Selima Sfar

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**Selima Sfar**

Country	Tunisia
Residence	Biarritz, France
Date of birth	July 8, 1977 (1977-07-08) (age 30)
Place of birth	Tunis, Tunisia
Height	5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Weight	121 lb (55 kg)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$650,889
Singles
Career record:	350-319
Career titles:	11 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 75 (July 16, 2001)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (2002, 2005)
French Open	2r (2001, 2008)
Wimbledon	2r (2001-02, 2005)
US Open	2r (2001)
Doubles
Career record:	190-143
Career titles:	17 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 53 (March 6, 2006)
Infobox last updated on: October 6, 2007.

Selima Sfar (born July 8, 1977 in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia is a Tunisian female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and has been ranked as high as 75th in the world (July 16, 2001). She has had most of her success in ITF tournaments, winning eleven singles tournaments and seventeen doubles tournaments. As of February 4, 2008, she is 164th in the WTA rankings.

Selima has been able to receive numerous wildcards for Middle Eastern tournaments in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. At the Dubai tournament in 2001, she reached the quarterfinals, beating Silvija Talaja and Barbara Schett before being defeated by Nathalie Tauziat in three sets.

Selima has represented Tunisia in Fed Cup, going 41-24. She also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, losing in the first round to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy.

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Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV-V Event (0)
ITF Circuit (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	August 14, 1994	Carthage	Clay	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	5–7 6–3 6–4
2.	March 26, 1995	Moulins	Hard Indoors	Linda Sentis	3–6 6–3 6–2
3.	November 26, 1995	Le Havre	Clay Indoors	Emilie Loit	0–6 6–3 6–4
4.	February 4, 1996	Dinan	Clay Indoors	Virginie Massart	6–4 7–6
5.	August 11, 1996	Carthage	Clay	Marielle Bruens	7–5 6–4
6.	December 14, 1997	Ismailia	Clay	Tzipora Obziler	5–7 7–5 6–4
7.	April 30, 2000	Bournemouth	Clay	Dragana Zaric	7–5 6–2
8.	September 22, 2002	Glasgow	Hard Indoors	Anne Keothavong	7–6 2–6 7–6
9.	November 3, 2002	Nottingham	Hard Indoors	Lilia Osterloh	6–2 6–2
10.	May 14, 2006	Jounieh	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–4 7–5
11.	May 13, 2007	Jounieh	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	6–2 4–6 7–6