Inès Ibbou Explained

Inès Feriel Ibbou (Arabic: إيناس فريال إيبو; born 5 January 1999) is an Algerian tennis player. She is the youngest female tennis player to win a senior ITF tournament in tennis history (14 y/o and 8 months).

She has career-high WTA rankings of 464 in singles, reached on 19 December 2022, and 293 in doubles, achieved on 30 January 2023. Ibbou has won three singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for Algeria Fed Cup team, Ibbou has a win–loss record of 5–5 in Fed Cup competition.

Junior career

Grand Slam performance

Singles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: 2R (2015, 2016)
• Wimbledon: 1R (2015)
• US Open: 1R (2015)

Doubles:

• Australian Open: –
• French Open: QF (2016)
• Wimbledon: 1R (2015)
• US Open: 1R (2015)

Senior career

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend W25/35 tournaments W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (3–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2013	ITF Tlemcen, Algeria	W10	Clay	Amandine Cazeaux	6–1, 6–1
Loss	1–1	May 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Sandra Zaniewska	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Varvara Gracheva	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–0
Loss	2–2	Nov 2017	ITF Benicarlo, Spain	W15	Clay	Vivien Juhaszová	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	May 2019	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Eléonora Molinaro	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Feb 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Linda Fruhvirtová	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	May 2022	ITF Oran, Algeria	W15	Clay	Lexie Stevens	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–5	May 2022	ITF Oran, Algeria	W15	Clay	Lexie Stevens	6–7(4), ret.
Loss	3–6	Jul 2024	ITF Viserba, Italy	W15	Clay	Samira De Stefano	5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend W60 tournaments W25/35 tournaments W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (5–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2013	ITF Nules, Spain	W10	Clay	Noelia Bouzó Zanotti	María Cañero Pérez María José Luque Moreno	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Kélia Le Bihan	Alice Bacquié Irina Bara	1–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Petra Januskova	Manon Arcangioli Angelica Moratelli	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Petra Januskova	Madeleine Kobelt Nora Niedmers	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	2–3	Sep 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Isabella Tcherkes Zade	Victoria Bosio María Fernanda Herazo	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–3	Jan 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Anna Sisková	Fiona Ganz Elena Gemović	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–3	Jan 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Darya Astakhova	Manon Arcangioli Salma Djoubri	6–3, 6–0
Loss	4–4	Feb 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Kristina Dmitruk	Miyu Kato Kisa Yoshioka	4–6, 5–7
Win	5–4	May 2022	ITF Oran, Algeria	W15	Clay	Amira Benaïssa	Luisa Meyer auf der Heide Lexie Stevens	w/o
Win	6–4	Sep 2022	Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland	W60	Clay	Naïma Karamoko	Jenny Dürst Weronika Falkowska	2–6, 6–3, [16–14]
Loss	6–5	Aug 2023	ITF Verbier, Switzerland	W25	Clay	Naïma Karamoko	Deborah Chiesa Dalila Spiteri	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	7–5	May 2024	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	W15	Clay	Karola Patricia Bejenaru	Elena Milovanović Andreea Prisăcariu	7–6(8), 6–7(6), [10–5]
Loss	7–6	Jun 2024	ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia	W35	Clay	Elena Milovanović	Mana Kawamura Yuki Naito	4–6, 4–6
Loss	7–7	Jul 2024	ITF Viserba, Italy	W15	Clay	Francesca Pace	Anastasia Bertacchi Lilli Tagger	0–6, 6–2, [5–10]

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Legend
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Category G3
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Category G5

Singles (4–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2013	ITF Tlemcen, Algeria	G5	Clay	Farah Baklouti	6–0, 6–1
Win	2–0	Apr 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	G2	Clay	Sandra Samir	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–0	May 2015	ITF Tlemcen, Algeria	G3	Clay	Zani Barnard	6–1, 6–0
Win	4–0	May 2015	ITF Prato, Italy	G2	Clay	Anastasia Potapova	6–3, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles (3–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Grade	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2013	ITF Tunis, Tunisia	G5	Hard	Ghita Nassik	Tereza Melichárková Ana Román Domínguez	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Feb 2013	ITF Tlemcen, Algeria	G5	Clay	Ghita Nassik	Federica Joe Gardella India Sanders	6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss	2–1	Mar 2015	ITF Vinaròs, Spain	G2	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	Cristina Bucșa Rebeka Masarova	0–1 ret.
Win	3–1	May 2015	ITF Prato, Italy	G2	Clay	Lucie Wargnier	Ingrid Di Carlo Rosanna Maffei	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–2	May 2015	ITF Santa Croce, Italy	G1	Clay	Lucie Wargnier	Anna Blinkova Olesya Pervushina	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–3	Feb 2016	ITF El Menzah, Tunisia	B2	Hard	Chiraz Bechri	Oumaima Aziz Diae El Jardi	w/o

National representation

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

Ibbou made her Fed Cup debut for Algeria in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III, when she was 16 years and 99 days old.

Group membership World Group World Group Play-off World Group II World Group II Play-off Europe/Africa Group (5–5) Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Matches by type Singles (2–2) Doubles (3–3) Matches by setting Indoors (1–1) Outdoors (4–4)

Singles (2–2)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2015	Z3 RR	Apr 2015	Ulcinj (MNE)	Norway	Clay	Melanie Stokke	W	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
	Denmark			Caroline Wozniacki		L	2–6, 1–6
	Z3 PO			Montenegro		Kristina Samardžić	W	6–0, 6–1
2022	Z3 PO	Jun 2022	Ulcinj (MNE)	Morocco	Clay	Aya El Aouni	L	5–4 ret.

Doubles (3–3)

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Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2015	Z3 RR	Apr 2015	Ulcinj (MNE)	Norway	Clay	Amira Benaïssa	Caroline Rohde-Moe Melanie Stokke	L	1–6, 4–6
	Denmark			Emilie Francati Mai Grage			L	0–6, 0–6
	Z3 PO			Montenegro			Nikoleta Bulatović Kristina Samardžić	W	6–4, 6–2
2020–21	Z3 RR	Jun 2021	Vilnius (LTU)	Zimbabwe	Hard (i)	Inès Bekrar	Tadiwanashe Mauchi Tanyaradzwa Midzi	W	6–2, 6–0
	Malta			Lynda Benkaddour		Elaine Genovese Helene Pellicano	L	6–7(5–7) ret.
2022	Z3 RR	Jun 2022	Ulcinj (MNE)	Cyprus	Clay	Amira Benaïssa	Maria Constantinou Victoria Savvides	W	6–2, 6–2