Shlomo Glickstein
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Shlomo Glickstein (born January 6, 1958 in Rehovot, Israel) is a former professional tennis player from Israel.
He reached his career-high ranking of # 22 in November 1982.
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[edit] Tennis career
When he was 10 years old, Glickstein began playing tennis, and at the age of 16 he gave up basketball and soccer to focus solely on the sport. By the time he finished the juniors, he was one of the top 10 juniors in the world. His career was hampered by the fact that he had to serve 3 years in the Israeli military at a key point in his athletic development (ages 18-21).
Shortly after turning pro, he won his third straight Israeli National championship.
In 1980, Glickstein gained international fame when he defeated Raul Ramirez, who was ranked No. 35 in the world, in the first-round at Wimbledon. After losing to eventual champion Bjorn Borg in the second game, Glickstein won the Wimbledon Plate, the consolation tournament.
Glickstein's most memorable career victory was over then-No.1 ranked Ivan Lendl in three sets 6:2, 3:6, 7:5. glickstein also achieved wins over No. 9 seed Harold Solomon, No. 10 Eliot Teltscher, and No. 11 Brian Gottfried.
In 1981, Glickstein won the South Orange, New Jersey Grand Prix, becoming the first Israeli to win a tennis grand prix.
Glickstein played until 1988, then became the director of the Israel Tennis Academy in Ramat Hasharon from 1992-96.
In the spring of 1998 he was still managing the Israeli Davis and Federation Cup teams.
[edit] Davis Cup
Glickstein was 44-22, and 22-4 on hard courts, in Davis Cup play from 1976-87.[1]
He is Israel's all-time leader in total wins, singles wins (31), and doubles wins (13).
[edit] Maccabiah Games
Glickstein won the men's singles in tennis at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, the first Israeli to win a Maccabiah tennis championship.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Glickstein trained at Israel Tennis Centers. [1]
[edit] External links
- Davis Cup record
- Official ATP profile
- Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Jews in Sports bio
- Great Jews in Sports
[edit] References
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