Walid Jallali (born 30 June 1978), also known as Oualid Jallali, is a Tunisian former professional
tennis
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player.
Jallali spent his professional career primarily on the
ITF Futures
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and satellite circuits, reaching a career best singles world ranking of 546. He won three singles and 12 doubles titles at Futures level.
From 1996 to 2008, Jallali participated in 40
Davis Cup
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ties for Tunisia and played 67 rubbers in total. In 2003, Tunisia returned to Group II after a 10-year absence and travelled to
Hillerød
Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)Rasmus Nørby in five sets. By the time he retired he had amassed a team record 39 wins, of which 26 came in singles rubbers. His brother, Essam, also played Davis Cup tennis.
Jallali competed for Tunisia in three editions of the
Mediterranean Games
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and was a doubles bronze medalist at the
2007 All-Africa Games
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, held in Algiers.
As a coach, Jallali had stints captaining Tunisia's Davis Cup team and has toured as the private coach of local players, including
Ons Jabeur
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and
Malek Jaziri
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