Zack Fleishman
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| Country |  United States |
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| Residence | Playa del Rey, California | |
| Date of birth | March 17, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Santa Monica, California | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | |
| Turned pro | 2000 | |
| Plays | Right | |
| Career prize money | US$326,187 | |
| Singles | ||
| Career record: | 31-18 in 2007 | |
| Career titles: | 6 | |
| Highest ranking: | No. 127 entry ranking(November 5, 2007) and No. 55 race ranking (January 29, 2007) | |
| Grand Slam results | ||
| Australian Open | 2nd (2007) | |
| French Open | - | |
| Wimbledon | 1st (2007) | |
| US Open | - | |
| Doubles | ||
| Career record: | ||
| Career titles: | ||
| Highest ranking: | No. 254 (June 24, 2002) | |
Zachary Rodin "Zack" Fleishman (born March 17, 1980) is a right-handed professional tennis player from the United States.
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[edit] Tennis career
Fleishman began playing tennis at the age of 8.
In 1998, he became the highest ranked American junior in the world (at # 18 in the world rankings). Ranked No. 2 nationally in Boys 18 and under in 1998, and the top-ranked player in Southern California in Boys 10, 12, 14, and 18s, he was listed No. 5 nationally in Boys 14 and unders at age 13. He competed in numerous Junior Grand Slam events, including Wimbledon, the French Open and the US Open where he reached the quarterfinals.
Fleishman played one year of high school tennis at Crossroads School in 9th grade for coach Martin Hershey. He went undefeated for that season and won Delphic League Championship.[1]
At the age of 18, he began playing collegiate tennis at UCLA, and played one season in 1998-99. That year Zack helped UCLA to the number 1 ranking in the country and to the finals of the NCAA. After one year of competing on the collegiate level, Fleishman opted to turn professional in 2000.
He has won 6 professional singles titles (and numerous doubles titles) in his career starting with back to back satellite wins in El Salvador on hard court, followed by a win in Honduras on red clay. Fleishman then won back to back titles again, this time in his native California winning 2 futures events in Redding and Chico (he also won the doubles title). Later, he was able to establish himself on the challenger circuit winning a $25,000 event in Ecuador on red clay and then a $50,000 event in Vietnam on hard court. This propelled him to the #11 player in the United States and the #127 player in the world.
[edit] 2006
In 2006, Fleishman qualified for his first Grand Slam event: the Australian Open. He won 3 qualifying matches and then drew world #85 Dick Norman of Belgium. Fleishman rallied from 2 sets down to force a fifth set. However, Fleishman was unable to capitalize on his momentum, and lost the fifth set and the match.
[edit] 2007
In 2007, Fleishman again qualified for the Australian Open. This time, he defeated world 26th-ranked Agustín Calleri of Argentina in the first round, before falling to Australian Wayne Arthurs in the second.
The same year, Fleishman won 3 matches and qualified at Wimbledon, where he faced world #10 Tommy Haas. On July 17, 2007, Fleishman achieved his first victory over a top ten player, defeating World No. 6 Fernando González 7–6(5), 6–4, in the first round of the Los Angeles Tennis Center's Countrywide Classic on the grounds of UCLA. He proceeded to beat fellow American Robert Kendrick 7–6(4), 6–3, in the second round, compiling his first ever back-to-back wins in an ATP event. In the quarterfinals, however, Fleishman fell to the eventual tournament champion Radek Štěpánek, 6–4, 6–2.
[edit] Recent Interviews
www.tenniszonepodcast.com
[edit] Best surface and best stroke
- Prefers hard courts, and his forehand is his best stroke.
[edit] Best Wins
Fernando Gonzalez, David Nalbandian, Tomas Berdych, Vince Spadea, Joakim Johansson, Robby Ginepri, Mardy Fish, Augustin Calleri, Michael Llodra, Daniel Nestor, Nicolas Mahut
[edit] External links
- ATP Tour profile for Zack Fleishman
- Fleishman Recent Match Results
- Fleishman World Ranking History
- UCLA bio
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