Algerian tennis player
Inès Feriel Ibbou (Arabic : إيناس فريال إيبو ; born 5 January 1999) is an Algerian tennis player. She is the youngest female tennis player to win a senior ITF tournament in tennis history (14 y/o and 8 months).
She has career-high WTA rankings of 464 in singles, reached on 19 December 2022, and 202 in doubles, achieved on 11 November 2024. Ibbou has won three singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit .
Playing for Algeria Fed Cup team , Ibbou has an overall win–loss record of 5–5.
Career
Singles:
Australian Open: –
French Open: 2R (2015, 2016)
Wimbledon: 1R (2015)
US Open: 1R (2015)
Doubles:
Australian Open: –
French Open: QF (2016)
Wimbledon: 1R (2015)
US Open: 1R (2015)
Professional
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)
Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–5)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Sep 2013
ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
W10
Clay
Amandine Cazeaux
6–1, 6–1
Loss
1–1
May 2016
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
W10
Clay
Sandra Zaniewska
1–6, 4–6
Win
2–1
Sep 2017
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
W15
Clay
Varvara Gracheva
3–6, 7–6(4) , 6–0
Loss
2–2
Nov 2017
ITF Benicarlo, Spain
W15
Clay
Vivien Juhaszová
1–6, 2–6
Loss
2–3
May 2019
ITF Antalya, Turkey
W15
Clay
Eléonora Molinaro
2–6, 4–6
Loss
2–4
Feb 2021
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
W15
Hard
Linda Fruhvirtová
2–6, 2–6
Win
3–4
May 2022
ITF Oran, Algeria
W15
Clay
Lexie Stevens
6–4, 6–2
Loss
3–5
May 2022
ITF Oran, Algeria
W15
Clay
Lexie Stevens
6–7(4) , ret.
Loss
3–6
Jul 2024
ITF Viserba, Italy
W15
Clay
Samira di Stefano
5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups)
Legend
W100 tournaments
W60 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (6–7)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Nov 2013
ITF Nules, Spain
W10
Clay
Noelia Bouzó Zanotti
María Cañero Pérez María José Luque Moreno
7–5, 6–4
Loss
1–1
Apr 2016
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
W10
Clay
Kélia Le Bihan
Alice Bacquié Irina Bara
1–6, 0–6
Loss
1–2
Apr 2016
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
W10
Clay
Petra Januskova
Manon Arcangioli Angelica Moratelli
3–6, 4–6
Loss
1–3
Apr 2016
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
W10
Clay
Petra Januskova
Madeleine Kobelt Nora Niedmers
6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win
2–3
Sep 2017
ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
W15
Clay
Isabella Tcherkes Zade
Victoria Bosio María Fernanda Herazo
6–1, 6–4
Win
3–3
Jan 2021
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
W15
Hard
Anna Sisková
Fiona Ganz Elena Gemović
6–3, 6–1
Win
4–3
Jan 2021
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
W15
Hard
Darya Astakhova
Manon Arcangioli Salma Djoubri
6–3, 6–0
Loss
4–4
Feb 2022
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
W15
Hard
Kristina Dmitruk
Miyu Kato Kisa Yoshioka
4–6, 5–7
Win
5–4
May 2022
ITF Oran, Algeria
W15
Clay
Amira Benaïssa
Luisa Meyer auf der Heide Lexie Stevens
w/o
Win
6–4
Sep 2022
Montreux Ladies Open , Switzerland
W60
Clay
Naïma Karamoko
Jenny Dürst Weronika Falkowska
2–6, 6–3, [16–14]
Loss
6–5
Aug 2023
Verbier Open, Switzerland
W25
Clay
Naïma Karamoko
Deborah Chiesa Dalila Spiteri
6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win
7–5
May 2024
ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia
W15
Clay
Karola Patricia Bejenaru
Elena Milovanović Andreea Prisăcariu
7–6(8) , 6–7(6) , [10–5]
Loss
7–6
Jun 2024
ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia
W35
Clay
Elena Milovanović
Mana Kawamura Yuki Naito
4–6, 4–6
Loss
7–7
Jul 2024
ITF Viserba, Italy
W15
Clay
Francesca Pace
Anastasia Bertacchi Lilli Tagger
0–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss
7–8
Aug 2024
ITF Verbier, Switzerland
W35
Clay
Naïma Karamoko
Haley Giavara Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Win
8–8
Aug 2024
ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland
W35
Clay
Naïma Karamoko
Karolina Kozakova Valentina Ryser
7–6(0) , 6–0
Loss
8–9
Oct 2024
Women's TEC Cup , Spain
W100
Hard
Naïma Karamoko
Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Eva Vedder
5–7, 6–7(5)
Win
9–9
Oct 2024
ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
W50
Hard (i)
Naïma Karamoko
Tiphanie Lemaître Ekaterina Ovcharenko
4–6, 7–6(3) , [10–7]
ITF Junior Circuit finals
Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5
Singles (4–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Grade
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Feb 2013
ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
G5
Clay
Farah Baklouti
6–0, 6–1
Win
2–0
Apr 2015
ITF Cairo, Egypt
G2
Clay
Sandra Samir
6–4, 6–3
Win
3–0
May 2015
ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
G3
Clay
Zani Barnard
6–1, 6–0
Win
4–0
May 2015
ITF Prato, Italy
G2
Clay
Anastasia Potapova
6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Doubles (3–3)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Grade
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Feb 2013
ITF Tunis, Tunisia
G5
Hard
Ghita Nassik
Tereza Melichárková Ana Román Domínguez
6–1, 6–2
Win
2–0
Feb 2013
ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
G5
Clay
Ghita Nassik
Federica Joe Gardella India Sanders
6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss
2–1
Mar 2015
ITF Vinaròs, Spain
G2
Clay
Lucrezia Stefanini
Cristina Bucșa Rebeka Masarova
0–1 ret.
Win
3–1
May 2015
ITF Prato, Italy
G2
Clay
Lucie Wargnier
Ingrid di Carlo Rosanna Maffei
6–4, 6–3
Loss
3–2
May 2015
ITF Santa Croce, Italy
G1
Clay
Lucie Wargnier
Anna Blinkova Olesya Pervushina
2–6, 3–6
Loss
3–3
Feb 2016
ITF El Menzah, Tunisia
G2
Hard
Chiraz Bechri
Oumaima Aziz Diae El Jardi
w/o
National representation
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup
Ibbou made her Fed Cup debut for Algeria in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III , when she was 16 years and 99 days old.
Group membership
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–4)
Matches by type
Singles (2–2)
Doubles (3–3)
Matches by setting
Indoors (1–1)
Outdoors (4–4)
Singles (2–2)
Doubles (3–3)
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