{"id":47169,"date":"2024-01-30T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T08:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&p=47169"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T11:24:01","slug":"yara-alhogbani-saudi-arabias-first-female-professional-tennis-player","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/yara-alhogbani-saudi-arabias-first-female-professional-tennis-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Yara Alhogbani? Meet Saudi Arabia’s First Female Professional Tennis Player"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yara Alhogbani is a force to be reckoned with as the first female professional tennis player in Saudi Arabia. At such a young age she has achieved incredible milestones and works hard to make her dreams a reality. From the USA to Saudi Arabia, she has had the adventure of a lifetime and reached new heights. Below, GRAZIA tells you about the tennis star who is set to make history.<\/p>\n

Who is Yara Alhogbani?<\/h2>\n

Born in Ohio on November 16, 2004, Alhogbani later moved to Virginia, USA, where she spent her childhood and developed a passion for tennis when she was young. Encouraged by her family to follow her dreams, her ambitions to become a professional tennis player began when she was just 14.<\/p>\n

In 2022, at the age of 17, she made history becoming the first Saudi woman to win a professional tennis tournament. She was victorious in her match against Tamara Ermakova of Russia at the J5 Isa Town tournament in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

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