Inès Feriel Ibbou (; born 5 January 1999) is an Algerian inactive tennis player. She is the youngest female tennis player to win a senior ITF tournament in tennis history (14 years and eight months).
She has career-high WTA rankings of 464 in singles, reached on 19 December 2022, and 202 in doubles, achieved on 11 November 2024. Ibbou has won three singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Playing for Algeria Fed Cup team, Ibbou has an overall win–loss record of 5–5.
Career Junior Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: – French Open: 2R (2015, 2016) Wimbledon: 1R (2015) US Open: 1R (2015)
Doubles: Australian Open: – French Open: QF (2016) Wimbledon: 1R (2015) US Open: 1R (2015)
Professional
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (3–5) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2013ITF Tlemcen, AlgeriaW10 Clay Amandine Cazeaux 6–1, 6–1Loss 1–1 May 2016ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW10 Clay Sandra Zaniewska 1–6, 4–6Win 2–1 Sep 2017ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW15 Clay Varvara Gracheva 3–6, 7–6(4), 6–0Loss 2–2 Nov 2017ITF Benicarlo, SpainW15 Clay Vivien Juhaszová 1–6, 2–6Loss 2–3 May 2019ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Eléonora Molinaro 2–6, 4–6Loss 2–4 Feb 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Linda Fruhvirtová 2–6, 2–6Win 3–4 May 2022ITF Oran, AlgeriaW15 Clay Lexie Stevens 6–4, 6–2Loss 3–5 May 2022ITF Oran, AlgeriaW15 Clay Lexie Stevens 6–7(4), ret.Loss 3–6 Jul 2024ITF Viserba, ItalyW15 Clay Samira De Stefano 5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournamentsW60/75 tournamentsW50 tournamentsW25/35 tournamentsW10/15 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (6–9) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Nov 2013ITF Nules, SpainW10 Clay Noelia Bouzó Zanotti María Cañero Pérez María José Luque Moreno 7–5, 6–4Loss 1–1 Apr 2016ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW10 Clay Kélia Le Bihan Alice Bacquié Irina Bara 1–6, 0–6Loss 1–2 Apr 2016ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW10 Clay Petra Januskova Manon Arcangioli Angelica Moratelli 3–6, 4–6Loss 1–3 Apr 2016ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW10 Clay Petra Januskova Madeleine Kobelt Nora Niedmers 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]Win 2–3 Sep 2017ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW15 Clay Isabella Tcherkes Zade Victoria Bosio María Fernanda Herazo 6–1, 6–4Win 3–3 Jan 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Anna Sisková Fiona Ganz Elena Gemović 6–3, 6–1Win 4–3 Jan 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Darya Astakhova Manon Arcangioli Salma Djoubri 6–3, 6–0Loss 4–4 Feb 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Kristina Dmitruk Miyu Kato Kisa Yoshioka 4–6, 5–7Win 5–4 May 2022ITF Oran, AlgeriaW15 Clay Amira Benaïssa Luisa Meyer auf der Heide Lexie Stevens w/oWin 6–4 Sep 2022Montreux Ladies Open, SwitzerlandW60 Clay Naïma Karamoko Jenny Dürst Weronika Falkowska 2–6, 6–3, [16–14]Loss 6–5 Aug 2023Verbier Open, SwitzerlandW25 Clay Naïma Karamoko Deborah Chiesa Dalila Spiteri 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]Win 7–5 May 2024ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, SerbiaW15 Clay Karola Patricia Bejenaru Elena Milovanović Andreea Prisăcariu 7–6(8), 6–7(6), [10–5]Loss 7–6 Jun 2024ITF Kuršumlijska BanjaW35 Clay Elena Milovanović Mana Kawamura Yuki Naito 4–6, 4–6Loss 7–7 Jul 2024ITF Viserba, ItalyW15 Clay Francesca Pace Anastasia Bertacchi Lilli Tagger 0–6, 6–2, [5–10]Loss 7–8 Aug 2024Verbier Open, SwitzerlandW35 Clay Naïma Karamoko Haley Giavara Diāna Marcinkēviča 6–2, 3–6, [7–10]Win 8–8 Aug 2024ITF Collonge-Bellerive, SwitzerlandW35 Clay Naïma Karamoko Karolina Kozakova Valentina Ryser 7–6(0), 6–0Loss 8–9 Oct 2024Women's TEC Cup, SpainW100 Hard Naïma Karamoko Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Eva Vedder 5–7, 6–7(5)Win 9–9 Oct 2024ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, FranceW50 Hard (i) Naïma Karamoko Tiphanie Lemaître Ekaterina Ovcharenko 4–6, 7–6(3), [10–7]Loss 9–10 Apr 2025Chiasso Open, SwitzerlandW75 Clay Bibiane Schoofs Alicia Barnett Elixane Lechemia 2–6, 3–6Loss 9–11 Sep 2025ITF Bucharest, RomaniaW75 Clay Despina Papamichail Jenny Dürst Nina Vargová 1–6, 1–6
ITF Junior Circuit finals LegendCategory G1Category G2Category G3Category G4Category G5
Singles (4–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2013 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria G5 Clay Farah Baklouti 6–0, 6–1Win 2–0 Apr 2015ITF Cairo, EgyptG2 Clay Sandra Samir 6–4, 6–3Win 3–0 May 2015ITF Tlemcen, AlgeriaG3 Clay Zani Barnard 6–1, 6–0Win 4–0 May 2015ITF Prato, ItalyG2 Clay Anastasia Potapova 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Doubles (3–3) ResultW–LDateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2013 ITF Tunis, Tunisia G5 Hard Ghita Nassik Tereza Melichárková Ana Román Domínguez 6–1, 6–2Win 2–0 Feb 2013 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria G5 Clay Ghita Nassik Federica Joe Gardella India Sanders 6–1, 3–6, [10–1]Loss 2–1 Mar 2015ITF Vinaròs, SpainG2 Clay Lucrezia Stefanini Cristina Bucșa Rebeka Masarova 0–1 ret.Win 3–1 May 2015ITF Prato, ItalyG2 Clay Lucie Wargnier Ingrid di Carlo Rosanna Maffei 6–4, 6–3Loss 3–2 May 2015ITF Santa Croce, ItalyG1 Clay Lucie Wargnier Anna Blinkova Olesya Pervushina 2–6, 3–6Loss 3–3 Feb 2016ITF El Menzah, TunisiaG2 Hard Chiraz Bechri Oumaima Aziz Diae El Jardi w/o
National representation Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup Ibbou made her Fed Cup debut for Algeria in 2015, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group III, when she was 16 years and 99 days old. Group membershipWorld GroupWorld Group Play-offWorld Group IIWorld Group II Play-offEurope/Africa Group (5–5)
Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (4–4)
Matches by typeSingles (2–2)Doubles (3–3)
Matches by settingIndoors (1–1)Outdoors (4–4)
Singles (2–2) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore 2015 Z3 RR Apr 2015 Ulcinj (MNE) Norway Clay Melanie StokkeW 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 Denmark Caroline WozniackiL 2–6, 1–6Z3 PO Montenegro Kristina SamardžićW 6–0, 6–1 2022Z3 PO Jun 2022 Ulcinj (MNE) Morocco Clay Aya El AouniL 5–4 ret.
Doubles (3–3) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 2015 Z3 RR Apr 2015 Ulcinj (MNE) Norway Clay Amira Benaïssa Caroline Rohde-Moe Melanie StokkeL 1–6, 4–6 Denmark Emilie Francati Mai GrageL 0–6, 0–6Z3 PO Montenegro Nikoleta Bulatović Kristina SamardžićW 6–4, 6–22020–21Z3 RR Jun 2021Vilnius (LTU) ZimbabweHard (i) Inès Bekrar Tadiwanashe Mauchi Tanyaradzwa MidziW 6–2, 6–0 Malta Lynda Benkaddour Elaine Genovese Helene PellicanoL 6–7(5–7) ret. 2022Z3 RR Jun 2022 Ulcinj (MNE) Cyprus Clay Amira Benaïssa Maria Constantinou Victoria SavvidesW 6–2, 6–2
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