Sandra Samir

Sandra Samir
ساندرا سمير
	Samir at the 2013 US Open
Full name	Sandra Sameh Samir Abdul Salam
Country (sports)	Egypt
Born	4 November 1997; Giza, Egypt
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Karim Mahmoud
Prize money	$178,329
Singles
Career record	445–252
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 342 (26 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 458 (21 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record	241–194
Career titles	16 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 322 (24 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 457 (21 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	25–28
Medal record
Representing Egypt
African Games
	Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

Sandra Sameh Samir Abdul Salam (Arabic: ساندرا سامح سمير عبدالسلام; born 4 November 1997) is an Egyptian professional tennis player.

Samir won the 2013 U-16 African Junior Tennis Championships.^[1]

She has won 16 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 26 October 2020, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 342. On 24 July 2023, she peaked at No. 322 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for the Egypt Billie Jean King Cup team, Samir has a win–loss record of 25–28 (20–20 in singles) as of May 2024.^[2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 38 (16 titles, 22 runner–ups)

Legend
W25 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (8–10)
Clay (8–12)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2015	ITF Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia	W10	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 2015	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Victoria Muntean	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–3	Jan 2016	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W10	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	1–6, 6–4, 6–7⁽³⁾
Loss	1–4	Jan 2016	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W10	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Victoria Larrière	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	May 2016	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W10	Clay	Lisa Sabino	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–7	Oct 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–8	Feb 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	2–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	2–8	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Anastasia Pribylova	1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win	3–8	Oct 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Emilie Francati	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–9	Nov 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	5–7, 6–3, 6–7⁽³⁾
Win	4–9	Dec 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Nastja Kolar	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–9	Feb 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Nefisa Berberović	6–3, 6–3
Win	6–9	May 2018	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Shelby Talcott	6–0, 6–3
Win	7–9	Sep 2018	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Anna Ureke	6–0, 2–1 ret.
Win	8–9	Dec 2018	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Michele Alexandra Zmău	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	8–10	Dec 2018	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Anastasiya Shoshyna	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	8–11	Jul 2019	ITF Getxo, Spain	W25	Clay (i)	Despina Papamichail	2–6, 4–6
Loss	8–12	Aug 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Andreea Prisăcariu	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8–13	Sep 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Fanny Östlund	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–13	Sep 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Nastja Kolar	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–14	Sep 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Nastja Kolar	3–6, 7–5, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Win	10–14	Nov 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Joanna Zawadzka	6–2, 6–1
Win	11–14	Mar 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Zeel Desai	5–7, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 6–2
Loss	11–15	Oct 2020	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Ganna Poznikhirenko	2–6, 4–6
Win	12–15	Oct 2020	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Joanna Garland	6–4, 6–2
Loss	12–16	Apr 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Maria Timofeeva	3–6, 3–6
Loss	12–17	Aug 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Mayuka Aikawa	3–6, 5–7
Win	13–17	Sep 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Anastasia Abbagnato	6–2, 6–0
Loss	13–18	Mar 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Karola Bejenaru	4–6, 2–6
Win	14–18	Sep 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	4–6, 6–4, 6-1
Win	15–18	Oct 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	15–19	Feb 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Katarína Kužmová	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win	16–19	Mar 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Laura Samson	6–0, 6–4
Loss	16–20	Sep 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz	3–6, 3–6
Loss	16–21	Sep 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Daria Egorova	5–7, 0–6
Loss	16–22	Oct 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Zuzanna Pawlikowska	5–7, 7–6⁽³⁾, 5–7

Doubles: 37 (16 titles, 21 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (8–4)
Clay (8–16)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Barbara Haas	Amandine Hesse Marine Partaud	0–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Nov 2015	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W10	Clay	Naomi Totka	Ola Abou Zekry Ana Bianca Mihăilă	7–5, 6–7⁽⁹⁾, [13–11]
Win	3–0	Sep 2016	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W10	Hard	Ana Bianca Mihăilă	Sharmada Balu Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Jan 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Ayaka Okuno Chantal Škamlová	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Loss	3–2	Jan 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Ayaka Okuno Chantal Škamlová	3–6, 1–6
Loss	3–3	Feb 2017	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Shelby Talcott	Natasha Palha Rishika Sunkara	2–6, 1–6
Win	4–3	Feb 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Ida Jarlskog Julia Rosenqvist	6–2, 7–5
Loss	4–4	Apr 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Ana Veselinović You Xiaodi	3–6, 5–7
Loss	4–5	Jul 2017	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	W25	Clay	Kathinka von Deichmann	Laura Ioana Andrei Anastasia Zarycká	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, [3–10]
Loss	4–6	Feb 2018	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Melania Delia Angelica Moratelli	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7	May 2018	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Ola Abou Zekry	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz Maria Patrascu	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Win	5–7	Jul 2018	ITF Torino, Italy	W25	Clay	Vivian Heisen	Martina Caregaro Federica di Sarra	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–7	Sep 2018	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Michele Zmău	Yasmin Ezzat Charlotte Roemer	6–2, 6–1
Loss	6–8	Dec 2018	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Anastasiya Shoshyna	Minami Akiyama Viktoriia Dema	2–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, [6–10]
Loss	6–9	Jul 2019	ITF Imola, Italy	W25	Carpet	Rasheeda McAdoo	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Nina Stadler	4–6, 2–6
Loss	6–10	Aug 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	W15	Clay	Beatrice Lombardo	Katarina Kuzmová Elena Milovanović	6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	6–11	Sep 2019	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Bojana Marinković	Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz Anastasia Zolotareva	5–7, 6–2, [3–10]
Loss	6–12	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	6–13	Oct 2019	Lagos Open, Nigeria	W25	Hard	Prarthana Thombare	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	3–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, [6–10]
Win	7–13	Nov 2019	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Clay	Federica Prati	Warona Mdlulwa Catalina Pella	6–2, 6–2
Win	8–13	Mar 2020	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	Zeel Desai Stefania Rogozińska	7–5, 6–2
Loss	8–14	Jan 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Fanny Östlund	Anastasia Nefedova Lexie Stevens	1–6, 4–6
Win	9–14	Aug 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Zhibek Kulambayeva	María Paulina Pérez Mell Reasco	7–5, 6–3
Loss	9–15	Aug 2021	Vrnjačka Banja Open, Serbia	W25	Clay	Ioana Loredana Roșca	Carolina Alves Andrea Gámiz	4–6, 1–6
Loss	9–16	Dec 2021	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Yekaterina Dmitrichenko	Aliona Falei Anastasia Zolotareva	4–6, 2–6
Loss	9–17	Sep 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W25	Clay	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Mayuka Aikawa Vanessa Ersöz	1–6, 5–7
Loss	9–18	Sep 2022	ITF Otočec, Slovenia	W25	Clay	Yang Ya-yi	Irina Khromacheva Iryna Shymanovich	2–6, 4–6
Win	10–18	Dec 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Anastasia Abbagnato	Tilwith Di Girolami Stéphanie Visscher	w/o
Loss	10–19	Feb 2023	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W25	Clay	Cody Wong	Nika Radišić Cristina Dinu	5–7, 2–6
Win	11–19	Mar 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Polina Iatcenko	Back Da-yeon Jeong Bo-young	6–4, 7–5
Loss	11–20	Aug 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Kristina Milenkovic	Anastasiia Gureva Radka Zelnicková	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win	12–20	Sep 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Katie Dyson	Aruzhan Sagandikova Zhanel Rustemova	6–2, 6–2
Win	13–20	Sep 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Ashmitha Easwaramurthi Anna Sedysheva	6–2, 7–5
Win	14–20	Sep 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Elena-Teodora Cadar	Zuzanna Kolonus Laura Cíleková	6–1, 6–4
Loss	14–21	Jul 2024	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	W35	Clay	Chelsea Fontenel	Malak El Allami Aya El Aouni	2–6, 2–6
Win	15–21	Sep 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	Salma Drugdová Briana Szabó	6–4, 6–0
Win	16–21	Sep 2024	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Zuzanna Pawlikowska	Daria Egorova Anastasia Gasanova	6–3, 6–4

References

^ "Montgomery heads International 18&U ITF/GSDF Team to Europe 2013". International Tennis Federation. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
^ "Sandra Samir at the Fed Cup".

External links

Sandra Samir at the Women's Tennis Association
Sandra Samir at the International Tennis Federation
Sandra Samir at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived former page)
Sandra Samir at Olympedia

[1] "Montgomery heads International 18&U ITF/GSDF Team to Europe 2013". International Tennis Federation. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

[2] "Sandra Samir at the Fed Cup".

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