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Residence | Givatayim, Israel |
Born | Givatayim | 19 April 1973
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | April 1997 |
Retired | August 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $595,265 |
Singles | |
Career record | 370–229 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 14 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 75 (9 July 2007) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2004, 2005) |
French Open | 2R (2007) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2007, 2008) |
US Open | 2R (2004) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 151–111 |
Career titles | 14 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 149 (10 April 2000) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2008) |
French Open | 1R (2007) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2007) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2008) |
Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler (Hebrew: ציפורה אובזילר; born 19 April 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.
She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000.
Early and personal life
[edit]She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish.[1]
Obziler speaks Hebrew and English.[2] After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army).[2] Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[2]
She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together.[3][4][5] Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008.
Tennis career
[edit]She won 14 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.[2] Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several Grand Slam events.
She started playing tennis at age 10, with friends.[2] In 1997, she won ITF tournaments in singles in Jaffa and Antalya. In 1998, she repeated in Jaffa. In 1999, she won in Guimaraes and Azemeis (both Portugal), and two tournaments in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2000, she won tournaments in Ashkelon and Beersheba in Israel.[2]
In 2002, she won in Mumbai, India, and Nonthaburi, Thailand. In November, she defeated world No. 62, Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland, in France. In 2003 in India, she had an upset win over world No. 36, Elena Likhovtseva of Russia, in straight sets.[2]
In 2004, she played world No. 1, Justine Henin-Hardenne, in the US Open, winning a set but losing in the second round. In 2005, she won both the singles and doubles (with Shahar Pe'er) titles in Raanana, Israel. She also upset world No. 47, Émilie Loit of France, in the Australian Open in two sets.[2]
In 2006, she managed to get further than round two of a WTA Tour event in her first events of the year at Auckland and at Guangzhou in late September. At the Auckland Open, she reached the quarterfinals with two good wins over Jamea Jackson and the fifth-seeded world No. 27, Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, before falling to Daniela Hantuchová. In Guangzhou, she reached semifinals of the tournament, along the way defeating world No. 51, Elena Vesnina of Russia, and world No. 20, Li Na of China, before falling to the fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets.[2]
Other than that, she qualified for the Australian Open and various WTA Tour events, she won an ITF title in Washington, D.C., and finally an ITF doubles title in Antalya-Manavgat partnering Romina Oprandi.[2]
In 2007, she beat 56th-ranked Aiko Nakamura of Japan in the round of 16 of the Pattaya City tournament in Thailand. She also made it to the semifinals in Bangalore and Patras. In August at the US Open, she lost in the first round to world No. 86, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. On 30 September 2007, she reached her first final on the WTA Tour, in which she lost to Virginie Razzano at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.[2]
She represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in both singles and (with Shahar Pe'er) doubles.[6]
On 13 August 2009, Obziler convened a press conference to announce her retirement from professional tennis.[7]
Federation Cup
[edit]Obziler was 48–30 in Federation Cup matches for the Israel Fed Cup team between 1994 and 2007, including wins in 12 of her most recent 13 matches.[8] Obziler was part of Israel's Federation Cup team that won 10 ties in a row to reach the competition's quarterfinals in 2008 – Israel's greatest Federation Cup achievement in history. Obziler is second ever in the amount of ties played, at 61. She shares the record with compatriot Anna Smashnova.[9]
WTA career finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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Grand Slam tournaments | |
Tier I | |
Tier II | |
Tier III | |
Tier IV & V (0–1) |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Sep 2007 | Guangzhou International Open, China | Hard | ![]() |
0–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles (14–11)
[edit]$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 5 November 1990 | Ashkelon, Israel | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2. | 14 September 1992 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | 29 August 1994 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 4. | 5 June 1995 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 5. | 24 February 1997 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 6. | 2 June 1997 | Antalya, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–4 |
Loss | 7. | 17 November 1997 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 8. | 14 December 1997 | Ismailia, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 9. | 16 March 1998 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 10. | 1 June 1998 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 11. | 24 May 1999 | Guimarães, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–4 |
Win | 12. | 30 May 1999 | Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 13. | 21 June 1999 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 14. | 26 July 1999 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Win | 15. | 8 August 1999 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 16. | 30 October 2000 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
4–1, 1–3, 4–1, 4–1 |
Win | 17. | 20 November 2000 | Beersheba, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
4–1, 4–0, 2–4, 4–0 |
Loss | 18. | 7 July 2002 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 19. | 24 November 2002 | Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 20. | 1 December 2002 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 21. | 6 April 2004 | Dinan, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 22. | 30 May 2005 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–2 |
Loss | 23. | 5 December 2005 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 24. | 1 August 2006 | Washington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 2–5 ret. |
Win | 25. | 17 March 2008 | Tenerife, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles (14–13)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 17 May 1993 | Tortosa, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2. | 31 May 1993 | Cáceres, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3. | 9 August 1993 | College Park, United States |
Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4. | 22 August 1993 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5. | 29 August 1993 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 5–7 |
Loss | 6. | 10 October 1994 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 7. | 11 March 1996 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(2) |
Loss | 8. | 20 April 1997 | Bari, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 9. | 17 November 1997 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 10. | 3 May 1999 | Beersheba, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 11. | 24 May 1999 | Guimarães, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 12. | 31 May 1999 | Azeméis, Portugal | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, 7–6(6) |
Win | 13. | 19 July 1999 | Dublin, Ireland | Carpet | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
Win | 14. | 1 November 1999 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
Loss | 15. | 14 February 2000 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–1, 1–6 |
Win | 16. | 27 March 2000 | Norcross, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–6(7), 6–4 |
Win | 17. | 19 May 2002 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 18. | 1 December 2002 | Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
Win | 19. | 8 November 2004 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 20. | 21 November 2004 | Deauville, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 21. | 5 December 2004 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 22. | 30 May 2005 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(2), 1–6, 6–2 |
Win | 23. | 7 May 2006 | Antalya, Turkey | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 24. | 18 November 2006 | Deauville, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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5–7, 4–6 |
Win | 25. | 19 March 2007 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 26. | 17 March 2008 | Tenerife, Spain | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 27. | 31 March 2008 | Patras, Greece | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–1 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Tzipora Obziler | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Tzipora Obziler". Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "Tzipora Obziler cuelga la raqueta... pero la descolgará para jugar en Fed Cup - MARCA.com". www.marca.com.
- ^ "WTA News". Women's Tennis Association. 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Tzipora Obziler Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 18 April 2020. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Hipsh, Rami (13 August 2009). "Tennis / Dudi Sela stumbles, Andy Ram advances, Obziler set to retire". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ "Fed Cup - Player profile - Tzipi OBZILER (ISR)". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/statistics/player-records.aspx [bare URL]
External links
[edit]- Tzipora Obziler at the Women's Tennis Association
- Tzipora Obziler at the International Tennis Federation
- Tzipora Obziler at the Billie Jean Cup
- Tzipora Obziler at tennisabstract.com
- Tzipora Obziler at ESPN.com