{{short description|Egyptian tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Youssef Hossam <br/> يوسف حسام |image = |caption = |fullname = |country = {{EGY}} |residence = 6th of October City, Egypt |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|6|3}} |birth_place = Giza, Egypt |height = {{height|m=1.78}} |weight = |turnedpro = 2013 |retired = 2020 (banned) |plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |careerprizemoney = $56,915 |singlesrecord = 2–2<small> (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)</small> |singlestitles = 0 |highestsinglesranking = No. 291 (11 December 2017) |currentsinglesranking = |AustralianOpenresult = |AustralianOpenjuniorresult = 3R (2016) |FrenchOpenresult = |FrenchOpenjuniorresult = 1R (2016) |Wimbledonresult = |Wimbledonjuniorresult = 1R (2016) |USOpenresult = |USOpenjuniorresult = 3R (2016) |doublesrecord = 3–0<small> (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)</small> |doublestitles = 0 |highestdoublesranking = No. 562 (27 November 2017) |currentdoublesranking = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |AustralianOpenDoublesjuniorresult = 2R (2016) |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesjuniorresult = QF (2016) |WimbledonDoublesresult = |WimbledonDoublesjuniorresult = QF (2016) |USOpenDoublesresult = |USOpenDoublesjuniorresult = QF (2015) |Team = yes |DavisCupresult = 9–2 |updated = 18 November 2019 }}
'''Youssef Hossam''' ({{langx|ar|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.<ref name="autogenerated1970">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/52539384 |title=Tennis match-fixing: Egyptian Youssef Hossam banned for match-fixing|publisher=BBC|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> He was banned in a decision made official 4 May, after a hearing held 9-11 March 2020.<ref name="opencourt1">{{cite web|url=https://opencourt.ca/wordpress/2020/05/04/lifetime-ban-for-youssef-hossam-21/ |title=Lifetime match-fixing ban for Youssef Hossam, 21 - OPEN COURT |publisher=Opencourt.ca |access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>
==Tennis career== Hossam was born in Giza, Egypt, and lives in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/youssef-hossam/hd67/overview |title=Youssef Hossam | Overview | Tennis |publisher=ATP Tour |access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 11 December 2017. He also had a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 562, achieved on 27 November 2017. Hossam had a career-high ranking of no. 8 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 4 April 2016.
Hossam represented Egypt at the Davis Cup, where he had a W/L record of 9–2.
==Tennis lifetime ban== 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 and two failures to co-operate with a Tennis Integrity Unit investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/tennis/egypts-tennis-player-youssef-hossam-gets-life-ban-for-match-fixing20200505113101/ |title=Egypt's tennis player Youssef Hossam gets life ban for match-fixing |publisher=Aninews.in |access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref> It also ruled he had conspired with others to carry out betting-related corruption at the lower levels of tennis.<ref name="autogenerated1970"/> The TIU 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."<ref name="autogenerated1970"/>
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.<ref name="opencourt1"/><ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-tennis-hossam-ban/youssef-hossam-receives-lifetime-ban-for-match-fixing-idUSKBN22H07U "Youssef Hossam receives lifetime ban for match-fixing"]</ref><ref>[https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/29133240/egyptian-pro-youssef-hossam-joins-brother-life-fixing-ban "Egyptian pro Youssef Hossam joins brother with lifetime fixing ban"]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/sports/youssef-hossam-receives-lifetime-ban-for-match-fixing-445709/ |title=Youssef Hossam receives lifetime ban for match-fixing |work=The Guardian |access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>
==Future and Challenger finals== ===Singles: 12 (9-3)=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% |- !Legend |- style="background:moccasin;" |ATP Challengers (0–0) |- style="background:#cffcff;" |ITF Futures (9–3) |} {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% |- !Titles by surface |- |Hard (5–1) |- |Clay (4–2) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% |- !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Dec 2016}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo Egypt F36 |Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|GBR}} Jay Clarke |4–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>1–1</small> |{{dts|Jul 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|FRA}} Thomas Bréchemier |6–1, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup> |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>2–1</small> |{{dts|Jul 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F19 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|UKR}} Marat Deviatiarov |6–3, 6–2 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>3–1</small> |{{dts|Jul 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo Egypt F22 |Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|EGY}} Mazen Osama |7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–1 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>4–1</small> |{{dts|Sep 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo Egypt F24 |Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} Fabrizio Ornago |6–7<sup>(7–9)</sup>, 6–4, 6–2 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>4–2</small> |{{dts|Sep 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo Egypt F25 |Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Johan Tatlot |4–6, 4–6 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>5–2</small> |{{dts|Oct 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F27 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|ESP}} David Pérez Sanz |6–3, 6–4 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>5–3</small> |{{dts|Oct 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Vivero González |4–6, 6–3, 2–6 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>6–3</small> |{{dts|Aug 2018}} |{{flagicon|POR}} Sintra Portugal F15 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|POR}} Frederico Ferreira Silva |4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 7–5 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>7–3</small> |{{dts|Dec 2018}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo Egypt F29 |Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Matthieu Perchicot |4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>8–3</small> |{{dts|Dec 2018}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo Egypt F31 |Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|FRA}} Matthieu Perchicot |6–3, 2–6, 6–0 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>9–3</small> |{{dts|Mar 2019}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} M15 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt |World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|ESP}} Andrés Artuñedo |7–5, 6–3 |}
===Doubles: 6 (2-4)=== {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% |- !Legend |- style="background:moccasin;" |ATP Challengers (0–0) |- style="background:#cffcff;" |Futures / ITF World Tennis Tour (2–4) |} {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% |- !Titles by surface |- |Hard (2–3) |- |Clay (0–1) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% |- !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Dec 2016}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo Egypt F36 |Futures |Clay |{{flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed Abdel-Aziz |{{flagicon|IND}} Chandril Sood<br>{{flagicon|IND}} Lakshit Sood |1–6, 6–3, [6–10] |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–2</small> |{{dts|Apr 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F14 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|EGY}} Issam Haitham Taweel |{{flagicon|NED}} Lennert van der Linden<br>{{flagicon|GER}} George von Massow |3–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup> |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>1–2</small> |{{dts|Jul 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Junior Alexander Ore |{{flagicon|UKR}} Marat Deviatiarov<br>{{flagicon|EGY}} Issam Haitham Taweel |6–2, 6–3 |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>1–3</small> |{{dts|Oct 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F28 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|EGY}} Mazen Osama |{{flagicon|TUN}} Anis Ghorbel<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} David Pérez Sanz |3–6, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup> |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=98fb98|Win |<small>2–3</small> |{{dts|Oct 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F30 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|TUN}} Anis Ghorbel |{{flagicon|POL}} Adrian Andrzejczuk<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} José Francisco Vidal Azorín |6–4, 4–2 ret. |- style="background:#cffcff;" |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>2–4</small> |{{dts|Oct 2017}} |{{flagicon|EGY}} Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 |Futures |Hard |{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Massara |{{flagicon|ESP}} David Jordà Sanchis<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} João Menezes |3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |}
==See also== *Match fixing in tennis *Tennis Integrity Unit
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{sports links}}
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