On July 18, 2022, she attained a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 44, and on July 11, 2022, she attained a doubles ranking of No. 88.
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Egyptian tennis player Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz was born on May 5, 1996. His Arabic name is . She is Rana Sherif Ahmed’s younger sister. On July 18, 2022, she attained a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 44, and on July 11, 2022, she attained a doubles ranking of No. 88. Sherif only holds one singles WTA Tour victory, which she earned in the Emilia-Romagna Open in 2022. Along with nine singles victories and six doubles titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit, she has also won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. The 2020 Prague Open was Sherif’s first WTA Tour singles event. At the 2020 French Open, she became the first female Egyptian competitor in the main draw of a Grand Slam event. At the Australian Open in 2021, she once again created tennis history for Egypt by becoming the first Egyptian woman to triumph in a Grand Slam main-draw match. She also made history by becoming the first Egyptian woman to win a WTA tournament in Cluj-Napoca and qualify for the Olympics.
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Sherif made her debut in a WTA event at the Australian Open qualifying rounds to kick off the year 2020. In the preliminary round of the qualifications, Ann Li defeated her. She defeated Dalma Gálfi in the championship match of a $25k tournament held in Antalya in March to claim the victory. Sherif won the French Open qualification match against Camila Osorio, Caty McNally, and Giulia Gatto-Monticone in late September 2020. Sherif, the first female Egyptian to compete in a Grand Slam main draw, faced second seed and world No. 3 Karolna Plková, losing in three sets. Sherif defeated Chloe Paquet in the opening round of the Australian Open, becoming the first Egyptian woman to win a match at a Grand Slam competition in 2021. Sherif made history at Cluj-Napoca by being the first Egyptian woman to compete in a WTA Tour singles and doubles final. She won matches over top seeds like Alizé Cornet, Alex Eala, Kristna Kuová, and Mihaela Buzărnescu in singles but fell to Andrea Petkovic in the championship match.
On May 16, 2022, she entered the singles top 50 for the first time and rose to world no. 98 in doubles. She defeated Marta Kostyuk in two sets at the French Open, making history as the first Egyptian woman to triumph in a Roland Garros main draw match (6-3, 7-5). Due to an injury, she withdrew in the second round. Sherif won matches against Anna Bondár, Simona Waltert, Lauren Davis, and Ana Bogdan at the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma to go to her second WTA 250 final and first since the previous summer. She later won her maiden singles match in straight sets against top seed and world No. 7 Maria Sakkari, making history as the first Egyptian woman to win a WTA Tour title. Her first top-10 win also came from the victory over Sakkari.
With her victory in the Parma Open, Mayar Sherif has the potential to significantly raise her current net worth of approximately USD 1.5 million. Sherif has also earned $1,103,588 in career prize money.
Nike sponsors Mayar Sherif for clothes and footwear. She had been wearing Fila and Adidas before then. She has also been spotted wearing Lotto clothing. One of the first sponsors of Sherif was the National Bank of Egypt. In terms of both assets and the quantity of branches, it is the biggest bank in Egypt. Sherif joined Allianz Egypt as a brand ambassador in 2020. The Allianz Group, a leading provider of financial services globally, includes Allianz Egypt.
