Slimane Saoudi (Arabic: سليمان سعودي) (born July 23, 1975 in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

) is a former professional Algerian tennis player.

Saoudi reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on July 21, 2003, when he became World number 212. His only appearance at a Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 came at the 2002 U.S. Open

2002 US Open - Men's Singles

Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but he was defeated in the semifinals by Andre Agassi.Pete Sampras won his final Grand Slam title, defeating his rival Agassi in the final,-Seeds:# Lleyton Hewitt # Marat Safin ...

, where he reached the main draw as a qualifier, losing in the first round in five sets to fellow qualifier Ivo Heuberger

Ivo Heuberger

Ivo Heuberger is a retired tennis player who represented Switzerland at the Davis Cup.-Early life:Ivo Heuberger was born in the small town of Altstätten, Switzerland on February 19, 1976. He began his tennis career after moving to the French part of Switzerland to attend the National Training Center...

 of Switzerland

Switzerland

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. He played primarily on the Futures circuit.

Saoudi was a member of the Algeria Davis Cup team

Algeria Davis Cup team

The Algeria Davis Cup team represents Algeria in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Algerienne de Tennis.Algeria currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II. They have reached the Group II quarterfinals each of the last three years....

 until 2009, posting a 5-11 record in singles and a 3-6 record in doubles. He first played Davis Cup only in 2005.

Tour singles titles - all levels (10)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (0)

Challengers (0)

Futures (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1999	Aix-les-Bains Aix-les-Bains Aix-les-Bains is a commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It is situated on the shore of Lac du Bourget, by rail north of Chambéry.-Geography:...	Hard (i)	Julien Cuaz	7–5, 7–6
2.	2001	Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse is a commune in eastern France, capital of the Ain department, and was capital of the former province of Bresse . It is located north-northeast of Lyon.The inhabitants of Bourg-en-Bresse are known as Burgiens.-Geography:...	Clay	Florent Serra Florent Serra Florent Lucien Serra is a French male tennis player. A right-hander, he has won two ATP titles during his career and is coached by Pierre Cherret.-Early life and junior career:...	6–2, 7–6
3.	2001	Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...	Clay	Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva...	6–4, 3–6, 6–0
4.	2002	Trier Trier Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....	Clay	Petr Kralert	6–2, 6–4
5.	2002	Zell Zell -Austria:*Zell am See, in Salzburg state*Zell am Ziller, in Tyrol*Zell, Carinthia, in Carinthia*in Upper Austria:**Bad Zell**Zell am Moos**Zell an der Pram**Zell am Pettenfirst-Germany:...	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	7–5, 6–3
6.	2005	Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...	Hard	Philipp Mukhometov	6–2, 6–2
7.	2005	Irun Irun Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...	Clay	Augustin Gensse Augustin Gensse Augustin Gensse is a French professional tennis player.Gensse has played two singles matches in the ATP Tour series. It was in Spain . He defeated Gorka Frailin and Alan Mackie in the qualifications...	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
8.	2005	Algiers Algiers ' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...	Clay	Lamine Ouahab Lamine Ouahab Lamine Ouahab is a professional Algerian tennis player.-Career:Ouahab turned professional in 2004, when he got a wild card into the Olympics main draw....	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
9.	2005	Feucherolles Feucherolles Feucherolles is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.-References:*...	Hard (i)	Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri is a professional Tunisian tennis player.Jaziri reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on November 28, 2011, when he became World number 117. He appeared in the qualifying draw at the 2010 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Michał Przysiężny of Poland...	5–7, 7–6, 6–3
10.	2007	Irun Irun Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...	Clay	Carlos Rexach-Itoiz	7–6, 6–4

External links

• ATP Profile
• Davis Cup Profile