Youssef Hossam

Youssef Hossam (; born 3 June 1998) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after he was found guilty of 21 match-fixing and other corruption offences. He was banned in a decision made official 4 May, after a hearing held 9-11 March 2020.

Tennis career Hossam was born in Giza, Egypt, and lives in Egypt. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 11 December 2017. He also had a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 562, achieved on 27 November 2017. Hossam had a career-high ranking of no. 8 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 4 April 2016.

Hossam represented Egypt at the Davis Cup, where he had a W/L record of 9–2.

Tennis lifetime ban Hossam was found to have effected 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption program from 2015 to 2019: eight cases of match-fixing, six cases of facilitating gambling, two cases of soliciting other players not to use best efforts, three failures to report corrupt approaches and two failures to co-operate with a Tennis Integrity Unit investigation. It also ruled he had conspired with others to carry out betting-related corruption at the lower levels of tennis.

Future and Challenger finals Singles: 12 (9-3) LegendATP Challengers (0–0)ITF Futures (9–3) Titles by surfaceHard (5–1)Clay (4–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 6 (2-4) LegendATP Challengers (0–0)Futures / ITF World Tennis Tour (2–4) Titles by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)