# Hazem Naw

Hazem Naw (born 1 January 2000) is a Syrian tennis player. Naw has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 299 achieved in October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 722 achieved in November 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Syrian player.
Naw represents Syria at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 16–4.

## Career

After a short junior career, Naw began to play ITF events in both the singles and doubles draw. In August 2021, he received a wildcard into the doubles draw of the Platzmann-Sauerland Open, a Challenger event in Germany which he played alongside former top-100 player Dustin Brown.

### 2024: Historic first ATP Challenger win for Syria

Naw made history as the first Syrian tennis player to record a win in a singles Challenger main draw with his victory over Billy Harris at the 2024 Koblenz Open, having qualified for the main draw.

## Personal life

Naw is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Amer Naow.
Due to the Syrian Civil War, Naw was forced out of Aleppo and moved to Beirut, Lebanon, but now plays tennis for local leagues in Germany.

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Singles: 8 (4–4)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
* ITF World Tennis Tour (4–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–1)
* Clay (2–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2022 | M15, Monastir | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Sebastian Gima | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mar 2023 | M15, Kish Island | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Dan Alexandru Tomescu | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2023 | M15, Kish Island | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Denis Klok | 6–3, 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2023 | M15, Trier | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Tom Gentzsch | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Nov 2023 | M15, Alcalá de Henares | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Daniel Mérida | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Dec 2023 | M15, Madrid | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alastair Gray | 1–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | Jan 2024 | M15, Kish Island | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Oleg Prihodko | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Jul 2024 | M15, Metzingen | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Florian Broska | 5–7, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 6 (4–2)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
* ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (3–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2021 | M15, Huy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | John Sperle | Jonathan Binding Mark Whitehouse | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2021 | M15, Sozopol | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Yann Wójcik | Yan Bondarevskiy Nicholas David Ionel | 6–4, 5–7, [10–6] |
| Loss | 2–1 | May 2022 | M15, Valldoreix | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Franco Emanuel Egea | Álvaro López San Martín Daniel Rincón | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jun 2022 | M15, Vaasa | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Robert Strombachs | Eero Vasa Iiro Vasa | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Aug 2023 | M15, Überlingen | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Taym Al Azmeh | Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner | 7–5, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2024 | M15, Kamen | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Taym Al Azmeh | Jasper Camehn Moritz Kudernatsch | 1–6, 7–5, [10–5] |