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Erlich Biography
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Ram Biography |
Schedule & Appearances
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5-Apr-77
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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5'11'' (180 cm)
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180 lbs (81 kg)
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Right-handed
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1996
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2006 IN REVIEW
Compiled best season (w/countryman
Ram), picking up four ATP titles in six finals...Qualified for first
Tennis Masters Cup, going 1-2 in round robin action...Won first title of
year in season-opening event in Adelaide (d. Hanley-Ullyett)...Defended
Nottingham and Bangkok titles and took New Haven crown...Played well at
AMS events advancing to final in Rome and SF in Miami and
Cincinnati...Also reached the final in Rotterdam... Helped Israeli Davis
Cup team pick up first-ever win over Great Britain by defeating
Delgado-Murray in a historic fifth set...Finished No. 7 in Stanford ATP
Doubles Race and No. 13 individually...Earned a career-high $244,925.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1994 – First career points and made
ATP debut as qualifier in Tel Aviv (d. E. Erlich, l. to Santoro)…1995 –
Challenger record of 3-2 in doubles and 0-1 in singles…1996 – 0-1 in
Challengers…1997 – In Challengers, was 1-3 in singles and 0-2 in
doubles…1998 – 5-5 in Futures singles…First career Futures doubles title
to open season (w/ Okun)…Finalist at two Futures …11-3 in Futures, 0-3
in Challengers…1999 – Opened year reaching Indian Futures final (l. to
Hadad)…Went 12-11 in Futures singles and 7-7 in Challengers…Two
Challenger SFs late in year…Posted a 21-6 Futures doubles record…Won
three titles…One final …2000 – Qualified into Tashkent and reached 2nd
RD…Futures 0-5, 2-5 in Challengers….Won first career ATP doubles title
in first career ATP event, winning in Newport w/ Levy (d. Spencer/Sprengelmeyer)…
Grand Slam debut at US Open w/ Bowen (l. to Gambill/Humphries)…Davis Cup
debut with Levy against Bulgaria… 5-5 in ATP matches…Won Denver
Challenger w/ Mor (d. Behr/Ram)…Finalist at two other Challengers for an
18-10 season record…Won two Futures titles with 12-1 record in those
events…2001 – Qualified at Queen’s Club…In ATP doubles matches, was
3-7…All three wins came on grass courts…Won three Challenger titles w/
Ram and two w/ Llodra…Challenger final w/ Behr…31-13 in Challengers…2002
– Qualified in singles and reached 2nd RD at Newport and
Indianapolis…4-8 in ATP doubles…First career Davis Cup win against
Austria w/ Ram…Won w/ Hadad in 3rd RD against Greece…Won two Challenger
titles…Two Challenger finals…22-11 in Challengers…2003 – Qualified in
singles in Bangkok and reached 2nd RD…12-5 in ATP doubles matches…Won in
Bangkok (d. Kratzmann/Nieminen) and Lyon (d. Benneteau/Mahut) w/ Ram…Won
six Challenger titles…Was 29-4 in Challengers…6-2 Futures record…2004 –
Played full season w/Ram, going 31-25…Reached final in Chennai (l. to
Nadal/Robredo) and Rotterdam (l. to Hanley/Stepanek)…QF at Athens
Olympics (l. to Kiefer/Schuettler)…Defended title at Lyon (d. Bjorkman/Stepanek)…Late
in season won Challenger title in Bratislava with Okun…2005 – Won titles
Rotterdam (d. Suk-Vizner) and Nottingham (d. Aspelin-Perry)... Reached
QF at US Open... Finalist at Los Angeles (l. to Leach-MacPhie) and ATP
Masters Series Montreal (l. to Black-Ullyett) during summer hard court
season... During indoor circuit, reached consecutive finals in Bangkok
(l. to Hanley-Paes) and Vienna (l. to Knowles-Nestor)... Served as
alternate at Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai... Finished No. 8 in ATP
Doubles Race (w/Ram) and ranked a year-end best No. 15 individually.
ERLICH'S ATP PROFILE
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10-Apr-80
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Montevideo, Uruguay
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Jerusalem, Israel
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5'11'' (180 cm)
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182 lbs (82 kg)
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Right-handed
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1998
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2006 IN REVIEW
Compiled best season
(w/countryman Erlich), picking up four ATP titles in six finals...Qualified
for first Tennis Masters Cup, going 1-2 in round robin action...Won first
title of year in season-opening event in Adelaide (d. Hanley-Ullyett)...Defended
Nottingham and Bangkok titles and took New Haven crown... Played well at AMS
events advancing to final in Rome and SF in Miami and Cincinnati...Also
reached the final in Rotterdam... Helped Israeli Davis Cup team pick up
first-ever win over Great Britain by defeating Delgado- Murray in a historic
fifth set...Became first Israeli to win a Grand Slam title by taking
Wimbledon mixed doubles crown (w/Zvonareva)...Finished No. 7 in Stanford ATP
Doubles Race and tied for No. 13 individually...Earned a career-high
$246,225.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1998 – Was 2-4 in Futures
singles…Reached QF at first career Challenger in Tijuana…Doubles finalist at
Greece Futures event…1999 – Won first career Futures singles title in
Istanbul…Claimed first career Futures doubles title in Antalya, Turkey,
Futures (w/ Hadad)…Also won in Uzbekistan Futures (w/Galvani)…2000 – Made
ATP singles (as qualifier) and doubles (w/ Syed) debut in Chennai… Made
Davis Cup debut against Norway in both singles and doubles…Won first career
Challenger singles title at Bristol…Also won a Futures title in Mumbai…Won
first ATP doubles match at Indianapolis (w/Coutelot)…Won three Challenger
titles in four finals…Also won two Futures in three finals…2001 – Earned
first career Davis Cup win in dead rubber against Luxembourg (d.
Kremer)…Reached two Challenger finals…In doubles, made Grand Slam debut at
Wimbledon (w/ Erlich) and reached 2nd RD…Also played US Open (w/ Petrovic)…Won
five titles in six Challenger finals…Also won a Futures title to open
year…2002 – Played doubles at just four tournaments early in the year before
being sidelined with knee then back trouble…Won first career Davis Cup
doubles match against Austria (w/ Erlich)…2003 – Winless in three ATP
singles events…Claimed three ATP doubles title…Won first career ATP doubles
title in Indianapolis (w/Ancic)…Later in year claimed titles in Bangkok and
Lyon (w/Erlich)…Teamed with Erlich to reach Wimbledon SFs (l. to Bjorkman/Woodbridge)…
Won a pair of futures titles…2004 – Made Grand Slam singles debut as
qualifier at Wimbledon (l. to Pavel)…Also qualified in Los Angeles and St.
Petersburg…Played full season with Erlich, going 31-25…Finalists in Chennai
and Rotterdam…Reached QF at Athens Olympics (l. to Kiefer/Schuettler)…Defended
title at Lyon…2005 – Served as alternate at Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai (w/Erlich)...
Won titles in Rotterdam and Nottingham... Reached 3rd RD at Australian Open
and Wimbledon and QF at US Open... Also finalists at Los Angeles and ATP
Masters Series Montreal... Reached consecutive finals in Bangkok and
Vienna... In his lone singles appearance, qualified in New Haven (d. Mello)
before losing in the 2nd RD to Massu in three sets... Finished No. 8 in ATP
Doubles Race (w/Erlich).
RAM'S
ATP PROFILE
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