Tzipora Obziler

Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler (Hebrew: ציפורה אובזילר; born 19 April 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

Tzipora Obziler
Country (sports) Israel
ResidenceGivatayim, Israel
Born (1973-04-19) 19 April 1973
Givatayim
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Turned proApril 1997
RetiredAugust 2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$595,265
Singles
Career record370–229 (61.8%)
Career titles0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 75 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2004, 2005)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2007, 2008)
US Open2R (2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record151–111 (57.6%)
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (10 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2008)
French Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2007)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2008)

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

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

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

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

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Sep 2007 Guangzhou International Open, China Hard France Virginie Razzano 0–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (14–11)

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 5 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Clay Israel Ilana Berger 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 14 September 1992 Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Yael Segal 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 29 August 1994 Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Hila Rosen 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 5 June 1995 Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Nelly Barkan 2–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 24 February 1997 Jaffa, Israel Hard Hungary Nóra Köves 7–5, 6–4
Winner 6. 2 June 1997 Antalya, Turkey Hard Turkey Gülberk Gültekin 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 17 November 1997 Jaffa, Israel Hard Israel Anna Smashnova 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 14 December 1997 Ismailia, Egypt Clay Tunisia Selima Sfar 7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Winner 9. 16 March 1998 Jaffa, Israel Hard Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 10. 1 June 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Austria Patricia Wartusch 3–6, 2–6
Winner 11. 24 May 1999 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Spain Paula Hermida 6–0, 6–4
Winner 12. 30 May 1999 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal Hard Romania Raluca Ciochină 6–1, 6–1
Winner 13. 21 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Romania Daniela Cocos 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 14. 26 July 1999 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Hungary Petra Mandula 0–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 15. 8 August 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya 6–0, 7–5
Winner 16. 30 October 2000 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Ukraine Tetiana Luzhanska 4–1, 1–3, 4–1, 4–1
Winner 17. 20 November 2000 Beersheba, Israel Hard Israel Yevgenia Savransky 4–1, 4–0, 2–4, 4–0
Runner-up 18. 7 July 2002 Los Gatos, United States Hard United States Ashley Harkleroad 2–6, 2–6
Winner 19. 24 November 2002 Mumbai, India Hard Germany Adriana Barna 6–2, 6–2
Winner 20. 1 December 2002 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Croatia Ivana Abramović 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 21. 6 April 2004 Dinan, France Clay (i) Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 2–6, 1–6
Winner 22. 30 May 2005 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 23. 5 December 2005 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili 3–6, 5–7
Winner 24. 1 August 2006 Washington, United States Hard France Camille Pin 7–5, 2–5 ret.
Winner 25. 17 March 2008 Tenerife, Spain Hard Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (14–13)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 17 May 1993 Tortosa, Spain Clay Israel Limor Zaltz Argentina Maria Inés Araiz
Argentina María Fernanda Landa
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 31 May 1993 Cáceres, Spain Hard Israel Limor Zaltz United States Eleni Rossides
Austria Heidi Sprung
6–0, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 9 August 1993 College Park,
United States
Hard Israel Limor Zaltz United States Susan Gilchrist
United States Vickie Paynter
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 22 August 1993 Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Nataly Cahana Israel Shiri Burstein
Israel Hila Rosen
0–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 29 August 1993 Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Nataly Cahana Israel Shiri Burstein
Israel Hila Rosen
5–7, 5–7
Runner-up 6. 10 October 1994 Burgdorf, Switzerland Carpet (i) Israel Ilana Berger Czech Republic Lenka Cenková
Czech Republic Adriana Gerši
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 11 March 1996 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Israel Limor Gabai Israel Shiri Burstein
Israel Hila Rosen
3–6, 6–7(2)
Runner-up 8. 20 April 1997 Bari, Italy Clay Israel Anna Smashnova Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sandra Načuk
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragana Zarić
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 9. 17 November 1997 Jaffa, Israel Hard Israel Anna Smashnova Israel Nataly Cahana
Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 10. 3 May 1999 Beersheba, Israel Hard Israel Nataly Cahana Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
1–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 24 May 1999 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Republic of Ireland Kelly Liggan Italy Sabina da Ponte
Colombia Giana Gutiérrez
6–3, 6–1
Winner 12. 31 May 1999 Azeméis, Portugal Hard Republic of Ireland Kelly Liggan Colombia Mariana Mesa
Argentina Jorgelina Torti
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(6)
Winner 13. 19 July 1999 Dublin, Ireland Carpet South Africa Surina De Beer United Kingdom Hannah Collin
Slovenia Tina Hergold
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner 14. 1 November 1999 Jaffa, Israel Hard Israel Hila Rosen Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Netherlands Michelle Gerards
6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 14 February 2000 Midland, United States Hard (i) South Africa Surina De Beer South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Japan Rika Hiraki
1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner 16. 27 March 2000 Norcross, United States Hard Germany Julia Abe South Africa Jessica Steck
United States Lindsay Lee-Waters
5–7, 7–6(7), 6–4
Winner 17. 19 May 2002 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Israel Hila Rosen Australia Lauren Breadmore
United Kingdom Natalie Neri
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 18. 1 December 2002 Mumbai, India Hard Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić New Zealand Shelley Stephens
Germany Scarlett Werner
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Winner 19. 8 November 2004 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Israel Danielle Steinberg Turkey Pemra Özgen
Spain Gabriela Velasco Andreu
7–5, 6–3
Winner 20. 21 November 2004 Deauville, France Clay Hungary Virág Németh Germany Vanessa Henke
Czech Republic Květa Peschke
6–4, 6–1
Winner 21. 5 December 2004 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
6–3, 6–0
Winner 22. 30 May 2005 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er Austria Daniela Klemenschits
Austria Sandra Klemenschits
7–6(2), 1–6, 6–2
Winner 23. 7 May 2006 Antalya, Turkey Clay Switzerland Romina Oprandi Croatia Matea Mezak
Turkey İpek Şenoğlu
4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 24. 18 November 2006 Deauville, France Clay (i) Italy Silvia Disderi Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Ukraine Yuliana Fedak
5–7, 4–6
Winner 25. 19 March 2007 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Israel Evgenia Linetskaya Slovakia Martina Babáková
Argentina Veronica Spiegel
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 26. 17 March 2008 Tenerife, Spain Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić France Julie Coin
France Violette Huck
4–6, 3–6
Winner 27. 31 March 2008 Patras, Greece Clay Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
7–5, 6–1

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