Jon Levine (tennis)

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Jon Levine
Country (sports) Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (1963-09-29) September 29, 1963 (age 60)
Phoenix, Arizona
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$122,618
Singles
Career record10-32
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 120 (June 23, 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1987, 1988)
US Open 3R (1983)
Doubles
Career record28-48
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 41 (September 26, 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1987)
French Open QF (1988)
Wimbledon 1R (1989)
US Open QF (1988)

Jon Levine (born September 29, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. [1]

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Career

Levine played collegiate tennis at the University of Texas, and was an All-American in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 he reached the semi-finals of the NCAA Championships, and finished the year ranked #2. [2] He also made the round of 16 at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships that year, with wins over Paul Annacone and Harold Solomon. In 1983 he reached the third round of the US Open, beating Victor Amaya and Peter Fleming, before losing to Ivan Lendl. [3]

Levine won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in doubles with Brad Gilbert, defeating Rick Meyer of the pro tour and Paul Bernstein of Arizona State. [4] [5] In 1983, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in doubles with Eric Korita.

He lost to Michiel Schapers in the first round of the 1987 Australian Open, and was beaten by Jason Stoltenberg in the opening round of the 1988 Australian Open. [3]

Levine made the semi-finals of the doubles event at Cleveland in 1985, the 1987 Heineken Open, the 1987 Seoul Open and Los Angeles in 1988. [3]

In 1988, Levine was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at both the French Open and US Open. His partner in each tournament was Eric Korita. [3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in the final
1.1986 Flag of Mexico.svg San Luis Potosi, Mexico Clay Flag of the United States.svg Bud Cox Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stephane Bonneau
Flag of Venezuela.svg Iñaki Calvo 		7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.1987 Flag of Japan.svg Nagoya, Japan Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Castle Flag of New Zealand.svg Steve Guy
Flag of New Zealand.svg David Mustard 		7–6, 7–6
3.1987 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Flag of New Zealand.svg Steve Guy Flag of Indonesia.svg Suharyadi Suharyadi
Flag of Indonesia.svg Donald Wailan 		6–7, 6–4, 6–3

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References

  1. ↑ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ↑ The Arizona Republic ,"State Has Faults In Amateur Development", August 30, 2005, Tim Tyers
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  4. ↑ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jewish Post 31 July 1981 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
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