Israeli Male Tennis Players - Amir Hadad, Amir Weintraub, Amos Mansdorf, Andy RAM, Boaz Kramer, David Schneider (Tennis), Dudi Sela, Eleazar Davidma (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Amir Hadad, Amir Weintraub, Amos Mansdorf, Andy Ram, Boaz Kramer, David Schneider (tennis), Dudi Sela, Eleazar Davidman, Eyal Erlich, Eyal Ran, Gilad Bloom, Harel Levy, Harel Srugo, Ian Froman, Jonathan Erlich, Noam Behr, Noam Okun, Shahar Perkiss, Shlomo Glickstein, Shraga Weinberg, Steve Krulevitz, Yair Wertheimer. Excerpt: David "Dudi" Sela (Hebrew: born April 4, 1985, in Kiryat Shmona, Israel) is an Israeli professional tennis player. Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of Amir Weintraub. Representing Israel in the Davis Cup, his highlight has been an upset win in 2007 over World No. 7 Fernando Gonzalez. In 2008 he beat World No. 5 David Ferrer in straight sets, and in 2010, he beat World No. 7 Andy Roddick in straight sets. Sela's father Michael, a bus driver, and mother Anca, a nurse, immigrated to Israel from Romania. His family name was originally S l jean, but his father changed it so that it would be more easily pronounced in Israel. He grew up in Kiryat Shmona, near the Israel-Lebanon border. At the age of two, Dudi, diminutive of David, had his hands on his first racket, and at the age of seven he began to play tennis. His tennis idols were his brother Ofer, who was a top 200 player, and the Israeli Amos Mansdorf. Sela spent hours as a junior studying tapes of Mansdorf, hoping to one day match his achievements. In April 2000 Sela won his first title, the Haifa International title, with partner and countryman Idan Ben Harosh. In Corfu, Greece, Sela captured the doubles title, while narrowly losing the singles final. In April 2001 he reached the Israel International singles final, and won the doubles title with Israeli Maor Zirkin. In July of the same year, he won his first singles title in Van Keeken of the Netherlands. The following month, at the Fischer Junior Open he won the singles, and also captured the doubles title with Michael Ryderstedt of Sweden. In 2002, Sela enjoyed a strong showing in the Australian Open Junior Competition, reaching the quarterfinals. In April, he took home the Beaulieu Sur Mer trophy with a strong performance. In the French Open Juniors he cracked the final eight. 2003 was Sela's last year as a junior. He reached the semifinals of the 2003 US O