Amir Weintraub

Amir Weintraub
	Weintraub at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Rehovot, Israel
Born	16 September 1986 (age 38); Rehovot, Israel
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 447,978
Singles
Career record	11–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 161 (21 May 2012)
Current ranking	No. 1,128 (25 December 2017)
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
Highest ranking	No. 246 (25 February 2013)
	Last updated on: 28 December 2017.

Last updated November 30, 2024

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

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

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	Valentin Sanon	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1.	18 August 2007	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	Hard	Denis Istomin	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	31 October 2009	Binh Duong, Vietnam	Hard	Jose Statham	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Loss	3.	22 May 2010	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Andrew Anderson	6–3, 3–6, 6–7^(7–3)
Loss	4.	10 July 2010	Bakio, Spain	Hard	Fabrice Martin	3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	23 October 2010	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Karan Rastogi	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	3.	28 November 2010	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Samuel Groth	6–2, 6–4
Win	4.	21 May 2011	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	David Rice	6–3, 6–2
Win	5.	28 May 2011	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	David Rice	6–1, 6–1
Win	6.	4 June 2011	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Federico Gaio	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5.	3 September 2011	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	5–7, 1–6
Win	7.	30 January 2012	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Claudio Grassi	6–1, 6–1
Win	8.	1 April 2012	Herzliya, Israel	Hard	Axel Michon	7–5, 6–0
Win	9.	5 May 2012	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Yu Chang	6–3, 6–2
Loss	6.	20 May 2012	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	3–6, 3–6
Win	10.	20 January 2014	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Martin Vaïsse	6–0, 6–1
Win	11.	27 January 2014	Eilat, Israel	Hard	Mate Delić	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7.	16 March 2014	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Louk Sorensen	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	12.	27 April 2015	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Evgeny Karlovskiy	6–3, 6–4
Win	13.	4 May 2015	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Toby Martin	7–5, 6–4
Win	14.	1 June 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Maxime Janvier	6–1, 6–3
Loss	8.	13 June 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Sebastian Boltz	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	15.	20 June 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Sebastian Boltz	6–7^(2–7), 6–4, 6–1
Loss	9.	22 August 2015	Minsk, Belarus	Hard	Sebastian Boltz	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	20 October 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Peter Gojowczyk	2–6, 1–6
Win	16.	13 December 2015	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Dekel Bar	6–3, 6–2
Win	17.	21 February 2016	Ramat Gan, Israel	Hard	Yannick Jankovits	6–4, 6–1
Win	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)

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

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References

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

External links

Amir Weintraub official website
Amir Weintraub at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Amir Weintraub at the International Tennis Federation
Amir Weintraub at the Davis Cup

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[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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