Tzipora Obziler
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Tzipora Obziler (born April 19, 1973, in Givatayim, Israel) is a 5' 7" professional right-handed tennis player.
She reached her career-high singles world ranking of # 95 in 2007, and doubles ranking of # 149 in 2000.
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[edit] Tennis career
She has won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit. Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several grand slam events.
She started playing tennis at age 10, with friends.
In 1997 she won ITF tournaments in singles in Jaffa and Antalya, Turkey.
In 1998 she repeated in Jaffa.
In 1999 she won in Guimaraes, Portugal, and Azemeis, Portugal, and 2 tournaments in Istanbul, Turkey.
In 2000 she won tournaments in Ashkelon and Beersheba in Israel.
In 2002 she won in Mumbai, Indonesia, and Nonthaburi, Thailand.
In 2005 she won both the singles and doubles (with Shahar Pe'er) titles in Raanana, Israel.
In 2006, she managed to get further than the 2nd-round of a WTA event in her first event of the year at Auckland and at Guangzhou in late September. In Auckland, she reached the quarterfinals with two good wins over Jamea Jackson and the 5th-seeded Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, before falling to Daniela Hantuchova. In Guangzhou, she reached the semifinals of the tournament before falling to the 4th-seeded Anabel Medina-Garrigues in three sets, 5-7 6-2 4-6.
Other than that, she qualified for the Australian Open and various WTA tour events, she won an ITF title in Washington, DC, and finally an ITF doubles title in Antalya-Manavgat partnering Romina Oprandi.
Obziler trained at the Israel Tennis Centers.[1]
[edit] Federation Cup
Obziler was 45-29 in Federation Cup matches between 1994 and 2006, including wins in her most recent 9 matches.[1]
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Speaks Hebrew and English.
- Nickname is Tzipi.
- Served two years in the Israeli Army.
- Went to college and studied computers at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- WTA Tour profile for Tzipora Obziler
- Federation Cup record
