Malek Jaziri | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Jazz.
Began playing tennis at age 5.
Father, Mohamed; mother, Heida; brothers, Emir and Elyes.
Member of 1998 African 14-Under ITF Touring Team, supported by Grand Slam Development Fund.
Trained in Barcelona from 2009-10.
Favourite surface is hard, shot is forehand and tournament is US Open.
Idol growing up was Pete Sampras.
Hobbies include football, movies, music and golf.
Supports Club Athletique Bizertin (CAB).
Speaks Arabic, English, Spanish and French.
Wife, Jihene; son, Malek; daughter, Mayar.

(UPDATED 1 JULY 2019)

Top Tunisian in ATP Rankings history. Achieved career-high No. 42 on 7 January 2019after posting personal-best 23 wins in 2018. Finished 4 of last 5 seasons in Top 100 (2014, 2016-18).
Equaled biggest win of career by beating No. 4 Cilic en route to 1st ATP Tour final at 2018 Istanbul. Defeated No. 4 Dimitrov en route to 2018 Dubai SF. Entered Dubai as 117th-ranked WC and became lowest-ranked semi-finalist in 27-year tournament history.
Advanced to 2R-or-better at all 4 Grand Slam events, highlighted by Australian Open 3R in 2015 and 2017. Reached R16 at 3 ATP Masters 1000 events: 2014 Shanghai as Q, 2017 Indian Wells and 2018 Paris as LL.
Upset 2017 championRojer/Tecau and 2016 championJ. Murray/Soares en route to 2018 US Open doubles SF w/Albot as ALT. Became 1st Tunisian to reach Grand Slam SF in doubles or singles.
Owns ATP Challenger Tour recordof 170-109, including victories over past or present Top 10 players Carreno Busta, Khachanov, Massu and Pouille. Winner of 8 Challenger titles, including Guadalajara, MEX; Le Gosier, GUD and Istanbul, TUR in 2016.