled Breton town and a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in northwestern France.-Geography:Its geographical setting is exceptional. Instead of nestling on the valley floor like Morlaix, most urban development has been on the hillside, overlooking the river Rance...	Clay Indoors	Virginie Massart	6–4 7–6
5.	August 11, 1996	Carthage Carthage Carthage , implying it was a 'new Tyre') is a major urban centre that has existed for nearly 3,000 years on the Gulf of Tunis, developing from a Phoenician colony of the 1st millennium BC...	Clay	Marielle Bruens	7–5 6–4
6.	December 14, 1997	Ismailia Ismaïlia -Notable natives:*Osman Ahmed Osman, a famous and influential Egyptian engineer, contractor, entrepreneur, and politician, was born in this town on 6 April 1917....	Clay	Tzipora Obziler Tzipora Obziler Tzipora Obziler is a former professional right-handed tennis player.She reached her career-high singles world ranking of #75 in on July 8, 2007, and doubles ranking of #149 on April 10, 2000....	5–7 7–5 6–4
7.	April 30, 2000	Bournemouth Bournemouth Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...	Clay	Dragana Zarić Dragana Zaric Dragana Zarić is a former professional tennis player who played for FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia....	7–5 6–2
8.	September 22, 2002	Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...	Hard Indoors	Anne Keothavong Anne Keothavong Anne Viensouk Keothavong is a British professional tennis player. She is a former long-standing British number 1, however she is the current British number 2, behind Elena Baltacha and is ranked 71st in the world...	7–6 2–6 7–6
9.	November 3, 2002	Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...	Hard Indoors	Lilia Osterloh Lilia Osterloh Lilia Osterloh is a tennis player from the United States, who started a professional career in August 1997....	6–2 6–2
10.	May 14, 2006	Jounieh Jounieh Jounieh is a Mediterranean coastal city about 16 kilometers north of Beirut, Lebanon. Jounieh is known for its seaside resorts, pubs, restaurants and nightclubs, as well as its old stone souk, ferry, and cablecar , which takes passengers up the mountain to the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in...	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova Anastasiya Yakimova Anastasiya Yakimova is a female tennis player from Belarus. She made it to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Ai Sugiyama of Japan, a seeded player, on the way in the second round.-2009:...	6–4 7–5
11.	May 13, 2007	Jounieh Jounieh Jounieh is a Mediterranean coastal city about 16 kilometers north of Beirut, Lebanon. Jounieh is known for its seaside resorts, pubs, restaurants and nightclubs, as well as its old stone souk, ferry, and cablecar , which takes passengers up the mountain to the shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in...	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva Mariya Koryttseva Mariya Koryttseva is a Ukrainian female tennis player. Her career high ranking is No. 50 in the world, which she achieved on August 18, 2008....	6–2 4–6 7–6

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