Noam Behr (; born 13October 1975) is an Israeli professional tennis player who turned pro in 1994.
His career-high singles ranking was No.127 (October 2001), and his career-high doubles ranking was No.109 (October 1999).
Tennis career
Most of Behr's success was on the Challenger and Futures level, but he often participated in qualifying tournaments of major ATP events.
In 1992, he reached the finals of the US Open boys' singles, losing 7–5, 6–2 to Brian Dunn of the United States. He and Yshai Oliel, who reached the boys' singles final at the 2017 Australian Open, are the only two Israelis to have reached the finals in a boys' Grand Slam event.
In October 1995, he upset world No. 97 Jeff Tarango in Tel Aviv, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In October 1998 he and Eyal Ran won in Uzbekistan. In December 1998 and February and April 1999, he and Ran won in Mumbai, Calcutta, and New Delhi, India. In October, he and Ran won in Tel Aviv, and he and Andrei Stoliarov won in Uzbekistan.
In July 2000, he and partner Eyal Erlich won in Istanbul, Turkey. In October 2000 in Germany, he defeated world No. 66 Martin Damm, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. That same month he and partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan won in Nevers, France. In July 2001 in Toronto, he beat world No. 53 David Prinosil, 6–1, 7–6(2). In September in Shanghai, he beat world No. 80 Andrew Ilie 7–5, 6–4. In January 2001, he and Andy Ram won in Aventura, Florida. In March, he and Noam Okun won in Kyoto, Japan, and in Hamilton, New Zealand.
In April 2002, he and Ota Fukárek won the doubles in Leon, Mexico. In July 2002, he and partner Michael Joyce won a tournament in Quebec, Canada. He was eliminated in qualifiers at the 2002 US Open.
Behr is now the coach of Ram and Erhlich.
Davis Cup Behr was 6–7 in Davis Cup play for Israel from 1995 to 2001.
Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1992US OpenHard Brian Dunn5–7, 2–6
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Eyal Erlich Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford3–6, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (3–7) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–5)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Stéphane Simian6–7, 6–7Loss0–2Israel F1, JaffaFuturesHard Harel Levy3–6, 2–6Win1–2Israel F2, AshkelonFuturesHard Oren Motevassel6–3, 7–6Loss1–3USA F14, TampaFuturesClay Cedric Kauffmann3–6, 3–6Loss1–4France F20, NeversFuturesHard Jérôme Haehnel7–6(11–9), 5–7, 3–6Win2–4Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Alexander Shvets4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0Win3–4Turkey F2, IstanbulFuturesHard Dmitriy Tomashevich6–4, 6–2Loss3–5Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Cedric Kauffmann5–7, 1–6Loss3–6Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Brian Vahaly6–2, 3–6, 2–6Loss3–7Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Michal Tabara2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 38 (16–22) LegendATP Challenger (14–16)ITF Futures (2–6)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Brasília, BrazilChallengerHard Lior Mor Jean-Philippe Fleurian Nicolás Pereira6–7, 2–6Loss0–2Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Eyal Ran Brian Dunn Attila Sávolt3–6, 2–6Loss0–3Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Eyal Ran Neville Godwin Leander Paes6–7, 5–7Loss0–4Manchester, United KingdomChallengerGrass Filippo Veglio Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford3–6, 7–6, 6–7Win1–4Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Eyal Erlich Neville Godwin David NainkinwalkoverWin2–4Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Eyal Ran Andrey Merinov Andrei Stoliarov1–6, 6–4, 7–6Loss2–5Ahmedabad, IndiaChallengerHard Eyal Ran Noam Okun Nir Welgreen6–3, 0–6, 4–6Win3–5Bombay, IndiaChallengerHard Eyal Ran Mahesh Bhupathi Gaurav Natekar6–2, 7–6Win4–5Calcutta, IndiaChallengerGrass Eyal Ran Barry Cowan Wesley Whitehouse6–4, 6–7, 6–2Win5–5New Delhi, IndiaChallengerHard Eyal Ran Barry Cowan Wesley Whitehouse6–3, 4–6, 6–4Loss5–6Espinho, PortugalChallengerClay Eyal Ran Joan Balcells Gastón Etlis3–6, 2–6Loss5–7Córdoba, SpainChallengerHard Eyal Ran Oleg Ogorodov Satoshi Iwabuchi3–6, 2–6Win6–7Tel Aviv, IsraelChallengerHard Eyal Ran Amir Hadad Andrew Ilie6–3, 6–2Win7–7Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Andrei Stoliarov Emilio Benfele Álvarez Kris Goossens6–7, 6–3, 6–1Loss7–8Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Eyal Ran Kevin Ullyett Neville Godwin6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)Loss7–9Denver, United StatesChallengerHard Andy Ram Lior Mor Jonathan Erlich4–6, 7–5, 2–6Loss7–10Bristol, United KingdomChallengerGrass Eyal Erlich Jordan Kerr Damien Roberts3–6, 6–1, 3–6Win8–10Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Eyal Erlich Oleg Ogorodov Vadim Kutsenko6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3Loss8–11France F19, PlaisirFuturesHard Aisam Qureshi Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win9–11France F20, NeversFuturesHard Aisam Qureshi David Abelson Martin Štěpánek6–2, 6–1Loss9–12Bukhara, UzbekistanChallengerHard Aisam Qureshi Oleg Ogorodov Vadim Kutsenko4–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss9–13Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Michael Russell Taylor Dent Mardy FishwalkoverWin10–13USA F2, Delray BeachFuturesHard Andy Ram Andrej Kračman Lovro Zovko6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4) Loss10–14USA F3, Hallandale BeachFuturesHard Giorgio Galimberti Frédéric Niemeyer Jocelyn Robichaud6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss10–15Andrézieux, FranceChallengerHard Jonathan Erlich Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut3–6, 3–6Win11–15Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Noam Okun Kelly Gullett Brandon Hawk6–3, 7–5Win12–15Hamilton, New ZealandChallengerHard Noam Okun Filippo Messori Tuomas Ketola7–6(7–4), 6–4Loss12–16Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Noam Okun Jonathan Erlich Michaël Llodra5–7, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)Loss12–17Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Andy Ram Jaroslav Levinský Michal Navrátil3–6, 1–6Win13–17Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Jonathan Erlich Julien Benneteau Lionel RouxwalkoverWin14–17León, MexicoChallengerHard Ota Fukárek Yves Allegro Alexander Waske7–6(8–6), 6–3Win15–17Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Michael Joyce Thomas Dupre Simon Larose6–0, 6–3Loss15–18Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Tomáš Zíb Aleksandar Kitinov Lovro Zovko6–4, 4–6, 2–6Win16–18Graz, AustriaChallengerHard Ota Fukárek Karsten Braasch Johan Landsberg6–3, 6–2Loss16–19Israel F4, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Tal Eros Kevin Krawietz Sergei Krotiouk6–2, 4–6, [5–10]Loss16–20Israel F6, AshkelonFuturesHard Igor Smilansky James Cluskey John Paul Fruttero3–6, 0–6Loss16–21Israel F8, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Noam Okun Chen Ti Marcus Daniell6–7(1–7), ret.Loss16–22Israel F8, AshkelonFuturesHard Edan Bakshi Tom Kočevar-Dešman Timon Reichelt4–6, 4–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ3AAAQ2AQ1A0 / 00–0French OpenAAQ3Q1AQ2Q1A0 / 00–0WimbledonQ1Q1AAQ1Q1Q1Q10 / 00–0US OpenQ1A1RQ1Q2Q2Q2A0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000CanadaAAAAA2RQ2A0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–10–00–00 / 11–1
See also List of select Jewish tennis players
References
External links
Jewish Virtual Library bio Jews in Sports bio