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. 59, achieved on 10 June 2024, and in singles of No. 238, achieved on 12 December 2022.

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$345,064
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. 686 (23 september 2024)
Doubles
Career record5–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 59 (10 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 64 (23 september 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: 25 september 2024.

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.

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.

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   Evan Furness 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Dec 2018 Cameroon F2, Yaoundé Futures Hard   Corentin Denolly 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 1–2 Jan 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Lucas Catarina 4–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jan 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Riccardo Balzerani 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–2 Jan 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard   Gilbert Klier Júnior 7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Feb 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard   Corentin Denolly 6–7(10–12), 6–3, 5–7
Win 4–3 Feb 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard   Christopher Heyman 6–4, 4–1 ret.
Win 5–3 Sep 2019 M25+H Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Eduardo Struvay 6–2, 6–1
Win 6–3 Dec 2019 M15 World Tennis Tour Hard   Ergi Kırkın 6–2, 6–0
Win 7–3 Nov 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Thiago Agustín Tirante 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 8–3 Dec 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Kaichi Uchida 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 8–4 Jan 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Eric Vanshelboim 6-3, 4-6, 3-6
Win 9-4 Oct 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Moerani Bouzige 6-2, 6-4
Loss 9-5 Dec 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Renta Tokuda 7-5, 4-6, 3-6
Win 10-5 Jan 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Renta Tokuda 6-1, 7-6(8-6)
Win 11-5 Jan 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Giovanni Oradini 6–4, 6-4
Win 12-5 Mar 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Arnaud Bovy 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
Win 13-5 May 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Li Tu 6-4, 6-2
Loss 13-6 May 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Li Tu 7-6(7-3), 4-6, 6-7(4-7)
Loss 13-7 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Dougaz 4-6, 4-6
Loss 13-8 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Dougaz 6-7(5-7), 0-6
Loss 13-9 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Dougaz 6-7(4-7), 3-6
Loss 13-10 Jul 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Abedallah Shelbayh 6-7(3-7), 4-6
Win 14-10 Sep 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Eliakim Coulibaly 6-3, 6-4
Win 15-10 Nov 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Omni Kumar 6-3, 6-4
Win 16-10 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Omni Kumar 6-3, 6-4
Win 17-10 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   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   Hassan Ndayishimiye   Nerman Fatić
  Ismar Gorčić
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2013 Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay   Cristian Rodríguez   Tuna Altuna
  Ivan Nedelko
6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Dec 2013 Qatar F4, Doha Futures Hard   Evan Hoyt   Nikoloz Basilashvili
  Yahor Yatsyk
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2–2 Dec 2015 Tunisia F36, El Kantaoui Futures Hard   Moez Echargui   Antoine Hoang
  Ronan Joncour
6–7(6–8), 6–7(0–7)
Win 3–2 Jul 2016 Morocco F4, Nador Futures Clay   Aziz Dougaz   Alejandro García Sáez
  Daniel Monedero-González
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–2 Jun 2017 Tunisia F22, Hammamet Futures Clay   Aziz Dougaz   Moez Echargui
  Gonçalo Oliveira
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 5–2 Jun 2017 Tunisia F24, Hammamet Futures Clay   Aziz Dougaz   Théo Fournerie
  Louis Tessa
6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Jul 2017 Morocco F1, Tanger Futures Clay   Nick Chappell   Juan Manuel Benítez Chavarriaga
  Raleigh Smith
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–4 Aug 2017 Morocco F3, Casablanca Futures Clay   Nick Chappell   Elliot Benchetrit
  Maxime Hamou
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), [5–10]
Win 6–4 Sep 2018 Tunisia F33, Monastir Futures Hard   Ivan Liutarevich   Altuğ Çelikbilek
  Florent Diep
6–3, 6–1
Win 7–4 Oct 2018 Tunisia F36, Monastir Futures Hard   Alexis Klégou   Petr Arkhipov
  Bogdan Bobrov
6–4, 6–0
Win 8–4 Oct 2018 Tunisia F37, Monastir Futures Hard   Alexis Klégou   Rémy Bertola
  Yannik Steinegger
6–2, 6–1
Win 9–4 Dec 2018 Cameroon F1, Yaoundé Futures Hard   Aziz Dougaz   Sadio Doumbia
  Diego Matos
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win 10–4 Dec 2018 Cameroon F2, Yaoundé Futures Hard   Aziz Dougaz   Sadio Doumbia
  Diego Matos
6–4, 6–2
Loss 10–5 Jan 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Christian Seraphim   Luca Giacomini
  Adelchi Virgili
7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 11–5 Feb 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Evan Hoyt   Diego Hidalgo
  Gilbert Klier Júnior
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win 12–5 Feb 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Diego Hidalgo   Dan Added
  Yanais Laurent
7–5, 6–0
Win 13–5 Mar 2019 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard   Moez Echargui   Max Purcell
  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   Aziz Dougaz   Moez Echargui
  Thomas Setodji
6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 15–5 Oct 2019 M25+H Lagos, Nigeria World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Dougaz   Benjamin Lock
  Courtney John Lock
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 16–5 Oct 2019 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Petros Chrysochos   Gabriel Petit
  Hugo Pontico
7–5, 6–2
Win 17–5 Dec 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Florian Lakat   Yan Bondarevskiy
  Anis Ghorbel
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win 18–5 Dec 2019 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Geoffrey Blancaneaux   Baptiste Crepatte
  Gabriel Petit
6–0, 7–6(7–1)
Win 19–5 Oct 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Dougaz   Mats Rosenkranz
  Tom Schönenberg
4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–5]
Win 20–5 Oct 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Dougaz   Mirko Martinez
  Kristjan Tamm
6–3, 7–5
Loss 20–6 Dec 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Mats Rosenkranz   Alexander Erler
  David Pichler
2–6, 6–7(12–14)
Loss 20–7 Dec 2020 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Dan Added   Alexander Erler
  David Pichler
6–7(7–9), 3–6
Loss 20–8 Jan 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   David Pichler   Tom Jomby
  Ronan Joncour
7–6(8-6), 6-7(7-9), [7-10]
Win 21–8 Feb 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Alexander Erler   Naoki Nakagawa
  Ryota Tanuma
6–0, 7-5
Win 22–8 Feb 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Alexander Erler   Lilian Marmousez
  Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
6–2, 5-7, [11-9]
Loss 22–9 Apr 2021 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Diego Hidalgo   Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
  Fernando Romboli
5-7, 6-4, [2-10]
Win 23–9 Oct 2021 M25 Quinta do Lago, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Evan Hoyt   Alberto Barroso Campos
  Roberto Ortega-Olmedo
4–6, 6-3, [10-5]
Loss 23–10 Jan 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Ouakaa   Boris Butulija
  Petr Nouza
4–6, 6-3, [7-10]
Win 24–10 Jan 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Marko Topo   Florent Bax
  Robin Bertrand
6–4, 7-5
Win 25–10 May 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Akira Santillan   Gao Xin
  Li Zhe
6–3, 6-0
Win 26–10 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Luke Johnson   Martin Breysach
  Arthur Bouquier
7–6(7–3), 6-3
Win 27–10 Jun 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Ouakaa   Rigele Te
  Zhang Ze
7–6(7–1), 6-2
Win 28–10 Jul 2022 M25 Bakio, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Luke Johnson   Aaron Cohen
  Àlex Martínez
1–6, 6-2, [10–5]
Loss 28–11 Jul 2022 M15 Roehampton, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Grass   Luca Castelnuovo   Julian Cash
  Henry Patten
(W/O)
Win 29–11 Jul 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Ouakaa   Ken Cavrak
  Chase Ferguson
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 29–12 Sep 2022 Orléans, France Challenger Hard (i)   Michael Geerts   Nicolas Mahut
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
2–6, 4–6
Win 30–12 Apr 2023 Cuernavaca, Mexico Challenger Hard   Michail Pervolarakis   Benjamin Lock
  Rubin Statham
6–4, 6–4
Win 31–12 May 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Jakob Schnaitter   Kokoro Isomura
  Yamato Sueoka
6–2, 6–0
Win 32–12 Jul 2023 Chicago, United States Challenger Hard   Mikelis Libietis   Chung Yun-seong
  Andrew Harris
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 33–12 Aug 2023 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Dan Added   Alberto Barroso Campos
  David Poljak
7–5, 6–4
Win 34–12 Sep 2023 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Luke Johnson   Sander Arends
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 35–12 Sep 2023 Charleston, United States Challenger Hard   Luke Johnson   Nicholas Bybel
  Oliver Crawford
6–4, 6–4
Win 36–12 Oct 2023 Tiburon, United States Challenger Hard   Luke Johnson   William Blumberg
  Luis David Martínez
6–2, 6–3
Win 37–12 Oct 2023 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Aziz Ouakaa   Alberto Barroso Campos
  Aleksandr Lobanov
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 38–12 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard   Luke Johnson   Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
  Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
7–5, 6–4
Win 39–12 Jan 2024 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Challenger Hard (i)   Luke Johnson   Sander Arends
  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
 3–0; 26 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Pool A Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 1 I Singles   Algeria Youcef Ghezal 6–2, 6–0
Victory 2 III Doubles (with Aziz Dougaz) (dead rubber) Mohamed Hassan / Aymen Ikhlef 6–1, 6–2
 3–0; 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 Jacobus Serdyn / Gideon Van Dyk 6–0, 6–2
 2–0; 29 October 2015; Smash Tennis Academy, Cairo, Egypt; Africa Zone Group III Promotional Play-off; Clay surface
Victory 4 I Singles   Benin Jean Segodo 6–2, 6–0
 1–3; 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 Mirza Bašić / Tomislav Brkić 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 4–6
 3–2; 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 Alexandar Lazarov / Vasko Mladenov 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
 4–1; 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 Marcos Baghdatis / Petros Chrysochos 7–5, 3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
 2–3; 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 Harri Heliövaara / Henri Kontinen 4–6, 7–5, 2–6
 3–0; 11 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 9 II Singles   Mozambique Franco Mata 6–1, 6–2
 3–0; 12 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Round robin; Clay surface
Victory 10 II Singles   Nigeria Emmanuel Audu 6–3, 6–2
 3–0; 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 Codie van Schalkwyk / Connor van Schalkwyk 6–2, 6–1
 2–0; 14 September 2019; Nairobi Club, Nairobi, Kenya; Africa Zone Group III Promotional Play-off; Clay surface
Victory 12 II Singles   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   Aziz Dougaz   Adam Moundir
  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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