Youssef Hossam

Youssef Hossam (Arabic: يوسف حسام‎; born 3 June 1998) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after he was found guilty of 21 match-fixing and other corruption offences.[1] He was banned in a decision made official 4 May, after a hearing held 9-11 March 2020.[2]

Youssef Hossam
يوسف حسام
Country (sports) Egypt
Residence6th of October City, Egypt
Born (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998
Giza, Egypt
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$56,915
Singles
Career record2–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 9 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 291 (11 December 2017)
Current rankingNo. 820 (5 May 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior3R (2016)
French Open Junior1R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2016)
US Open Junior3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record3–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 562 (27 November 2017)
Current rankingNo. 1,968 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2016)
French Open JuniorQF (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2016)
US Open JuniorQF (2015)
Team competitions
Davis Cup9–2
Last updated on: 18 November 2019.

Hossam was found to have effected 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption program from 2015 to 2019:

  • eight cases of match-fixing
  • six cases of facilitating gambling
  • two cases of soliciting other players not to use best efforts
  • three failures to report corrupt approaches
  • two failures to co-operate with a TIU investigation[3]

It also ruled he had conspired with others to carry out betting-related corruption at the lower levels of tennis.[1]

The Tennis Integrity Unit stated: "As a result of his conviction, Mr Hossam is now permanently excluded from competing in or attending any sanctioned tennis event organised or recognised by the governing bodies of the sport."[1]

The news came less than two years after his older brother Karim Hossam also was banned for life and was fined $15,000 in 2018, after being found guilty on 16 corruption charges relating to offenses from 2013 to 2017.[2][4][5][6]

Tennis career

Hossam was born in Giza, Egypt, and lives in Egypt.[7] He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 291, achieved in 11 December 2017. He also had a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 562, achieved in 27 November 2017. Hossam had a career-high ranking of no. 8 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved in 4 April 2016.

Hossam represented Egypt at the Davis Cup, where he had a W/L record of 9–2.

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 12 (9-3)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF Futures (9–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 Cairo Egypt F36 Futures Clay Jay Clarke 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 Futures Hard Thomas Bréchemier 6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–1 Jul 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F19 Futures Hard Marat Deviatiarov 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jul 2017 Cairo Egypt F22 Futures Clay Mazen Osama 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 4–1 Sep 2017 Cairo Egypt F24 Futures Clay Fabrizio Ornago 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Sep 2017 Cairo Egypt F25 Futures Clay Johan Tatlot 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–2 Oct 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F27 Futures Hard David Pérez Sanz 6–3, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Oct 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 Futures Hard Pablo Vivero González 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 6–3 Aug 2018 Sintra Portugal F15 Futures Hard Frederico Ferreira Silva 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win 7–3 Dec 2018 Cairo Egypt F29 Futures Clay Mathieu Perchicot 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–3 Dec 2018 Cairo Egypt F31 Futures Clay Mathieu Perchicot 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
Win 9–3 Mar 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Andrés Artuñedo 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (2-4)
Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
Futures / ITF World Tennis Tour (2–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 Cairo Egypt F36 Futures Clay Mohamed Abdel-Aziz Chandril Sood
Lakshit Sood		 1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Apr 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F14 Futures Hard Issam Haitham Taweel Lennert van der Linden
George von Massow		 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–2 Jul 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 Futures Hard Junior Alexander Ore Marat Deviatiarov
Issam Haitham Taweel		 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Oct 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F28 Futures Hard Mazen Osama Anis Ghorbel
David Pérez Sanz		 3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–3 Oct 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F30 Futures Hard Anis Ghorbel Adrian Andrzejczuk
José Francisco Vidal Azorín		 6–4, 4–2 ret.
Loss 2–4 Oct 2017 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 Futures Hard Antonio Massara David Jordá Sanchís
João Menezes		 3–6, 6–4, [8–10]

See also

References
  1. "Tennis match-fixing: Egyptian Youssef Hossam banned for match-fixing". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. "Lifetime match-fixing ban for Youssef Hossam, 21 - OPEN COURT". Opencourt.ca. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. "Egypt's tennis player Youssef Hossam gets life ban for match-fixing". Aninews.in. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. "Youssef Hossam receives lifetime ban for match-fixing"
  5. "Egyptian pro Youssef Hossam joins brother with lifetime fixing ban"
  6. "Youssef Hossam receives lifetime ban for match-fixing". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. "Youssef Hossam | Overview | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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