Heidi El Tabakh
Heidi El Tabakh is a Canadian-born Egyptian former professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario. Her highest WTA singles ranking is No. 146, which she reached on October 8, 2012. Her career high in doubles is No. 173, which she set on February 8, 2010. She represented Egypt, the country of her birth, from 2002 to April 2005, but since then has represented Canada. She has been inactive since April 2016. She became Canada's Fed Cup captain in 2019.
Tennis career
2002–2016
El Tabakh won one of the biggest singles tournaments of her career in 2009 at the $25k in Valladolid, Spain. In May 2010, she qualified for her first Grand Slam at the French Open, where she lost to Aravane Rezaï in the first round. In April 2012, El Tabakh won the second $25k event of her career at the Challenger in Jackson. She defeated former world No. 14 Elena Bovina in the final. The week after, she won her second straight and third $25k tournament of her career in Pelham. In May 2012, El Tabakh qualified again at the French Open, but lost to fellow Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round. In May 2014, she won the fourth $25k title of her career when she defeated Maria Sanchez in Raleigh. In August 2015 at the Rogers Cup, she reached the second round in doubles with fellow Canadian Françoise Abanda. In September 2015 in Redding, El Tabakh captured the seventh singles title of her career, her fifth 25K, by defeating Shérazad Reix in the final. In April 2016, she played her last match at the ITF 50K in Charlottesville where she had to retire in the first round against Sachia Vickery.She has been inactive since.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | 10,000 | Hard |  Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2–0 | ITF Lleida, Spain | 10,000 | Clay |  Eva Fernández-Brugués | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 2–1 | Waterloo Challenger, Canada | 25,000 | Clay |  Johanna Konta | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 | |
| Win | 3–1 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Estrella Cabeza Candela | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 4–1 | ITF Jackson, United States | 25,000 | Clay |  Elena Bovina | 6–0, 6–4 | |
| Win | 5–1 | ITF Pelham, United States | 25,000 | Clay |  Edina Gallovits-Hall | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 5–2 | ITF Port St. Lucie, United States | 25,000 | Clay |  Françoise Abanda | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 6–2 | ITF Raleigh, United States | 25,000 | Clay |  Maria Sanchez | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 7–2 | ITF Redding, United States | 25,000 | Hard |  Shérazad Reix | 6–1, 6–3 |
Doubles: 19 (10 titles, 9 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | 10,000 | Hard |  Yomna Farid |  Rebecca Dandeniya  Michelle Snyman | 5–7, 3–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | 10,000 | Hard | Yomna Farid | Lizaan du Plessis Noha Mohsen | 6–1, 5–7, 6–1 | |
| Win | 2–1 | ITF Edmond, United States | 10,000 | Hard |  Anne Mall | Kelly Anderson Carine Vermeulen | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 2–2 | ITF Evansville, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Vania King | Kelly Schmandt Aleke Tsoubanos | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 2–3 | Tevlin Women's Challenger, Canada | 25,000 | Hard |  Raluca Olaru |  Angelika Bachmann  Hana Šromová | 4–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 3–3 | ITF Salunga-Landisville, United States | 10,000 | Hard | Audra Cohen |  Stefania Boffa Anna Fitzpatrick | 6–3, 7–6 | |
| Win | 4–3 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Story Tweedie-Yates | Stefania Boffa Anna Fitzpatrick | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 5–3 | ITF Darmstadt, Germany | 25,000 | Clay |  Emma Laine |  Michelle Gerards Marcella Koek | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 5–4 | ITF Osprey, United States | 25,000 | Clay |  Melanie Klaffner | Lindsay Lee-Waters Story Tweedie-Yates | 3–6, 7–6, | |
| Win | 6–4 | Revolution Technologies Pro Tennis Classic, United States | 50,000 | Clay | Melanie Klaffner |  Tetiana Luzhanska Lilia Osterloh | 6–3, 3–6, | |
| Loss | 6–5 | Waterloo Challenger, Canada | 25,000 | Clay | Tetiana Luzhanska | Alexandra Mueller Allie Will | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 7–5 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Paula Fondevila Castro | Estrella Cabeza Candela Sara del Barrio Aragón | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 8–5 | ITF Bayamón, Puerto Rico | 25,000 | Hard | Kimberly Couts |  María Fernanda Álvarez  Karen Castiblanco | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Win | 9–5 | 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Doubles| | Vancouver Open, Canada | 75,000 | Hard |  Chang Kai-chen | Irina Falconi Amanda Fink | 3–6, 6–3, |
| Loss | 9–6 | Challenger de Saguenay, Canada | 50,000 | Hard | Rebecca Marino |  Jorgelina Cravero Stéphanie Foretz Gacon | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 9–7 | ITF Clearwater, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Arina Rodionova | Kimberly Couts  Līga Dekmeijere | 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 9–8 | ITF Pelham, United States | 25,000 | Clay | Kimberly Couts | Līga Dekmeijere Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–2, 4–6, | |
| Loss | 9–9 | Hardee's Pro Classic, United States | 50,000 | Clay | Alison Riske | Valeria Solovieva  Lenka Wienerová | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 10–9 | Winnipeg Challenger, Canada | 25,000 | Hard | Allie Kiick | Samantha Murray Jade Windley | 6–4, 2–6, |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Head-to-head against top-100 players
El Tabakh's win-loss record against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1–0
- Karolina Šprem 1–0
- Tathiana Garbin 1–0
- Edina Gallovits-Hall 1–0
- Stéphanie Foretz 1–0
- Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 1–0
- Sania Mirza 1–1
- Ana Ivanovic 0–1
- Samantha Stosur 0–1
- Yanina Wickmayer 0–1
- Zheng Jie 0–1
- Aravane Rezaï 0–1
- Alisa Kleybanova 0–1
- Aleksandra Wozniak 0–1
- Lauren Davis 0–1
- Anca Barna 0–1
- Anastasiya Yakimova 0–1
- Jana Čepelová 0–1
- Tímea Babos 0–1
- Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 0–1