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{{short description|Israeli tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
|name= Amir Hadad
|image= 
|country= {{ISR}}
|residence= Tel Aviv, Israel
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|2|17}}
|birth_place= Tel-aviv, Israel
|height= {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}}
|turnedpro= N/A
|plays= Right-handed
|careerprizemoney= [[United States Dollar|US$]] 251,884
|singlesrecord= 6–8
|singlestitles= 0
|highestsinglesranking= No. 180 (14 April 2003)
|AustralianOpenresult= Q3 ([[2003 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2003]], [[2004 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2004]])
|FrenchOpenresult= 2R ([[2002 French Open – Men's singles|2002]])
|Wimbledonresult= Q3 ([[1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|1998]])
|USOpenresult= Q3 ([[2002 US Open – Men's singles qualifying|2002]])
|doublesrecord= 8–11
|doublestitles= 0
|highestdoublesranking= No. 87 (19 May 2003)
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 
|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R ([[2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles|2002]])
|USOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[2002 US Open – Men's doubles|2002]])
|Team = yes
|DavisCupresult = SF ([[2009 Davis Cup World Group|2009]])
|native_name=אמיר חדד|native_name_lang=he}}

'''Amir Hadad''' ({{Langx|he|אמיר חדד}}; born 17 February 1978) is a retired Israeli professional [[tennis player]].
His highest singles [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] ranking was World No. 180, achieved in April 2003, and his highest doubles ranking was No. 87, achieved in May 2003.

==Tennis career==
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Hadad turned pro in 1995. Most of his success has been on the challenger and future circuits.  In May 2002, in the first round of the French Open, he upset world No. 78 [[Christophe Rochus]] of Belgium, 6–1, 6–2, 6–7 (4,) 6–2.  Hadad has trained at the [[Israel Tennis Centers]].<ref>[http://www.tennis.org.il/EItcChampions.html ITC Champions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219054858/http://www.tennis.org.il/EItcChampions.html|date=19 February 2007}}</ref>

In mid-July 2002, Amir and his partner [[Martín Vassallo Argüello]] won the Seascape Challenger Tournament doubles final.
His best result was reaching the 3rd round doubles at the 2002 [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] Open, with partner [[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]] of Pakistan.<ref>So did his doubles partnership with Israel's Amir Hadad, which in 2003 won them a humanitarian award from the organisers of men's tennis http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6737227,00.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701220101/http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-6737227,00.html |date=1 July 2007 }}</ref>  The Israeli and Pakistani team received major criticism because of political tensions, but Hadad and Aisam dedicated their run to peace.  They won an upset victory in the 2nd round over the No. 11 seeded team of [[Ellis Ferreira]] and [[Rick Leach]]. On 6 February 2003, Hadad and Qureshi were awarded the [[Arthur Ashe]] Humanitarian Award.<ref name="Jews in Sports" />
{{quote box |width=30% | bgcolor= |align=right |quote="We like the idea.  We think there's nothing like sports to bridge the gap between nations and to be the start of solving problems."|source= — David Harnik, president of Israel's tennis federation}}
Hadad won tournaments in Groningen, Kyoto, Rome, San Remo, and Vietnam in 2003.<ref name="Jews in Sports">{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=109 |title=Hadad, Amir |publisher=Jews in Sports |access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref>

In April 2005 Hadad and partner [[Harel Levy]] won a F1 doubles title in Hungary.  Hadad enjoyed his best singles performance in years at the Hungary F3 tournament held in [[Hódmezővásárhely]] during May 2005.  He lost to the eventual champion [[Boris Pašanski]] in the finals, 7–6, 6–1.<ref name="Jews in Sports" />
Later in 2005, Hadad and Levy  won the Hungary F1 tournament in [[Budapest]], defeating Nikola Martinovic and Josko Topic 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 in the final.  They beat Bastian Knittel and Marius Zay 6–1, 6–0 to capture the F2 title in [[Miskolc]].  Levy and Hadad then competed in May in [[Fürth]], where they took the title from [[Jan Frode Andersen]] and Johan Landsberg, 6–1, 6–2.<ref name="Jews in Sports" />  In July they won at Budaors, Hungary, defeating [[Adam Chadaj]] and Stephane Robert 6–4, 6–7(7), 6–3.

In February 2006, he won a F1 tournament in Israel.  In May 2006, playing with [[Konstantinos Economidis]], he won in Rome.  In November 2007, he won tournaments in Israel with [[Lazar Magdinčev]] (MKD) and [[Harel Levy]].

In May 2008 he won in Hungary with [[Stefan Wauters]].  In September and October he won with Attila Balázs in [[Bosnia & Herzegovina]] and Croatia.

===Davis Cup===

Hadad played [[Davis Cup]] for Israel from 1998 to 2009, winning 5 of his 12 matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30009139 |title=Players |publisher=daviscup.com |access-date=10 September 2010}}</ref>

===World TeamTennis===

Hadad played [[World TeamTennis]] for the [[Boston Lobsters]] in 2006, 2007 and 2008.  He played for the [[St. Louis Aces]] in 2003 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wtt.com/downloads/MASTER%20LIST%20OF%20WTT%20PLAYERS%20JUNE%2013_2016_BY%20NAME.pdf |title=Mylan WTT Player Database |website=[[World TeamTennis]] |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814231149/http://www.wtt.com/downloads/MASTER%20LIST%20OF%20WTT%20PLAYERS%20JUNE%2013_2016_BY%20NAME.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-14 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Hadad is of [[History of the Jews in Tunisia|Tunisian-Jewish]] descent.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

==See also==
* [[List of Jews in sports#Tennis|List of select Jewish tennis players]]

==References==
<references />

== External links ==
* {{ATP}}
* {{ITF}}
* {{Davis Cup player}}
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/AmirHadad.html Jewish Virtual Library bio]
* [http://static.espn.go.com/tennis/wimbledon02/s/2002/0701/1401114.html Qureshi & Hadad interview on ESPN]

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  | before = [[Andre Agassi]] 
  | after =  [[Gustavo Kuerten]]
  | title = [[ATP Awards|ATP Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year]]
  | years = 2002 with [[Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Central District (Israel)]]
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