TENNIS PLAYERS from Tunisia

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Tunisian Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Tunisian Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Nicola Pietrangeli (1933 - )

With an HPI of 50.97, Nicola Pietrangeli is the most famous Tunisian Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.

Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla pjeˈtrandʒeli]; born 11 September 1933) is an Italian former tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be Italy's greatest tennis champion.

2. Ons Jabeur (1994 - )

With an HPI of 36.63, Ons Jabeur is the 2nd most famous Tunisian Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Ons Jabeur (born 28 August 1994) is a Tunisian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of world No. 2, achieved on 27 June 2022. Jabeur is the current Tunisian number one, and the highest-ranked African and Arab tennis player in WTA and ATP rankings history. She has won five singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eleven singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. Jabeur was the runner-up at Wimbledon in 2022 and 2023 and at the US Open in 2022, becoming the first African and Arab woman to contest a major singles final. Jabeur was first exposed to tennis by her mother at three years old. She became pro in her teen years when she reached two junior major girls' singles finals at the French Open in 2010 and 2011, winning the latter and becoming the first African or Arab to win a junior major since 1964. After nearly a decade of playing primarily at the ITF level, she started competing more regularly on the WTA Tour in 2017. She won the Arab Woman of the Year award in 2019. At the 2020 Australian Open, Jabeur became the first Arab woman to reach a major quarterfinal, a feat she repeated at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. She also became the first Arab woman to win a WTA Tour title at the 2021 Birmingham Classic. Jabeur won the 2022 Madrid Open, a WTA 1000 event, her biggest title, becoming the first female Tunisian and Arab player to win at this level. Her achievements are credited with raising the profile of tennis across the African continent.

3. Malek Jaziri (1984 - )

With an HPI of 34.61, Malek Jaziri is the 3rd most famous Tunisian Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Malek Jaziri (Arabic: مالك الجزيري, romanized: Mālik al-Jazīrī; born January 20, 1984) is a Tunisian former professional tennis player. Jaziri reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 42 in January 2019. He primarily played on the Futures circuit and the Challenger circuit. He reached the final of the 2018 Istanbul Open, the semifinals in Moscow in 2012, Winston-Salem in 2015, Dubai in 2018 and the quarterfinals in Dubai in 2014. Jaziri has been a member of the Tunisia Davis Cup team since 2000, posting an 33–15 record in singles and a 10–14 record in doubles in 41 ties. Jaziri was coached by Tunisian legend Haythem Abid on and off throughout his career. He is currently coaching Vasek Pospisil and is the captain of Tunisia’s Davis Cup team.

4. Marc Gicquel (1977 - )

With an HPI of 30.64, Marc Gicquel is the 4th most famous Tunisian Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France.

5. Selima Sfar (1977 - )

With an HPI of 28.46, Selima Sfar is the 5th most famous Tunisian Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Selima Sfar (Arabic: سليمة صفر Salima Safar; born 8 July 1977) is a Tunisian former tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world (16 July 2001). Sfar is the second highest ranked female Tunisian and Arab player. She has experienced most of her success in tournaments of the ITF Women's Circuit, winning 11 singles titles and 21 doubles titles.