The 15th Eisenberg Jerusalem Challenger 50,000$ 10-16/5/1999
TO 2000 TOURNAMENT:
Eizenberg Jerusalem Open 2000
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LIOR MOR FROM ISRAEL IS THE WINNER OF THE TOURNAMENT!
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NEWS 3-5-99 NEXT WEEK THE TOURNAMENT WILL BEGIN. I'LL BRING UPDATES FROM THE COURTS. 6-5-99 THE QUALIFYING WILL START ON 8 OF MAY. THE MAIN DRAW WILL START 10 OF MAY. 9-5-99 FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING: ONLY ONE SURPRISE - EYAL ERLICH, ISRAEL DAVIS CUP PLAYER WAS BEATEN BY ANOTHER ISRAELI - LIOR DAHAN. ALL OTHER SEEDS WENT INTO THE SECOND ROUND. SECOND ROUND QUALIFYING: 6 OUT OF 8 INTO THE QYUALIFYING ROUND ARE ISRAELIS. SOME SURPRISES: THE NUMBER TWO SEED WAS DEFEATED BY HOME PLAYER ANDI RAM. ANOTHER UPSET- MICHAEL KOGAN OF ISRAEL WON HIS MATCH AGAINST BARRY COWAN OF GBR. FORMER DAVIS CUP PLAYER - RAVIV WEIDENFELD FAILED TO REACH THE QUALIFYING ROUND, AFTER LOOSING TO THE 5TH SEED NIR WELGREEN. IN THE MAIN DRAW WILL BE FROM ISRAEL: 4 DIRECT ENTERIES, 4 WILD CARDS, AND AT LEAST 2 QUALIFYING. SINGLES QUALIFYING ROUND: I SAW THE TIEDEST MATCH BETWEEN GAUDI AND DAHAN. THE GAME TOOK MORE THAN TWO HOURS AND ENDED 67 76 76 TO GAUDI, AFTER DAHAN LEAD 5-4 WITH A BREAK IN THE DECIDER, GAUDI BROKE BACK 5-5, DAHAN BROKE AGAIN, AND SO DID GAUDI. IN THE TIE-BREAK, DAHAN LEAD 5:4 AFTER A MINI BREAK, BUT GAUDI BROKE BACK AND WON 7:6 IN THE TIE. OFER SELA BEAT MASHISHKA WASINGTON, MEL'S BROTHER, IT WAS SAD TO SEE THE BROTHER OF WIMBLEDON FINALIST COME ALL THE WAY FROM USA TO LOOSE IN HE QUALIFYING, BUT I'M AN ISRAELI, SO I'M HAPPY FOR OFER. WELGREEN BEAT KOGAN AND ERLICH JONATHAN TOOK ANDI RAM. DOUBLES FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING: SIMULTANICLY, I SAW THE TEAM FROM JERUSALEM: AVIRAM SALOMON AND RAFI TSIDKIYAHU WHO WERE BEATED AFTER NO FIGHT TO THE SUI/FIN TEAM: LIUKKO/BASTL 10-5-99 VERY IMPRESIVE WIN FOR EYAL RAN AGAINST KNOWLE 6:1, 6:2 IN THE FIRST ROUND. EYAL ERLICH WILL PROBABLY WANT TO FORGET THIS YEAR TOURNAMENT (ACTUALLY, ALL THIS YEAR OF TENNIS) HE LOST WITH HIS FELLOW ISRAEL JONATHAN ERLICH AGAINST KETOLA/COETZEE IN THE DOUBLES FIRST ROUND 5:7, 2:6. EYAL, WHO TOOK THE DOUBLES LAST YEAR (WITH BEHR) WILL LOST MANY POINTS. GODWIN DEFEATED WASHINGTON (WHO ENTERED AS A LUCKY LOOSER) 6:2, 6:..(I THINK 2). LIOR MOR INTO THE SECOND ROUND AFTER BEATING OLD OREN MOTEVASSEL 4:6, 6:4, 6:3 IN THE CENTER COURT. LIOR DAHAN AS A LUCKY LOOSER AMAZED LORENZO MANTA BY BEATING HIM 6:2, 6:4. CARATTI DEFEATED BEHR 7:6, 6:3. ANDI RAM WILL BE THE THIRD LUCKY LOOSER AND HE RE-PLAY AGAINST J. ERLICH. 11-5-99 ALL 4 LOOSERS FROM QUALIFYING ROUND ENTERED AS LUCKY LOOSERS. TODAY ENTERED ANDI RAM, WHO TOOK THE CHANCE AND BEAT THE PLAYER WHO DEFEAT HIM IN THE QUALIFYING: J. ERLICH. KOGAN, THE 4TH ENTERY AS LL LOST TO TAICHER. ANOTHER ISRAELI PLAYER TO WIN IS AMIR HADAD WHO BEAT FINLAND #1-LIUKKO 7:6, 2:6, 7:6. OFER SELA LOST TO ANOTHER QUALIFYING - GAUDI. SELA STARTED WELL, BUT IN THE SECOND SET HE BLAMED POOR COLLECT BALLS BOY WHO MOVED WHILE THE GAME WAS CONTINUING. IF HE JUST KEEP HIMSELF FOCUSING THEN HE MAY NOT LOOSE 26 64 76. AND WHAT DID THE POOR BOY DO TO HIM, THAT SELA ORDERED THE JUDGE TO REPLACE HIM. ALL ISRAELI DOUBLES TEAM LOST, BUT THE DAVIS CUP TEAM (IN THE GAME AGAINST FINLAND) HADAD AND LEVY WHO BEAT ANOTHER ISRAELI TEAM - WELGREEN/OKUN. THE NUMBER 1 SEED IN THE DOUBLES: BEHR/RAN HAD LOST ANOTHER FIRST ROUND MATCH. 12-5-99 I DIDN'T GO TO THE CENTER TODAY, SO I'LL UPDATE TOMORROW MORNING. 13-5-99 Andi Ram ADVANCED TO THE QUARTERFINALS AS WELL AS LIOR MOR FROM ISRAEL. ANOTHER WINNERS IN THE SECOND ROUND: PRETZSCH, ROCHUS. 15-5-99 LIOR MOR IN THE FINAL AFTER BEATING KETOLA FROM FINLAND. LIOR MOR TOOK THE TITLE! HE DEFEATED GODWIN 7:5, 5:7, 6:2.
DRAWS: SINGLES QUALIFYING (THANKS TO JERUSALEM CENTER) SEEDS: 1. GAUDI IGOR (ITA) 232 2. COETZEE JEFF (RSA) 233 3. SELA OFER (ISR) 244 4. COWAN BARRY (GBR) 275 5. WELGREEN NIR (ISR)301 6. WASHINGTON MASH.(USA) 7. ERLICH EYAL (ISR)362 8. ERLICH JONATHAN (ISR)374 FIRST ROUND: GAUDI I(ITA, 1) D. VORONEL T(ISR) 61 61 KIMMERLING I(GER) D. ZIDKIYAHU R(ISR) 63 75 HILDERBRAND T(SWE) D. SHITRIT M(ISR) 61 61 DAHAN L(ISR) D. ERLICH E(ISR, 7) 63 62 COETZEE J(RSA, 2) D. HANEGBI D(ISR) 61 64 RAM A(ISR) D. SICHEL R(ISR) 62 63 SHNAIDER R(ISR) D. MEIR T(ISR) 46 63 64 ERLICH J(ISR) D. ZUTA R(ISR) 61 60 SELA O(ISR, 3) D. PRESS D(GBR) 60 61 SHIMDA T(USA) D. TALSHIR E(ISR) 62 61 DOOYEV E(ISR) D. STERN E(ISR) 64 76 WASHINGTON M(USA, 6) D. DEKEL O(ISR) 62 60 COWAN B(BGR, 4) D. DERI M(ISR) 61 62 KOGAN M(ISR) D. ZARI E(ISR) 60 63 WEIDENFELD R(ISR) D. CHEN I(ISR) 60 62 WELGREEN N(ISR) D. SALOMON A(ISR) 60 62 SECOND ROUND: GAUDI D. KIMMERLING 64 64 DAHAN D. HILDEBRAND 63 36 61 RAM D. COETZEE 64 64 ERLICH J D. SHNAIDER 63 62 SELA D. SHIMADA 64 46 75 WASHINGTON D. DOOYEV 61 60 KOGAN D. COWAN 62 63 WELGREEN D. WEIDENFELD 63 61 QUALIFYING ROUND: GAUDI D. DAHAN 67 76 76 ERLICH D. RAM SELA D. WASHINGTON WELGREEN D. KOGANDOUBLES QUALIFYING FIRST ROUND: GAUDI/CARATTI D. KIMMERLING /RADULESCO 62 62 LIUKKO/BASTL D. TSIDKIYAHU/SALOMON 62 62 QUALIFYING ROUND: LIUKKO/BASTL D. GAUDI/CARATTI 61 60SINGLES MAIN DRAW SEEDS: 1. PRETZSCH, AXEL 2. BURGSMULLER, LARS 3. LIUKKO, VILLE 4. HEUBERGER, IVO 5. ARTHURS, WAYNE WD 6. GODWIN, NEVILLE 7. CALDWELL, DAVID WD 8. CARATTI, CRISTIANO Round 1 1Pts / $520.00 Round 2 7Pts / $860.00 Quarterfinal 13Pts / $1,465.00 Semifinal 25Pts / $2,500.00 Final 43Pts / $4,240.00 Winner 60Pts / $7,200.00FIRST ROUND: 1 Pretzsch, Axel GER D. Bracciali, Daniele ITA 62 76 WC Ran, Eyal ISR D. Knowle, Julia AUT 61 62 Rochus, Christophe BEL VS. WC Ziv, Kobi ISR 64 62 LL LIOR DAHAN D. Manta, Lorenzo SUI 62 64 (DAHAN REPLACED 7 Caldwell, David) Trifu, Gabriel ROM d. 4 Heuberger, Ivo SUI 62 64 Jonsson, Fredrik SWE d. WC Okun, Noam ISR 75 62 Luxa, Petr CZE D. Q Welgreen, Nir ISR 62 46 76 6 Godwin, Neville RSA D. LL WASHINGTON, MASHISHKA (WASHINGTON REPLACED Radulescu, Alex GER) 62 62 Taicher, Paulo BRA D. Kogan, Michael ISR (Kogan replaced 5 Arthurs, Wayne AUS) 64 64 LL Ram, Andi D. Q Erlich, Jonathan ISR (Ram replaced Mutis, Olivier FRA ) 63 26 64 Ketola, Tuomas FIN D. Levy, Harel ISR 63 63 WC Hadad, Amir ISR D. 3 Liukko, Vale FIN 76 26 76 8 Caratti, Cristiano ITA D. Behr, Noam ISR 76 63 Mor, Lior ISR D. Motevassel, Oren ISR 46 64 63 Q Gaudi, Igor ITA D. Q Sela, Ofer ISR 26 64 76 2 Burgsmueller, Lars GER D. Bastl, George SUI 63 64 SECOND ROUND: 1 Pretzsch D. RAN 63 61 Rochus D. Dahan 67 61 63 Jonsson D. Trifu 63 64 6 Godwin d. Luxa 63 61 LL Ram D. Taicher 64 75 Ketola D. WC Hadad 67 62 76 Mor D. 8 Caratti 67 64 64 2 Burgsmueller D. Q Gaudi 63 36 76 QUARTERFINALS: ROCHUS D. PRETZSCH 61 26 62 6 Godwin d. Jonsson 64 76 KETOLA D. RAM 63 46 64 MOR D. BURGSMUELLER 36 76 63 SEMIFINALS: 6 Godwin D. ROCHUS 63 57 63 MOR D. KETOLA 64 76 FINAL: MOR D. GODWIN 75 57 62DOUBLES MAIN DRAW SEEDS: 1. BEHR/RAN 229 2. Ketola, T. Coetzee, J 3. Cowan, B. Godwin, N. 4. Shimada, T. Wakefield, M. Round 1 7Pts / $370.00 Quarterfinal 13Pts / $630.00 Semifinal 25 Pts / $1,050.00 Final 43Pts / $1,820.00 Winner 60Pts / $3,100.00 FIRST ROUND: Koves, G. Taicher, P. D. 1 Behr, N. Ran, E. 75 64 Greenhalgh, J. Hildebrand, T. D. WC Dahan, L. Weidenfeld, R. 61 3 Cowan, B. Godwin, N. D. WC Motevassel, O. Ziv, K. 64 67 62 Q LIUKKO/BASTL D. Mor, L. Sela, O. 64 64 Luxa, P. Trifu, G. D. WC Kogan, M. Ram, A. 57 64 60 4 Shimada, T. Wakefield, M. D. Knowle, J. Manta, L. 67 64 62 Hadad, A. Levy, H. D. Okun, N. Welgreen, N. 46 63 63 2. Ketola, T. Coetzee, J D. Erlich, E. Erlich, J. 7:5, 6:2 QUARTERFINALS: Koves, G. Taicher, P. D. Greenhalgh, J. Hildebrand 76 75 3 Cowan, B. Godwin D. Q LIUKKO/BASTL 76 64 Luxa, P. Trifu, G. D. 4 Shimada, T. Wakefield 63 62 2. Ketola, T. Coetzee, J D. Hadad, A. Levy, H. 76 64 SEMIFINALS: 3 Cowan, B. Godwin D. Koves, G. Taicher, P. 62 63 2. Ketola, T. Coetzee D. Luxa, P. Trifu, G. 63 62 FINAL: 2. Ketola, T. Coetzee D. 3 Cowan, B. Godwin 62 64 ***************************************************************** ISRAELI ENTERIES: MOR, LIOR DE MOTEVASSEL, OREN DE BEHR, NOAM DE LEVY, HAREL DE RAN, EYAL WC OKUN, NOAM WC HADAD, AMIR WC ZIV, KOBI WC SELA, OFER Q WELGREEN, NIR Q ERLICH, JONATHAN Q DAHAN, LIOR LL RAM, ANDI IS LL KOGAN, MICHAEL LLACCEPTTANCE LIST: (thanks to Ramat Hasharon center)
ATP RANKING DATE: 19 APR 1999 1 129 PRETZSCH, AXEL (GER)2 135 LIUKKO, VILLE (FIN) 3 151 BURGSMULLER, LARS (GER) 4 166 HEUBERGER, IVO (SUI)
5 167 ARTHURS, WAYNE (AUS) 6 169 GODWIN, NEVILLE (RSA)
7 182 CALDWELL, DAVID (USA) 8 183 JONSSON, FREDRIK (SWE)
9 184 CARATTI, CRISTIANO (ITA)
10 187 BASTI, GEORGE (SUI) 11 190 KETOLA, TUOMAS (FIN) 12 195 LUXA, PETR (CZE) 13 197 ROCHUS, CHRISTOPHE (BEL) 14 202 MANTA, LORENZO (SUI)
15 207 BRACCIALI, DANIELE (ITA) 16 208 MOR, LIOR (ISR) 17 213 MOTEVASSEL, OREN (ISR) 18 218 RADULESCU, ALEX (GER) 19 222 BEHR, NOAM (ISR)
20 223 TAICHER, PAULO (BRA) 21 224 KNOWLE, JULIAN (AUT) 22 225 TRIFU, GABRIEL (ROM) 23 227 MUTIS, OLIVER (FRA) 24 231 LEVY, HAREL (ISR) ---------------------------- 25 235 GAUDI, IGOR (ITA) 26 236 COETZEE, JEFF (RSA) 27 239 ZINGMAN, ANDRES (ARG) --- 28 241 STOLIAROV, ANDREI (RUS) --- 29 248 JOYCE, MICHAEL (USA)---
30 254 SLUITER, RAEMON (NED)--- 31 271 COWAN, BARRY (BGR) 32 273 OKUN, NOAM (ISR) WC 33 280 WELGREEN, NIR (ISR)
34 283 POPP, ALEXANDER (GER) --- 35 307 HADAD, AMIR (ISR) WC 36 333 ZIV, KOBI (ISR) WC 37 334 WASHINGTON, MASHISKA (USA) 38 338 ELSENEER, GILLES ((BEL)--- 39 348 ERLICH, JONATHAN (ISR) 40 353 BURRIEZA, OSCAR --- DIRECT ACCEPTANCES: 24 WILD CARDS: 4 QUALIFIERS: 4 SPECIAL EXEMPTS: 0 TOTAL DRAW: 32 PICTURES COURTESY: ATP TOUR, ITC, DAMY
HISTORY OF THE TOURNAMENT:
YEAR: WINNER FINALLIST 1999 S Mor, L (ISR) Godwin, N (SAF) 7:5 5:7 6:2 D Ketola, T. Coetzee, J Cowan, B. Godwin 6:2 6:4 1998 S Godwin, N (SAF) Trifu, G (ROM) 6:4 7:6 D Erlich, E/Behr, N (ISR) Godwin, N/Nainkin, D (SAF) W/O 1997 S Black, W (ZIM) Ruah, M (VEN) 6:2 6:1 D Paes, L/Bhupathi, M (IND) Black, W (ZIM)/Ullyett, K (SAF) 6:7 6:2 7:6 1996 S Staford, G (SAF) Hagard, C (SAF) 6:4 6:3 D Paes, L (IND)/Godwin, N (SAF) Ran, E/Behr, N (ISR) 7:6 7:5 1995 S Johansson, T (SWE) Baur, P (GER) D Saceanu, C / Dier, D Bartez/Bauep 1994 S Thoms, A Dewulf, F D Ferreira, E/Ullyett, K (SAF) Dewulf, F/Norman, D 1993 S Bloom, G (ISR) Ruah, M (VEN) D Bloom, G/Saceanu, C Mronz, A/Ruah, M 1992 S Bloom, G Gabrichidzev (GEO) D Limberger, C/Guy, S Joelson, B/Matuszewski, R 1991 S Van Rensburg, C Marsh, C D Van Rensburg, C/De Jager, J Odizor, N/Shelton, B 1990 S Weidenfeld, R (ISR) Perkiss, S (ISR) D Nyborg, P/Holm, H Caratti, C/Brandi, C 1989 S Bloom, G Perkiss, S D Ozer, M/ Mora, A Brown, N/Fullwood, N 1988 S Bloom, G D Glickstein, S/Perkiss, S 1987 S Perkiss, S D Perkiss/Bloom 1986 S Mansdorf, A D Levine, B/Muller, G 1985 S Glickstein, S D Mansdorf, A/Mason, B
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