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last updated:28-FEB-99

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FEBRUARY 1999 EDITION

NEWS

1-2-99 RAM WON THE FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING MATCH AT CALCUTA CHALLENGER. 2-2-99 JONATHAN ERLICH ADVANCED TO THE MAIN DRAW AT CALCUTTA FROM THE QUALIFYING. OKUN, SELA AND BEHR INTO THE SECOND ROUND OF CALCUTTA CHALLENGER. MOR, LEVY AND ZIV (DOUBLES) PLAYING AT AMARILLO CHALENGER. MICHEL FROM FRANCE GAVE ME THE RESULTS OF THE JUNIOR TOURNMENT AT FRANCE. MOR, LEVY LOST IN THE SINGLES. ZIV LOST IN THE DOUBLES. RAN LOST AT CALCUTTA FIRST ROUND, BUT JAY UPDATED ME THAT JONATHAN ERLICH DID WIN THE FIRST ROUND OVER THE NUMBER #2 SEED - ondruska!!! 3-2-99 ANOTHER BAD DAY FOR THE ISRAELI PLAYERS: JAY SENT ME THE RESULTS FROM CALCUTTA- ALL 4 PLAYERS LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND. ONLY BEHR/RAN WON THE DOUBLES. STEVE GAVE ME THE QUALIFYING RESULTS OF ZIV AT AMARILLO. YOUNG DUDI SELA WON ANOTHER GAME AT FRANCE. 4-2-99 RAN/BEHR INTO THE DOUBLES SEMIFINALS. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE NOW THE BEST ISRAELI TEAM. DUDI SELA LOST AT THE JUNIOR TOURNMENT. 5-2-99 STEVE GAVE ME THE QUALIFYING RESULTS FROM CALCUTTA. 6-2-99 RAN/BEHR INTO THE DOUBLES FINAL. BEHR WILL REACH A C.HIGH ABOUT 160, AND RAN WILL ENTER TOP 140. GREAT NEWS FROM INDIA: AGAIN RAN/BEHR TOOK A CHALLENGER DOUBLES TITLE. 7-2-99 HADAD IS THE ONLY ISRAELI PLAYER WHO QUALIFY AT LUCK NOW CHALLENGER. 8-2-99 MOR, LEVY, ZIV LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND OF SAN JOSE QUALIFYING. 9-2-99 MOTEVASSEL INTO LUCKNOW SECOND ROUND. SELA LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND AS WELL AS 2 DOUBLES TEAMS. STEVE SENT ME THE FULL QUALIFYING OF LUCKNOW. 10-2-99 RAN, BEHR, HADAD JOINED MOTEVASSEL IN THE SECOND ROUND OF LUCKNOW. TZIPI OBZILER WON A FIRST ROUND MATCH AT BIRMINGHAM SATELITTE, CAHANA LOST. 11-2-99 NEWS FROM JAY: BEHR, HADAD AND GOOD OLD MOTEVASSEL INTO LUCKNOW QUARTERFINALS. RAN LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND TO ANOTHER PORTUGAL PLAYER. RAN/BEHR LOST AFTER 9 WINS!!(2 CHALLENGER DOUBLES TITLE). EYAL ERLICH IS BACK WITH A WIN IN A FUTURE, WEIDENFELD WITH A LOOSE. OBZILER LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND. SRUGO LOST A JUNIOR FIRST ROUND MATCH. ONLY BEHR ADVANCED TO THE SEMIFINALS OF LUCKNOW. 12-2-99 ERLICH ADVANCED TO THE QUARTERFINALS OF CHIGWELL FUTURE, AND THE DRAW IS WIDE OPEN. I ADDED LAST WEEK RESULTS FOR ERLICH AND WEIDENFELD. THEY DIDN'T DO WELL THERE. BEHR PALYS TODAY IN THE SEMIFINALS OF LUCKNOW. IF HE'LL GET THE TOURNMENT HE'LL BE ISRAEL #1! 13-2-99 BEHR LOST TO ketola IN THE SEMIFINALS. WHAT WILL BE AGAINST FINLAND? 14-2-99 ERLICH LOST IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF CHIGWELL. LEVY, MOR LOST IN THE QUALIFYING OF MEMPIS. 15-2-99 NO NEWS BUT MOTEVASSEL CAME ALL THE WAY FROM INDIA TO USA TO LOOSE IN MEMPHIS QUALIFYING. 16-2-99 MEN SINGLES RANKING UPDATED. 17-2-99 ERLICH J, WELGREEN INOT CROATIA FUTURE QUARTERFINALS. BEHR WAS SURPRISED IN THE FIRST ROUND, DAHAN LOST IN THE SECOND. 18-2-99 WELGREEN ADVANCED TO CROATIA SEMIFINAL OVER ERLICH J. ERLICH E. LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND OF UK FUTURE. HILA ROSEN INTO THE SECOND ROUND OF MICHIGEN CHALLENGER. 19-2-99 WELGREEN LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS OF CROATIA, ROSEN IN THE SECOND ROUND OF MICHIGAN. 20-2-99 ROSEN LOST IN THE DOUBLES FIRST ROUND. I THINK THAT THE PLAYERS IN CROATIA SHOULD DO WELL IN THE DOUBLES BUT I DON'T HAVE THE RESULTS YET. 21-2-99 AS I THOUGHT, WELGREEN/ERLICH TOOK THE DOUBLES OF CROATIA #1 FUTURE.

22-2-99 WOMEN RANKING UPDATE. ZIV LOST IN LONDON QUALIFYING DOUBLES FIRST ROUND. 23-2-99 RAN LOST AT VIETNAM, WELGREEN AT CROATIA, ROSEN AT OKLOHOMA QUALIFYING ROUND. AND TO COMPLETE THE REPORT: SMASHNOVA LOST AT PARIS. 24-2-99 DAHAN AND ERLICH J. INTO THE SECOND ROUND OF CROATIA #2. 25-2-99 NO NEWS YET. WAITING FOR ATP SITE TO PUBLISH RAN'S DOUBLES RESULTS FROM VIETNAM. 26-2-99 DAHAN LOST IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF CROATIA FUTURE #2. 27-2-99 RAN WITH HIS FOLLOW ITALIAN DOUBLES PARTNER WON THE FIRST ROUND OF VIETNAM CHALLLENGER. FROM JORNAL DE NOTICIAS I SOMEHOW UNDERSTAND THAT WELGREEN IS A DOUBLES SEMIFINALIST IN CROATIA FUTURE. 28-2-99 WELGREEN TOOK ANOTHER DOUBLES TITLE AT CROATIA. I ADDED LAST WEEK QUALIFYING RESULTS FROM LAGUNA HILLS - NOT GOOD AT ALL.

THIS MONTH RESULTS:

WEEK 5: 1-7/2/99

CALCUTTA CHALLENGER 50,000$, INDIA

QUALIFYING: R1: RAM D. kannan 6-2, 6-4 WELGREEN D. larose 6-4, 6-4 hilpert D. KOGAN 6-2, 6-3 ERLICH D. ishii 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 HADAD D. lee 6-4, 7-5 R2: RAM D. WELGREEN 7-6, 6-0 ERLICH D. golovanov 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 HADAD D. meringoff 6-4, 6-3 R3: parmar D. RAM 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 ERLICH J. D. thomas 7-6, 6-3 brand D. HADAD 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 MAIN DRAW: SINGLES - FIRST ROUND: ketola D. RAN 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 OKUN D. MOTEVASSEL 7-6, 7-6 BEHR D. syed 6-1, 6-4 SELA D. fukarek 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 ERLICH J. D. ondruska 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 SECOND ROUND: quershi D. OKUN 7-6, 7-6 navarra D. BEHR 6-3, 6-3 flygt D. SELA 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 carraz D. ERLICH 6-3, 6-4 DOUBLES - FIRST ROUND: RAN/BEHR D. fukarek/ortiz 6-2, 6-2 fredriksson/iwabu D. WELGREEN/OKUN QUARTERFINALS: RAN/BEHR D. richardson/ondruska SEMIFINALS: RAN/BEHR D. fredriksson/iwabuchi 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 FINAL: RAN/BEHR D. cowan/whitehouse 6-4, 6-7, 6-2

AMARILLO, TEXAS USTA CHALLENGER, 50,000$

QUALIFYING: R1: ZIV D. espinosa 6-1, 6-1 R2: ZIV D. sprengelmeyer 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 R3: rochus D. ZIV 6-1, 6-3 MAIN DRAW: FIRST ROUND: mammit D. MOR 7-6, 6-3 sa D. LEVY 6-3, 6-4 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: obrien a/obrien b D. MOR/LEVY 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 campbell/mamiit D. ZIV/braga 6-1, 6-4

UK #F1

QUALIFYING R2: brunold D. WEIDENFELD 7-5, 7-5 MAIN DRAW: SINGLES: FIRST ROUND gould D. ERLICH EYAL 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: ERLICH/elwood D. bates/boulding 6-4, 6-1 cermak/urh D. WEIDENFELD/bartonek 6-4, 6-2 QUARTERFINALS: ERLICH/elwood D. belgraver/loven 7-6, 6-2 SEMIFINALS: lavergne/ljubicic D. ERLICH/ELWOOD 6-4, 7-6

PETITS AS, FRANCE JUNIOR 12-14

Here are the results of World Chanpionship 12-14 years old Called "Petits As" in Tarbes (France). 29/01 - 07/02 1999 BOYS QUALIFYING: R1: Tassart (France) defeat Amit INBAR (Israel) 6/4 6/4 GIRLS QUALIFYING: R1: Ana SPIVKOVSKI (Israel) defeat Catarsi (France) 6/2 6/0 R2: Ana SPIVKOVSKI (Israel) defeat Narahenpitage (France) 6/0 6/4 R3: Mattek (USA) defeat Ana SPIVKOVSKI (Israel) 6/1 6/2 MAIN DRAW BOYS: R1: Dudi SELA (Israel) defeat Krainski (Poland) 6/4 6/4 R2: SELA D. roelant 6-0, 6-4 R3: gasquet D. SELA 6-1, 6-4 MAIN DRAW GIRLS: Balaci (Romania) defeat Michal AMIR (Israel) 6/3 6/4

WEEK 6: 8-14/2/99

SYBASE, SAN JOSE 325,000$

QUALIFYING: R1: ZIV D. humphries 6-4, 6-4 MOR D. sell 6-2, 6-4 LEVY D. yu 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 R2: karbacher D. LEVY 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 mamiit D. ZIV 7-5, 6-2 stafford D. MOR 6-7, 6-4, 6-1 by the way: karbacher and mamiit did well in the main draw!

LUCKNOW, CHALLENGER, 50,000$ INDIA

QUALIFYING: R1: OKUN, WELGREEN BYE ERLICH D. randjelovic 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 HADAD D. thomas 6-4, 6-4 RAM D. brandt 6-3, 7-6 R2: HADAD D. ortiz 6-4, 7-6 landsberg D. WELGREEN 6-3, 6-4 hilpert D. ERLICH J 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 carassco D. OKUN 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 flygt D. RAM 6-4, 6-4 R3: HADAD D. landsberg 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 MAIN DRAW: FIRST ROUND: RAN D. marques 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 MOTEVASSEL D. kannan 7-5, 6-2 BEHR D. fazaluddin 6-4, 6-2 HADAD D. russel 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 fukarek D. SELA 6-3, 6-1 SECOND ROUND: cunha silva D. RAN 7-6, 6-4 BEHR D. tramacchi 6-4 7-6 HADAD D. burrieza 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 MOTEVASSEL D. gaudi 6-4, 6-4 QUARTERFINALS: BEHR D. stoliarov 6-2, 6-3 ketola D. HADAD 6-1, 6-1 another win to ketola over israeli davis player !(last week over ran) fukarek D. MOTEVASSEL 6-2, 7-5 SEMIFINALS: ketola D. BEHR 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: OKUN/WELGREEN D. navarra/tramacchi 7-6, 6-4 fukarek/ortiz D. ERLICH/HADAD 7-5, 6-1 RAN/BEHR D. thomas/carraz 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 QUARTERFINALS: ondrusta/richardson D. RAN/BEHR 6-1, 7-6 cowan/whitehouse D. OKUN/WELGREEN 6-3, 6-7, 7-6

WEST ILLONOIS, CHALLENGER 25,000$

FIRST ROUND: scott D. HILA ROSEN 6-2, 7-6 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: ROSEN/miller D. hunt/starrett 6-0, 6-1 QUARTERFINALS: osterloh/schlukebir D. ROSEN/miller 6-1, 6-2

CHIGWELL, ENGLAND, FUTURE 15,000$

QUALIFYING: R2: WEIDENFELD D. kruslin 7-6, 7-6 R3: cermak D. WEIDENFELD 6-2, 7-5 MAIN DRAW: FIRST ROUND: EYAL ERLICH D. verkerk 6-4, 7-6 sherwood D. WEIDENFELD (LL) 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 SECOND ROUND: ERLICH D. merry QUARTERFINALS: timpgward D. ERLICH 6-2, 7-6 DOUBLES: davidson/layne D. ERLICH/ellwood 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

BIRMINGHAM SATELLITE 10,000$

FIRST ROUND: OBZILER D. kremer c. (ger, 339) 6-2, 6-2 georges (fra, 212) D. CAHANA 6-2, 6-2 SECOND ROUND: lutrova D. OBZILER 4-6, 6-3, 6-0

JUNIOR: BISHAM ABBY, ENGLAND

FIRST ROUND: crudat D. SRUGO 6-4, 6-2

WEEK 7:15-21/2/99

MEMPHIS, QUALIFYING

R1: goldstein D. LEVY 6-4, 6-2 calatrava D. MOR 6-1, 6-2 carlssson D. MOTEVASSEL 4-6, 6-3, 6-0

MICHIGAN CHALLENGER 75,000$

FIRST ROUND: ROSEN H. D. craybas 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 SECOND ROUND: t. schnayder D. ROSEN 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 DOUBLES FIRST ROUND: jidkova/parkinson D. ROSEN/rampre 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

CROATIA, FUTURE 15,000$

FIRST ROUND: galimberti D. BEHR 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 ERLICH J. D. chinkush 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 WELGREEN D. karlovic 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 DAHAN D. hromec 6-3, 7-6 SECOND ROUND: WELGREEN D. smotlak 6-4, 7-6 ERLICH D. bozic 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 galimberti D. DAHAN 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 QUARTERFINALS: WELGREEN D. ERLICH 6-2, 7-6 SEMIFINALS: trikov D. WELGREEN 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: WELGREEN/ERLICH D. hromec/traykov 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 DAHAN/iwabuchi D. rampazzo/rampazzo 7-6, 7-6 QUARTERFINALS: WELGREEN/ERLICH D. kunticin/tehiri 7-6, 6-2 ljubicic/zovko D. DAHAN/iwabuchi 6-3, 6-1 SEMIFINALS: WELGREEN/ERLICH D. karlovic/kutanja 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 FINAL: WELGREEN/ERLICH D. ritz/cinkus 6-1, 6-1

ENGLAND FUTURE #3

FIRST ROUND: milligan D. ERLICH E. 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

WEEK 8:22-28/2/99

LONDON,DOUBLES QUALIFYING

R1: ferrira/black D. ZIV/lee 7-6, 6-4

PARIS, 520,000$

FIRSR ROUND: cocheteux D. SMASHNOVA 6-3, 6-4

OKLAHOMA, QUALIFYING:

R1:ROSEN D. scott 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 R2:ROSEN D. trail 6-4, 6-4 R3:miyagi D. ROSEN H. 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

HO CHI MINH 50,000$ VIETNAM

FIRST ROUND: hipfl D. RAN 6-2, 6-2 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: RAN/navarra D. srichaphan/srichaphan 6-0, 6-3 QUARTERFINALS: RAN/navarra VS. carrasco/velasco (1)

LAGUNA HILLS, CHALLENGER

QUALIFYING: R1: wheaton d. D. MOR 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 waske D. LEVY 7-6, 7-6 MOTEVASSEL D. kilderry 6-2, 7-6 R2: sell D. MOTEVASSEL 6-2, 7-6

CROATIA #2 FUTURE 15,000$

QUALIFYING: R1:DAHAN D. vukelic 6-2, 6-1 R2: vik D. DAHAN 6-3, 6-2 FIRST ROUND: urh D. WELGREEN 6-4, 7-5 DAHAN D. kato 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 (LIOR LOST IN THE QUALIFYING, IS HE A LL?) ERLICH J D. trujol 6-4, 6-4 SECOND ROUND: DAHAN D. ? QUARTERFINALS: urh D. DAHAN 6-4, 6-4 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: DAHAN/kato d. borgula/smotlak (I GUESS, IT'S FROM PORTUGESIAN NEWSPAPER) WELGREEN/fukarek D. petrinic/topolcic QUARTERFINALS: couto/marques(1) D. DAHAN/kato WELGREEN/fukarek D. ??? SEMIFINALS: WELGREEN/fukarek D. zovko/pehar DFINALS: WELGREEN/fukarek D. couto/marques 6-1, 6-1

RANKINGS:

RANKING UPDATE: 22-FEB-99

7 PLAYERS IN TOP 300, 0 IN TOP 200.

MEN_SINGLES_RANKING

NO. RANKING LAST NAME F.NAME SING. 1 209 MOR LIOR 2 224 RAN EYAL 3 233 LEVY HAREL 4 236 MOTEVASSEL OREN 5 244 BEHR NOAM 6 255 SELA OFER 7 297 OKUN NOAM 8 305 HADAD AMIR 9 310 WELGREEN NIR 10 346 ZIV KOBI 11 348 ERLICH JONATHAN 12 362 ERLICH EYAL 13 526 DAHAN LIOR 14 600 RAM ANDI 15 618 KOGAN MICHAEL 16 674 WEIDENFELD RAVIV 17 831 DANK TOMER 18 1116 HANEGBY DAN 19 1228 STRASBERG ARI 20 1240 DEKEL OR 21 1307 KRISTAL LIOR 22 1307 SHNEIDER ROIE PB-PERSONAL BEST

MEN_DOUBLES_RANKING

1 132 RAN EYAL 2 158 BEHR NOAM 3 178 WELGREEN NIR 4 218 ERLICH EYAL 5 228 LEVY HAREL 6 240 OKUN NOAM 7 264 HADAD AMIR 8 311 MOR LIOR 9 319 ERLICH JONATHAN 10 329 KOGAN MICHAEL 11 344 SELA OFER 12 345 MOTEVASSEL OREN 13 475 RAM ANDI 14 492 WEIDENFELD RAVIV 15 606 DAHAN LIOR 16 715 ZIV KOBI 17 1069 DANK TOMER 18 1115 HANEGBY DAN 19 1293 SALOMON AVIRAM 20 1368 KRISTAL LIOR 21 1368 SHNAIDER ROIE 22 1368 SWISSA TOMER 23 1368 SRUGO HAREL

WOMEN_SINGLES_RANKING:

UPDATED:22/FEB/99 1 44 SMASHNOVA ANNA 2 187 ROSEN HILA 3 248 CAHANA NATALY 4 280 OBZILER TZIPI 5 635 ROSEN JACKUELYN 6 698 GABAI LIMOR

WOMEN_DOUBLES_RANKING

1 191 ROSEN HILA 2 218 CAHANA NATALY 3 356 GABAI LIMOR 4 427 OBZILER TZIPI 5 533 ROSEN JACUELYN

ARCHIVE INFORMATION

JANUARY 1999:JANUARY 1999 LAST YEAR results:1998 ARCHIVE

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