Mounir El Aarej
A regular Davis Cup player for Morocco during his career, El Aarej made his debut in 1996, for a World Group qualifier against Switzerland in Olten.[3] He also had a win that year in the Davis Cup over Switzerland's Michel Kratochvil, who was at the time ranked in the world's top 40.[6] His best performance on the ATP Tour came when he made the doubles semi-finals at the 2004 Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, with Mehdi Tahiri.Fourth in the singles, he lost his semi-final to top seed Nicolás Almagro in a final set tiebreak and was beaten in the bronze medal playoff by Simone Bolelli.[8] El Aarej, who had a Davis Cup win over Filippo Volandri in Rome in 2005, continued representing Morocco until 2008.