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Skander Mansouri
Country (sports) Tunisia
Born (1995-07-23) 23 July 1995 (age 29)
Tunis, Tunisia
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned proSeptember 2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$375,910
Singles
Career record0–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 238 (12 December 2022)
Current rankingNo. 832 (18 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record5–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 56 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 56 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open2R (2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup10–2
Medal record
Representing  Tunisia
Men's Tennis
African Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Rabat Doubles
Last updated on: 18 November 2024.

Skander Mansouri (born 23 July 1995) is a Tunisian tennis player. He has a career-high ranking by the ATP in doubles of world No. 56, achieved on 11 November 2024, and in singles of No. 238, achieved on 12 December 2022.

At the 2019 African Games, he won the gold medal at the men's doubles event with countryman Aziz Dougaz.[1]

Mansouri represents Tunisia in the Davis Cup where he has a win/loss record of 10–2.

Career

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Mansouri made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Winston-Salem Open, in the doubles draw partnering Christian Seraphim.[citation needed]

He reached the top 100 in the rankings at world No. 99 on 29 January 2024 when he won a Challenger title at the 2024 BW Open with Luke Johnson.[2][3]

Partnering Nicolás Barrientos, he was runner-up at the 2024 Almaty Open, losing to Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe in the final.[4][5]

Playing with Ivan Dodig, Mansouri reached the final at the 2024 Belgrade Open, losing to Jamie Murray and John Peers.[6]

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2024 Almaty Open,
Kazakhstan
250 Series Hard (i) Colombia Nicolás Barrientos India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
India Arjun Kadhe
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [12–14]
Loss 0–2 Nov 2024 Belgrade Open,
Serbia
250 Series Hard (i) Croatia Ivan Dodig United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [9–11]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 27 (17-10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (17-10)
Finals by surface
Hard (17-10)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2018 Cameroon F1, Yaoundé Futures Hard France Evan Furness 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Dec 2018 Cameroon F2, Yaoundé Futures Hard France Corentin Denolly 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Monaco Lucas Catarina 4–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jan 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Riccardo Balzerani 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–2 Jan 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard Brazil Gilbert Klier Júnior 7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Feb 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard France Corentin Denolly 6–7(10–12), 6–3, 5–7
Win 4–3 Feb 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard Belgium Christopher Heyman 6–4, 4–1 ret.
Win 5–3 Sep 2019 M25 H Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Colombia Eduardo Struvay 6–2, 6–1
Win 6–3 Dec 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard Turkey Ergi Kırkın 6–2, 6–0
Win 7–3 Nov 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Argentina Thiago Agustín Tirante 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 8–3 Dec 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Kaichi Uchida 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 8–4 Jan 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim 6-3, 4-6, 3-6
Win 9-4 Oct 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Moerani Bouzige 6-2, 6-4
Loss 9-5 Dec 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Renta Tokuda 7-5, 4-6, 3-6
Win 10-5 Jan 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Renta Tokuda 6-1, 7-6(8-6)
Win 11-5 Jan 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Italy Giovanni Oradini 6–4, 6-4
Win 12-5 Mar 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Belgium Arnaud Bovy 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
Win 13-5 May 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Li Tu 6-4, 6-2
Loss 13-6 May 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Li Tu 7-6(7-3), 4-6, 6-7(4-7)
Loss 13-7 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz 4-6, 4-6
Loss 13-8 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz 6-7(5-7), 0-6
Loss 13-9 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz 6-7(4-7), 3-6
Loss 13-10 Jul 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Jordan Abedallah Shelbayh 6-7(3-7), 4-6
Win 14-10 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Ivory Coast Eliakim Coulibaly 6-3, 6-4
Win 15-10 Nov 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard United States Omni Kumar 6-3, 6-4
Win 16-10 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard United States Omni Kumar 6-3, 6-4
Win 17-10 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Morocco Yassine Dlimi 6–4, 6-3

Doubles: 51 (39–12)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (8–2)
ITF Futures Tour (31–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (33–8)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 Egypt F16, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Burundi Hassan Ndayishimiye Bosnia and Herzegovina Nerman Fatić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ismar Gorčić
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2013 Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Colombia Cristian Rodríguez Turkey Tuna Altuna
Russia Ivan Nedelko
6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Dec 2013 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili
Belarus Yahor Yatsyk
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–2 Dec 2015 Tunisia F36, El Kantaoui Futures Hard Tunisia Moez Echargui France Antoine Hoang
France Ronan Joncour
6–7(6–8), 6–7(0–7)
Win 3–2 Jul 2016 Morocco F4, Nador Futures Clay Tunisia Aziz Dougaz Spain Alejandro García Sáez
Spain Daniel Monedero-González
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–2 Jun 2017 Tunisia F22, Hammamet Futures Clay Tunisia Aziz Dougaz Tunisia Moez Echargui
Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 5–2 Jun 2017 Tunisia F24, Hammamet Futures Clay Tunisia Aziz Dougaz France Théo Fournerie
France Louis Tessa
6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Jul 2017 Morocco F1, Tanger Futures Clay United States Nick Chappell Colombia Juan Manuel Benítez Chavarriaga
United States Raleigh Smith
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–4 Aug 2017 Morocco F3, Casablanca Futures Clay United States Nick Chappell France Elliot Benchetrit
France Maxime Hamou
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), [5–10]
Win 6–4 Sep 2018 Tunisia F33, Monastir Futures Hard Belarus Ivan Liutarevich Turkey Altuğ Çelikbilek
France Florent Diep
6–3, 6–1
Win 7–4 Oct 2018 Tunisia F36, Monastir Futures Hard Benin Alexis Klégou Russia Petr Arkhipov
Russia Bogdan Bobrov
6–4, 6–0
Win 8–4 Oct 2018 Tunisia F37, Monastir Futures Hard Benin Alexis Klégou Switzerland Rémy Bertola
Switzerland Yannik Steinegger
6–2, 6–1
Win 9–4 Dec 2018 Cameroon F1, Yaoundé Futures Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz France Sadio Doumbia
Brazil Diego Matos
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win 10–4 Dec 2018 Cameroon F2, Yaoundé Futures Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz France Sadio Doumbia
Brazil Diego Matos
6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–5 Jan 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Christian Seraphim Italy Luca Giacomini
Italy Adelchi Virgili
7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 11–5 Feb 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt Ecuador Diego Hidalgo
Brazil Gilbert Klier Júnior
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win 12–5 Feb 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Ecuador Diego Hidalgo France Dan Added
France Yanais Laurent
7–5, 6–0
Win 13–5 Mar 2019 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard Tunisia Moez Echargui Australia Max Purcell
Australia Luke Saville
7–6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), [10–7]
Win 14–5 Sep 2019 M25 La Marsa, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Tunisia Aziz Dougaz Tunisia Moez Echargui
France Thomas Setodji
6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 15–5 Oct 2019 M25 H Lagos, Nigeria World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
Zimbabwe Courtney John Lock
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 16–5 Oct 2019 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Cyprus Petros Chrysochos France Gabriel Petit
France Hugo Pontico
7–5, 6–2
Win 17–5 Dec 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Florian Lakat Russia Yan Bondarevskiy
Tunisia Anis Ghorbel
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 18–5 Dec 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Geoffrey Blancaneaux France Baptiste Crepatte
France Gabriel Petit
6–0, 7–6(7–1)
Win 19–5 Oct 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz Germany Mats Rosenkranz
Germany Tom Schönenberg
4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–5]
Win 20–5 Oct 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz Switzerland Mirko Martinez
Estonia Kristjan Tamm
6–3, 7–5
Loss 20–6 Dec 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Mats Rosenkranz Austria Alexander Erler
Austria David Pichler
2–6, 6–7(12–14)
Loss 20–7 Dec 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Dan Added Austria Alexander Erler
Austria David Pichler
6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss 20–8 Jan 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Austria David Pichler France Tom Jomby
France Ronan Joncour
7–6(8-6), 6-7(7-9), [7-10]
Win 21–8 Feb 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Austria Alexander Erler Japan Naoki Nakagawa
Japan Ryota Tanuma
6–0, 7-5
Win 22–8 Feb 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Austria Alexander Erler France Lilian Marmousez
France Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
6–2, 5-7, [11-9]
Loss 22–9 Apr 2021 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Ecuador Diego Hidalgo Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Brazil Fernando Romboli
5-7, 6-4, [2-10]
Win 23–9 Oct 2021 M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt Spain Alberto Barroso Campos
Spain Roberto Ortega-Olmedo
4–6, 6-3, [10-5]
Loss 23–10 Jan 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa Serbia Boris Butulija
Czech Republic Petr Nouza
4–6, 6-3, [7-10]
Win 24–10 Jan 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Marko Topo France Florent Bax
France Robin Bertrand
6–4, 7-5
Win 25–10 May 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Akira Santillan China Gao Xin
China Li Zhe
6–3, 6-0
Win 26–10 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Luke Johnson France Martin Breysach
France Arthur Bouquier
7–6(7–3), 6-3
Win 27–10 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa China Rigele Te
China Zhang Ze
7–6(7–1), 6-2
Win 28–10 Jul 2022 M25 Bakio, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay United Kingdom Luke Johnson Israel Aaron Cohen
Spain Àlex Martínez
1–6, 6-2, [10–5]
Loss 28–11 Jul 2022 M15 Roehampton, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Grass Switzerland Luca Castelnuovo United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
(W/O)
Win 29–11 Jul 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa Australia Ken Cavrak
Australia Chase Ferguson
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 29–12 Sep 2022 Orléans, France Challenger Hard (i) Belgium Michael Geerts France Nicolas Mahut
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
2–6, 4–6
Win 30–12 Apr 2023 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard Greece Michail Pervolarakis Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
New Zealand Rubin Statham
6–4, 6–4
Win 31–12 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Jakob Schnaitter Japan Kokoro Isomura
Japan Yamato Sueoka
6–2, 6–0
Win 32–12 Jul 2023 Chicago, United States Challenger Hard Latvia Mikelis Libietis South Korea Chung Yun-seong
Australia Andrew Harris
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 33–12 Aug 2023 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard France Dan Added Spain Alberto Barroso Campos
Czech Republic David Poljak
7–5, 6–4
Win 34–12 Sep 2023 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard United Kingdom Luke Johnson Netherlands Sander Arends
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 35–12 Sep 2023 Charleston, United States Challenger Hard United Kingdom Luke Johnson United States Nicholas Bybel
United States Oliver Crawford
6–4, 6–4
Win 36–12 Oct 2023 Tiburon, United States Challenger Hard United Kingdom Luke Johnson United States William Blumberg
Venezuela Luis David Martínez
6–2, 6–3
Win 37–12 Oct 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Ouakaa Spain Alberto Barroso Campos
Aleksandr Lobanov
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 38–12 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard United Kingdom Luke Johnson India Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
India Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
7–5, 6–4
Win 39–12 Jan 2024 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Luke Johnson Netherlands Sander Arends
Netherlands Sem Verbeek
7-5, 6-3

Davis Cup

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Participations: (10–2)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG Play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–0)
Group II (2–2)
Group III (8–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (8–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Matches by type
Singles (5–0)
Doubles (5–2)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase3–0; 26 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Pool A Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 1 I Singles Algeria Algeria Youcef Ghezal 6–2, 6–0
Victory 2 III Doubles (with Aziz Dougaz) (dead rubber) Mohamed Hassan / Aymen Ikhlef 6–1, 6–2
Increase3–0; 27 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Pool A Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 3 III Doubles (with Majed Kilani) (dead rubber) Namibia Namibia Jacobus Serdyn / Gideon Van Dyk 6–0, 6–2
Increase2–0; 29 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Promotional Play-off; Clay surface
Victory 4 I Singles Benin Benin Jean Segodo 6–2, 6–0
Decrease1–3; 4–6 March 2016; Arena Zenica, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Europe/Africa Zone Group II First round; Carpet (indoor) surface
Defeat 5 III Doubles (with Malek Jaziri) Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 4–6
Increase3–2; 15–17 July 2016; Tennis Courts of Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Zone Group II Relegation play-off; Hard surface
Victory 6 III Doubles (with Malek Jaziri) Bulgaria Bulgaria Alexandar Lazarov / Vasko Mladenov 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
Increase4–1; 7–9 April 2017; National Tennis Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus; Europe/Africa Zone Group II Relegation play-off; Hard surface
Victory 7 III Doubles (with Malek Jaziri) Cyprus Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos 7–5, 3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Decrease2–3; 3–4 February 2018; Tennis Courts of Cité Nationale Sportive, Tunis, Tunisia; Europe/Africa Zone Group II First round; Hard surface
Defeat 8 V Doubles (with Anis Ghorbel) Finland Finland Harri Heliövaara / Henri Kontinen 4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Increase3–0; 11 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 9 II Singles Mozambique Mozambique Franco Mata 6–1, 6–2
Increase3–0; 12 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 10 II Singles Nigeria Nigeria Emmanuel Audu 6–3, 6–2
Increase3–0; 13 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 11 III Doubles (with Aziz Ouakaa) (dead rubber) Namibia Namibia Codie van Schalkwyk / Connor van Schalkwyk 6–2, 6–1
Increase2–0; 14 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Promotional Play-off; Clay surface
Victory 12 II Singles Madagascar Madagascar Jean-Jacques Rakotohasy 6–1, 6–4


African Games

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Doubles 1 (1 victory)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1. 29 August 2019 Rabat, Morocco Clay Tunisia Aziz Dougaz Morocco Adam Moundir
Morocco Lamine Ouahab
6–4, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "Jeux Africains – Tennis : L'or pour Mansouri-Dougaz" (in French). La Presse. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
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