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Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler (Template:Langx; born 19 April 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000.

Early and personal life

She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish.[1]

Obziler speaks Hebrew and English.[2] After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army).[2] Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[2]

She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together.[3][4][5] Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008.

Tennis career

She won 14 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.[2] Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several Grand Slam events.

She started playing tennis at age 10, with friends.[2] In 1997, she won ITF tournaments in singles in Jaffa and Antalya. In 1998, she repeated in Jaffa. In 1999, she won in Guimaraes and Azemeis (both Portugal), and two tournaments in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2000, she won tournaments in Ashkelon and Beersheba in Israel.[2]

In 2002, she won in Mumbai, India, and Nonthaburi, Thailand. In November, she defeated world No. 62, Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland, in France. In 2003 in India, she had an upset win over world No. 36, Elena Likhovtseva of Russia, in straight sets.[2]

In 2004, she played world No. 1, Justine Henin-Hardenne, in the US Open, winning a set but losing in the second round. In 2005, she won both the singles and doubles (with Shahar Pe'er) titles in Raanana, Israel. She also upset world No. 47, Émilie Loit of France, in the Australian Open in two sets.[2]

In 2006, she managed to get further than round two of a WTA Tour event in her first events of the year at Auckland and at Guangzhou in late September. At the Auckland Open, she reached the quarterfinals with two good wins over Jamea Jackson and the fifth-seeded world No. 27, Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, before falling to Daniela Hantuchová. In Guangzhou, she reached semifinals of the tournament, along the way defeating world No. 51, Elena Vesnina of Russia, and world No. 20, Li Na of China, before falling to the fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets.[2]

Other than that, she qualified for the Australian Open and various WTA Tour events, she won an ITF title in Washington, D.C., and finally an ITF doubles title in Antalya-Manavgat partnering Romina Oprandi.[2]

In 2007, she beat 56th-ranked Aiko Nakamura of Japan in the round of 16 of the Pattaya City tournament in Thailand. She also made it to the semifinals in Bangalore and Patras. In August at the US Open, she lost in the first round to world No. 86, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. On 30 September 2007, she reached her first final on the WTA Tour, in which she lost to Virginie Razzano at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.[2]

She represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in both singles and (with Shahar Pe'er) doubles.[6]

On 13 August 2009, Obziler convened a press conference to announce her retirement from professional tennis.[7]

Federation Cup

Obziler was 48–30 in Federation Cup matches for the Israel Fed Cup team between 1994 and 2007, including wins in 12 of her most recent 13 matches.[8] Obziler was part of Israel's Federation Cup team that won 10 ties in a row to reach the competition's quarterfinals in 2008 – Israel's greatest Federation Cup achievement in history. Obziler is second ever in the amount of ties played, at 61. She shares the record with compatriot Anna Smashnova.[9]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Sep 2007 Guangzhou International Open, China Hard Template:Flagicon Virginie Razzano 0–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (14–11)

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 5 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Clay Template:Flagicon Ilana Berger 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2. 14 September 1992 Haifa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Yael Segal 3–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 29 August 1994 Haifa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Hila Rosen 1–6, 5–7
Loss 4. 5 June 1995 Haifa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Nelly Barkan 2–6, 2–6
Win 5. 24 February 1997 Jaffa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Nóra Köves 7–5, 6–4
Win 6. 2 June 1997 Antalya, Turkey Hard Template:Flagicon Gülberk Gültekin 6–0, 6–4
Loss 7. 17 November 1997 Jaffa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova 3–6, 2–6
Loss 8. 14 December 1997 Ismailia, Egypt Clay Template:Flagicon Selima Sfar 7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win 9. 16 March 1998 Jaffa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Nadejda Ostrovskaya 6–3, 6–3
Loss 10. 1 June 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Template:Flagicon Patricia Wartusch 3–6, 2–6
Win 11. 24 May 1999 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Template:Flagicon Paula Hermida 6–0, 6–4
Win 12. 30 May 1999 Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal Hard Template:Flagicon Raluca Ciochină 6–1, 6–1
Win 13. 21 June 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Template:Flagicon Daniela Cocos 6–0, 6–2
Loss 14. 26 July 1999 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Clay Template:Flagicon Petra Mandula 0–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 15. 8 August 1999 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Template:Flagicon Nadejda Ostrovskaya 6–0, 7–5
Win 16. 30 October 2000 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Tetiana Luzhanska 4–1, 1–3, 4–1, 4–1
Win 17. 20 November 2000 Beersheba, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Yevgenia Savransky 4–1, 4–0, 2–4, 4–0
Loss 18. 7 July 2002 Los Gatos, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Ashley Harkleroad 2–6, 2–6
Win 19. 24 November 2002 Mumbai, India Hard Template:Flagicon Adriana Barna 6–2, 6–2
Win 20. 1 December 2002 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Template:Flagicon Ivana Abramović 6–4, 6–4
Loss 21. 6 April 2004 Dinan, France Clay (i) Template:Flagicon Timea Bacsinszky 2–6, 1–6
Win 22. 30 May 2005 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–0, 6–2
Loss 23. 5 December 2005 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Margalita Chakhnashvili 3–6, 5–7
Win 24. 1 August 2006 Washington, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Camille Pin 7–5, 2–5 ret.
Win 25. 17 March 2008 Tenerife, Spain Hard Template:Flagicon Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (14–13)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 17 May 1993 Tortosa, Spain Clay Template:Flagicon Limor Zaltz Template:Flagicon Maria Inés Araiz
Template:Flagicon María Fernanda Landa 		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 31 May 1993 Cáceres, Spain Hard Template:Flagicon Limor Zaltz Template:Flagicon Eleni Rossides
Template:Flagicon Heidi Sprung 		6–0, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 3. 9 August 1993 College Park,
United States 		Hard Template:Flagicon Limor Zaltz Template:Flagicon Susan Gilchrist
Template:Flagicon Vickie Paynter 		2–6, 3–6
Loss 4. 22 August 1993 Haifa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Nataly Cahana Template:Flagicon Shiri Burstein
Template:Flagicon Hila Rosen 		0–6, 4–6
Loss 5. 29 August 1993 Haifa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Nataly Cahana Template:Flagicon Shiri Burstein
Template:Flagicon Hila Rosen 		5–7, 5–7
Loss 6. 10 October 1994 Burgdorf, Switzerland Carpet (i) Template:Flagicon Ilana Berger Template:Flagicon Lenka Cenková
Template:Flagicon Adriana Gerši 		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 7. 11 March 1996 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Limor Gabai Template:Flagicon Shiri Burstein
Template:Flagicon Hila Rosen 		3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 8. 20 April 1997 Bari, Italy Clay Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova Template:Flagicon Sandra Načuk
Template:Flagicon Dragana Zarić 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 9. 17 November 1997 Jaffa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Anna Smashnova Template:Flagicon Nataly Cahana
Template:Flagicon Maaike Koutstaal 		2–6, 1–6
Loss 10. 3 May 1999 Beersheba, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Nataly Cahana Template:Flagicon Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek 		1–6, 4–6
Win 11. 24 May 1999 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Template:Flagicon Kelly Liggan Template:Flagicon Sabina Da Ponte
Template:Flagicon Giana Gutiérrez 		6–3, 6–1
Win 12. 31 May 1999 Azeméis, Portugal Hard Template:Flagicon Kelly Liggan Template:Flagicon Mariana Mesa
Template:Flagicon Jorgelina Torti 		6–4, 4–6, 7–6(6)
Win 13. 19 July 1999 Dublin, Ireland Carpet Template:Flagicon Surina De Beer Template:Flagicon Hannah Collin
Template:Flagicon Tina Hergold 		7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Win 14. 1 November 1999 Jaffa, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Hila Rosen Template:Flagicon Kristie Boogert
Template:Flagicon Michelle Gerards 		6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss 15. 14 February 2000 Midland, United States Hard (i) Template:Flagicon Surina De Beer Template:Flagicon Nannie de Villiers
Template:Flagicon Rika Hiraki 		1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Win 16. 27 March 2000 Norcross, United States Hard Template:Flagicon Julia Abe Template:Flagicon Jessica Steck
Template:Flagicon Lindsay Lee-Waters 		5–7, 7–6(7), 6–4
Win 17. 19 May 2002 Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Hila Rosen Template:Flagicon Lauren Breadmore
Template:Flagicon Natalie Neri 		4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 18. 1 December 2002 Mumbai, India Hard Template:Flagicon Katarina Mišić Template:Flagicon Shelley Stephens
Template:Flagicon Scarlett Werner 		6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Win 19. 8 November 2004 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Danielle Steinberg Template:Flagicon Pemra Özgen
Template:Flagicon Gabriela Velasco Andreu 		7–5, 6–3
Win 20. 21 November 2004 Deauville, France Clay Template:Flagicon Virág Németh Template:Flagicon Vanessa Henke
Template:Flagicon Květa Peschke 		6–4, 6–1
Win 21. 5 December 2004 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er Template:Flagicon Bahia Mouhtassine
Template:Flagicon İpek Şenoğlu 		6–3, 6–0
Win 22. 30 May 2005 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Shahar Pe'er Template:Flagicon Daniela Klemenschits
Template:Flagicon Sandra Klemenschits 		7–6(2), 1–6, 6–2
Win 23. 7 May 2006 Antalya, Turkey Clay Template:Flagicon Romina Oprandi Template:Flagicon Matea Mezak
Template:Flagicon İpek Şenoğlu 		4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 24. Template:Dts Deauville, France Clay (i) Template:Flagicon Silvia Disderi Template:Flagicon Yuliya Beygelzimer
Template:Flagicon Yuliana Fedak 		5–7, 4–6
Win 25. 19 March 2007 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Template:Flagicon Evgenia Linetskaya Template:Flagicon Martina Babáková
Template:Flagicon Veronica Spiegel 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 26. 17 March 2008 Tenerife, Spain Hard Template:Flagicon Mervana Jugić-Salkić Template:Flagicon Julie Coin
Template:Flagicon Violette Huck 		4–6, 3–6
Win 27. 31 March 2008 Patras, Greece Clay Template:Flagicon Anastasiya Yakimova Template:Flagicon María José Martínez Sánchez
Template:Flagicon Arantxa Parra Santonja 		7–5, 6–1

See also

References

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