Mohamed Haythem Abid (born 17 July 1985) is a retired professional Tunisian

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. Representing his country internationally, he played in thirty-seven

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ties, and won a silver medal at the

2013 Mediterranean Games The 2013 Mediterranean Games ( tr, 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları), officially known as the XVII Mediterranean Games ( tr, XVII Akdeniz Oyunları) and commonly known as Mersin 2013, was an international multi-sport event held from 20 to 30 June 2013 i ...

partnering with

Malek Jaziri Malek Jaziri ( ar, مالك الجزيري, Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World 42 in January 2019. He reached the final of 2 ...

. As a junior, Abid reached as high as No. 19 in the world, and spent four years at the Bruguera Academy in

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. He defeated future world No. 5 Kevin Anderson at the 2003 African Closed Junior Championship.

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* * 1985 births Living people Tunisian male tennis players Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis African Games medalists in tennis African Games silver medalists for Tunisia Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games UCLA Bruins men's tennis players 21st-century Tunisian people {{Tunisia-tennis-bio-stub