Inès Ibbou

Inès Ibbou
إيناس إيبو
Full name	Inès Feriel Ibbou إيناس فريال إيبو
Country (sports)	Algeria
Residence	Staouéli, Algiers
Born	5 January 1999 (age 25); El Biar, Algiers
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$76,529
Singles
Career record	189–137
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 464 (19 December 2022)
Current ranking	No. 754 (11 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record	114–80
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 202 (11 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 202 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	5–5
	Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

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

Junior Grand Slam performance

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)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2015	Z3 RR	Apr 2015	Ulcinj (MNE)	Norway	Clay	Melanie Stokke	W	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
	Z3 RR			Denmark		Caroline Wozniacki	L	2–6, 1–6
	Z3 PO			Montenegro		Kristina Samardžić	W	6–0, 6–1
2022	Z3 PO	Jun 2022	Ulcinj (MNE)	Morocco	Clay	Aya El Aouni	L	5–4 ret.

Doubles (3–3)

Edition	Stage	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2015	Z3 RR	Apr 2015	Ulcinj (MNE)	Norway	Clay	Amira Benaïssa	Caroline Rohde-Moe Melanie Stokke	L	1–6, 4–6
	Z3 RR			Denmark			Emilie Francati Mai Grage	L	0–6, 0–6
	Z3 PO			Montenegro			Nikoleta Bulatović Kristina Samardžić	W	6–4, 6–2
2020–21	Z3 RR	Jun 2021	Vilnius (LTU)	Zimbabwe	Hard (i)	Inès Bekrar	Tadiwanashe Mauchi Tanyaradzwa Midzi	W	6–2, 6–0
2020–21	Z3 RR	Jun 2021	Vilnius (LTU)	Malta	Hard (i)	Lynda Benkaddour	Elaine Genovese Helene Pellicano	L	6–7^(5–7) ret.
2022	Z3 RR	Jun 2022	Ulcinj (MNE)	Cyprus	Clay	Amira Benaïssa	Maria Constantinou Victoria Savvides	W	6–2, 6–2

External links

Inès Ibbou at the Women's Tennis Association
Inès Ibbou at the International Tennis Federation
Inès Ibbou at the Billie Jean King Cup

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