Youssef Hossam (Arabic: يوسف حسام; born 3 June 1998) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after he was found guilty of 21 match-fixing and other corruption offences.[1] He was banned in a decision made official 4 May, after a hearing held 9-11 March 2020.[2]

Youssef Hossam
يوسف حسام
Country (sports) Egypt
Residence6th of October City, Egypt
Born (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26)
Giza, Egypt
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2013
Retired2020 (banned)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$56,915
Singles
Career record2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 291 (11 December 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior3R (2016)
French Open Junior1R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2016)
US Open Junior3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record3–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 562 (27 November 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2016)
French Open JuniorQF (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2016)
US Open JuniorQF (2015)
Team competitions
Davis Cup9–2
Last updated on: 18 November 2019.

Tennis career

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Hossam was born in Giza, Egypt, and lives in Egypt.[3] He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 11 December 2017. He also had a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 562, achieved on 27 November 2017. Hossam had a career-high ranking of no. 8 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 4 April 2016.

Hossam represented Egypt at the Davis Cup, where he had a W/L record of 9–2.

Tennis lifetime ban

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Hossam was found to have effected 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption program from 2015 to 2019: eight cases of match-fixing, six cases of facilitating gambling, two cases of soliciting other players not to use best efforts, three failures to report corrupt approaches and two failures to co-operate with a Tennis Integrity Unit investigation.[4] It also ruled he had conspired with others to carry out betting-related corruption at the lower levels of tennis.[1] The TIU stated: "As a result of his conviction, Mr Hossam is now permanently excluded from competing in or attending any sanctioned tennis event organised or recognised by the governing bodies of the sport."[1]

The news came less than two years after his older brother Karim Hossam also was banned for life and was fined $15,000 in 2018, after being found guilty on 16 corruption charges relating to offenses from 2013 to 2017.[2][5][6][7]

Future and Challenger finals

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Singles: 12 (9-3)

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Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (9–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016   Cairo Egypt F36 Futures Clay   Jay Clarke 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 Futures Hard   Thomas Bréchemier 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–1 Jul 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F19 Futures Hard   Marat Deviatiarov 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jul 2017   Cairo Egypt F22 Futures Clay   Mazen Osama 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 4–1 Sep 2017   Cairo Egypt F24 Futures Clay   Fabrizio Ornago 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Sep 2017   Cairo Egypt F25 Futures Clay   Johan Tatlot 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–2 Oct 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F27 Futures Hard   David Pérez Sanz 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Oct 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 Futures Hard   Pablo Vivero González 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 6–3 Aug 2018   Sintra Portugal F15 Futures Hard   Frederico Ferreira Silva 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win 7–3 Dec 2018   Cairo Egypt F29 Futures Clay   Matthieu Perchicot 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–3 Dec 2018   Cairo Egypt F31 Futures Clay   Matthieu Perchicot 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win 9–3 Mar 2019   M15 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Andrés Artuñedo 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (2-4)

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Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
Futures / ITF World Tennis Tour (2–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016   Cairo Egypt F36 Futures Clay   Mohamed Abdel-Aziz   Chandril Sood
  Lakshit Sood
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Apr 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F14 Futures Hard   Issam Haitham Taweel   Lennert van der Linden
  George von Massow
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–2 Jul 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 Futures Hard   Junior Alexander Ore   Marat Deviatiarov
  Issam Haitham Taweel
6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Oct 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F28 Futures Hard   Mazen Osama   Anis Ghorbel
  David Pérez Sanz
3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–3 Oct 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F30 Futures Hard   Anis Ghorbel   Adrian Andrzejczuk
  José Francisco Vidal Azorín
6–4, 4–2 ret.
Loss 2–4 Oct 2017   Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 Futures Hard   Antonio Massara   David Jordà Sanchis
  João Menezes
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tennis match-fixing: Egyptian Youssef Hossam banned for match-fixing". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Lifetime match-fixing ban for Youssef Hossam, 21 - OPEN COURT". Opencourt.ca. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Youssef Hossam | Overview | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Egypt's tennis player Youssef Hossam gets life ban for match-fixing". Aninews.in. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Youssef Hossam receives lifetime ban for match-fixing"
  6. ^ "Egyptian pro Youssef Hossam joins brother with lifetime fixing ban"
  7. ^ "Youssef Hossam receives lifetime ban for match-fixing". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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