Hicham Arazi (; born 19 October 1973) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. He played professionally from 1993 to the end of 2007. The left-hander reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 22 on November 5, 2001. During his career, Arazi captured one ATP Tour singles title, in Casablanca. "The Moroccan Magician" reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open twice and the French Open twice. Some tennis analysts also called him "The Moroccan McEnroe" due to his talent – he played with incredible touch, and often enjoyed the support of the crowd even when not at home. He led Patrick Rafter, winner of the US Open in 1997 and 1998, two sets to love during the first round of the latter tournament. In the fourth set he was upset with several line calls, telling umpire Norm Chryst to "get out of here", which sparked the beginning of Arazi's meltdown (and Rafter's comeback). During his career, he notably gained victories over former world No. 1s and major champions Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyá and Jim Courier.
ATP Masters Series finals
Singles (1 runner-up) OutcomeYearTournamentOpponentScoreRunner-up2001Monte Carlo Gustavo Kuerten3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Career finals
LegendGrand Slam Tennis Masters CupATP Masters SeriesATP Tour
Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Mar 1997Casablanca, MoroccoClay Franco Squillari3–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss1–1Jun 1999Merano, ItalyClay Fernando Vicente2–6, 6–3, 6–7(1–7)Loss1–2Apr 2001Monte Carlo, MonacoClay Gustavo Kuerten3–6, 2–6, 4–6
Doubles (2 runners-up)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Mar 1997Casablanca, MoroccoClay Karim Alami João Cunha e Silva Nuno Marques6–7, 2–6Loss0–2Sep 1997Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Eyal Ran Vincenzo Santopadre Vince Spadea4–6, 7–6, 0–6
Singles performance timeline
Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ1Q11R4R1RQF1R2R1RQFA0 / 812–8French OpenQ1Q2QFQF3R3R2R3R2R1RA0 / 816–8WimbledonA2R1R3R1R3R3R1R1R3RA0 / 99–9US Open1R1R1R1R3R3R3R2R2R2RA0 / 109–10Win–loss0–11–24–49–44–410–45–44–42–47–40–00 / 3546–35Year-end championshipsGrand Slam CupAAA1RANot Held0 / 10–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA2RQF1RAA3R1R0 / 56–5MiamiAAAA1R2R2R3RQ11RA0 / 52–5Monte CarloQ1A1R2R3R2RF2RA1RQ10 / 710–7HamburgAAQF3R3R1R3R1RA1RA0 / 79–7RomeAA1R2R2R2R2R1RA2RA0 / 75–7CanadaAAAAA1R3RAQ21RA0 / 32–3CincinnatiA1RAAA2R3RA3R2RA0 / 56–5Madrid1AA2R1R1R1R3RQ2A1RA0 / 63–6ParisQ1Q11R1RQ1AQFAQF1RA0 / 56–5Win–loss0–00–14–54–56–66–818–92–45–24–90–10 / 5049–50Year-end ranking141793836363025905262897
1This event was held in Essen in 1995, and in Stuttgart from 1996 through 2001.
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