Zarah Razafimahatratra

Zarah Razafimahatratra (born 24 August 1994) is a retired Malagasy tennis player.

Razafimahatratra was Madagascar's top female tennis player. She won one singles title and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2013, she made her debut for the Madagascar Fed Cup team. She had her maiden appearance against Cyprus in Moldova on 9 May, helping the team to a win following a decade of absence.

On the junior circuit, she achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 22, on 29 January 2012.

Career 2012 Razafimahatratra began her 2012 season with back-to-back Grade-1 junior tournaments in South America, losing in the first round of both, the first being in Costa Rica and the second in Venezuela. In March, she headed to South Africa to play three consecutive Grade-2 tournaments in Potchefstroom. She reached the quarterfinals of all three tournaments. After this, Razafimahatratra travelled to Europe for the big junior clay court season, playing four tournaments, both Grade-1 and Grade- A, with her best result being a quarterfinal. She then lost in the second round of three consecutive junior tournaments.

As it turned out, these would be the last junior tournaments Razafimahatratra would play. In October, she began focusing on her professional career, and played a $25k tournament in Lagos, Nigeria, under a wildcard entry. In the first round, she defeated Kyra Shroff before another win over Viktoriya Tomova in the second round. In the quarterfinals, however, she met the top seed from Russia, Nina Bratchikova, and despite taking the first set, the eighteen-year-old was eventually defeated. In doubles, she reached the quarterfinals alongside Valeria Patiuk. The following week, Razafimahatratra played another $25k event in Lagos, but was forced to qualify. She did so, and after defeating Maria Sakkari in the first round lost to Lu Jiajing in the second. She reached the quarterfinal of the doubles tournament with Patiuk.

Zarah's final tournaments of the year were back-to-back 10k events in Potchefstroom, South Africa. She reached the semifinals of the first tournament before being blasted out by Chanel Simmonds, winning not a single game. In doubles, however, she reached the final alongside Lynn Kiro; they lost against Kim Grajdek and Keren Shlomo. In the second tournament in Potchefstroom, Zarah was crowned singles and doubles champion.

2013 Razafimahatratra's 2013 campaign began with four consecutive $10k tournaments in Sharm El Sheikh. In the first event, she lost a three-set match against eventual champion Adrijana Lekaj, but went on to win the doubles with Romanian Ilka Csöregi. The following week, she lost in the second round to the second seed, but once more lifted the doubles trophy with Csöregi. In the third tournament, however, she fared better in singles, reaching the semifinals without dropping a set, before being defeated by Darya Lebesheva.

ITF finals Singles (1–2) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–2) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 15 December 2012 Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard Estelle Cascino 7–6(5), 6–0Runner-up 1. 17 November 2013 Oujda, Morocco Clay Jade Suvrijn 6–4, 4–6, 3–6Runner-up 2. 1 December 2013 Fes, Morocco Clay Jade Suvrijn 5–7, 0–6

Doubles (5–2) Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (1–0) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 8 December 2012 Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard Lynn Kiro Kim-Alice Grajdek Keren Shlomo 6–2, 4–6, [8–10]Winner 1. 15 December 2012 Potchefstroom, South Africa Hard Lynn Kiro Kim-Alice Grajdek Keren Shlomo w/oWinner 2. 3 March 2013 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Ilka Csoregi Naomi Broady Ana Veselinović 7–5, 6–3Winner 3. 10 March 2013 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Ilka Csoregi Alexandra Artamonova Darya Lebesheva 6–3, 6–4Winner 4. 17 November 2013 Oujda, Morocco Hard Lina Qostal Alexandra Nancarrow Olga Parres Azcoita 6–3, 7–5Runner-up 2. 22 February 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Demi Schuurs Ana Veselinović Eugeniya Pashkova 2–6, 1–6Winner 5. 12 June 2015 Antananarivo, Madagascar Clay Sandra Andriamarosoa Madrie Le Roux Liniques Theron 6–3, 6–2

ITF Junior Circuit finals

Singles (7–6) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 30 November 2008 Bujumbura, Burundi G5 Clay Niriantsa Rasolomalala 3–6, 1–6Runner-up 2. 12 December 2008 Nairobi, Kenya G4 Clay Niriantsa Rasolomalala 4–6, 4–6Winner 1. 6 August 2009 Windhoek, Namibia G4 Hard Niriantsa Rasolomalala 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)Runner-up 3. 12 August 2009 Gaborone, Botswana G4 Hard Sarah Ive 2–6, 6–4, 4–6Runner-up 4. 6 December 2009 Kampala, Uganda G4 Clay Niriantsa Rasolomalala 6–1, 4–6, 0–6Winner 2. 10 December 2009 Nairobi, Kenya G4 Clay Niriantsa Rasolomalala 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–1Winner 3. 12 March 2010 Potchefstroom, South Africa G2 Hard Jennifer Ren 6–4, 6–1Runner-up 5. 4 April 2010 Abuja, Nigeria G2 Hard Ons Jabeur 6–1, 2–6, 6–7(2–7)Winner 4. 8 April 2010 Abuja, Nigeria B2 Hard Nour Abbès 3–6, 6–3, 7–5Runner-up 6. 11 March 2011 Potchefstroom, South Africa G2 Hard Donna Vekić 3–6, 4–6Winner 5. 3 April 2011 Gaborone, Botswana G2 Hard Nour Abbès 6–2, 6–2Winner 6. 8 April 2011 Gaborone, Botswana B2 Hard Nour Abbès 7–5, 6–2Winner 7. 30 July 2011 Pretoria, South Africa G4 Hard Kerstin Gressmann 6–0, 6–0

Doubles (10–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. 30 November 2008 Bujumbura, Burundi G5 Clay Valeria Bhunu Yasmin Ebada Ann-Sophie Rufyikiri 3–6, 3–6Runner-up 2. 12 December 2008 Nairobi, Kenya G4 Clay Valeria Bhunu Niriantsa Rasolomalala Kaylea Chana Sher 3–6, 7–5, 3–6Runner-up 3. 26 July 2009 Windhoek, Namibia G4 Hard Niriantsa Rasolomalala Adri Lochner Mikayla Morkel-Brink 3–6, 6–4, [9–11]Winner 1. 6 August 2009 Windhoek, Namibia G4 Hard Niriantsa Rasolomalala Sarah Ive Welma Luus 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), [10–5]Winner 2. 12 August 2009 Gaborone, Botswana G4 Hard Niriantsa Rasolomalala Laura Deigman Tracy Plant 6–1, 7–6(7–3)Winner 3. 28 November 2009 Kigali, Rwanda G5 Clay Niriantsa Rasolomalala Elliesa Ball Yasmin Ebada 6–3, 6–1Winner 4. 6 December 2009 Kampala, Uganda G4 Clay Niriantsa Rasolomalala Natasha Fourouclas Tracy Plant 6–3, 6–4Winner 5. 10 December 2009 Nairobi, Kenya G4 Clay Niriantsa Rasolomalala Stephanie N'tcha Veruska Van Wyk 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]Winner 6. 19 March 2010 Pretoria, South Africa G2 Hard Niriantsa Rasolomalala Ysaline Bonaventure Ilinca Stoica 2–6, 6–4, [10–6]Runner-up 4. 4 April 2010 Abuja, Nigeria G2 Hard Niriantsa Rasolomalala Nour Abbès Ons Jabeur 3–6, 3–6Winner 7. 8 April 2010 Abuja, Nigeria B2 Hard Niriantsa Rasolomalala Sohinee Ghosh Ann-Sophie Rufyikiri 7–6(8–6), 6–2Winner 8. 30 July 2011 Pretoria, South Africa G4 Hard Jesse Norah Grace Dane Joubert Carita Moolman 7–5, 6–2Winner 9. 16 September 2011 Montreal, Canada G3 Hard Ganna Poznikhirenko Gloria Liang Erin Routliffe 6–2, 6–3Winner 10. 17 June 2012 Offenbach, Germany G1 Clay Ilka Csöregi Diana Bogoliy Jeļena Ostapenko 6–0, 3–6, [10–7]