Andy Ram

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Andreas "Andy" Ram (Template:Langx; born April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics.

He is the first Israeli tennis player to win a senior Grand Slam event. Ram first won the mixed doubles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, together with Vera Zvonareva. He then won the mixed doubles title at the 2007 French Open with Nathalie Dechy, and the men's doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open with Jonathan Erlich.

Ram attained his highest doubles ranking of World No. 5 in July 2008. He reached 36 doubles finals and won 20 of them through 2013, mostly with partner Jonathan Erlich; together, they are known in Israel as "AndiYoni". His Davis Cup doubles record, as of 2018, was 20–7.

In May 2014 he announced his retirement, to take effect after Israel's Davis Cup tie in September. In April 2015, Ram, CEO of Pulse Play, announced his new startup – wearable technology and an app for amateur tennis players around the world.

Early and personal life

Ram was born Andreas Ram in Montevideo, Uruguay, and is Jewish.[1][2][3] His father Amiram, a former professional football player for Beitar Jerusalem in the 1950s, was Israeli. After his father was injured he was sent to Uruguay on "shlihut" ("outreach"), and it was there that he met Ram's mother, who is Uruguayan. She is a dental specialist for children.[4] He has an older brother and a younger sister. They moved to Jerusalem when he was five, which is when he began playing tennis.[5][6] "It was tough at the beginning because I couldn't speak the language, and was fighting with people in the kindergarten who didn't understand me", said Ram. "My parents decided to send me to the tennis center not long after we arrived."[6]

He married his wife Shiri in September 2006, and they have 3 children.[4] The family lives in Tel Aviv. [7] Ram is a fan of the football team Beitar Jerusalem.[8][7]

Tennis career

Early years of tennis

"I really enjoyed playing tennis, because when I was six or seven years old and winning tournaments it felt good", said Ram. "From when I was 8 or 10 I knew it was going to be a career for me. It's a tennis life so it wasn't so easy. You have to give up many things. When all my friends were playing outside I had to practice. I didn't go to all the school trips. But I was focused from a very young age. I grew up practicing at the Jerusalem tennis center. I spent most of my childhood there, practicing five days a week. I never regretted it and I enjoyed every moment. Now I am reaping the rewards."[6]

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Ram/Erlich at the 2008 Gerry Weber Open

Ram was trained by Ronen Moralli at the Israel Tennis Centers in Jerusalem. When he was 15 he was sent to the Wingate Institute, where young Israeli athletes are groomed to become professionals.[9] "It wasn't easy being far away from your family", Ram remembers, "but you know it is going to be your profession and that's what you are going to try to do for life. You practice twice a day and fit in school in between."[6] He became a professional tennis player in 1996, at the age of 16, but did not compete in a Grand Slam tournament until 2001 when he appeared in the Wimbledon doubles with Erlich.[10] It was at Wingate that he first met Jonathan Erlich, his future doubles partner who was also born in South America.

2002

In 2002 Ram was injured, and did not play because he had knee surgery and back surgery. He was on crutches for two months, could not walk, and considered giving up tennis.[6]

2003

In 2003 Ram won the doubles title at the RCA Championship with Croatian Mario Ančić.[11]

With partner Jonathan Erlich, his groundbreaking achievement was their reaching the semifinals of the Wimbledon Championships in 2003 as unknown qualifiers. They defeated three seeded opponents en route to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, in a match in which neither side broke service, Ram and Erlich defeated No. 2 seeded Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in straight sets: 7–6, 7–6, 7–6. In the semis, Ram and Erlich – the first Israelis to ever advance to the semifinals in any Grand Slam event – lost to the defending Wimbledon champions, Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge.[12]

Ram reached the 2003 Wimbledon mixed doubles final with Anastassia Rodionova of Russia. The couple lost to tennis legend Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes.[13]

Ram felt at that point that he had to choose whether to focus on doubles or singles, as he felt it would be tough to combine the two. He chose to concentrate on doubles.[6]

Ram and Erlich then won the Thailand Open in September and the Lyon tournament in October 2003. They also won first place in Indianapolis, Istanbul, India, Rotterdam, and Milan.[4]

2004

Ram competed in the mixed doubles event at the 2004 French Open with partner Petra Mandula of Hungary, and made it as far as the quarterfinals where they lost to Daniela Hantuchová and doubles ace Todd Woodbridge.[14] Ram and Erlich were triumphant yet again in the Lyon International Series tournament in October 2004. They defeated Jonas Björkman and Radek Štěpánek in the final with a 7–6, 6–2 victory.[4]

2005

In the 2005 Australian Open Ram paired up with Conchita Martínez of Spain in the mixed doubles event. Martinez and Ram pulled off an impressive coup in the quarterfinals, beating top seeds Daniel Nestor and Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 6–7, 7–6. They fell in the semifinals to Aussie pair Scott Draper and Samantha Stosur 7–5, 6–3.[15]

Ram and Erlich won their fourth major tournament in Rotterdam in February 2005, beating Czechs Cyril Suk and Pavel Vízner for the honors. They missed the 2005 French Open grand slam tournament, as Ram's father had died as he was preparing to fly to France.

In August 2005, playing singles he defeated world # 56 Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6–1, 6–4, at the New Haven International.

Ram and Erlich played in the mixed doubles competition in Wimbledon 2005. They faced Kevin Ullyett and Liezel Huber in the quarterfinals, and were eliminated 6–4, 3–6, 8–6.[4] They reached 8th place in the doubles race ranking at the end of 2005, and served as alternates at the Masters Cup in Shanghai.

2007

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Ram with his mixed doubles partner at the US Open, 2007.

At the 2007 French Open, Ram, along with his partner, Nathalie Dechy, won the Mixed doubles competition.[16] Ram and Dechy teamed up together again to compete in the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the third round to 9th-ranked Marcin Matkowski and Cara Black 6–3, 6–4.[17]

At Cincinnati, at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, in August he and Erlich won, upsetting the world # 1 Bryan brothers in the final 4–6, 6–3, 13–11.[18] At the US Open, he played doubles with Erlich, losing in the round of 16 to the eventual winners Simon Aspelin and Julian Simon 5–7, 6–7. In mixed doubles with Nathalie Dechy he made it to the quarter-finals.[4]

2008

At the 2008 Australian Open Ram and Erlich won the men's doubles Championship in straight sets over Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra 7–5, 7–6. This was the duo's first Grand Slam win after numerous ATP titles, and was also Israel's first ever Grand Slam trophy in men's doubles.[19] The duo also won the Masters Series event at Indian Wells, California by defeating the team of Nestor and Zimonic in the finals. After Erlich's injury, Ram was playing with other partners and won indoor titles in Vienna (with Max Mirnyi) and Lyon (with Llodra).[4]

2009

At the 2009 Australian Open Ram and Nathalie Dechy, unseeded at the start of the tournament, defeated two seeded pairs and reached the finals, where they lost to another unseeded pair, Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi from India, 3–6, 1–6.[20] Later Ram won the Miami Masters tournament with Mirnyi after reaching finals in the Indian Wells Masters. Ram partnered Erlich once again at Israel Open ATP Challenger tournament in Ramat HaSharon in May, but after losing in the final he announced his decision to keep partnering with Mirnyi until the end of 2009 season (with the exception of a Davis Cup match against Russia, where he would partner with Erlich).[21]

2010–2014

He partnered with Julian Knowle for the 2010 French Open. They reached the semi-finals, which was the best result for either player at the French Open.[4]

In 2011, Ram and Erlich won both the 2011 Winston-Salem Open and the Eastbourne International tournament.[22]

In May 2012, Ram and Erlich won the Serbia Open in Belgrade.[23]

In May 2014, at age 34, he announced his retirement, to take effect after Israel's Davis Cup tie in September.[24]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2008 Australian Open Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément
Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra		 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2003 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Anastasia Rodionova Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova
Template:Flagicon Leander Paes		 3–6, 3–6
Win 2006 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Vera Zvonareva Template:Flagicon Venus Williams
Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2007 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Katarina Srebotnik
Template:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2009 Australian Open Hard Template:Flagicon Nathalie Dechy Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza
Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi		 3–6, 1–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 37 (19 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–7)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (13–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–17)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (3–0)
Carpet (3–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (12–11)
Indoor (7–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 [[2003 RCA Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Indianapolis Tennis Championships, US International Hard Template:Flagicon Mario Ančić Template:Flagicon Diego Ayala
Template:Flagicon Robby Ginepri 		2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win 2–0 [[2003 Thailand Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Thailand Open, Thailand International Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Andrew Kratzmann
Template:Flagicon Jarkko Nieminen 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 [[2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Julien Benneteau
Template:Flagicon Nicolas Mahut 		6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–1 [[2004 Chennai Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Chennai Open, India International Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal
Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo 		6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss 3–2 [[2004 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley
Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek 		7–5, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 4–2 [[2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France (2) International Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Jonas Björkman
Template:Flagicon Radek Štěpánek 		7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 5–2 [[2005 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk
Template:Flagicon Pavel Vízner 		6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 6–2 [[2005 Nottingham Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Nottingham Open, UK International Grass Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Simon Aspelin
Template:Flagicon Todd Perry 		4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–3 [[2005 Mercedes-Benz Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Los Angeles Open, US International Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Rick Leach
Template:Flagicon Brian MacPhie 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–4 [[2005 Rogers Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Canadian Open, Canada Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Wayne Black
Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett 		7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–6
Loss 6–5 [[2005 Thailand Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Thailand Open, Thailand International Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley
Template:Flagicon Leander Paes 		6–5(7–5), 1–6, 2–6
Loss 6–6 [[2005 BA-CA-TennisTrophy – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Vienna Open, Austria Intl. Gold Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles
Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor 		3–5, 4–5(4–7)
Win 7–6 [[2006 Next Generation Adelaide International – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Adelaide International, Australia International Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley
Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(12–10)
Loss 7–7 [[2006 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Paul Hanley
Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett 		6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 7–8 [[2006 Italian Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Italian Open, Italy Masters Series Clay Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles
Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor 		4–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Win 8–8 [[2006 Nottingham Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Nottingham Open, UK (2) International Grass Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Igor Kunitsyn
Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov 		6–3, 6–2
Win 9–8 [[2006 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Connecticut Open, US International Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Template:Flagicon Marcin Matkowski 		6–3, 6–3
Win 10–8 [[2006 Thailand Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Thailand Open, Thailand (2) International Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Andy Murray
Template:Flagicon Jamie Murray 		6–2, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss 10–9 [[2007 Tennis Channel Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Las Vegas Open, US International Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan 		6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss 10–10 [[2007 Pacific Life Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Indian Wells Masters, US Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Martin Damm
Template:Flagicon Leander Paes 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 10–11 [[2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Washington Open, US International Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan 		6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 11–11 [[2007 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Cincinnati Masters, US Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan 		4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Win 12–11 [[2008 Australian Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément
Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra 		7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 13–11 [[2008 Pacific Life Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Indian Wells Masters, US Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Daniel Nestor
Template:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 13–12 [[2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Cincinnati Masters, US Masters Series Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan 		6–4, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Win 14–12 [[2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Vienna Open, Austria Intl. Gold Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Philipp Petzschner
Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya 		6–1, 7–5
Win 15–12 [[2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France (3) International Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra Template:Flagicon Stephen Huss
Template:Flagicon Ross Hutchins 		6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 15–13 [[2009 Open 13 – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle Template:Flagicon Arnaud Clément
Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra 		6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 15–14 [[2009 BNP Paribas Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Indian Wells Masters, US Masters 1000 Hard Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Mardy Fish
Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick 		6–3, 1–6, [12–14]
Win 16–14 [[2009 Sony Ericsson Open – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Miami Open, US Masters 1000 Hard Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Ashley Fisher
Template:Flagicon Stephen Huss 		6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 16–15 [[2009 Rogers Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi
Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 16–16 [[2009 ATP World Tour Finals – Doubles|Template:Dts]] ATP World Tour Finals, UK Tour Finals Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan 		6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 16–17 [[2010 BNP Paribas Masters – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Mark Knowles Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi
Template:Flagicon Max Mirnyi 		5–7, 5–7
Win 17–17 [[2011 Aegon International – Men's doubles|Template:Dts]] Eastbourne International, UK 250 Series Grass Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Grigor Dimitrov
Template:Flagicon Andreas Seppi 		6–3, 6–3
Win 18–17 [[2011 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Winston-Salem Open, US 250 Series Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Christopher Kas
Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya 		7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 18–18 [[2012 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Leander Paes
Template:Flagicon Janko Tipsarević 		4–6, 4–6
Win 19–18 [[2012 Serbia Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Serbia Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Martin Emmrich
Template:Flagicon Andreas Siljeström 		4–6, 6–2, [10–6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Template:Dts Turkey F3, Istanbul Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Raviv Weidenfeld 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Template:Dts India F3, Madras Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Ladislav Švarc 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Template:Dts Calcutta, India Challenger Grass Template:Flagicon Tuomas Ketola 3–6, 1–6
Win 3–1 Template:Dts Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Template:Dts Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Barry Cowan 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Template:Dts Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Björn Phau 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Template:Dts Israel F2, Ra'anana Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Clément Morel 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 33 (23–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (16–6)
ITF Futures (7–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (17–8)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Greece F6, Veria Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Michael Kogan Template:Flagicon Markus Menzler
Template:Flagicon Patrick Sommer 		0–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Template:Dts Turkey F3, Istanbul Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Emin Ağayev Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi
Template:Flagicon Dmitriy Tomashevich 		6–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Template:Dts Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Amir Hadad Template:Flagicon Vladimir Platenik
Template:Flagicon Martin Hromec 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Template:Dts Uzbekistan F4, Fergana Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Stefano Galvani Template:Flagicon Lior Dahan
Template:Flagicon Kris Goossens 		5–7, 6–7
Win 2–3 Template:Dts Uzbekistan F5, Karshi Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Stefano Galvani Template:Flagicon Tomáš Čatár
Template:Flagicon Branislav Sekáč 		6–4, 7–6
Win 3–3 Template:Dts India F2, Bangalore Futures Clay Template:Flagicon Nir Welgreen Template:Flagicon Aisam Qureshi
Template:Flagicon Miles Maclagan 		2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–3 Template:Dts India F3, Madras Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Nir Welgreen Template:Flagicon Boris Borgula
Template:Flagicon Ladislav Švarc 		6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win 5–3 Template:Dts Calcutta, India Challenger Grass Template:Flagicon Nir Welgreen Template:Flagicon Guillaume Marx
Template:Flagicon Gregory Carraz 		2–1 ret.
Loss 5–4 Template:Dts France F6, Douai Futures Carpet Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko Template:Flagicon Gilles Elseneer
Template:Flagicon Arnaud Fontaine 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 5–5 Template:Dts Denver, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Noam Behr Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich
Template:Flagicon Lior Mor 		4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 6–5 Template:Dts Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Template:Flagicon Dejan Petrovic Template:Flagicon Yves Allegro
Template:Flagicon Ivo Heuberger 		6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 7–5 Template:Dts Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Dejan Petrovic Template:Flagicon Óscar Burrieza López
Template:Flagicon Daniel Melo 		6–1, 6–4
Win 8–5 Template:Dts USA F2, Delray Beach Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Noam Behr Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko
Template:Flagicon Andrej Kračman 		6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 8–6 Template:Dts Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Noam Behr Template:Flagicon Michal Navrátil
Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský 		3–6, 1–6
Win 9–6 Template:Dts Campos do Jordão, Brazil Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Dejan Petrovic Template:Flagicon Adriano Ferreira
Template:Flagicon Daniel Melo 		6–3, 6–4
Win 10–6 Template:Dts Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Dejan Petrovic Template:Flagicon Barry Cowan
Template:Flagicon Eric Taino 		6–3, 6–4
Win 11–6 Template:Dts Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Dejan Petrovic Template:Flagicon Adriano Ferreira
Template:Flagicon Daniel Melo 		6–4, 6–4
Win 12–6 Template:Dts Grenoble, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Paul Rosner
Template:Flagicon Glenn Weiner 		6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 13–6 Template:Dts Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Marco Chiudinelli
Template:Flagicon Tuomas Ketola 		6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Win 14–6 Template:Dts Costa Rica Challenger Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Daniel Melo
Template:Flagicon Dušan Vemić 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–7 Template:Dts Brest, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Ben Ellwood
Template:Flagicon Stephen Huss 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 14–8 Template:Dts São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Ignacio Hirigoyen Template:Flagicon Federico Browne
Template:Flagicon Rogier Wassen 		6–7(0–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 15–8 Template:Dts Great Britain F2, Nottingham Futures Carpet Template:Flagicon Mark Hilton Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich
Template:Flagicon Harel Levy 		7–6(9–7), 6–2
Win 16–8 Template:Dts Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet Template:Flagicon Amir Hadad Template:Flagicon Jan Hájek
Template:Flagicon Jimmy Wang 		3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 17–8 Template:Dts Greece F1, Syros Futures Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Marco Chiudinelli
Template:Flagicon Uros Vico 		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 17–9 Template:Dts New Delhi, India Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Radoslav Lukaev
Template:Flagicon Dmitry Vlasov 		6–7(6–8), 6–4, 2–6
Win 18–9 Template:Dts Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Myles Wakefield
Template:Flagicon Stephen Huss 		6–4, 6–3
Win 19–9 Template:Dts Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Harel Levy
Template:Flagicon Amir Hadad 		7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Win 20–9 Template:Dts Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Mikhail Elgin
Template:Flagicon Sergey Bubka 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 20–10 Template:Dts Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon George Bastl
Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione 		5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win 21–10 Template:Dts Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Alexander Peya
Template:Flagicon Simon Stadler 		6–4, 6–3
Win 22–10 Template:Dts Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon James Cerretani
Template:Flagicon Adil Shamasdin 		6–1, 6–4
Win 23–10 Template:Dts Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Jonathan Erlich Template:Flagicon Matt Reid
Template:Flagicon Chris Guccione 		6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1998 Wimbledon Grass Template:Flagicon Michaël Llodra Template:Flagicon Roger Federer
Template:Flagicon Olivier Rochus		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1998 US Open Hard Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko Template:Flagicon KJ Hippensteel
Template:Flagicon David Martin		 7–6, 6–7, 2–6

Performance timelines

Template:Performance key

Singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon Q2 Q2 A Q3 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open Q1 Q2 A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 2R 3R 2R 3R W 2R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1 / 11 13–10 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A A A 3R A 2R 3R 3R 1R SF 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 9 13–9 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon 2R A SF 1R 3R 3R 2R QF 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 12 17–12 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open 1R A 1R 1R QF 3R 3R 2R SF 1R 2R 2R 2R A 0 / 12 15–12 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 1–2 0–1 4–2 3–4 5–3 6–4 7–4 12–3 7–4 6–4 2–4 3–4 2–3 0–1 1 / 44 58–43 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 2R 2R 1R F W F QF 2R A A A 1 / 8 17–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A A A 2R QF SF 1R 1R W 1R QF A A A 1 / 8 13–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo A A A 2R A 2R 2R QF QF 1R 1R A A A 0 / 7 2–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A A A 1R 1R F 2R 2R QF 1R A A A A 0 / 7 4–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Madrid (Stuttgart) A A A 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R QF 1R A A A 0 / 8 3–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A A QF F 2R SF 2R F 2R A A A A 0 / 7 10–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A A A QF 1R SF W F 2R QF A A A A 1 / 7 13–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Shanghai Not Held 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris A A A A QF 1R 1R QF 2R F 1R A A A 0 / 7 6–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A A 1R 1R QF SF 2R NM1 0 / 5 3–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–8 8–8 10–9 11–8 10–8 15–8 8–9 3–5 0–0 0–0 0–0 3 / 66 71–63 Template:Tennis win percentage
Year End Ranking 103 494 31 32 15 13 18 5 9 23 51 53 113 1429

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R SF 2R 1R SF F QF QF 2R A 0 /9 16–9 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A QF A SF W 1R QF 2R 1R A A 1 / 7 13–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon F 3R 3R W 3R QF 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1 / 11 19–10 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A 1R SF 1R QF 1R A 2R A A A 0 / 6 5–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 5–1 4–4 7–3 9–3 7–3 5–4 6–3 4–4 3–3 2–2 1–1 2 / 33 53–31 Template:Tennis win percentage

Davis Cup

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Ram in 2013

Ram played on the Israel Davis Cup team in 2001–09, going 14–8 through July 2009. In 2007 he won two matches in Israel's 5–0 win over Luxembourg, and he won his doubles matches in Israel's 3–2 wins over Italy and over Chile (in which he and Erlich defeated Olympic gold medal winners González and Massú). In 2008, Ram and Erlich won their doubles match against Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt in Israel's 3–2 loss to Sweden in the World group, and then Ram partnering Harel Levy defeated the Peruvian duo Mauricio Echazú/Matias Silva on the way to Israel's 4–1 victory, granting Israel a place in the World Group for the next season. In March 2009, partnering Amir Hadad, Ram lost in Malmö to the same Swedish pair he defeated a year earlier, but the Israeli team won 3–2 overall and proceeded to the World Group quarterfinal.[25]

Israel (ranked 8th in the Davis Cup standings, with 5,394 points) hosted heavily favored Russia (which won in both 2002 and 2006, and was the top-ranked country in Davis Cup standings, with 27,897 points) in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.[26] Israel was represented by Ram, Erlich, Dudi Sela, and Harel Levy. Russia's lineup consisted of Marat Safin (# 24 in the world; former world # 1), Igor Andreev (26), Igor Kunitsyn (35), and Mikhail Youzhny (44; former world # 8).[27][28] The stage was set by Safin, who prior to the tie told the press: "With all due respect, Israel was lucky to get to the quarterfinals."[29] The Israeli team's response was to beat the Russian team in each of their first three matches, thereby winning the tie. Levy, world # 210, beat Russia's top player, Andreev, world # 24, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 in the opening match. Sela (# 33) followed by beating Russian Youzhny 3–6, 6–1, 6–0, 7–5. Israeli captain Eyal Ran likened his players to two fighter jets on court, saying: "I felt as if I had two F-16s out there today, they played amazingly well." The 10,500 spectators were the largest crowd ever for a tennis match in Israel.[30] The next day Ram and Erlich beat Safin and Kunitsyn 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–4 in front of a boisterous crowd of over 10,000.[31] "I started to cry like a little boy", said Ram.[32] Even the Saudi Gazette described the doubles match as a "thrilling" win.[33] Captain Ran was carried shoulder-high around the Tel Aviv stadium, as the 10,000-strong crowd applauded.[34] With the tie clinched for Israel, the reverse singles rubbers were "dead", and instead of best-of-five matches, best-of-three sets were played, with the outcomes of little to no importance.[35] Israel wrapped up a 4–1 victory over Russia, as Levy defeated Kunitsyn 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, while Sela retired with a wrist injury while down 3–4 in the first set against Andreev.[36] Israel next faced the Spanish Davis Cup team in Marbella, Spain on September 18–20, in Israel's first appearance in the Davis Cup semifinals.[37] Spain won a 4–1 victory over Israel.

Olympics

Erlich and Ram represented Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and reached the quarterfinals. Ranked 8th overall, in the 1st round they defeated Thomas Enqvist and Robin Söderling of Sweden 7–5, 6–3, and then beat Russians Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko in the 2nd round 6–4, 6–1. In the quarterfinals they were defeated by Germans Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler in three sets, 6–2, 2–6, 2–6.

They also represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, where they lost to the French team of Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in the first round, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where they were beaten by the Bryan brothers in the quarter-final.[38]

They then represented Israel at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, where they defeated Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, before losing to the Bryan brothers, who won the gold medal.[24]

Award

Ram was awarded the inaugural Jerusalem Athlete of the Year award in 2006.[6]

Business venture after tennis career

In April 2015, Ram, co-founder and CEO of Pulse Play, announced his new startup – wearable technology and an app for amateur tennis players around the world.[39][40] It is a smartwatch designed to handle intense and animated tennis, table tennis, badminton, and squash.[41] It operates in real time and connects to the cloud, so users can find nearby opponents, see how they rank against other players worldwide, and track their improvement.[41] Ram raised money initially in crowd-funding on Indiegogo.[41]

See also

References

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