# Youssef Hossam

Youssef Hossam (Arabic: يوسف حسام; born 3 June 1998) is an Egyptian former professional tennis player who was banned from tennis for life, after he was found guilty of 21 match-fixing and other corruption offences. He was banned in a decision made official 4 May, after a hearing held 9-11 March 2020.

## Tennis career

Hossam was born in Giza, Egypt, and lives in Egypt. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 11 December 2017. He also had a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 562, achieved on 27 November 2017. Hossam had a career-high ranking of no. 8 on the ITF Junior Circuit, achieved on 4 April 2016.
Hossam represented Egypt at the Davis Cup, where he had a W/L record of 9–2.

## Tennis lifetime ban

Hossam was found to have effected 21 breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption program from 2015 to 2019: eight cases of match-fixing, six cases of facilitating gambling, two cases of soliciting other players not to use best efforts, three failures to report corrupt approaches and two failures to co-operate with a Tennis Integrity Unit investigation. It also ruled he had conspired with others to carry out betting-related corruption at the lower levels of tennis. The TIU stated: "As a result of his conviction, Mr Hossam is now permanently excluded from competing in or attending any sanctioned tennis event organised or recognised by the governing bodies of the sport."
The news came less than two years after his older brother Karim Hossam also was banned for life and was fined $15,000 in 2018, after being found guilty on 16 corruption charges relating to offenses from 2013 to 2017.

## Future and Challenger finals
### Singles: 12 (9-3)

* Legend
* ATP Challengers (0–0)
* ITF Futures (9–3)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (5–1)
* Clay (4–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2016 | Cairo Egypt F36 | Futures | Clay | Jay Clarke | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 | Futures | Hard | Thomas Bréchemier | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F19 | Futures | Hard | Marat Deviatiarov | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2017 | Cairo Egypt F22 | Futures | Clay | Mazen Osama | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–1 | Sep 2017 | Cairo Egypt F24 | Futures | Clay | Fabrizio Ornago | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Sep 2017 | Cairo Egypt F25 | Futures | Clay | Johan Tatlot | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Oct 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F27 | Futures | Hard | David Pérez Sanz | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Oct 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 | Futures | Hard | Pablo Vivero González | 4–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Aug 2018 | Sintra Portugal F15 | Futures | Hard | Frederico Ferreira Silva | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–3 | Dec 2018 | Cairo Egypt F29 | Futures | Clay | Matthieu Perchicot | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–3 | Dec 2018 | Cairo Egypt F31 | Futures | Clay | Matthieu Perchicot | 6–3, 2–6, 6–0 |
| Win | 9–3 | Mar 2019 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Andrés Artuñedo | 7–5, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 6 (2-4)

* Legend
* ATP Challengers (0–0)
* Futures / ITF World Tennis Tour (2–4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (2–3)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2016 | Cairo Egypt F36 | Futures | Clay | Mohamed Abdel-Aziz | Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood | 1–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F14 | Futures | Hard | Issam Haitham Taweel | Lennert van der Linden George von Massow | 3–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 1–2 | Jul 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F18 | Futures | Hard | Junior Alexander Ore | Marat Deviatiarov Issam Haitham Taweel | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F28 | Futures | Hard | Mazen Osama | Anis Ghorbel David Pérez Sanz | 3–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 2–3 | Oct 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F30 | Futures | Hard | Anis Ghorbel | Adrian Andrzejczuk José Francisco Vidal Azorín | 6–4, 4–2 ret. |
| Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2017 | Sharm El Sheikh Egypt F31 | Futures | Hard | Antonio Massara | David Jordà Sanchis João Menezes | 3–6, 6–4, [8–10] |