Amir Weintraub


Amir Weintraub 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 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 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. 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 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, and lost in the second round.

ITF & Challenger Career Finals

Singles: 24 (15–10)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.August 12, 2006Dakar, SenegalHard Valentin Sanon4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up1.August 18, 2007Bukhara, UzbekistanHard Denis Istomin6-3, 1-6, 4-6
Runner-up2.October 31, 2009Binh Duong, VietnamHard Jose Statham7-6, 6-7, 1-6
Runner-up3.May 22, 2010Durban, South AfricaHard Andrew Anderson6-3, 3-6, 6-7
Runner-up4.July 10, 2010Bakio, SpainHard Fabrice Martin3-6, 4-6
Winner2.October 23, 2010Lagos, NigeriaHard Karan Rastogi2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Winner3.November 28, 2010Traralgon, AustraliaHard Samuel Groth6-2, 6-4
Winner4.May 21, 2011Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard David Rice6-3, 6-2
Winner5.May 28, 2011Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard David Rice6-1, 6-1
Winner6.June 4, 2011Ashkelon, IsraelHard Federico Gaio6-4, 6-2
Runner-up5.September 3, 2011Bangkok, ThailandHard Cedrik-Marcel Stebe5-7, 1-6
Winner7.January 30, 2012Eilat, IsraelHard Claudio Grassi6–1, 6–1
Winner8.April 1, 2012Herzliya, IsraelHard Axel Michon7–5, 6–0
Winner9.May 5, 2012Ashkelon, IsraelHard Yu Chang6–3, 6–2
Runner-up6.May 20, 2012Fergana, UzbekistanHard Yuki Bhambri3-6, 3-6
Winner10.January 20, 2014Eilat, IsraelHard Martin Vaïsse6–0, 6–1
Winner11.January 27, 2014Eilat, IsraelHard Mate Delić6–4, 6–2
Runner-up7.March 16, 2014Guangzhou, ChinaHard Louk Sorensen7-5, 5-7, 4-6
Winner12.April 27, 2015Ashkelon, IsraelHard Evgeny Karlovskiy6–3, 6–4
Winner13.May 4, 2015Ashkelon, IsraelHard Toby Martin7–5, 6–4
Winner14.June 1, 2015Ramat Gan, IsraelHard Maxime Janvier6–1, 6–3
Runner-up8.June 13, 2015Ramat Gan, IsraelHard Sebastian Boltz3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Winner15.June 20, 2015Ramat Gan, IsraelHard Sebastian Boltz6-7, 6-4, 6-1
Runner-up9.August 22, 2015Minsk, BelarusHard Sebastian Boltz6-2, 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up10.October 20, 2015Nanchang, ChinaHard Peter Gojowczyk2-6, 1-6
Winner16.December 13, 2015Ramat Gan, IsraelHard Dekel Bar6-3, 6-2
Winner17.February 21, 2016Ramat Gan, IsraelHard Yannick Jankovits6-4, 6-1

Doubles (15-12)

Legend
ATP Challengers
ITF Futures

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
Winner1.March 11, 2006Haifa, IsraelHard Dekel Valtzer Sergei Krotiouk
Alexei Milner
6–1, 6–4
Winner2.July 8, 2006Istanbul, TurkeyHard Dekel Valtzer Matthew Ebden
Aidan Fitzgerald
6–2, 7–5
Winner3.August 5, 2006Dakar, SenegalHard Amit Inbar Komlavi Loglo
Valentin Sanon
6–3, 6–4
Winner4.August 12, 2006Dakar, SenegalHard Amit Inbar Amadeus Fulford-Jones
Benjamin Janse van Rensburg
W/O
Runner-up1.March 24, 2007Ra'anana, IsraelHard Dekel Valtzer Laurent Vigne
Pierrick Ysern
2-6, 1-6
Winner5.June 9, 2007Ankara, TurkeyClay Dekel Valtzer Alex Satschko
Marc-Andre Stratling
2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner6.June 16, 2007Izmir, TurkeyHard Dekel Valtzer Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli
Marcio Torres
6–3, 7–6
Winner7.June 23, 2007Istanbul, TurkeyHard Dekel Valtzer Guy Kubi
Alexei Milner
6–0, 6–1
Runner-up2.December 15, 2007Lagos, NigeriaHard Idan Mark Navdeep Singh
Alexander Slabinsky
6-7, 6-3,
Runner-up3.March 16, 2008Albufeira, PortugalHard Chris Eaton Neil Bamford
Josh Goodall
3-6, 4-6
Winner8.July 19, 2008Aptos, United StatesHard Noam Okun Todd Widom
Michael Yani
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up4.29 November 2008Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard Sebastian Rieschick Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
Amir Hadad
3-6 4-6
Runner-up5.August 29, 2009Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard Ludovic Walter John Paul Fruttero
G.D. Jones
2-6, 6-4,
Winner9.September 12, 2009Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard Marcus Daniell John Paul Fruttero
G.D. Jones
6-1, 6-7,
Runner-up6.4 December 2009Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicHard Alexander Slabinsky Adam El Mihdawy
Blake Strode
3-6, 6-2,
Winner10.October 23, 2010Lagos, NigeriaHard Boy Westerhof Niels Desein
Laurent Rochette
W/O
Winner11.October 30, 2010Lagos, NigeriaHard Boy Westerhof Raven Klaasen
Ruan Roelofse
5–7, 6–4,
Winner12.January 29, 2011Eilat, IsraelHard Tal Eros Alon Faiman
Tomer Hodorov
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up7.May 21, 2011Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard Tal Eros David Rice
Sean Thornley
6-3, 3-6,
Winner13.May 28, 2011Ramat HaSharon, IsraelHard John Paul Fruttero David Rice
Sean Thornley
6–7, 7–6,
Winner14.March 4, 2012Singapore, SingaporeHard Kamil Čapkovič Hsieh Cheng-peng
Lee Hsin-han
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up8.May 5, 2012Ashkelon, IsraelHard Saar Steele Yu Chang
Li Zhe
3-6, 2-6
Runner-up9.February 10, 2013Bergamo, ItalyHard Claudio Grassi Karol Beck
Andrej Martin
3-6, 6-3,
Winner15.January 25, 2014Eilat, IsraelHard Huang Liang-chi Marcus Willis
Lewis Burton
6-3, 7-6
Runner-up10.February 1, 2014Eilat, IsraelHard Claudio Grassi Marcus Willis
Lewis Burton
3-6 5-7
Runner-up11.March 2, 2014Guangzhou, ChinaHard Lee Hsin-han Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana
2-6, 4-6
Runner-up12.September 19, 2015Nanchang, ChinaHard Lee Hsin-han Jonathan Eysseric
Jürgen Zopp
4-6, 2-6
Winner16.October 25, 2015Ningbo, ChinaHard Dudi Sela Nikola Mektić
Franko Škugor
6-3, 3-6,