Younès Rachidi (born 13 September 1986) is a
Moroccan former
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.
Rachidi has a career high
ATP singles ranking of 753 achieved on 14 October 2013. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 473 achieved also on 18 November 2013.
He was banned for life in February 2023 for a record 135 match fixing.
[https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/younes-rachidi-receives-life-ban-after-record-135-match-fixing-offenses]
Career
Rachidi made his ATP main draw debut in the doubles event of the
2012 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2012 Grand Prix Hassan II was a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 28th edition of the tournament which was part of the ATP World Tour 250 category 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Casablanca, M ...
. At the
2015 Grand Prix Hassan II
The 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 31st edition of the tournament and part of the 2015 ATP World Tour. It took place in Casablanca, Morocco between 6 and 12 April 2015.
Singles ma ...
, Rachidi reached the semifinals of the doubles event partnering
Lamine Ouahab
Lamine Ouahab (Arabic: الأمين وهاب ''al-ʼAmīn Wahhāb'') (born 22 December 1984) is a Moroccan professional tennis player.
Career
Juniors
As a junior, Ouahab reached as high as No. 4 in singles in January 2002 (and No. 18 in doub ...
.
Playing for
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
in
Davis Cup, Rachidi has a W/L record of 5–4.
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1986 births
Living people
Moroccan male tennis players
Match fixing in tennis
Match fixers
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