Yacoub Makzoume Explained

Yacoub Makzoume
Fullname:Yacoub Raouf Makzoume
Residence:Lattakia, Syria
Birth Date:4 March 1995
Birth Place:Lattakia, Syria
Height:1.92m (06.3feet)
College:Tishreen University
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Highestsinglesranking:No. 1572 (06 May 2019)[1]
No. 620 (02-jan-2012) Junior Ranking [2]
Currentsinglesranking:No. 2168 (22 Feb 2020)
Highestdoublesranking:ATP No. 1695 (30 Sept 2019)[3]
ITF No. 1228 (16 September 2019)[4]
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:Singles 6–6
Doubles 5–3
Updated:25 February 2020

Yacoub Makzoume (born 4 March 1995) is a Syrian tennis player. He is a member of the Syria Davis Cup team.[5]

Makzoume has represented Syria at the Davis Cup, where he has a win-loss record of 11–9.

Early life

Yacoub Makzoume was born in Lattakia, a town in Syria. His father Raouf Makzoume is a businessman and also a Tennis Coach he thought Yacoub how to play Tennis. Yacoub's biggest brother Robert Makzoume was also a tennis player. Yacoub Started to play tennis when he was 6 years old and won many Syrian junior tournaments. He accomplished many achievements: Runner-up in West Asia U-13 Jordan 2008. Ranked 4 in Asia u-14 in 2009.

Professional tennis career

Yacoub turned professional in 2011 and play with Junior Syria Davis Cup team.Won several Junior and Men titles in Syria and Lebanon.And he participated in many competition For ITF.

Davis Cup

Participation: (11–9)

Yacoub's First Participation with Syria Davis Cup team was in Philippine 2013 but he didn't play any game.Then he participated 3 times in a row in 2017,2018 and 2019 in group 3 and qualified with them to group 2.

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (11–9)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Clay (3–3)
Hard (8–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (6–6)
Doubles (5–3)
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
1–2; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Defeat 1ISingles Pacific OceaniaHeve Kelley3–6, 6–1, 2–6
Victory2IIIDoubles (with Salim Majdi)Brett Baudinet / Aymeric Mara6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1–2; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Victory3ISingles JordanSeif Adas6–1, 6–1
Defeat4IIIDoubles (with Kareem Al Allaf)Hamzeh Alaswad / Mousa Alkotop4–6, 3–6
1–2; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; clay surface
Defeat5ISingles Sri LankaHarshana Godamanna1–6, 3–6
2–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Semi Final; clay surface
Victory6ISingles UAEOmar Alawadhi4–6, 6–2, 6–3
0–3; 02 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat7IISingles QatarMubarak Shannan Zayid2–6, 6–2,3–6
Defeat8IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem)Issa Shanan Al Harrasi / Mousa Shanan Zayed4–6, 6–7
2–1; 04 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat 9IISingles Saudi ArabiaAmmar Alhagbani5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Victory10IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem)Ammar Alhagbani / Fahad Al Saad6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1–2; 05 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory11IISingles KuwaitAbduallah Maqdes7–5, 6–4
Defeat12IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem)Abduallah Maqdes / Mohammad Ghareeb3–6, 1–6
2–1; 06 April 2018; My Dinh Sports Complex, Hanoi, Vietnam; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory13IISingles JordanSeif Adas6–3, 6–3
Victory14IIIDoubles (with Rabee Sleem)Hamzeh Alaswad / Mousa Alkotop6–4, 3–6, 6–4
3–0; 26 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory15ISingles IranMahdi Souri7–6, 6–2
Victory16IIIDoubles (with Kareem Al Allaf)Hesam Esmail Yazdi / Kiarash Souri6–3, 6–1
3–0; 27 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Victory17ISingles QatarMousa Shanan Zayed1–6, 6–3, 6–2
2–1; 28 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III first round; hard surface
Defeat 18ISingles MalaysiaChristian Didier Chin3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Victory19IIIDoubles (with Kareem Al Allaf)Christian Didier Chin / Shamirul Shahril Mohd Adam Das6–2, 7–5
0–2; 29 June 2019; OCBC Arena, Singapore, Singapore; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III play-off round; hard surface
Defeat 20ISingles VietnamTrịnh Linh Giang6–7, 6–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yacoub Makzoume Men's Singles Overview . www.itftennis.com . 22 February 2020.
  2. Web site: Yacoub Makzoume Junior,s Overview . www.itftennis.com . 25 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Yacoub Makzoume Overview ATP Tour Tennis . ATP Tour . 22 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Yacoub Makzoume Men's Doubles Overview . www.itftennis.com . 22 February 2020.
  5. https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800328693 Daviscup.com