Amir Weintraub
Country (sports) Israel
ResidenceRehovot, Israel
Born (1986-09-16) 16 September 1986
Rehovot, Israel
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 447,978
Singles
Career record11–11 (50.0% in Grand Slam and ATP Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 161 (21 May 2012)
Current rankingNo. 1,128 (25 December 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2013)
French OpenQ2 (2013)
WimbledonQ2 (2013)
US OpenQ3 (2013)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 246 (25 February 2013)
Last updated on: 28 December 2017.

Amir Weintraub (Hebrew: אמיר ויינטרוב; born 16 September 1986) is an Israeli professional tennis player. In 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship.

He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 161 in May 2012.

Career overview

In August 2006 at the age of 19, Weintraub won his first ITF Futures title in Senegal. One year later, he made his first challenger final in Uzbekistan but lost to Denis Istomin.

In December 2009, Weintraub made it to the finals of the Israeli Tennis Championship, losing to Dudi 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 16 September 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 18 September.

Weintraub made the finals of the 2012 Fergana Challenger which would push him to his career-high ranking of 161 on May 21, 2012.

In September 2012, Weintraub participated in a Davis Cup tie against the 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 where he defeated Guido Pella in the first round and lost in the second round to 17th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Weintraub sustained a severe groin injury at the 2014 Davis Cup and was inactive for nine months after he failed to qualify for 2014 Wimbledon. His ranking dropped to a low of 623 in June 2015.[3]

2016 saw a return to form for Weintraub as he surged back into the top 200 in March. He won two more ITF titles within the year.

Weintraub suffered another injury at the beginning of 2017 and was inactive for the rest of 2017, all of 2018, and the first few months of 2019. He dropped out of the ATP rankings in January 2018.

Weintraub returned to tennis by using a protected ranking at the 2019 French Open Qualifying where he lost to 19th seed Lukáš Rosol in the first round. Throughout 2019 he would continuously receive protected ranking spots into the qualifying draws of ATP tournaments which also included a main draw appearance at the 2019 Winston-Salem Open where he was doubles bageled in the first round by qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo.

Weintraub played his last match to date at the 2020 Australian Open qualifying where he lost to Lorenzo Musetti in the first round. He has not played a match since.

ITF & Challenger career finals

Weintraub in 2016

Singles: 24 (18–10)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Challengers (0-4)
ITF Futures (18-6)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 12 August 2006 Dakar, Senegal Hard Ivory Coast Valentin Sanon 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1. 18 August 2007 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Uzbekistan Denis Istomin 6-3, 1-6, 4-6
Loss 2. 31 October 2009 Binh Duong, Vietnam Hard New Zealand Jose Statham 7-6(7–4), 6-7(4–7), 1-6
Loss 3. 22 May 2010 Durban, South Africa Hard South Africa Andrew Anderson 6-3, 3-6, 6-7(7–3)
Loss 4. 10 July 2010 Bakio, Spain Hard France Fabrice Martin 3-6, 4-6
Win 2. 23 October 2010 Lagos, Nigeria Hard India Karan Rastogi 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Win 3. 28 November 2010 Traralgon, Australia Hard Australia Samuel Groth 6-2, 6-4
Win 4. 21 May 2011 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard United States David Rice 6-3, 6-2
Win 5. 28 May 2011 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard United States David Rice 6-1, 6-1
Win 6. 4 June 2011 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Italy Federico Gaio 6-4, 6-2
Loss 5. 3 September 2011 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Germany Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 5-7, 1-6
Win 7. 30 January 2012 Eilat, Israel Hard Italy Claudio Grassi 6–1, 6–1
Win 8. 1 April 2012 Herzliya, Israel Hard France Axel Michon 7–5, 6–0
Win 9. 5 May 2012 Ashkelon, Israel Hard China Yu Chang 6–3, 6–2
Loss 6. 20 May 2012 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard India Yuki Bhambri 3-6, 3-6
Win 10. 20 January 2014 Eilat, Israel Hard France Martin Vaïsse 6–0, 6–1
Win 11. 27 January 2014 Eilat, Israel Hard Croatia Mate Delić 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7. 16 March 2014 Guangzhou, China Hard Republic of Ireland Louk Sorensen 7-5, 5-7, 4-6
Win 12. 27 April 2015 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy 6–3, 6–4
Win 13. 4 May 2015 Ashkelon, Israel Hard United Kingdom Toby Martin 7–5, 6–4
Win 14. 1 June 2015 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard France Maxime Janvier 6–1, 6–3
Loss 8. 13 June 2015 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard France Sebastian Boltz 3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Win 15. 20 June 2015 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard France Sebastian Boltz 6-7(2-7), 6-4, 6-1
Loss 9. 22 August 2015 Minsk, Belarus Hard France Sebastian Boltz 6-2, 4-6, 2-6
Loss 10. 20 October 2015 Nanchang, China Hard Germany Peter Gojowczyk 2-6, 1-6
Win 16. 13 December 2015 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard Israel Dekel Bar 6-3, 6-2
Win 17. 21 February 2016 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard France Yannick Jankovits 6-4, 6-1
Win 18. October 9, 2016 Ramat Hasharon, Israel Hard United States Peter Kobelt 6-4, 7-6(8-6)

Doubles (15-12)

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

References

  1. Defeated Peer Keeps Climbing, "The Jewish Chronicle Online", 6 January 2011
  2. Profile on the Australian Open website
  3. "Sinai says: After weathering severe injury storm, Weintraub eyes brighter days".


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.