Youssef Hossam
يوسف حسام
Country (sports) Egypt
Residence6th of October City, Egypt
Born (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998
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)
Current rankingNo. 820 (5 May 2020)
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)
Current rankingNo. 1,968 (16 March 2020)
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.

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]

Tennis career

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

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

Singles: 12 (9-3)

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 Egypt Cairo Egypt F36 Futures Clay United Kingdom Jay Clarke 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 Futures Hard France Thomas Bréchemier 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–1 Jul 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F19 Futures Hard Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jul 2017 Egypt Cairo Egypt F22 Futures Clay Egypt Mazen Osama 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 4–1 Sep 2017 Egypt Cairo Egypt F24 Futures Clay Italy Fabrizio Ornago 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Sep 2017 Egypt Cairo Egypt F25 Futures Clay France Johan Tatlot 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–2 Oct 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F27 Futures Hard Spain David Pérez Sanz 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Oct 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 Futures Hard Spain Pablo Vivero González 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 6–3 Aug 2018 Portugal Sintra Portugal F15 Futures Hard Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win 7–3 Dec 2018 Egypt Cairo Egypt F29 Futures Clay France Matthieu Perchicot 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–3 Dec 2018 Egypt Cairo Egypt F31 Futures Clay France Matthieu Perchicot 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win 9–3 Mar 2019 Egypt M15 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Spain Andrés Artuñedo 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (2-4)

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 Egypt Cairo Egypt F36 Futures Clay Egypt Mohamed Abdel-Aziz India Chandril Sood
India Lakshit Sood		 1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Apr 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F14 Futures Hard Egypt Issam Haitham Taweel Netherlands Lennert van der Linden
Germany George von Massow		 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–2 Jul 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 Futures Hard United States Junior Alexander Ore Ukraine Marat Deviatiarov
Egypt Issam Haitham Taweel		 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Oct 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F28 Futures Hard Egypt Mazen Osama Tunisia Anis Ghorbel
Spain David Pérez Sanz		 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–3 Oct 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F30 Futures Hard Tunisia Anis Ghorbel Poland Adrian Andrzejczuk
Spain José Francisco Vidal Azorín		 6–4, 4–2 ret.
Loss 2–4 Oct 2017 Egypt Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 Futures Hard Italy Antonio Massara Spain David Jordà Sanchis
Brazil João Menezes		 3–6, 6–4, [8–10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tennis match-fixing: Egyptian Youssef Hossam banned for match-fixing". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 "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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