Lior Mor

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Lior Mor
Full nameLior Mor
Country (sports)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Born (1976-02-29) 29 February 1976 (age 48)
Haifa, Israel
Prize money$117,177
Singles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 171 (7 June 1999)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 164 (19 June 2000)

Lior Mor (born 29 February 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Israel. He was ranked as high as 171 in the world in singles (in 1999), and 164 in the world in doubles (in 2000). [1]

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Biography

Mior, an Israeli Jew from Haifa, developed his game at the Tennis Academy in Tel Aviv. [2] He had a win over Gustavo Kuerten in his junior career. [3]

On the professional tour he competed mostly at Challenger level and won a total of five titles, two in singles and three in doubles. His Challenger career also included wins against Nicolás Massú and Radek Štěpánek.

He made occasional appearances in ATP Tour tournaments, the first in 1996 when he played in the doubles draw of the Israel Open in Tel Aviv, with Nir Welgreen. That year he won the Manchester Challenger (G) with M. Mirnyi. [4] In 1998, after getting past Taylor Dent in qualifying, Mor played in the main singles draw in Long Island, where he lost in the first round to world number 28 Francisco Clavet. [5] That year he won a Greece F4 Futures (OC), a Greece F5 Futures (CL), and a Greece F6 Futures (H), and in doubles he won an Israel F2 Futures (H) with Harel Levy, a Greece F5 Futures (CL) - with W. Neefs, and a Greece F7 Futures (CL) with Harel Levy. [4] In 1999 he won a Jerusalem Challenger (H). [4] In 2000 he won a Denver Challenger (H), and in doubles he won an Uzbekistan F1 Futures (H) with Jonathan Erlich, and Uzbekistan F1 Futures (H) with Erlich, a Fergana Challenger (H)with Erlich, and a Denver Challenger (H) with Erlich. [4] He featured in both the singles and doubles at the 2000 RCA Championships in Indianapolis.

Mor represented the Israel Davis Cup team in one tie, against Bulgaria in Sofia in 2000. The tie, which was a Europe/Africa Zone relegation play-off, was won by Israel 3–2. Mor, who lost his first singles match, won the deciding fifth rubber for Israel in straight sets, over Todor Enev. [6]

For many years he was captain and coach of the Israel Fed Cup team. He coached Tzipora Obziler and Shahar Pe'er at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [7]

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1999 Jerusalem, IsraelHard Flag of South Africa.svg Neville Godwin 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
2.2000 Denver, U. S.Hard Flag of Mexico.svg Alejandro Hernández 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1996 Manchester, Great BritainGrass Flag of Belarus.svg Max Mirnyi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dick Norman
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fernon Wibier
7–5, 7–6
2.2000 Fergana, UzbekistanHard Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Melo
Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Simoni
6–4, 6–0
3.2000 Denver, U. S.Hard Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich Flag of Israel.svg Noam Behr
Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
6–4, 5–7, 6–2

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