Giovani Samaha (born 14 July 1994) is a Lebanese former tennis player.
Samaha has a career high ATP singles ranking of 819 achieved on 19 August 2019 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 568, achieved on 21 October 2019. Samaha has won three ITF Futures doubles titles.
Career
Samaha represented Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 12–8.
Future and Challenger finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1 M15 Kampala, UgandaWorld Tennis TourClay Ivan Nedelko3–6, 1–1 ret.
Doubles 3 (2–1) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (2–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0 Sri Lanka F1, ColomboFuturesClay Nicholas Bybel Scott Duncan Nicolas Rosenzweig6–1, 6–2Win2–0 Uganda F1, KampalaFuturesClay Kunal Anand Vinayak Sharma Kaza Goran Marković6–3, 2–6, [10–8]Loss2–1 Egypt F24, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Issam Haitham Taweel Shalva Dzhanashiya Alexander Igoshin6–7(3–7), 4–6Win3–1 Egypt F31, CairoFuturesClay Vladyslav Manafov Louroi Martínez Damien Wenger6–3, 6–4
Davis Cup
Participations: (12–8)
Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)Qualifying Round (0–0)WG play-off (0–0)Group I (1–1)Group II (2–3)Group III (9–4)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (10–2)Clay (2–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (8–3)Doubles (4–5) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score2–1; 16 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; hard surfaceDefeat1IIIDoubles (with Bassam Beidas) (dead rubber) United Arab EmiratesKhaled Al-Hassani / Faisal Bastaki3–4 ret.3–0; 18 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotion Pool round robin; hard surfaceVictory2IIIDoubles (with Patrick Chucri) (dead rubber) VietnamLê Quốc Khánh / Ngô Quang Huy4–5 ret.0–3; 19 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotion Pool round robin; hard surfaceDefeat3IISingles Sri LankaHarshana Godamanna2–6, 1–6Defeat4IIIDoubles (with Patrick Chucri) (dead rubber)Rajeev Rajapakse / Oshada Wijemanne0–1 ret.2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II relegation play-off; clay surfaceVictory5IIIDoubles (with Hady Habib) Sri LankaHarshana Godamanna / Dineshkanthan Thangarajah7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Defeat6VSinglesHarshana Godamanna3–6, 2–6, 3–63–0; 11 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory7IISingles CambodiaBun Kenny6–2, 7–6(7–3)3–0; 13 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory8IISingles SingaporeRoy Hobbs6–2, 6–43–0; 14 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory9IISingles QatarMubarak Shannan Zayid4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–53–0; 15 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory10IISingles SyriaBruno Abdel Nour6–2, 7–51–2; 16 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III promotional play-off; clay surfaceDefeat11IISingles Hong KongKaran Rastogi3–6, 2–62–1; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory12IISingles TurkmenistanÝuriý Rogusskiý7–6(7–1), 6–22–1; 19 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory13IISingles MalaysiaAhmed Deedat Abdul Razak6–3, 7–6(7–1)3–0; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory14IISingles QatarMubarak Shannan Zayid1–6, 6–4, 6–43–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III promotional play-off; clay surfaceVictory15IISingles JordanMousa Alkotop6–4, 3–6, 6–23–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II first round; hard (i) surfaceVictory16IIIDoubles (with Hady Habib) Chinese TaipeiChen Ti / Yu Cheng-yu6–1, 7–53–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II second round; hard surfaceDefeat17IIIDoubles (with Hady Habib) Hong KongWong Chun-hun / Yeung Pak-long2–6, 4–63–2; 15–16 September 2018; National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II promotional play-off; hard surfaceDefeat18IIIDoubles (with Jad Ballout) ThailandSanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana0–6, 3–62–3; 13-14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Group I first round; clay surfaceDefeat19IIIDoubles (with Benjamin Hassan) UzbekistanSanjar Fayziev / Jurabek Karimov2–6, 7–5, 3–63–1; 6-7 March 2020; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I Play-off first round; clay surfaceVictory20IIIDoubles (with Benjamin Hassan) ThailandKittirat Kerdlaphee / Phongsapak Kerdlaphee6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–0
External links
Giovani Samaha at Troy University