Hicham Arazi


Hicham Arazi is a former male tennis player from Morocco. He played professionally from 1993 to the end of 2007. The left-hander reached his career-high ATP Tour singles ranking of world No. 22 on November 5, 2001. During his career, Arazi captured one singles title, in Casablanca. "The Moroccan Magician" reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open twice and the French Open twice. As well as the aforementioned nickname, some tennis analysts called him "The Moroccan McEnroe" due to his talent - he played with incredible touch, and often enjoyed the support of the crowd even when not at home. He led Patrick Rafter, winner of the US Open in 1997 and 1998, two sets to love during the first round of the latter tournament. In the fourth set he was upset with several line calls, telling umpire Norm Chryst to "get out of here", which sparked the beginning of Arazi's meltdown. During his career, he notably gained victories over former World No. 1s and Grand Slam champions Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyá and Jim Courier.

ATP Masters Series finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Career finals

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour

Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mar 1997Casablanca, MoroccoClay Franco Squillari3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss1–1Jun 1999Merano, ItalyClay Fernando Vicente2–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss1–2Apr 2001Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Gustavo Kuerten3–6, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (2 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 1997Casablanca, MoroccoClay Karim Alami João Cunha e Silva
Nuno Marques
6–7, 2–6
Loss0–2Sep 1997Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Eyal Ran Vincenzo Santopadre
Vince Spadea
4–6, 7–6, 0–6

Singles performance timeline

1This event was held in Essen in 1995, and in Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001.