Background and career
Younes El Aynaoui (Arabic: يونس العيناوي) (born 12 September 1971) is a Moroccan coach and former professional tennis player.
He is a five-time singles winner on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in March 2003, at the age of 31. His long career was plagued by injuries and he did not play competitive tennis between September 2008 and January 2010. However, in December 2009 he scheduled to play at the ATP Champions Tour tournament in London, where he made his debut at the senior tour.
He received a gold medal – the nation's highest sporting honour – from King Mohammed VI. In a 2003 poll by leading Moroccan newspaper L'Economiste, readers named El Aynaoui their favourite role model for society, ahead of athletics star Hicham El Guerrouj.
