title: Giovani Samaha
text: # Giovani Samaha
  
  Giovani Samaha (born 14 July 1994) is a Lebanese tennis player.
  
  ## Career
  
  Samaha has a career high ATP singles ranking of 819 achieved on 19 August 2019 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 568, achieved on 21 October 2019. Samaha has won 3 ITF Futures doubles title.
  
  Samaha has represented Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 12–8.
  
  ## Future and Challenger finals
  
  ### Singles: 1 (0–1)
  
  * Legend (singles)
  * ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
  * ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
  * Titles by surface
  * Hard (0–0)
  * Clay (0–1)
  * Grass (0–0)
  * Carpet (0–0)
  
  | Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Loss | 0–1 | May 2019 | M15 Kampala, Uganda | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Ivan Nedelko | 3–6, 1–1 ret. |
  
  ### Doubles 3 (2–1)
  
  * Legend (doubles)
  * ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
  * ITF Futures Tour (2–1)
  * Titles by surface
  * Hard (0–1)
  * Clay (2–0)
  * Grass (0–0)
  * Carpet (0–0)
  
  | Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Win | 1–0 | Jun 2017 | Sri Lanka F1, Colombo | Futures | Clay | Nicholas Bybel | Scott Duncan Nicolas Rosenzweig | 6–1, 6–2 |
  | Win | 2–0 | May 2018 | Uganda F1, Kampala | Futures | Clay | Kunal Anand | Vinayak Sharma Kaza Goran Marković | 6–3, 2–6, [10–8] |
  | Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2018 | Egypt F24, Sharm El Sheikh | Futures | Hard | Issam Haitham Taweel | Shalva Dzhanashiya Alexander Igoshin | $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 4–6 |
  | Win | 3–1 | Dec 2018 | Egypt F31, Cairo | Futures | Clay | Vladyslav Manafov | Louroi Martínez Damien Wenger | 6–3, 6–4 |
  
  ## Davis Cup
  
  ### Participations: (12–8)
  
  * Group membership
  * World Group (0–0)
  * Qualifying Round (0–0)
  * WG play-off (0–0)
  * Group I (1–1)
  * Group II (2–3)
  * Group III (9–4)
  * Group IV (0–0)
  * Matches by surface
  * Hard (10–2)
  * Clay (2–6)
  * Grass (0–0)
  * Carpet (0–0)
  * Matches by type
  * Singles (8–3)
  * Doubles (4–5)
  * indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
  
  | Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2–1; 16 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; hard surface |||||||
  | Defeat | 1 | III | Doubles (with Bassam Beidas) (dead rubber) | United Arab Emirates | Khaled Al-Hassani / Faisal Bastaki | 3–4 ret. |
  | 3–0; 18 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotion Pool round robin; hard surface |||||||
  | Victory | 2 | III | Doubles (with Patrick Chucri) (dead rubber) | Vietnam | Lê Quốc Khánh / Ngô Quang Huy | 4–5 ret. |
  | 0–3; 19 June 2011; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Promotion Pool round robin; hard surface |||||||
  | Defeat | 3 | II | Singles | Sri Lanka | Harshana Godamanna | 2–6, 1–6 |
  | Defeat | 4 | III | Doubles (with Patrick Chucri) (dead rubber) | Sri Lanka | Rajeev Rajapakse / Oshada Wijemanne | 0–1 ret. |
  | 2–3; 17–19 July 2015; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II relegation play-off; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 5 | III | Doubles (with Hady Habib) | Sri Lanka | Harshana Godamanna / Dineshkanthan Thangarajah | $7–6^{(7–4)},$ 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
  | Defeat | 6 | V | Singles | Sri Lanka | Harshana Godamanna | 3–6, 2–6, 3–6 |
  | 3–0; 11 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 7 | II | Singles | Cambodia | Bun Kenny | 6–2, $7–6^{(7–3)}$ |
  | 3–0; 13 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 8 | II | Singles | Singapore | Roy Hobbs | 6–2, 6–4 |
  | 3–0; 14 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 9 | II | Singles | Qatar | Mubarak Shannan Zayid | 4–6, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 7–5 |
  | 3–0; 15 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 10 | II | Singles | Syria | Bruno Abdel Nour | 6–2, 7–5 |
  | 1–2; 16 July 2016; Enghelab Sports Complex, Tehran, Iran; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III promotional play-off; clay surface |||||||
  | Defeat | 11 | II | Singles | Hong Kong | Karan Rastogi | 3–6, 2–6 |
  | 2–1; 17 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 12 | II | Singles | Turkmenistan | Ýuriý Rogusskiý | $7–6^{(7–1)},$ 6–2 |
  | 2–1; 19 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 13 | II | Singles | Malaysia | Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak | 6–3, $7–6^{(7–1)}$ |
  | 3–0; 20 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 14 | II | Singles | Qatar | Mubarak Shannan Zayid | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
  | 3–0; 22 July 2017; Sri Lanka Tennis Association, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Asia/Oceania Zone Group III promotional play-off; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 15 | II | Singles | Jordan | Mousa Alkotop | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
  | 3–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II first round; hard (i) surface |||||||
  | Victory | 16 | III | Doubles (with Hady Habib) | Chinese Taipei | Chen Ti / Yu Cheng-yu | 6–1, 7–5 |
  | 3–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II second round; hard surface |||||||
  | Defeat | 17 | III | Doubles (with Hady Habib) | Hong Kong | Wong Chun-hun / Yeung Pak-long | 2–6, 4–6 |
  | 3–2; 15–16 September 2018; National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Asia/Oceania Zone Group II promotional play-off; hard surface |||||||
  | Defeat | 18 | III | Doubles (with Jad Ballout) | Thailand | Sanchai Ratiwatana / Sonchat Ratiwatana | 0–6, 3–6 |
  | 2–3; 13-14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Asia/Oceania Group I first round; clay surface |||||||
  | Defeat | 19 | III | Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan) | Uzbekistan | Sanjar Fayziev / Jurabek Karimov | 2–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
  | 3–1; 6-7 March 2020; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I Play-off first round; clay surface |||||||
  | Victory | 20 | III | Doubles (with Benjamin Hassan) | Thailand | Kittirat Kerdlaphee / Phongsapak Kerdlaphee | 6–3, $6–7^{(7–9)},$ 6–0 |
  