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Giovani Samaha

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Giovani Samaha
Country (sports) Lebanon
Born (1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 30)
Beirut, Lebanon
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
PlaysLeft-handed
CollegeTroy University
Prize money$19,743
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 819 (19 August 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1,032 (22 March 2021)
Doubles
Career record3–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 568 (21 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1,041 (22 March 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup12–8
Last updated on: 22 March 2021.

Giovani Samaha (born 14 July 1994) is a Lebanese tennis player.

Career

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Samaha has a career high ATP singles ranking of 819 achieved on 19 August 2019 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 568, achieved on 21 October 2019. Samaha has won 3 ITF Futures doubles title.[citation needed]

Samaha has represented Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 12–8.[citation needed]

Future and Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 Uganda M15 Kampala, Uganda World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Ivan Nedelko 3–6, 1–1 ret.

Doubles 3 (2–1)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2017 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka F1, Colombo Futures Clay United States Nicholas Bybel United Kingdom Scott Duncan
France Nicolas Rosenzweig
6–1, 6–2
Win 2–0 May 2018 Uganda Uganda F1, Kampala Futures Clay India Kunal Anand India Vinayak Sharma Kaza
Serbia Goran Marković
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 2–1 Oct 2018 Egypt Egypt F24, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Egypt Issam Haitham Taweel Russia Shalva Dzhanashiya
Russia Alexander Igoshin
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Win 3–1 Dec 2018 Egypt Egypt F31, Cairo Futures Clay Ukraine Vladyslav Manafov Switzerland Louroi Martínez
Switzerland Damien Wenger
6–3, 6–4

Davis Cup

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Participations: (12–8)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
Qualifying Round (0–0)
WG play-off (0–0)
Group I (1–1)
Group II (2–3)
Group III (9–4)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (10–2)
Clay (2–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (8–3)
Doubles (4–5)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase2–1; 16 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; hard surface
Defeat 1 III Doubles (with Bassam Beidas) (dead rubber) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Khaled Al-Hassani / Faisal Bastaki 3–4 ret.
Increase3–0; 18 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotion Pool round robin; hard surface
Victory 2 III Doubles (with Patrick Chucri) (dead rubber) Vietnam Vietnam Lê Quốc Khánh / Ngô Quang Huy 4–5 ret.
Decrease0–3; 19 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotion Pool round robin; hard surface
Defeat 3 II Singles Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Harshana Godamanna 2–6, 1–6
Defeat 4 III Doubles (with Patrick Chucri) (dead rubber) Rajeev Rajapakse / Oshada Wijemanne 0–1 ret.
Decrease2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II relegation play-off; clay surface
Victory 5 III Doubles (with Hady Habib) Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Harshana Godamanna / Dineshkanthan Thangarajah 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Defeat 6 V Singles Harshana Godamanna 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Increase3–0; 11 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface
Victory 7 II Singles Cambodia Cambodia Bun Kenny 6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Increase3–0; 13 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface
Victory 8 II Singles Singapore Singapore Roy Hobbs 6–2, 6–4
Increase3–0; 14 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface
Victory 9 II Singles Qatar Qatar Mubarak Shannan Zayid 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Increase3–0; 15 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface
Victory 10 II Singles Syria Syria Bruno Abdel Nour 6–2, 7–5
Decrease1–2; 16 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III promotional play-off; clay surface
Defeat 11 II Singles Hong Kong Hong Kong Karan Rastogi 3–6, 2–6
Increase2–1; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface
Victory 12 II Singles Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Ýuriý Rogusskiý 7–6(7–1), 6–2
Increase2–1; 19 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface
Victory 13 II Singles Malaysia Malaysia Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Increase3–0; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface
Victory 14 II Singles Qatar Qatar Mubarak Shannan Zayid 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Increase3–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III promotional play-off; clay surface
Victory 15 II Singles Jordan Jordan Mousa Alkotop 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Increase3–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II first round; hard (i) surface
Victory 16 III Doubles (with Hady Habib) Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Chen Ti / Yu Cheng-yu 6–1, 7–5
Increase3–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II second round; hard surface
Defeat 17 III Doubles (with Hady Habib) Hong Kong Hong Kong Wong Chun-hun / Yeung Pak-long 2–6, 4–6
Increase3–2; 15–16 September 2018; National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II promotional play-off; hard surface
Defeat 18 III Doubles (with Jad Ballout) Thailand Thailand Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana 0–6, 3–6
Decrease2–3; 13-14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Group I first round; clay surface
Defeat 19 III Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan) Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Sanjar Fayziev / Jurabek Karimov 2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Increase3–1; 6-7 March 2020; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I Play-off first round; clay surface
Victory 20 III Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan) Thailand Thailand Kittirat Kerdlaphee / Phongsapak Kerdlaphee 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–0
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