Younes El Aynaoui

Younes El Aynaoui is a male professional tennis player from Morocco. He was born on September 12, 1971 in Rabat, Morocco. He is known for having a long career in tennis playing that has been plagued by a number of injuries that even hindered him from playing between September 2008-January 2010.

In Morocco, El Aynaoui is extremely popular, so much so that he received a gold medal from King Mohammed VI, which is the highest sporting honor that one can receive in Morocco. According to a poll made by L’Economiste, a Moroccan newspaper, a huge number of their subscribers and readers cite El Aynaoui as their favorite male role model for society. In fact, he even ranks higher than the athletics star and prime minister, Hicham El Guerrouj.

El Aynaoui turned pro in 1990, after he spent a week at the Nick Bolletieri Tennis Academy. In order to survive practices, honing of skills, and staggering fees, El Aynaoui resorted to driving the academy bus, stringing tennis rackets, played babysitter, cleared the gym, and tossed practice balls in order to afford the fees.

By 1993, El Aynaoui was able to reach his very first grand prix singles during the finals held at Casablanca. There, he lost against Guillermo Perez-Roldan.

Through his career, El Aynaoui has a record of 254-226 for singles, with 5 career wins. For doubles, he has a record of 24-55, without any career wins. For his rankings, his highest achievement was No. 14, which he reached in March 11, 2003. For doubles, the highest El Aynaoui reached was No. 85.