Yehoshua Shalem

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Yehoshua Shalem
Country (sports)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Born (1944-08-01) 1 August 1944 (age 78)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record5–15 (Davis Cup)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)

Yehoshua Shalem (born 1 August 1944) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. [1]

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Often referred to by his childhood nickname "Shuka", Shalem was raised in the Jerusalem neighbourhood Rehavia. His father, an immigrant from Thessaloniki, had been a tennis player good enough to win the Palestinian championship. [2]

Shalem was the Israeli national singles champion nine successive times between 1967 and 1975. In addition he won the Israel International Championship in 1974, becoming the first local to win in 12 years. [3] He represented the Israel Davis Cup team in a total of 10 ties and was a singles bronze medalist for Israel at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran. [4]

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References

  1. "Titles Retained In Israeli Tennis". The Australian Jewish Times . 22 June 1972. p. 20.
  2. "איפה הוא היום: יהושע (שוקה) שלם". ita.co.il (in Hebrew). 29 January 2017.
  3. "יהושע שלום - אלוף!". Maariv (in Hebrew). 17 April 1974.
  4. "מה צפוי בחזית החרם על ישראל". Maariv (in Hebrew). 12 September 1974.