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{{short description|Algerian tennis player}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name                  = Inès Ibbou <br/> إيناس إيبو
| fullname              = Inès Feriel Ibbou إيناس فريال إيبو
| country               = {{ALG}}
| image                 = 
| caption               = 
| birth_date            = {{birth date and age|1999|1|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place           = [[El Biar]], Algiers
| residence             = [[Staouéli]], [[Algiers]]
| height                =
| plays                 = Right (two-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney      = $70,252
| singlesrecord         = {{tennis record|won=186|lost=134}}
| singlestitles         = 3 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 464 (19 December 2022)
| currentsinglesranking = No. 823 (9 September 2024)
| doublesrecord         = {{tennis record|won=104|lost=74}}
| doublestitles         = 7 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 293 (30 January 2023)
| currentdoublesranking = No. 332 (9 September 2024)
| Team                  = yes
| FedCupresult          = 5–5
| updated               = 9 September 2024
}}

'''Inès Feriel Ibbou''' ({{lang-ar|إيناس فريال إيبو}}; born 5 January 1999) is an Algerian [[tennis]] player. She is the youngest female tennis player to win a senior ITF tournament in tennis history (14 y/o and 8 months).

She has career-high [[WTA rankings]] of 464 in singles, reached on 19 December 2022, and 293 in doubles, achieved on 30 January 2023. Ibbou has won three singles and seven 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===
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==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)===
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!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>1–0</small>
| Sep 2013
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W10
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Amandine Cazeaux
| 6–1, 6–1
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>1–1</small>
| May 2016
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W10
| Clay
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Sandra Zaniewska]]
| 1–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>2–1</small>
| Sep 2017
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Varvara Gracheva]]
| 3–6, 7–6<sup>(4)</sup>, 6–0
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>2–2</small>
| Nov 2017
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Benicarlo, Spain
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SVK}} Vivien Juhaszová
| 1–6, 2–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>2–3</small>
| May 2019
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Antalya, Turkey
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|LUX}} [[Eléonora Molinaro]]
| 2–6, 4–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>2–4</small>
| Feb 2021
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Linda Fruhvirtová]]
| 2–6, 2–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>3–4</small>
| May 2022
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Oran, Algeria
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Lexie Stevens]]
| 6–4, 6–2
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>3–5</small>
| May 2022
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Oran, Algeria
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|NED}} Lexie Stevens
| 6–7<sup>(4)</sup>, ret.
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>3–6</small>
| Jul 2024
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Viserba, Italy
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Samira di Stefano]]
| 5–7, 3–6
|}

===Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner–ups)===
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|W10/15 tournaments
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!Finals by surface
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!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>1–0</small>
| Nov 2013
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Nules, Spain
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W10
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Noelia Bouzó Zanotti
| {{flagicon|ESP}} María Cañero Pérez <br /> {{flagicon|ESP}} María José Luque Moreno
| 7–5, 6–4
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>1–1</small>
| Apr 2016
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W10
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Kélia Le Bihan
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alice Bacquié <br /> {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Irina Bara]]
| 1–6, 0–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>1–2</small>
| Apr 2016
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W10
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Petra Januskova
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Manon Arcangioli]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Angelica Moratelli]]
| 3–6, 4–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Loss
| <small>1–3</small>
| Apr 2016
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W10
| Clay
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Petra Januskova
| {{flagicon|USA}} Madeleine Kobelt <br /> {{flagicon|GER}} Nora Niedmers
| 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>2–3</small>
| Sep 2017
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Hammamet, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Isabella Tcherkes Zade
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Victoria Bosio]] <br /> {{flagicon|COL}} [[María Fernanda Herazo]]
| 6–1, 6–4
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>3–3</small>
| Jan 2021
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Hard
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Anna Sisková]]
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Fiona Ganz <br /> {{flagicon|SRB}} Elena Gemović
| 6–3, 6–1
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>4–3</small>
| Jan 2021
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Darya Astakhova]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Manon Arcangioli <br /> {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Salma Djoubri]]
| 6–3, 6–0
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>4–4</small>
| Feb 2022
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Hard
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Kristina Dmitruk]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miyu Kato (tennis)|Miyu Kato]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Kisa Yoshioka
| 4–6, 5–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>5–4</small>
| May 2022
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Oran, Algeria
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ALG}} Amira Benaïssa
| {{flagicon|GER}} Luisa Meyer auf der Heide <br /> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Lexie Stevens]]
| [[walkover|w/o]]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>6–4</small>
| [[2022 Elle Spirit Open – Doubles|Sep 2022]]
| style="background:#addfad;"|[[Montreux Ladies Open]], Switzerland
| style="background:#addfad;"|W60
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Naïma Karamoko]]
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Jenny Dürst]] <br /> {{flagicon|POL}} [[Weronika Falkowska]]
| 2–6, 6–3, [16–14]
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>6–5</small>
| Aug 2023
| style="background:lightblue;"|Verbier Open, Switzerland
| style="background:lightblue;"|W25
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Naïma Karamoko
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Deborah Chiesa]] <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Dalila Spiteri]]
| 6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>7–5</small>
| May 2024
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Karola Patricia Bejenaru]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Elena Milovanović]] <br /> {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Andreea Prisăcariu]]
| 7–6<sup>(8)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(6)</sup>, [10–5]
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>7–6</small>
| Jun 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Elena Milovanović
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mana Kawamura]] <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuki Naito]]
| 4–6, 4–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>7–7</small>
| Jul 2024
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Viserba, Italy
| style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesca Pace]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Anastasia Bertacchi]] <br /> {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Lilli Tagger]]
| 0–6, 6–2, [5–10]
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>7–8</small>
| Aug 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Verbier, Switzerland
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Naïma Karamoko
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Haley Giavara]] <br /> {{flagicon|LAT}} [[Diāna Marcinkēviča]]
| 6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
| <small>8–8</small>
| Aug 2024
| style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Collonge-Bellerive, Switzerland
| style="background:lightblue;"|W35
| Clay
| {{flagicon|SUI}} Naïma Karamoko
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Karolina Kozakova]] <br /> {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Valentina Ryser]]
| 7–6<sup>(0)</sup>, 6–0
|}

==ITF Junior Circuit finals==
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!Legend
|- bgcolor=#C2B280
|Category G1
|- bgcolor="#ADDFAD"
|Category G2
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
|Category G3
|- bgcolor=#ffecb2
|Category G4
|-
|Category G5
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===Singles (4–0)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Grade
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
| <small>1–0</small>
| Feb 2013
| ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
| G5
| Clay
| {{flagicon|TUN}} Farah Baklouti
| 6–0, 6–1
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
| <small>2–0</small>
| Apr 2015
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|ITF Cairo, Egypt
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|G2
| Clay
| {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Sandra Samir]]
| 6–4, 6–3
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
| <small>3–0</small>
| May 2015
| bgcolor="lightblue"|ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
| bgcolor="lightblue"|G3
| Clay
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Zani Barnard]]
| 6–1, 6–0
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
| <small>4–0</small>
| May 2015
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|ITF Prato, Italy
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|G2
| Clay
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Potapova]]
| 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
|}

===Doubles (3–3)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Grade
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
| <small>1–0</small>
| Feb 2013
| ITF Tunis, Tunisia
| G5
| Hard
| {{flagicon|MAR}} Ghita Nassik
| {{flagicon|CZE}} Tereza Melichárková <br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Ana Román Domínguez
| 6–1, 6–2
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
| <small>2–0</small>
| Feb 2013
| ITF Tlemcen, Algeria
| G5
| Clay
| {{flagicon|MAR}} Ghita Nassik
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Federica Joe Gardella <br />{{flagicon|GBR}} India Sanders
| 6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>2–1</small>
| Mar 2015
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|ITF Vinaròs, Spain
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|G2
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lucrezia Stefanini]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Cristina Bucșa]] <br />{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Rebeka Masarova]]
| 0–1 ret.
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Win
| <small>3–1</small>
| May 2015
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|ITF [[Prato]], Italy
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|G2
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lucie Wargnier
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ingrid di Carlo <br />{{flagicon|ITA}} Rosanna Maffei
| 6–4, 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>3–2</small>
| May 2015
| bgcolor=#C2B280|ITF [[Santa Croce, Florence|Santa Croce]], Italy
| bgcolor=#C2B280|G1
| Clay
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lucie Wargnier
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Blinkova]] <br />{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Olesya Pervushina]]
| 2–6, 3–6
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
| <small>3–3</small>
| Feb 2016
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|ITF El Menzah, Tunisia
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"|B2
| Hard
| {{flagicon|TUN}} [[Chiraz Bechri]]
| {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Oumaima Aziz]] <br />{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Diae El Jardi]]
| w/o
|}

==National representation==
===Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup===
Ibbou made her [[Fed Cup]] debut for [[Algeria Fed Cup team|Algeria]] in 2015, while the team was competing in the [[2019 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone|Europe/Africa Zone Group III]], when she was 16 years and 99 days old.
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!Group membership
|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
|World Group
|- style="background:#ffcccc;"
|World Group Play-off
|- style="background:#F7E98E;"
|World Group II
|- style="background:#ADDFAD;"
|World Group II Play-off
|- style="background:#CCCCFF;"
|Europe/Africa Group (5–5)
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|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
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!Matches by type
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|Singles (2–2)
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|Doubles (3–3)
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====Singles (2–2)====
{|class=wikitable
!Edition
!Stage
!Date
!Location
!Against
!Surface
!Opponent
!W/L
!Score
|-
|rowspan=3| [[2015 Fed Cup|2015]]
|style="background:#CCCCFF;" rowspan=2| [[2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool C|Z3 RR]]
| rowspan="3" | Apr 2015
|rowspan=3| [[Ulcinj]] (MNE)
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway Fed Cup team|Norway]]
|rowspan=3| Clay
| [[Melanie Stokke]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W
| 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark Fed Cup team|Denmark]]
| [[Caroline Wozniacki]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L
| 2–6, 1–6
|-
| style="background:#CCCCFF;"|[[2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs|Z3 PO]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Montenegro Fed Cup team|Montenegro]]
| [[Kristina Samardžić]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W
| 6–0, 6–1
|-
| [[2022 Billie Jean King Cup|2022]]
| style="background:#CCCCFF;"|[[2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs|Z3 PO]]
| Jun 2022
| Ulcinj (MNE)
| {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Morocco Billie Jean King Cup team|Morocco]]
| Clay
| [[Aya El Aouni]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L
| 5–4 ret.
|}

====Doubles (3–3)====
{|class=wikitable
!Edition
!Stage
!Date
!Location
!Against
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!W/L
!Score
|-
|rowspan=3| [[2015 Fed Cup|2015]]
|style="background:#CCCCFF;" rowspan=2| [[2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool C|Z3 RR]]
| rowspan="3" | Apr 2015
|rowspan=3| Ulcinj (MNE)
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway Fed Cup team|Norway]]
|rowspan=3| Clay
|rowspan=3| Amira Benaïssa
| [[Caroline Rohde-Moe]] <br/> [[Melanie Stokke]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L
| 1–6, 4–6
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark Fed Cup team|Denmark]]
| [[Emilie Francati]] <br/> [[Mai Grage]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L
| 0–6, 0–6
|-
| style="background:#CCCCFF;"|[[2015 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Play-offs|Z3 PO]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Montenegro Fed Cup team|Montenegro]]
| [[Nikoleta Bulatović]] <br/> Kristina Samardžić
| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W
| 6–4, 6–2
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2020–21 Billie Jean King Cup|2020–21]]
| style="background:#CCCCFF;" rowspan=2|[[2021 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool E|Z3 RR]]
| rowspan="2" | Jun 2021
| rowspan=2|[[Vilnius]] (LTU)
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Zimbabwe Fed Cup team|Zimbabwe]]
| rowspan=2|Hard (i)
| [[Inès Bekrar]]
| [[Tadiwanashe Mauchi]] <br/> [[Tanyaradzwa Midzi]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W
| 6–2, 6–0
|-
| {{flagicon|MLT}} [[Malta Fed Cup team|Malta]]
| [[Lynda Benkaddour]]
| [[Elaine Genovese]] <br/> [[Helene Pellicano]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a;"|L
| 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup> ret.
|-
| [[2022 Billie Jean King Cup|2022]]
|  style="background:#CCCCFF;"|[[2022 Billie Jean King Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III – Pool B (Ulcinj)|Z3 RR]]
| Jun 2022
| Ulcinj (MNE)
| {{flagicon|CYP}} [[Cyprus Billie Jean King Cup team|Cyprus]]
| Clay
| Amira Benaïssa
| [[Maria Constantinou]] <br/> [[Victoria Savvides]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98;"|W
| 6–2, 6–2
|}

==External links==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Fed Cup player}}

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[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Algerian female tennis players]]
[[Category:People from El Biar]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games]]
[[Category:21st-century Algerian sportswomen]]


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