Ofri Lankri (; born 6 July 1991) is an Israeli former tennis player and current wheelchair tennis coach.WTA profile - Lankri, Ofri During her playing career on the ITF Women's Circuit, she won two singles and three doubles titles, and had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 545. She also represented the Israel Fed Cup team, with whom she had a 1–1 win–loss record.
After retiring from competing, she began coaching in adaptive sports. She is the Israeli national men's wheelchair tennis team and the national quad team coach under the Israel Paralympic Committee, and is the only woman in Israel to lead a men's national sports team. She has been the long-term coach of Israeli Paralympic wheelchair tennis player Guy Sasson, who won the 2024 and 2025 French Open Quad Singles titles and won the bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, and Israeli Paralympic wheelchair tennis player Sergei Lysov."Guy Sassoon won the Israel Wheelchair Tennis Championship," Ynet.
Early life Lankri was born and raised in Acre (Akko), Israel. She is the daughter of Dorit Lankri, a school teacher, and Shimon Lankri, who served as the mayor of Acre. Her father was born in Tiberias, Israel, to Moroccan-Jewish immigrants originally from the town of Bejad, Morocco.
Tennis playing career Lankri later grew up in Kiryat Bialik, Israel and began playing tennis at five years old before moving to the Israel Tennis & Education Centers in Ramat HaSharon at age 15.ITF profile She served in the Israel Defense Forces as an outstanding athlete. As a junior competitor, she reached the singles final of an ITF youth tournament held in Porto Rafti, Greece.
She won her first senior ITF singles title in 2011 at a tournament in Havana, Cuba. In May 2012, she won her second ITF singles title in Ra'anana, Israel, defeating Despoina Vogasari of Greece in the final in straight sets. Lankri retired from regular professional circuit play in 2015 because she was unable to obtain continuous financial sponsorships to cover her expenses.
Lankri reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 545 on 18 June 2012. Her highest doubles ranking was world No. 586, achieved on 7 May 2012. She also represented the Israel Fed Cup team, with whom she had a 1–1 win–loss record.
Coaching career Lankri transitioned into professional coaching with a focus on adaptive sports, youth, disabled children, and professional wheelchair tennis competitors. She was named the coach of the Israeli national men's wheelchair tennis team and the national quad team under the Israel Paralympic Committee, becoming the only woman in the country to lead a men's national sports team.
She has been the primary long-term coach for Israeli Paralympic wheelchair tennis champion Guy Sasson, managing his training out of the Israel ParaSport Center in Ramat Gan. Sasson won the 2024 and 2025 French Open Quad Singles titles, and won the bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. Lankri also coaches Israeli Paralympic wheelchair tennis player Sergei Lysov.
In addition, she manages community outreach as the Head of Municipal and Government Sectors for the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation.
ITF finals Singles: 8 (2–6) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (2–6)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 11 September 2010 Larissa, Greece Hard Alexandra Artamonova 6–4, 2–6, 5–7Win 1. 3 July 2011 Havana, Cuba Hard Makiho Kozawa 6–2, 6–4Loss 2. 11 September 2011 Mytilene, Greece Hard Deniz Khazaniuk 4–6, 5–7Loss 3. 18 September 2011 Porto Rafti, Greece Hard Ximena Hermoso 6–4, 4–6, 2–6Win 2. 26 May 2012 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Despoina Vogasari 6–0, 6–1Loss 4. 16 May 2015 Acre, Israel Hard Deniz Khazaniuk 1–6, 3–6Loss 5. 24 May 2015 Netanya, Israel Hard Deniz Khazaniuk 4–6, 1–6Loss 6. 13 June 2015 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard Deniz Khazaniuk 5–7, 0–6
Doubles: 4 (3–1) Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 28 May 2011 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Valeria Patiuk Lee Or Margarita-Greta Skripnik 6–2, 6–1Win 2. 22 May 2015 Netanya, Israel Hard Alona Pushkarevsky Vlada Ekshibarova Deniz Khazaniuk 6–3, 6–3Loss 1. 5 June 2015 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard Alona Pushkarevsky Valeria Patiuk Keren Shlomo 4–6, 2–6Win 3. 11 June 2015 Ramat Gan, Israel Hard Alona Pushkarevsky Valeria Patiuk Keren Shlomo 6–3, 6–4
ITF junior finals Grand SlamCategory GA Category G1 Category G2 Category G3Category G4 Category G5
Singles (0–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 17 February 2007 Mexico City, Mexico G5 Hard Nadia Frederika 3–6, 3–6Loss 2. 20 September 2008 Bat Yam, Israel G4 Hard Angelika Aliev 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 2–6Loss 3. 27 September 2008 Netanya, Israel G5 Hard Ofir Morag 0–6, 1–6
Doubles (0–1) ResultNo.DateTournamentGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 10 May 2008 Beersheba, Israel G4 Hard Ofir Morag Orian Ben Haim Margarita-Greta Skripnik 3–6, 6–4, 2–6
National representation Fed Cup Lankri made her Fed Cup debut for Israel in 2014, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
Fed Cup (1–1) Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)World Group Play-off (0–0)World Group II (0–0)World Group II Play-off (0–0)Europe/Africa Group (1–1)
Matches by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
Matches by typeSingles (1–0)Doubles (0–1)
Matches by settingIndoors (1–1)Outdoors (0–0)
Singles (1–0) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore 2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Play-off 9 February 2014 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Hard Szabina SzlavikovicsW 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles (0–1) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 2014 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I Play-off 9 February 2014 Budapest, Hungary Hungary Hard Keren Shlomo Réka Luca Jani Szabina SzlavikovicsL 3–6, 4–6
See also
Israel at the Paralympics
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