_(19943963522).jpg) Weintraub at the2015 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Native name | אמיר ויינטרוב |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Israel |
| Born | (1986-09-16)16 September 1986 (age 39) |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 447,978 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 11–11 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 161 (21 May 2012) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2013) |
| French Open | Q2 (2013) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2013) |
| US Open | Q3 (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 246 (25 February 2013) |
| Last updated on: 28 December 2017. | |
Amir Weintraub (Hebrew:אמיר ויינטרוב; born 16 September 1986) is anIsraeli professionaltennis player. In 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship.
He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 161 in May 2012.
In August 2006 at the age of 19, Weintraub won his first ITF Futures title inSenegal. One year later, he made his first challenger final inUzbekistan but lost toDenis Istomin.
In December 2009, Weintraub made it to the finals of the Israeli Tennis Championship, losing toDudi Sela in three sets. In December 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship, winning against Sela[1] 7–6, 3–6, 7–6.
In January 2011 Weintraub participated for the first time in aGrand Slam tournament, theAustralian Open, but lost in the first qualifying round.[2] In the same month, it was decided that he would play in theIsraeli Davis Cup team as the second singles player in their tie against Poland.
In March 2011 Weintraub won his firstDavis Cup match, against Poland'sJerzy Janowicz in 5 sets. On 16 September 2011, he defeatedMilos Raonic in four sets to square Israel'sDavis Cup tie withCanada at 1–1 but then he lost the decisive tie toVasek Pospisil, on 18 September.
Weintraub made the finals of the2012 Fergana Challenger which would push him to his career-high ranking of 161 on May 21, 2012.
In September 2012, Weintraub participated in aDavis Cup tie against theJapan Davis Cup team and won his first match againstTatsuma Ito in straight sets, and won the decisive match againstGo Soeda who ranked 170 places above him in four sets. Because of this match Israel qualified for the2013 Davis Cup World Group after a two-year absence.
Weintraub qualified for singles main draw play at the2013 Australian Open where he defeatedGuido Pella in the first round and lost in the second round to 17th seedPhilipp Kohlschreiber.
Weintraub sustained a severe groin injury at the2014 Davis Cup and was inactive for nine months after he failed to qualify for2014 Wimbledon. His ranking dropped to a low of 623 in June 2015.[3]
2016 saw a return to form for Weintraub as he surged back into the top 200 in March. He won two more ITF titles within the year.
Weintraub suffered another injury at the beginning of 2017 and was inactive for the rest of 2017, all of 2018, and the first few months of 2019. He dropped out of the ATP rankings in January 2018.
Weintraub returned to tennis by using a protected ranking at the2019 French Open Qualifying where he lost to 19th seedLukáš Rosol in the first round. Throughout 2019 he would continuously receive protected ranking spots into the qualifying draws of ATP tournaments which also included a main draw appearance at the2019 Winston-Salem Open where he wasdoubles bageled in the first round by qualifierBjorn Fratangelo.
Weintraub played his last match to date at the2020 Australian Open qualifying where he lost toLorenzo Musetti in the first round. He has not played a match since.
| Legend (singles) |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Challengers (0–4) |
| ITF Futures (18–6) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 12 August 2006 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard |  Valentin Sanon | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | 18 August 2007 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard |  Denis Istomin | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 31 October 2009 | Binh Duong, Vietnam | Hard |  Jose Statham | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 22 May 2010 | Durban, South Africa | Hard |  Andrew Anderson | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(7–3) |
| Loss | 4. | 10 July 2010 | Bakio, Spain | Hard |  Fabrice Martin | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 23 October 2010 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard |  Karan Rastogi | 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 28 November 2010 | Traralgon, Australia | Hard |  Samuel Groth | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 21 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard |  David Rice | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 28 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | David Rice | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 6. | 4 June 2011 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard |  Federico Gaio | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | 3 September 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard |  Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 7. | 30 January 2012 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Claudio Grassi | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8. | 1 April 2012 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Axel Michon | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 9. | 5 May 2012 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard |  Yu Chang | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 20 May 2012 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 10. | 20 January 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Martin Vaïsse | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 11. | 27 January 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard |  Mate Delić | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7. | 16 March 2014 | Guangzhou, China | Hard |  Louk Sorensen | 7–5, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 12. | 27 April 2015 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard |  Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 13. | 4 May 2015 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard |  Toby Martin | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 14. | 1 June 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Maxime Janvier | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | 13 June 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Sebastian Boltz | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 15. | 20 June 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Sebastian Boltz | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9. | 22 August 2015 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Sebastian Boltz | 6–2, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 10. | 20 October 2015 | Nanchang, China | Hard | Peter Gojowczyk | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 16. | 13 December 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Dekel Bar | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 17. | 21 February 2016 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Yannick Jankovits | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 18. | October 9, 2016 | Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Hard | Peter Kobelt | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| Legend (doubles) |
|---|
| ATP Challengers (3–3) |
| ITF Futures (13–9) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 11 March 2006 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Sergei KrotioukAlexei Milner | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 8 July 2006 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Matthew EbdenAidan Fitzgerald | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 5 August 2006 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard | Amit Inbar |  Komlavi LogloValentin Sanon | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 12 August 2006 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard | Amit Inbar | Amadeus Fulford-JonesBenjamin Janse van Rensburg | W/O |
| Loss | 1. | 24 March 2007 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Laurent VignePierrick Ysern | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5. | 9 June 2007 | Ankara, Turkey | Clay | Dekel Valtzer | Alex SatschkoMarc-Andre Stratling | 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 6. | 16 June 2007 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | Dekel Valtzer |  Rodrigo-Antonio GrilliMarcio Torres | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 7. | 23 June 2007 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Guy Kubi Alexei Milner | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | 15 December 2007 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Idan Mark | Navdeep SinghAlexander Slabinsky | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 3. | 16 March 2008 | Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Chris Eaton | Neil BamfordJosh Goodall | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | 19 July 2008 | Aptos, United States | Hard | Noam Okun | Todd WidomMichael Yani | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 29 November 2008 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Sebastian Rieschick |  Pierre-Ludovic DuclosAmir Hadad | 3–6 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 29 August 2009 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Ludovic Walter | John Paul FrutteroG.D. Jones | 2–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
| Win | 9. | 12 September 2009 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Marcus Daniell | John Paul Fruttero G.D. Jones | 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–5] |
| Loss | 6. | 4 December 2009 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Hard | Alexander Slabinsky | Adam El MihdawyBlake Strode | 3–6, 6–2, [7–10] |
| Win | 10. | 23 October 2010 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard |  Boy Westerhof |  Niels DeseinLaurent Rochette | W/O |
| Win | 11. | 30 October 2010 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Boy Westerhof | Raven KlaasenRuan Roelofse | 5–7, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Win | 12. | 29 January 2011 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Tal Eros | Alon FaimanTomer Hodorov | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7. | 21 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Tal Eros | David RiceSean Thornley | 6–3, 3–6, [9–11] |
| Win | 13. | 28 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | John Paul Fruttero | David RiceSean Thornley | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), [13–11] |
| Win | 14. | 4 March 2012 | Singapore, Singapore | Hard |  Kamil Čapkovič |  Hsieh Cheng-pengLee Hsin-han | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | 5 May 2012 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Saar Steele | Yu ChangLi Zhe | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 9. | 10 February 2013 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard | Claudio Grassi | Karol BeckAndrej Martin | 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Win | 15. | 25 January 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Huang Liang-chi | Marcus WillisLewis Burton | 6–3, 7–6(11–9) |
| Loss | 10. | 1 February 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Claudio Grassi | Marcus Willis Lewis Burton | 3–6 5–7 |
| Loss | 11. | 2 March 2014 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Lee Hsin-han |  Sanchai RatiwatanaSonchat Ratiwatana | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12. | 19 September 2015 | Nanchang, China | Hard | Lee Hsin-han | Jonathan Eysseric Jürgen Zopp | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 16. | 25 October 2015 | Ningbo, China | Hard | Dudi Sela | Nikola MektićFranko Škugor | 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] |
