Mohamed Safwat


Mohamed Safwat is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. He is currently the Egyptian No. 1 and the highest ranked Arab player on the ATP Tour, having overtaken Malek Jaziri in the rankings after reaching the final of the Tali Open in Helsinki, Finland, in November 2019. Safwat won his first singles Challenger title at the Launceston International in February 2020, beating local Alex Bolt in the final, thereby becoming the first Egyptian to win a Challenger title in singles since Tamer el-Sawy in 1996.
In 2016, Safwat became the first Egyptian player since 1997 to reach the final of an Challenger tournament when he reached the final in Kenitra, where he lost to Maximilian Marterer in straight sets. He also reached the semifinals at the Challenger tournament in Launceston in 2017, eventually losing to Mitchell Krueger.
In 2018, Safwat beat No. 3 seed and top 100 player Jordan Thompson en route to his second Challenger singles final in Anning, where he lost to Prajnesh Gunneswaran. Safwat qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2018 French Open as a lucky loser, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. He was the first man from Egypt to play in a Grand Slam tennis tournament's main singles draw in 22 years.
In 2018, Safwat was part of the Egyptian Davis Cup team to advance to the 3rd round of the Europe/Africa Zone II bracket for the first time since 1996.
Safwat has also won 3 titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 45 (25–20)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Thailand F1, NonthaburiFuturesHard Simon Cauvard7–6, 6–3
Loss1–1Kazakhstan F5, AstanaFuturesHard Karan Rastogi2–6, 1–6
Win2–1Rwanda F1, KigaliFuturesClay Karim-Mohamed Maamoun6–3, 6–2
Loss2–2Spain F17, MelillaFuturesHard James McGee3–6, 5–7
Loss2–3Turkey F34, AntalyaFuturesHard Brydan Klein6–2, 6–7, 1–6
Win3–3Egypt F3, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Ivan Nedelko6–4, 6–2
Win4–3Egypt F4, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Gianluigi Quinzi6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss4–4Egypt F9, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Karim Hossam4–6, 5–7
Win5–4Egypt F10, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Marc Rath6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win6–4Egypt F14, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Omar Giacalone6–2, 6–3
Win7–4Egypt F21, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Karim-Mohamed Maamoun6–4, 6–3
Win8–4Egypt F22, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Mazen Osama6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win9–4Egypt F29, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Hicham Khaddari6–4, 6–2
Win10–4Egypt F32, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Axel Michon6–3, 7–5
Win11–4Egypt F35, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Peđa Krstin6–4, 7–6
Win12–4Egypt F9, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Sherif Sabry6–3, 6–3
Loss12–5Egypt F10, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Jaroslav Pospíšil1–6, 2–6
Loss12–6Egypt F20, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Marc Giner4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss12–7Egypt F29, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Matwé Middelkoop5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win13–7Turkey F38, AntalyaFuturesHard Marc Sieber7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win14–7Egypt F33, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Tom Jomby6–4, 6–4
Win15–7Egypt F34, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jaroslav Pospíšil5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win16–7Egypt F2, CairoFuturesClay Kamil Majchrzak7–5, 6–3
Loss16–8Egypt F9, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jan Šátral3–6, 4–6
Win17–8Egypt F10, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jaroslav Pospíšil6–3, 6–7, 5–0 ret.
Loss17–9Egypt F11, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Jaroslav Pospíšil7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Loss17–10Egypt F15, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Dennis Novak2–6, 6–7
Loss17–11Egypt F16, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marko Tepavac4–6, 4–6
Win18–11Egypt F22, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard David Pérez Sanz6–2, 6–3
Loss18–12Egypt F23, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard David Pérez Sanz5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss18–13Egypt F30, CairoFuturesClay Bastian Trinker6–7, 3–6
Win19–13Egypt F31, CairoFuturesClay Bastian Trinker7–6, 6–0
Loss19–14Egypt F32, CairoFuturesClay Adrien Puget6–7, 0–6
Win20–14Egypt F1, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Enrique López Pérez6–3, 7–5
Win20–14Egypt F2, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Julien Dubail6–2, 6–1
Loss20–15Egypt F12, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marko Tepavac6–7, 4–6
Loss21–16Nigeria F1, AbujaFuturesHard Antal van der Duim5–7, 3–6
Win22–16Nigeria F2, AbujaFuturesHard Aldin Šetkić6–4, 4–2 ret.
Loss22–17Nigeria F4, AbujaFuturesHard David Pérez Sanz6–7, 4–6
Loss22–182016 Morocco Tennis Tour – Kenitra – Singles|Kenitra, MoroccoChallengerClay Maximilian Marterer2–6, 4–6
Win23–18Egypt F20, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Lorenzo Frigerio6–4, 7–5
Win24–18Italy F25, CornaianoFuturesClay Tomislav Brkić6–4, 6–3
Loss24–192018 Kunming Open – Men's Singles|Anning, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Prajnesh Gunneswaran7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Loss24–202019 Tali Open – Singles|Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Emil Ruusuvuori3-6, 7-6, 2-6
Win25–202020 Launceston International - Men's Singles|Lauceston, AustraliaChallengerHard Alex Bolt7-6, 6-1

Doubles: 21 (13–8)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Turkey F17, AdanaFuturesClay Issam Haitham Taweel Sam Barry
Barry King		2–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Rwanda F2, KigaliFuturesClay Sherif Sabry Lukas Jastraunig
Gerald Melzer		2–6, 3–6
Loss0–3Turkey F40, AdanaFuturesHard Andrei Ciumac Jack Carpenter
George Morgan		3–6, 4–6
Win1–3Egypt F9, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Sherif Sabry Karim Hossam
Mazen Osama		6–2, 6–3
Win2–3Egypt F10, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Sherif Sabry Stefan Fiacan
Filip Horanský		4–6, 6–3,
Win3–32014 Morocco Tennis Tour – Mohammedia – Doubles|Mohammedia, MoroccoChallengerClay Fabiano de Paula Richard Becker
Elie Rousset		6–2, 3–6,
Win4–3Egypt F28, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Matwé Middelkoop Sherif Sabry
Libor Salaba		6–3, 6–4
Win5–3Egypt F29, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Matwé Middelkoop Libor Salaba
Jan Zieliński		7–6, 6–3
Win6–3Egypt F33, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Sherif Sabry Jan Blecha
Pascal Brunner		6–3, 6–1
Loss6–4Egypt F23, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Issam Haitham Taweel Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
David Pérez Sanz		5–7, 3–6
Win7–4Italy F17, SassuoloFuturesClay Tristan-Samuel Weissborn Alessandro Giannessi
Matteo Volante		4–6, 7–5,
Win8–4Egypt F32, CairoFuturesClay Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Luca Margaroli
Adrien Puget		6–4, 7–5
Loss8–5Egypt F33, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Issam Haitham Taweel Scott Clayton
Jonny O'Mara		2–6, 4–6
Win9–52015 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca II – Doubles|Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Laurynas Grigelis Thiemo de Bakker
Stephan Fransen		6–4, 6–3
Loss9–6Egypt F1, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Lukas Mugevičius Darko Jandrić
Enrique López Pérez		3–6, 4–6
Win10–6Egypt F2, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Luca Margaroli Enrique López Pérez
Laurent Rochette		6–3, 3–6,
Win11–6Egypt F6, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Federico Bonacia
Matteo Fago		6–3, 5–7,
Loss11–7Nigeria F1, AbujaFuturesHard Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Nicolas Meister
Enrique López Pérez		3–6, 4–6
Win12–72016 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Doubles|Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Luca Margaroli Pedro Martínez
Oriol Roca Batalla		6–4, 6–4
Win13–7Finland F4, HelsinkiFuturesHard Evgeny Karlovskiy Vladimir Polyakov
Evgenii Tiurnev		7–6, 6–4
Loss13–82019 Launceston Tennis International – Men's Doubles|Launceston, AustraliaChallengerHard Hiroki Moriya Max Purcell
Luke Saville		5–7, 4–6

Davis Cup ties played

22 ties played, 17 victories and 10 defeats in the singles ; 7 victories and 4 defeats in the doubles