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MARCH 1999 EDITION
NEWS
1-3-99 RAN PLAYS THIS WEEK AT SINGAPORE CHALLENGER, SELA&MOTEVASSEL AT MAGDEBURG CHALLENGER. 2-3-99 RANKING UPDATE. RAN WON THE FIRST ROUND MATCH. 3-3-99 MOTEVASSEL, SELA TO MAGDEBURG SINGLES SECOND ROUND. 4-3-99 ZIV LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND OF EGYPT SATELLITE. SELA/MOTEVASSEL AND RAN ALL WINNERS IN DOUBLES FIRST ROUND. 5-3-99 ALL THREE PLAYERS LOST IN THE SINGLES SECOND ROUND. 6-3-99 SMASHNOVA LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND OF INDIAN WELLS. SELA/MOTEVASSEL LOST IN THE DOUBLES QUARTERFINALS OF MAGDEBURG. BUT RAN WITH HIS DOUBLES PARTNER ogorodov IN THE FINAL OF SIMGAPORE CHALLENGER. EYAL'S BEST WAS ACHIVED ALSO WITH ogorodov (AT INDIA'S TOURNMENT DOUBLES FINAL 1997). RAN IS CLOSE TO HIS PERSONAL BEST (125) NEXT WEEK MOST OF THE PLAYERS BACK TO ISRAEL - FUTURE AT YAD ELIYAHU, TEL-AVIV (GOOD TO HEAR AGAIN FROM ODED YAACOB). 7-3-99 SUNDAY IS A DAY WITH NOT MUCH NEWS. TOMORROW I'LL KNOW IF RAN TOOK THE DOUBLES. MOR, OKUN, RAM PLAY AT GREECE SATELLITE THIS WEEK (ODED). 8-3-99 RAN LOST IN SINGAPORE DOUBLES FINALS. 14 ISRAELI PLAYERS AT YAD-ELIYAHU FUTURE. IF YOU HAVE RESULTS FROM YAD-ELIYAHU, E-MAIIL ME AND I'LL POST IT. 9-3-99 STEVE SENT ME THE DRAW OF THE FUTURE MAIN AND QUALIFYING, AND SOME RESULTS AS WELL. RAN IS IN HIS BEST EVER DOUBLES RANKING - 121! 10-3-99 RESULTS FROM ISRAEL, EGYPT, GREECE: BAD HIGHLIGHTS-MOR, BEHR, HADAD LOST IN THEIR FIRST ROUND MATCH. THIS WEEK RAN LOST IN THE DOUBLES FIRST ROUND WITH HIS PARTNER ogorodov. 11-3-99 A GOOD DAY FOR MOST OF THE PLAYERS. RAN INTO THE QUARTERFINALS OF KYOTO. 12-3-99 EYAL ERLICH AND NIR WELGREEN WILL FACE EACH OTHER AT ISRAEL FUTURE SEMIFINAL. KOGAN/SELA FINALIST IN THE DOUBLES. 13-3-99 RAN LOST IN KYOTO QUARTERFINALS. 14-3-99 WELGREEN LOST IN THE FINAL OF ISRAEL #F1 SINGLES, SELA/KOGAN LOST IN THE SAME STAGE OF THE DOUBLES. OKUN IN THE FINAL OF GREECE SATELLITE LEG #1. 15-3-99 TWO SATELLITE UPDATES: OKUN WON IN THE FIRST LEG OF GREECE, OKUN LOST IN EGYPT LEG #2 DOUBLES FINAL. 16-3-99 LOTS OF UPDATES FROM LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK. STEVE TOLD ME THAT NEXT WEEK SOME OF THE PLAYERS PLAY AT FRANCE - GO SEE THEM, MICHEL :) I ADDED A NEW CATEGORY OF RANKING: ROAD TO HANOVER - THE POINTS ADDED FROM THE START OF THIS YEAR TILL NOW. 17-3-99 SOME RESULTS ADDED. SMASHNOVA WILL FACE A QUALIFYER IN THE FIRST ROUND OF KEY-BAISKIN. STEVE SENT ME THE FULL DRAW OF ISRAEL F#2. 18-3-99 5 ISRAELIS IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF ISRAEL FUTURE #2. 19-3-99 GOOD DAY FOR ISRAEL TENNIS: SMASHNOVA IN THE SECOND ROUND OF KEY-BISCAYNE, ALL SEMIFINALS' PLAYERS IN THE LOCAL FUTURE ARE FROM ISRAEL. 20-3-99 ANNA WAS BEATEN BY novotna. 21-3-99 BEHR WON THE ISRAELI FUTURE. 22-3-99 ZIV LOST IN EGYPT MASTERS SECOND ROUND. FRANCE FUTURE DRAW ADDED. 23-3-99 ISRAEL #F2 FULL RESULTS BY STEVE. ALSO UPDATE FROM GREECE AND EGYPT.
25-3-99 FRANCE FUTURE: HADAD LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND (0 ATP POINTS), LEVY LOST IN THE SECOND (1 POINT). THEY LOST IN THE DOUBLES QUARTERFINALS (1). GREECE SATELLITE: MOR QUIT AFTER 2 LEGS (0 POINTS S, D). RAM WAS A QULIFYER IN THE 3RD LEG, BUT LOST THE FIRST ROUND, OKUN LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND (HE'LL ENTER THE MASTERS AS A SEEDED NUMBER 6 AND WILL GET AT LEAST 10 ATP POINTS). DOUBLES - RAM/OKUN LOST ALL 3 LEGS IN THE SECOND ROUND, BUT THEY'LL ENTER THE MASTERS (AT LEAST 3 POINTS). 26-3-99 NEXT WEEK: DAVIS CUP MATCH AGAINST FINLAND. ISRAELI PLAYERS: EYAL RAN, HAREL LEVY, AMIR HADAD, EYAL ERLICH. FINLAND LEADING PLAYERS - LIUKKO (140 SINGLES, 363 DOUBLES), KETOLA (187, 98), TIILIKAINEN (207, 533), NURMINEN (269, 345), OJALA (317, 443). FINLAND HAVE A BETTER TRAPEZE, BUT LET'S HOPE FOR A SURPRISE. 27-3-99 THE ONLY PLAYER WHO STILL PLAY THIS WEEK IS ZIV, IN THE EGYPT SATELLITE DOUBLES, I DON'T HAVE HIS RESULT THERE YET. 28-3-99 I DIDN'T GO TO MY "SO CALLED" VACATION YET, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLAYERS DID. NO NEWS. 29-3-99 MEN RANKINGS ADDED. 30-3-99 RAM DID ENTER THE MASTERS OF GREECE, AND WON THE FIRST ROUND. I'M GOING TO MY ONE WEEK OF ARMY SERVICE, SO I'LL BE BACK MONDAY 5TH OF APRIL. GOOD LUCK FOR THE ISRAELI TEAM AGAINST FINLAND.
THIS MONTH RESULTS:
WEEK 9: 1-7/3/99
INDIAN WELLS, USA 1,300,000
FIRST ROUND: barabanschikova (wc) D. SMASHNOVA 57 61 62SINGAPORE CHALLENGER 50,000$
FIRST ROUND: RAN D. qureshi 63 26 64 SECOND: diaz D. RAN 76 62 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: RAN/ogorodov D. lopez-moron/navarro 46 76 61 QUARTERFINALS: RAN/ogorodov D. hamadeh/martin 76 63 SEMIFINALS: RAN/ogorodov D. draper/russel 75 46 64 FINALS: coetzee/roberts D. RAN/ogorodov 75 63MAGDEBURG CHALLENGER, GERMANY 25,000$
FIRST ROUND: SELA D. riha 75 63 MOTEVASSEL D. couto 76 62 SECOND ROUND: burgsmuller(1) D. MOTEVASSEL 75 63 heuberger(5) D. SELA 75 63 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: SELA/MOTEVASSEL D. merinov/stoliarov 64 63 QUARTERFINALS: hill/painter D. SELA/MOTEVASSEL 76 63EGYPT SATELLITE 25,000$, LEG #1
FIRST ROUND: trujillo D. ZIV 61 26 63 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: hanak/snobel D. ZIV/armando 62 62WEEK 10: 8-14/3/99
KYOTO, JAPAN 25,000$ CHALLENGER
FIRST ROUND: RAN D. yamamoto 75 62 SECOND ROUND: RAN d. lee 64 63 QUARTERFINALS: behrend D. RAN 63 75 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: lee/galimberti D. RAN/ogorodovb 64 64YAD-ELIYAHU, TEL-AVIV, 15,000$ FUTURE
Israel F1 Tel Aviv, Israel March 8-14, 1999 Surface: Hard Main Draw : 32 Qualifying Draw: 64 $15,000 Israel F1 qualifying Singles Seeds: 1. Gordon Bergraaf 2. Balazs Veress 3. Tomer Dank 4. Nick Weal 5. James Davidson 6. Kristian Pless 7. Jun Kato 8. Valentino Pest 9. Dominic Boulet 10. Serguei Vassine 11. Falk Nier 12. Igor Brukner 13. Sergei Samoseiko 14. Josef Nesticky 15. Dan Hangeby 16. Barry Fulcher First Round (1)Gordon Bergraaf d. Dori Sedovnik 6-4 6-0 Odec Taiq d. (WC)Micky Strasberg 6-1 6-2 Markus Kanellos d. Moti Elaikovits 6-1 6-2 (16)Barry Fulcher d. (WC)Eran Dank 6-1 6-2 (2)Balazs Veress d. Ori Tagrin 6-1 6-1 Jakub Hasek d. Oren Verech 6-2 6-0 Oren Ben Zaken d. Itzik Dooyev 6-1 6-3 (15)Dan Hangeby d. Bobby Altelaar 7-6(2) 6-3 (3)Tomer Dank d. Idan Ben Harush 6-2 6-0 Oreal Tereshchuk d. (WC)Ivan Shvartz 6-1 6-4 Jiri Svoboda d. Erez Zari 6-7(4) 6-0 7-5 (14)Josef Nesticky d. Matan Shitrit 6-3 6-1 (4)Nick Weal d. Jaroslav Bulant 6-2 6-0 Ari Strasberg d. Idan Rosenberg 6-4 6-2 Elad Stern d. Raviv Volkovitzky 6-2 7-5 (13)Sergei Samoseiko d. Moshe Levy 6-2 4-6 6-4 (5)James Davidson d. Roy Wartheimer 6-1 6-4 Tai Meir d. Omer Abramovich 6-3 6-1 Julian Couly d. (WC)Dor Wertheimer 6-1 6-0 (12)Igor Brukner d. Ulrich Tippenhauer 6-3 7-5 (6)Kristian Pless d. Arne Kreitz 6-2 6-0 Maor Zirkin d. Moti Mearavi 6-2 6-2 Lior Kristal d. (WC)Roy Shafir 5-7 6-0 6-2 (11)Falk Nier d. (WC)Asaf Cohen 6-1 6-1 (7)Jun Kato d. Liron Strauss w/o Bob Borella d. Ishal Hadash 6-1 6-3 Roei Schneider d. Srden Djordjevic 6-1 6-1 (9)Dominic Boulet d. Aviram Salomon 4-6 6-4 6-2 (8)Valentino Pest d. Eliran Dooyev 6-4 6-2 Libor Bastl d. (WC)Yoav Ben Zvi 6-0 6-2 Roy Sichel d. Sahr Steele 6-0 6-2 (10)Serguei Vassine d. (WC)Liran Kling 6-3 6-4 Second Round Odec Taiq d. (1)Gordon Bergraaf 6-2 3-6 6-4 Markus Kanellos d. (16)Barry Fulcher 6-3 7-5 Jakub Hasek d. (2)Balazs Veress 6-2 6-2 (15)Dan Hangeby d. Oren Ben Zaken 6-1 6-2 Oreal Tereshchuk d. (3)Tomer Dank 4-6 6-1 6-3 (14)Josef Nesticky d. Jiri Svoboda 6-4 6-1 (4)Nick Weal d. Ari Strasberg 6-2 6-0 (13)Sergei Samoseiko d. Elad Stern 6-2 6-2 (5)James Davidson d. Tai Meir 7-5 6-1 Julien Couly d. (12)Igor Brukner 7-5 7-5 (6)Kristian Pless d. Maor Zirkin 6-2 6-0 (11)Falk Nier d. Lior Kristal 6-0 6-2 (7)Jun Kato d. Bob Borella 6-2 6-2 Roei Schneider d. (9)Dominic Boulet 6-2 2-6 4-0 (15-15) ret. (8)Valentino Pest d. Libor Bastl 7-6(4) 6-4 (10)Serguei Vassine d. Roy Sichel 6-4 6-2 Qualifying Round Markus Kanellos d. Odec Taiq 6-3 6-3 (15)Dan Hangeby d. Jakub Hasek 7-6(2) 4-6 6-4 Oreal Tereshchuk d. (14)Josef Nesticky 6-3 6-3 (4)Nick Weal d. (13)Sergei Samoseiko 6-4 7-5 (5)James Davidson d. Julien Couly 6-7(3) 7-5 6-3 (6)Kristian Pless d. (11)Falk Nier 7-5 7-6(1) (7)Jun Kato d. Roei Schneider 6-3 6-1 (8)Valentino Pest d. (10)Serguei Vassine 6-1 6-4 Doubles Seeds: 1. Falk Nier/Valentino Pest 2. Barry Fulcher/Nick Weal First Round (1)Falk Nier/Valentino Pest d. Libor Bastl/Jaroslav Bulant 6-3 6-3 (2)Barry Fulcher/Nick Weal d. (WC)Raviv Volkovitzky/Roy Wertheimer 6-0 6-0 Qualifying Round (2)Barry Fulcher/Nick Weal d. (1)Falk Nier/Valentino Pest 4-6 6-3 6-4 Singles Seeds: (cut: Adolf Musil - 536) 1. Harel Levy 2. Oren Motevassel 3. Noam Behr 4. Ofer Sela 5. Patrik Fredriksson 6. Tomas Catar 7. Nir Welgreen 8. Kalle Flygt First Round (1)Harel Levy d. Lior Dahan 6-3 6-2 Jan Krejci d. (q)Kristian Pless 5-7 6-2 7-6 Marc Merry d. (WC)Meir Deri 6-2 6-2 (8)Kalle Flygt d. Jonathan Erlich 6-1 6-4 (4)Ofer Sela d. (WC)Or Dekel 6-2 6-2 Andrei Rybalko d. (q)Oreal Tereshchuk (q)James Davidson d. (q)Dan Henegby 6-3 6-1 (5)Patrik Fredriksson d. Gilles Elseneer 3-6 6-4 6-4 (q)Jun Kato d. (6)Tomas Catar 6-3 4-6 6-2 Eyal Erlich d. (q)Nick Weal 6-4 6-4 (q)Valentino Pest d. (WC)Harel Srugo 6-4 6-1 Jan-Ralph Brandt d. (3)Noam Behr 6-1 6-3 (7)Nir Welgreen d. (WC)Michael Kogan 6-7 6-4 6-3 Adolf Musil d. Amir Hadad 6-2 7-6 Alexander Shvec d. Yves Allegro 7-6 7-6 (2)Oren Motevassel d. (q)Markus Kanellos 4-6 6-1 7-6 Second Round (1)Harel Levy d. (q)Kristian Pless 6-2 6-4 (8)Kalle Flygt d. Marc Merry 7-5 6-0 (4)Ofer Sela d. Andrei Rybalko 6-2 6-3 (5)Patrik Fredriksson d. (q)James Davidson 6-3 6-1 Eyal Erlich d. (q)Jun Kato 6-4 7-6 Jan-Ralph Brandt d. (q)Valentino Pest 7-6 7-5 (7)Nir Welgreen d. Adolf Musil 6-4 6-1 Alexander Shvec d. (2)Oren Motevassel 3-6 6-3 6-2 Quarterfinals (8)Kalle Flygt d. (1)Harel Levy 6-3 3-6 6-2 (5)Patrik Fredriksson d. (4)Ofer Sela 6-2 6-2 Eyal Erlich d. Jan-Ralph Brandt 6-1 6-4 (7)Nir Welgreen d. Alexander Shvec 7-5 6-1 Semifinals (8)Kalle Flygt d. (5)Patrik Fredriksson 7-6 6-2 (7)Nir Welgreen d. Eyal Erlich 0-6 7-6 7-6 Finals (8)Kalle Flygt d. (7)Nir Welgreen 6-3 3-6 7-5 Doubles Seeds: (cut: Boulet/Kato - 1712) 1. Noam Behr/Harel Levy 2. Oren Motevassel/Nir Welgreen 3. Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich 4. Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela First Round (1)Noam Behr/Harel Levy d. Kalle Flygt/Patrik Fredriksson 6-4 7-6 James Davidson/Marc Merry d. Yves Allegro/Jan-Ralph Brandt 7-6 6-7 6-3 (3)Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich d. Igor Brukner/Jan Krejci 6-1 6-1 (q)Barry Fulcher/Nick Weal d. (WC)Lior Kristal/Roei Scheider 6-3 6-1 (WC)Lior Dahan/Ari Strasberg d. Tomas Catar/Adolf Musil 6-2 7-6 (4)Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela d. Bobbie Altelaar/Gordon Bergraaf 6-2 4-6 6-3 Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec d. (WC)Kristian Pless/Harel Srugo 7-5 6-4 (2)Oren Motevassel/Nir Welgreen d. Dominic Boulet/Jun Kato 6-3 6-3 Quarterfinals James Davidson/Marc Merry d. (1)Noam Behr/Harel Levy 6-4 6-3 (3)Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich d. (q)Barry Fulcher/Nick Weal 6-3 3-6 6-4 (4)Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela d. (WC)Lior Dahan/Ari Strasberg 6-3 2-6 6-1 Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec d. (2)Oren Motevassel/Nir Welgreen 6-2 6-4 Semifinals James Davidson/Marc Merry d. (3)Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich 2-6 7-6 6-4 (4)Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela d. Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec 7-5 6-1 Finals James Davidson/Marc Merry d. (4)Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela 6-3 6-4 COURTESY: STEVE GOCHA.EGYPT SATELLLITE LEG#2
FIRST ROUND: ZIV D. hascu 63 61 SECOND ROUND: ZIV D. firscher 6-4, 6-2 QUARTERFINALS: ZIV D. rubicek SEMIFINALS: buzik D. ZIV 63 63 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: ZIV/aramando D. ribeiro/rovati 64 63 QUARTERFINALS: ZIV/aramando D. muller/sommer 36 62 64 SEMIFINALS: ZIV/aramando D. el deeb/wafa 61 63 FINAL: cermak/dezort D. ZIV/aramando 61 62CLAMENTA, GREECE SATELLITE 25,000$
FIRST ROUND: OKUN D. karlad 6-1, 7-5 kokavec D. MOR 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 weber D. RAM 6-3, 6-3 SECOND ROUND: OKUN D. rovas 61 62 QUARTERFINALS: OKUN D. delgado 26 62 75 SEMIFINALS: OKUN D. weber 36 62 63 FINAL: OKUN D. de schukin 76 64 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: OKUN/RAM D. kokavek/brill(1) 62 36 62 mlynarik/weber D. MOR/delgado 62 62 QUARTERFINALS: de chaunac/patience D. OKUN/RAM 62 64WEEK 11: 15-21/3/99
KEY-BASCAYNE, FLORIDA
FIRST ROUND: SMASHNOVA D. kandarr (q) 26 76 64 SECOND ROUND: novotna (4) D. SMASHNOVA 60 61ISRAEL WOMEN CHALLENGER ASHKELON 25,000$
FIRST ROUND: landa D. CAHANA 61 63 kasoni D. ROSEN H 67 64 76 paurchik D. OBZILER 62 62 denin D. BARGIL 62 62 tupolova D. ELAZRI 60 62ISRAEL F#2 ASHKELON, 15,000$
Israel F2 qualifying Singles Seeds: 1. Raviv Weidenfeld 2. Gordon Bergraaf 3. Balasz Veress 4. Nick Weal 5. Kristian Pless 6. James Davidson 7. Jun Kato 8. Valentino Pest 9. Serguei Vassine 10. Igor Brukner 11. Sergi Samoseiko 12. Josef Nesticky 13. Dominic Boulet 14. Barry Fulcher 15. Jakub Hasek 16. Ari Strasberg First Round (1)Raviv Weidenfeld bye Roy Wertheimer d. (WC)A. Inbar 6-1 6-2 Arne Kreitz d. (WC)M. Lasser 6-0 6-0 (16)Ari Strasberg d. Jiri Svoboda 6-7 6-3 6-1 (2)Gordon Bergraaf d. Moti Eisikovits 6-1 6-2 Orest Tereshchuk d. Markus Kanellos 6-3 6-2 Meir Deri d. Moshe Levy 6-1 6-0 (15)Jakub Hasek d. Jaroslav Bulant 6-4 2-6 1-0 ret. (3)Balasz Veress d. Roy Shafir 6-1 2-1 ret. (WC)Asaf Cohen d. Sahr Steele 6-2 6-4 Erez Zari d. S. Willekes 6-0 6-2 (13)Dominic Boulet d. Lior Kristal 3-6 6-1 6-1 (4)Nick Weal d. Dor Wertheimer 6-0 6-1 Libor Bastl d. (WC)Amir Ronen 6-0 6-0 Aviram Salomon d. Peter Kozeschnik 6-7(5) 6-1 6-0 (14)Barry Fulcher d. Michael Gutfeld 6-0 6-4 (5)Kristian Pless d. Ori Tagrin 6-1 6-0 Oren Ben Zaken d. (WC)Eran Dank 6-3 7-6(6) Moti Maaravi d. Itzik Dooyev 7-5 6-3 (12)Josef Nesticky d. Srdien Djordjevic 6-1 6-1 (6)James Davidson d. Or Dekel 7-5 6-1 Odec Taig d. Roy Sichel 6-3 1-6 6-1 (WC)Liran Kling d. Matan Shitrit 6-2 6-4 (11)Sergi Samoseiko d. Israel Hanoch 6-0 6-1 (7)Jun Kato d. Maor Zirkin 6-0 6-1 Tai Meyer d. Omer Abramovich 6-3 6-3 Bobby Altelaar d. Raviv Volkovitzky 6-3 6-4 (10)Igor Brukner d. Eliran Dooyev 6-2 6-3 (8)Valentino Pest d. Asaf Yamin 6-0 6-1 Harel Srugo d. Idan Rosenberg 6-1 2-6 6-2 (WC)Wayne Arde d. Dori Sadovnik 6-3 7-6(5) (9)Serguei Vassine d. Elad Stern 6-3 7-6(3) Second Round (1)Raviv Weidenfeld d. Roy Wertheimer 6-4 6-3 (16)Ari Strasberg d. Arne Kreitz 6-2 6-1 (2)Gordon Bergraaf d. Orest Tereshchuk 7-6 2-6 6-3 (15)Jakub Hasek d. Meir Deri 6-2 6-2 (3)Balasz Veress d. (WC)Asaf Cohen 6-1 6-1 (13)Dominic Boulet d. Erez Zari 6-2 6-2 (4)Nick Weal d. Libor Bastl 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 (14)Barry Fulcher d. Aviram Salomon 6-1 6-4 (5)Kristian Pless d. Oren Ben Zaken 2-0 ret. (12)Josef Nesticky d. Moti Maaravi 6-3 6-2 (6)James Davidson d. Odec Taig 6-1 6-4 (11)Sergi Samoseiko d. (WC)Liran Kling 4-6 6-0 3-0 ret. (7)Jun Kato d. Tai Meyer 6-0 6-0 Bobby Altelaar d. (10)Igor Brukner 4-6 6-2 6-2 (8)Valentino Pest d. Harel Srugo 6-4 6-2 (9)Serguei Vassine d. (WC)Wayne Arde 6-3 6-1 Qualifying Round (1)Raviv Weidenfeld d. (16)Ari Strasberg 6-3 6-2 (2)Gordon Bergraaf d. (15)Jakub Hasek 6-2 6-4 (3)Balasz Veress d. (13)Dominic Boulet 6-2 6-4 (14)Barry Fulcher d. (4)Nick Weal 4-6 1-4 ret. (5)Kristian Pless d. (12)Josef Nesticky 7-5 6-2 (6)James Davidson d. (11)Sergi Samoseiko 5-7 6-3 7-5 (7)Jun Kato d. Bobby Altelaar 3-6 6-3 6-2 (8)Valentino Pest d. (9)Serguei Vassine 4-6 6-4 6-2 Israel F2 Ashkelon, Israel March 15-21, 1999 Surface: Hard Main Draw : 32 Qualifying Draw: 64 $15,000 Singles Seeds: (cut: Michael Kogan - 486) 1. Harel Levy 2. Oren Motevassel 3. Noam Behr 4. Ofer Sela 5. Patrik Fredriksson 6. Nir Welgreen 7. Kalle Flygt 8. Amir Hadad First Round (1)Harel Levy d. (q)Barry Fulcher 6-4 6-2 Eyal Erlich d. Jonathan Erlich 6-3 6-2 Michael Kogan d. Marc Merry 6-4 7-6(5) (7)Kalle Flygt d. Adolf Musil 3-0 ret. (3)Noam Behr d. (q)James Davidson 6-2 6-1 Igor Kornienko d. (WC)Dan Hanegby 6-1 6-3 (q)Valentino Pest d. Jan Krejci 3-6 6-2 6-4 (6)Nir Welgreen d. Lior Dahan 6-2 0-6 6-4 (5)Patrik Fredriksson d. Jan-Ralph Brandt 4-6 6-3 6-1 Andrei Rybalko d. (q)Raviv Weidenfeld 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 (q)Gordon Bergraaf d. (WC)Tomer Swissa 6-1 6-2 (4)Ofer Sela d. Alexander Shvec 7-6(6) 7-5 (8)Amir Hadad d. (WC)Roei Shneider 6-3 6-4 (q)Krisitan Pless d. (q)Jun Kato 6-3 6-2 Yves Allegro d. (WC)Tomer Dank 4-6 6-4 6-3 (2)Oren Motevassel d. (q)Balasz Veress 6-2 6-2 Second Round Eyal Erlich d. (1)Harel Levy 6-2 6-3 (7)Kalle Flygt d. Michael Kogan 7-5 2-6 6-4 (3)Noam Behr d. Igor Kornienko 6-0 6-2 (6)Nir Welgreen d. (q)Valentino Pest 6-4 6-2 Andrei Rybalko d. (5)Patrik Fredriksson 7-5 7-5 (4)Ofer Sela d. (q)Gordon Bergraaf 6-4 7-6(4) (q)Krisitan Pless d. (8)Amir Hadad 7-6(5) 6-4 (2)Oren Motevassel d. Yves Allegro 6-4 6-2 Quarterfinals Eyal Erlich d. (7)Kalle Flygt 6-2 6-3 (3)Noam Behr d. (6)Nir Welgreen 7-6(3) 5-7 6-4 (4)Ofer Sela d. Andrei Rybalko 6-1 7-5 (2)Oren Motevassel d. (q)Krisitan Pless 3-6 6-2 6-1 Semifinals (3)Noam Behr d. Eyal Erlich 6-4 6-1 (2)Oren Motevassel d. (4)Ofer Sela 6-1 6-4 Finals (3)Noam Behr d. (2)Oren Motevassel 6-3 7-6(2) Doubles (no qualifying) Seeds: (cut: Hasek/Nesticky - NR) 1. Amir Hadad/Harel Levy 2. Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich 3. Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela 4. Yves Allegro/Jan-Ralph Brandt First Round (1)Amir Hadad/Harel Levy d. Lior Dahan/Ari Strasberg 6-2 6-2 (WC)Sergei Samoseiko/Serguei Vassine d. Dan Hanegby/Tomer Swissa 6-0 7-5 (4)Yves Allegro/Jan-Ralph Brandt d. Adolf Musil/Jiri Svoboda 7-6(4) ret. Kalle Flygt/Patrik Fredriksson d. Jun Kato/Valentino Pest 6-1 6-1 Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec d. Jakub Hasek/Josef Nesticky 6-3 6-2 (3)Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela d. (WC)Matan Shitrit/Roy Wertheimer 6-1 6-2 James Davidson/Marc Merry d. (WC)Sahr Steele/Dor Wertheimer 6-1 6-2 (2)Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich d. Bobbie Altelaar/Gordon Bergraaf 7-5 6-4 Quarterfinals (1)Amir Hadad/Harel Levy d. (WC)Sergei Samoseiko/Serguei Vassine 6-2 6-3 (4)Yves Allegro/Jan-Ralph Brandt d. Kalle Flygt/Patrik Fredriksson 6-0 6-4 (3)Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela d. Andrei Rybalko/Alexander Shvec 6-4 6-2 (2)Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich d. James Davidson/Marc Merry 6-1 7-6(0) Semifinals (1)Amir Hadad/Harel Levy d. (4)Yves Allegro/Jan-Ralph Brandt 6-3 6-3 (2)Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich d. (3)Michael Kogan/Ofer Sela 6-0 6-4 Finals (2)Eyal Erlich/Jonathan Erlich d. (1)Amir Hadad/Harel Levy 6-4 6-2 COURTESY: STEVE GOCHAEGYPT SATELLITE, LEG #3
FIRST ROUND: ZIV D. cermak 76 64 SECOND ROUND: ZIV D. trujillo 64 36 75 QUARTERFINALS: armando D. ZIV DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND:ZIV/armando D. haehnel/mary 63 62 QUARTERFINALS:ZIV/armando D. zahlava/herter 76 64 SEMIFINALS:ZIV/armando D. trujillo/zawa 60 60 FINAL: dezort/cermek D. ZIV/armando 76 60GREECE SATELLITE LEG #2
FIRST ROUND: MOR D. kraudo 76 64 OKUN D. brunold 76 64 pepas D. RAM 64 64 SECOND ROUND: timpjord D. MOR 76 75 groer D. OKUN 76 63 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: RAM/OKUN D. leontis/alexiou 63 63 MOR/delgado -quit QUARTERFINALS: andersson/timfjord D. RAM/OKUN 64 63WEEK 12: 22-28/3/99
FRANCE #F2, 15,000$+H
FIRST ROUND: LEVY D. arriens 26 63 62 (arrience was a top 100 player) saulnier D. HADAD 63 76 SECOND ROUND: golovanov D LEVY 62 63 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: HADAD/LEVY D guerra/saulnier 63 63 QUARTERFINALS: knowle/manta D HADAD/LEVY 63 62EGYPT SATELLITE, MASTERS
FIRST ROUND: ZIV D. trujillo 64 63 SECOND ROUND: dezort D. ZIV 63 63 DOUBLES: ZIV/armando VS. haehnel/marxGREECE LEG #3
FIRST ROUND: kokavec D. RAM (Q) 62 61 patience D. OKUN 64 76 DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: OKUN/RAM D. scherrer/tattermusch 64 64 QUARTERFINALS: n'goran/laporte D. RAM/OKUN 36 75 62WEEK 13: 29/3-4/4/99
GREECE, MASTERS
FIRST ROUND: RAM D. scherrer 76 63 OKUN (6) bye SECOND ROUND: DOUBLES: FIRST ROUND: OKUN/RAM VS. aspelin/landsbergRANKINGS:
RANKING UPDATE: 29-MAR-998 PLAYERS IN TOP 300, 0 IN TOP 200.
MEN_SINGLES_RANKING
NO. RANKING LAST NAME F.NAME SING. 1 213 MOR LIOR 2 217 RAN EYAL 3 218 MOTEVASSEL OREN 4 230 BEHR NOAM 5 239 LEVY HAREL 6PB 243 SELA OFER 7 280 WELGREEN NIR 8 298 OKUN NOAM 9 312 HADAD AMIR 10 334 ZIV KOBI 11 342 ERLICH JONATHAN 12 358 ERLICH EYAL 13 507 DAHAN LIOR 14 601 RAM ANDI 15 618 KOGAN MICHAEL 16 678 WEIDENFELD RAVIV 17 827 DANK TOMER 18 1107 HANEGBY DAN 19 1228 STRASBERG ARI 20 1233 DEKEL OR 21 1303 KRISTAL LIOR 22 1303 SHNEIDER ROIE PB-PERSONAL BESTMEN_DOUBLES_RANKING
1 122 RAN EYAL 2 157 BEHR NOAM 3 165 WELGREEN NIR 4 228 LEVY HAREL 5 248 ERLICH EYAL 6 249 OKUN NOAM 7 261 HADAD AMIR 8 280 ERLICH JONATHAN 9 303 SELA OFER 10 315 KOGAN MICHAEL 11 317 MOR LIOR 12 330 MOTEVASSEL OREN 13 497 WEIDENFELD RAVIV 14 508 ZIV KOBI 15 511 RAM ANDI 16 598 DAHAN LIOR 17 1078 DANK TOMER 18 1103 STRASBERG ARI 19 1119 HANEGBY DAN 20 1284 SALOMON AVIRAM 21 1356 KRISTAL LIOR 22 1350 SHNAIDER ROIE 23 1350 SWISSA TOMER 24 1350 SRUGO HARELROAD TO HANOVER (1/99-15/3/99)
NEW CATEGORY: TOP 5 ISRAELIS FROM JANUARY 1 154 HADAD AMIR 46 2 173 BEHR NOAM 38 3 183 ERLICH JONATHAN 34 4 190 RAN EYAL 31 5 214 MOTEVASSEL OREN 25WOMEN_SINGLES_RANKING:
UPDATED:15/MAR/99 1PB 40 SMASHNOVA ANNA 2 181 ROSEN HILA 3 244 CAHANA NATALY 4 272 OBZILER TZIPI 5 698 GABAI LIMOR ROSEN JACKUELYN ACCORDING TO WTA - COUNTRY=USAWOMEN_DOUBLES_RANKING
1 221 ROSEN HILA 2 223 CAHANA NATALY 3 363 GABAI LIMOR 4 434 OBZILER TZIPIARCHIVE INFORMATION
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