Adam El Mihdawy (born August 9, 1989) is an American

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player. El Mihdawy has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 281 achieved on April 27, 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 330 achieved on August 26, 2013. At the height of his career, Adam was sponsored by Loriet Sports and coached by its founder and former Moroccan tennis player, Mehdy Karbid. El Mihdawy made his ATP main draw debut at the

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held on hard courts in

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when he was given a wild card direct entry into the doubles draw partnering

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. The pair would go on to be defeated by Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa. El Mihdawy has reached 30 career singles finals, with a record of 14 wins and 16 losses all coming on the

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tour. Additionally, he has reached 23 career doubles finals with a record of 12 wins and 11 losses, which includes an 0–1 record in

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finals. In 2022, El Mihdawy was fined $5,000 and banned from tennis for 3 and a half years after he admitted to fixing 2 matches in 2016.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 30 (14–16)

Doubles: 23 (12–11)

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