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).

Inès Ibbou
إيناس إيبو
Full nameInès Feriel Ibbou إيناس فريال إيبو
Country (sports) Algeria
ResidenceStaouéli, Algiers
Born (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)
El Biar, Algiers
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$76,529
Singles
Career record189–137
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 464 (19 December 2022)
Current rankingNo. 754 (11 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record114–80
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 202 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 202 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup5–5
Last updated on: 11 November 2024.

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

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Junior Grand Slam performance

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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

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ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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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)

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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

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Legend
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (4–0)

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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)

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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

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Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup

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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)

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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
  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)

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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
  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
  Malta 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
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