Amir Weintraub

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

Amir Weintraub
Weintraub at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
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.

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

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


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