Hicham Arazi


Hicham Arazi is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. He played professionally from 1993 to the end of 2007. The left-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22 on November 5, 2001. During his career, Arazi captured one ATP Tour singles title, in Casablanca. "The Moroccan Magician" reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open twice and the French Open twice. Some tennis analysts also called him "The Moroccan McEnroe" due to his talent – he played with incredible touch, and often enjoyed the support of the crowd even when not at home. He led Patrick Rafter, winner of the US Open in US Open – Men's singles|1997] and 1998, two sets to love during the first round of the latter tournament. In the fourth set he was upset with several line calls, telling umpire Norm Chryst to "get out of here", which sparked the beginning of Arazi's meltdown. During his career, he notably gained victories over former List of [ATP number 1 ranked singles players|world No. 1]s and major champions Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyá and Jim Courier.

Career finals

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–01997 [Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles|Mar 1997]Grand [Prix Hassan II|Casablanca], MoroccoClay

Doubles (2 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–11997 [Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles|Mar 1997]Casablanca, MoroccoClay

Singles performance timeline

1This event was held in Essen in 1995, and in Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001.