Ayed Zatar

Ayed Farid Zatar Cordero (born 29 March 1996) is a Paraguayan male tennis player. He represents Paraguay at the Davis Cup, where he has a singles W/L record of 9–7, and a doubles W/L of 6–3. He also won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2017 Bolivarian Games.

Ayed Farid Zatar Cordero (born 29 March 1996) is a Paraguayan male tennis player. He represents Paraguay at the Davis Cup, where he has a singles W/L record of 9–7, and a doubles W/L of 6–3. He also won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2017 Bolivarian Games. ==Early years== Zatar was born to Shukri Zatar Yambay and Alba Cordero Rivas on 29 March 1996 in Asunción, the oldest of five children. He began training in tennis at the age of five. In 2012, he travelled to the United States to compete at the Orange Bowl 16 and under tournament in Plantation, Florida. He was ranked number one nationally in the 16- and 18-year-old age groups, and ranked as high as number 156 in the ITF junior rankings. By the time he arrived at Middle Tennessee State University in the United States to play college tennis, he also sat atop the men's open national rankings. ==College career== In his first and only season with the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in 2015–16, Zatar was named all-Conference USA (C-USA) second-team in singles and first-team in doubles. At his first competition, the Dale Short Shootout, he took two wins. In late January he was named C-USA Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week for his performance in their loss against Vanderbilt, scoring the only singles victory for the Blue Raiders against the 25th-ranked team in the country. He finished the year off with a singles win against Charlotte in the C-USA Championship finals. Zatar transferred to Georgia Gwinnett College for his sophomore season and won three straight NAIA team national championships with the Grizzlies from 2017 to 2019, compiling a record of 23–4 in singles matches and 47–5 in doubles play. In his junior year, he teamed with Valentino Caratini to win the ITA Oracle Cup Doubles Super Bowl as well as the NAIA men's doubles national championship. He then finished his senior season ranked number one in the final 2019 Oracle/ITA national doubles rankings alongside Federico Bonacia. Zatar earned NAIA All-American second-team honors in the final two years of his college career. He earned his diploma in December 2019. ==Professional career== Zatar won a bronze medal at the 2017 Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta, Colombia, teaming with Camila Giangreco Campiz in the mixed doubles event. That year he was named best male tennis player at the Tigo Sports awards show in Asunción. ==See also== List of Paraguay Davis Cup team representatives ==References== ==External links==

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