Amir Weintraub

Amir Weintraub

Weintraub at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Rehovot, Israel
Born	(1986-09-16) September 16, 1986 Rehovot, Israel
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$341,085
Singles
Career record	8–7
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 15 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 161 (21 May 2012)
Current ranking	No. 276 (28 September 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	Q2 (2013)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013)
US Open	Q3 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 2 Challengers, 14 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 246 (25 February 2013)
Current ranking	No. 579 (28 September 2015)
Last updated on: 22 June 2015.

Amir Weintraub (Hebrew: אמיר ויינטרוב; born September 16, 1986) is an Israeli professional tennis player. He is the current Israeli champion, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 161 in May 2012.

As of June 2015, Weintraub is Israel's ATP second-ranked player, after Dudi Sela.

Career overview

In December 2009, Weintraub made it to the finals of the Israeli Tennis Championship, losing to Sela in three sets. In December 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship, winning against Sela^[1] 7–6, 3–6, 7–6.

In January 2011 Weintraub participated for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, but lost in the first qualifying round.^[2] In the same month, it was decided that he would play in the Israeli Davis Cup team as the second singles player in their tie against Poland.

In March 2011 Weintraub won his first Davis Cup match, against Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in 5 sets. On September 16, 2011, he defeated Milos Raonic in four sets to square Israel's Davis Cup tie with Canada at 1–1 but then he lost the decisive tie to Vasek Pospisil, on September 18.

In September 2012, Weintraub participated Davis Cup tie against Japan Davis Cup team and won his first match against Tatsuma Ito in straight sets and won the decisive match against Go Soeda who ranked 170 places above him in four sets. Because of this match Israel qualified for the 2013 Davis Cup World Group after a two-year absence.

Weintraub qualified for singles main draw play at the 2013 Australian Open and lost in the second round.

ITF & Challenger Career Finals

Singles: 24 (15–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	August 12, 2006	Dakar, Senegal	Hard	Valentin Sanon	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	August 18, 2007	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denis Istomin	6-3, 1-6, 4-6
Runner-up	2.	October 31, 2009	Binh Duong, Vietnam	Hard	Jose Statham	7-6(7–4), 6-7(4–7), 1-6
Runner-up	3.	May 22, 2010	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Andrew Anderson	6-3, 3-6, 6-7(7–3)
Runner-up	4.	July 10, 2010	Bakio, Spain	Hard	Fabrice Martin	3-6, 4-6
Winner	2.	October 23, 2010	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Karan Rastogi	2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Winner	3.	November 28, 2010	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Samuel Groth	6-2, 6-4
Winner	4.	May 21, 2011	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	David Rice	6-3, 6-2
Winner	5.	May 28, 2011	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	David Rice	6-1, 6-1
Winner	6.	June 4, 2011	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Federico Gaio	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	5.	September 3, 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	5-7, 1-6
Winner	7.	January 30, 2012	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Claudio Grassi	6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	April 1, 2012	Herzliya, Israel	Hard	Axel Michon	7–5, 6–0
Winner	9.	May 5, 2012	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Yu Chang	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	May 5, 2012	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	3-6, 2-6
Winner	10.	January 20, 2014	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Martin Vaïsse	6–0, 6–1
Winner	11.	January 27, 2014	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Mate Delić	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	March 16, 2014	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Louk Sorensen	7-5, 5-7, 4-6
Winner	12.	April 27, 2015	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Evgeny Karlovskiy	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	May 4, 2015	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Toby Martin	7–5, 6–4
Winner	14.	June 1, 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Maxime Janvier	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	June 13, 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Sebastian Boltz	3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Winner	15.	June 20, 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Sebastian Boltz	6-7(2-7), 6-4, 6-1
Runner-up	9.	August 22, 2015	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Sebastian Boltz	6-2, 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	10.	October 20, 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Peter Gojowczyk	2-6, 1-6

Doubles (15-12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	March 11, 2006	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	Sergei Krotiouk Alexei Milner	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	July 8, 2006	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	Matthew Ebden Aidan Fitzgerald	6–2, 7–5
Winner	3.	August 5, 2006	Dakar, Senegal	Hard	Amit Inbar	Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	August 12, 2006	Dakar, Senegal	Hard	Amit Inbar	Amadeus Fulford-Jones Benjamin Janse van Rensburg	W/O
Runner-up	1.	March 24, 2007	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	Laurent Vigne Pierrick Ysern	2-6, 1-6
Winner	5.	June 9, 2007	Ankara, Turkey	Clay	Dekel Valtzer	Alex Satschko Marc-Andre Stratling	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	6.	June 16, 2007	Izmir, Turkey	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli Marcio Torres	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	7.	June 23, 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	Guy Kubi Alexei Milner	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	December 15, 2007	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Idan Mark	Navdeep Singh Alexander Slabinsky	6-7(2-7), 6-3, [7-10]
Runner-up	3.	March 16, 2008	Albufeira, Portugal	Hard	Chris Eaton	Neil Bamford Josh Goodall	3-6, 4-6
Winner	8.	July 19, 2008	Aptos, United States	Hard	Noam Okun	Todd Widom Michael Yani	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	29 November, 2008	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Sebastian Rieschick	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Amir Hadad	3-6 4-6
Runner-up	5.	August 29, 2009	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Ludovic Walter	John Paul Fruttero G.D. Jones	2-6, 6-4, [5-10]
Winner	9.	September 12, 2009	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Marcus Daniell	John Paul Fruttero G.D. Jones	6-1, 6-7(5-7), [10-5]
Runner-up	6.	4 December, 2009	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Hard	Alexander Slabinsky	Adam El Mihdawy Blake Strode	3-6, 6-2, [7-10]
Winner	10.	October 23, 2010	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Boy Westerhof	Niels Desein Laurent Rochette	W/O
Winner	11.	October 30, 2010	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Boy Westerhof	Raven Klaasen Ruan Roelofse	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Winner	12.	January 29, 2011	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Tal Eros	Alon Faiman Tomer Hodorov	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	May 21, 2011	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Tal Eros	David Rice Sean Thornley	6-3, 3-6, [9-11]
Winner	13.	May 28, 2011	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	John Paul Fruttero	David Rice Sean Thornley	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), [13–11]
Winner	14.	March 4, 2012	Singapore, Singapore	Hard	Kamil Čapkovič	Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	May 5, 2012	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Saar Steele	Yu Chang Li Zhe	3-6, 2-6
Runner-up	9.	February 10, 2013	Bergamo, Italy	Hard	Claudio Grassi	Karol Beck Andrej Martin	3-6, 6-3, [8-10]
Winner	15.	January 25, 2014	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Huang Liang-chi	Marcus Willis Lewis Burton	6-3, 7-6(11–9)
Runner-up	10.	February 1, 2014	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Claudio Grassi	Marcus Willis Lewis Burton	3-6 5-7
Runner-up	11.	March 2, 2014	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	2-6, 4-6
Runner-up	12.	September 19, 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Jonathan Eysseric Jurgen Zopp	4-6, 2-6
Winner	16.	October 25, 2015	Ningbo, China	Hard	Dudi Sela	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	6-3, 3-6, [10-6]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amir Weintraub.

• Amir Weintraub Official Site
• Amir Weintraub at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Amir Weintraub at the International Tennis Federation
• Amir Weintraub at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Amir Weintraub at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Israeli male singles tennis players as of 19 October 2015 1. Dudi Sela (110 4) 2. Amir Weintraub (270 10) 3. Bar Tzuf Botzer (631 7) 4. Edan Leshem (739 2) 5. Ben Patael (782 1) 6. Dekel Bar (816 ) 7. Tal Goldengoren (856 2) 8. Alon Elia (934 ) 9. Noam Okun (1,030 7) 10. Daniel Cukierman (1,058 6)