Habiba Ifrakh (born 3 March 1978) is a Moroccan former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Trained at the Wifaq Tennis Academy in Rabat, Ifrakh was a member of the

Morocco Fed Cup team The Morocco Billie Jean King Cup team represents Morocco in the Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Tennis. They have not competed since 2003. History Morocco competed in its first Fe ...

between 1995 and 2009, winning seven singles and one doubles rubber across 14 ties. She also represented Morocco at the

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and

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. Ifrakh had a best world ranking of 652 in singles and made two

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main draw appearances. In 2001, as a wildcard entrant in

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

, she won her first round match against Dutch player

Kristie Boogert Kristie Boogert (born 16 December 1973) is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands who retired in 2003 due to chronic elbow pain. On 5 February 1996 she reached her career-high singles ranking of number 29. She has ...

ITF finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ifrakh, Habiba 1978 births Living people Moroccan female tennis players Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Morocco 20th-century Moroccan women 20th-century Moroccan people 21st-century Moroccan women 21st-century Moroccan people