Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich (Hebrew: יונתן דאריו "יוני" ארליך, born 5 April 1977) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. During his career, he was mainly a doubles specialist, having won the men's doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open with Andy Ram. He attained his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 in July 2008. Erlich has reached 44 doubles finals and won 22 (half of them), mostly with partner Andy Ram; together, they are known in Israel as "Andyoni". His Davis Cup doubles record, as of 2018, was 22–12.

Jonathan Erlich
Country (sports) Israel
ResidenceTel Aviv, Israel
Born (1977-04-05) 5 April 1977 (age 47)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1996
RetiredSeptember 2022
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,810,794
Singles
Career record6–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 292 (4 October 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ2 (1999)
Doubles
Career record413-346
Career titles22
Highest rankingNo. 5 (7 July 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2008)
French Open3R (2004, 2007, 2008, 2014)
WimbledonSF (2003, 2015)
US OpenQF (2005)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2006, 2007)
Olympic GamesQF (2004, 2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2004)
French Open1R (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 )
WimbledonQF (2011)
US Open2R (2007)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (2009)
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

Personal information edit

Jonathan Erlich, who is Jewish,[1][2] was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He moved to Haifa, Israel, when he was a one-year-old, and now resides in Tel Aviv and competed as an Israeli.

Erlich first started playing tennis when he was three years old, and he played his first tournament at the age of seven.[3] He was later trained at the Wingate Institute, where he met Andy Ram, his future doubles partner. He turned pro in 1996 at the age of 19.

Erlich is known as a fan of the football team Maccabi Haifa.[4]

Following his retirement, in 2023 Erlich joined the non-profit Israel Tennis & Education Centers (ITEC) as Director of High-Performance Program. In his new position, responsible for the development of competitive tennis layers from all backgrounds throughout Israel, with an emphasis on distributing resources and identifying talent in under-served and remote areas of the country.[5]

Tennis career edit

1996–2005 edit

Erlich and Ram first competed at Queen's Club in June 2001. In 2002, in singles Erlich defeated world # 64 ranked Adrian Voinea of Romania, 6–2, 6–3, in Indianapolis.

The Israeli duo's best achievement was reaching the semifinal of the Wimbledon championships in 2003. They defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor but lost the semifinal to defending Wimbledon champions Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge. They were the first Israelis to advance to the semifinals in a Grand Slam event.[6]

They won the Thailand Open in September 2003 and the Grand Prix de Lyon in October 2003, defeating Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 6–1, 6–3 in the final.[6]

Erlich advanced with Liezel Huber of South Africa to the semifinals in the mixed doubles tournament in 2004 at the Australian Open. They were defeated by Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova in the semifinals.[6]

Ram and Erlich won the Lyon tournament again in October 2004. They defeated Jonas Björkman and Radek Štěpánek 7–6, 6–2 in the final. Erlich and Ram's next major tournament win was in Rotterdam in February 2005. They beat Czechs Cyril Suk and Pavel Vízner 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 in the finals. Ram and Erlich missed the French Open in 2005 due to the death of Ram's father shortly before the tournament was due to start.[6] They reached 8th place in the doubles ranking at the end of 2005, and served as alternates at the Masters Cup in Shanghai.

 
Ram/Erlich at the 2008 Gerry Weber Open

2006–2010 edit

Erlich and Ram claimed the Adelaide title in March 2006, defeating Russians Dmitry Tursunov and Igor Kunitsyn 6–3, 6–2.[7]

At the Cincinnati 1000 Masters, in August 2007, he and Ram won, upsetting the world No. 1 Bryan brothers in the final 4–6, 6–3, 13–11. In November 2007, they again defeated the No. 1 Bryan brothers at the Tennis Masters Cup in China, 7–6, 2–6, 6–1. At the 2007 US Open, he played doubles with Ram, losing to the eventual winners Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle, 5–7, 6–7.

Erlich and Ram won their first Grand Slam at the 2008 Australian Open final against Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra 7–5, 7–6.

From September 2008 till May 2009 Erlich was recovering from right elbow surgery, and suffered setback after setback,[8] while Ram was playing doubles with other partners. The Israel Open ATP Challenger tournament in May 2009 was the first where the two reunited. They proceeded to the tournament's final, where they lost to George Bastl and Chris Guccione 6–3, 7–63. After the tournament Ram announced that he was going to finish the season with his temporary partner Max Mirnyi, before returning to play with Erlich on a permanent basis.[9] Later the same month, Erlich partnering Harel Levy won his first ATP tournament after returning to play, the Türk Telecom İzmir Cup (an ATP Challenger Tour event).

Erlich partnered with Novak Djokovic at the 2010 Queen's Club Championships winning the title.[10] It is Djokovic’s only doubles title in his career.

2021: 400 career match wins edit

In May 2021, Erlich won his 22nd doubles title at the 2021 Belgrade Open out of 44 finals with partner Andrei Vasilevski, the win being one match away from reaching a milestone of 400 career match wins.[11]

2022: Retirement edit

Erlich announced his retirement after his participation at the 2022 Tel Aviv Open partnering Novak Djokovic in September.[12] He had to withdraw in the last minute due to injury thus completing his professional career.[13]

Team Participation edit

Davis Cup edit

 
Erlich in Davis Cup competition

Playing for the Israel Davis Cup team in 2000 and from 2002–09, he has won 12 of his 16 matches, including wins in Israel's 2006 win over Great Britain, 2007 win over Luxembourg, 2007 wins over Italy and Chile (in which he and Ram defeated Olympic Gold Medal winners González and Massú), and 2009 win over Russia.[14]

Israel (ranked 8th in the Davis Cup standings, with 5,394 points) hosted heavily favored Russia (winners in 2002 and 2006, and 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.[15] Israel was represented by Erlich, Ram, 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).[16][17] 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."[18] 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 match was attended by 10,500 people, the largest ever crowd ever for a tennis match held in Israel.[19] The next day Erlich and Ram beat Safin and Kunitsyn 6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 6–4 in front of a boisterous crowd of over 10,000.[20] "This is something I will cherish for all of my life," said Erlich.[21] He added, "Everybody has dreams, but there are some you don’t allow yourself to have, and beating Russia 3–0 was just like that .. but we have done it."[22] Even the Saudi Gazette described the doubles match as a "thrilling" win.[23] Ran was carried shoulder-high around the Tel Aviv stadium, as the 10,000-strong crowd applauded.[24] 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.[21] 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.[25]

Olympics edit

Erlich and Ram represented Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and reached the quarterfinals. They also represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Major finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2008 Australian Open Hard   Andy Ram   Arnaud Clément
  Michaël Llodra
7–5, 7–6(7–4)

ATP career finals edit

Doubles: 45 (22 titles, 23 runners-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–4)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–3)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (18–16)
Titles by surface
Hard (11–20)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (7–2)
Carpet (2–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (17–15)
Indoor (5–8)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States International Grass   Harel Levy   Kyle Spencer
  Mitch Sprengelmeyer
7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win 2–0 Sep 2003 Thailand Open, Thailand International Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Andrew Kratzmann
  Jarkko Nieminen
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Oct 2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i)   Andy Ram   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Jan 2004 Chennai Open, India International Hard   Andy Ram   Rafael Nadal
  Tommy Robredo
6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss 3–2 Feb 2004 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Paul Hanley
  Radek Štěpánek
7–5, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 4–2 Oct 2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France (2) International Carpet (i)   Andy Ram   Jonas Björkman
  Radek Štěpánek
7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 5–2 Feb 2005 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands (2) Intl. Gold Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Cyril Suk
  Pavel Vízner
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 6–2 Jun 2005 Nottingham Open, United Kingdom International Grass   Andy Ram   Simon Aspelin
  Todd Perry
4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–3 Jul 2005 Los Angeles Open, United States International Hard   Andy Ram   Rick Leach
  Brian MacPhie
3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–4 Aug 2005 Canadian Open, Canada Masters Series Hard   Andy Ram   Wayne Black
  Kevin Ullyett
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–6
Loss 6–5 Oct 2005 Thailand Open, Thailand (2) International Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Paul Hanley
  Leander Paes
6–5(7–5), 1–6, 2–6
Loss 6–6 Oct 2005 Vienna Open, Austria Intl. Gold Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
3–5, 4–5(4–7)
Win 7–6 Jan 2006 Adelaide International, Australia International Hard   Andy Ram   Paul Hanley
  Kevin Ullyett
7–6(7–4), 7–6(12–10)
Loss 7–7 Feb 2006 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands (3) Intl. Gold Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Paul Hanley
  Kevin Ullyett
6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 7–8 May 2006 Italian Open, Italy Masters Series Clay   Andy Ram   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
4–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Win 8–8 Jun 2006 Nottingham Open, UK (2) International Grass   Andy Ram   Igor Kunitsyn
  Dmitry Tursunov
6–3, 6–2
Win 9–8 Aug 2006 Connecticut Open, United States International Hard   Andy Ram   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
6–3, 6–3
Win 10–8 Oct 2006 Thailand Open, Thailand (3) International Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Andy Murray
  Jamie Murray
6–2, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss 10–9 Mar 2007 Las Vegas Open, United States International Hard   Andy Ram   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss 10–10 Mar 2007 Indian Wells Masters, United States Masters Series Hard   Andy Ram   Martin Damm
  Leander Paes
4–6, 4–6
Loss 10–11 Aug 2007 Washington Open, United States International Hard   Andy Ram   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 11–11 Aug 2007 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters Series Hard   Andy Ram   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Win 12–11 Jan 2008 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Andy Ram   Arnaud Clément
  Michaël Llodra
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 13–11 Mar 2008 Indian Wells Masters, United States Masters Series Hard   Andy Ram   Daniel Nestor
  Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 6–4
Loss 13–12 Aug 2008 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters Series Hard   Andy Ram   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Win 14–12 Jun 2010 Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom 250 Series Grass   Novak Djokovic   Karol Beck
  David Škoch
7–6(8–6), 2–6, [10–3]
Loss 14–13 Oct 2010 Thailand Open, Thailand (4) 250 Series Hard (i)   Jürgen Melzer   Christopher Kas
  Viktor Troicki
4–6, 4–6
Win 15–13 Jun 2011 Eastbourne International, United Kingdom 250 Series Grass   Andy Ram   Grigor Dimitrov
  Andreas Seppi
6–3, 6–3
Win 16–13 Aug 2011 Winston-Salem Open, United States 250 Series Hard   Andy Ram   Christopher Kas
  Alexander Peya
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 16–14 Jan 2012 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard   Andy Ram   Leander Paes
  Janko Tipsarević
4–6, 4–6
Win 17–14 May 2012 Serbia Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay   Andy Ram   Martin Emmrich
  Andreas Siljeström
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 17–15 Jun 2013 Halle Open, Germany 250 Series Grass   Daniele Bracciali   Santiago González
  Scott Lipsky
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 17–16 Jul 2014 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States (2) 250 Series Grass   Rajeev Ram   Chris Guccione
  Lleyton Hewitt
5–7, 4–6
Win 18–16 Oct 2015 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard   Colin Fleming   Chris Guccione
  André Sá
6–1, 6–7(3–7), [10–6]
Loss 18–17 Feb 2016 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i)   Colin Fleming   Mate Pavić
  Michael Venus
2–6, 3–6
Loss 18–18 Aug 2016 Los Cabos Open, Mexico 250 Series Hard   Ken Skupski   Purav Raja
  Divij Sharan
6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 18–19 Jan 2017 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard   Scott Lipsky   Marcin Matkowski
  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–1, 2–6, [3–10]
Win 19–19 Oct 2017 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi   Marcus Daniell
  Marcelo Demoliner
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 20–19 Jul 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, United States (3) 250 Series Grass   Artem Sitak   Marcelo Arévalo
  Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
6–1, 6–2
Win 21–19 Jun 2019 Antalya Open, Turkey 250 Series Grass   Artem Sitak   Ivan Dodig
  Filip Polášek
6–3, 6–4
Loss 21–20 Oct 2019 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard   Fabrice Martin   Nikola Čačić
  Dušan Lajović
6–7(9–11), 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 21–21 Feb 2020 Maharashtra Open, India 250 Series Hard   Andrei Vasilevski   André Göransson
  Christopher Rungkat
2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 21–22 Feb 2021 Open Sud de France, France 250 Series Hard (i)   Andrei Vasilevski   Henri Kontinen
  Édouard Roger-Vasselin
2–6, 5–7
Win 22–22 May 2021 Belgrade Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay   Andrei Vasilevski   André Göransson
  Rafael Matos
6–4, 6–1
Loss 22–23 Sep 2021 Astana Open, Kazakhstan 250 Series Hard (i)   Andrei Vasilevski   Santiago González
  Andrés Molteni
1–6, 2–6

Challenger and Futures finals edit

Singles: 1 (0–1) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1999 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard   Amir Hadad 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 48 (32–16) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (24–12)
ITF Futures Tour (8–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (32–12)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1998 India F1, New Delhi Futures Hard   Noam Okun   Jamie Delgado
  Lior Mor
6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Jan 1998 India F3, Indore Futures Hard   Noam Okun   Ali Hamadeh
  Andrew Rueb
6–7, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Mar 1998 Israel F1, Jaffa Futures Hard   Amir Hadad   Tapio Nurminen
  Janne Ojala
2–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jan 1999 India F1, Chandigarh Futures Hard   Amir Hadad   Cédric Kauffmann
  Fazaluddin Syed
5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–2 Feb 1999 Croatia F1, Zagreb Futures Hard   Nir Welgreen   Ivan Cinkuš
  Krešimir Ritz
6–2, 6–1
Win 4–2 Mar 1999 Israel F1, Ashkelon Futures Hard   Eyal Erlich   Amir Hadad
  Harel Levy
6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Jun 1999 Ireland F1, Dublin Futures Carpet   Amir Hadad   Daniele Bracciali
  Igor Gaudi
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 5–3 Jan 2000 USA F2, Altamonte Springs Futures Hard   Harel Levy   Óscar Ortiz
  Jimy Szymanski
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Apr 2000 Uzbekistan F1, Andijan Futures Hard   Lior Mor   Aisam Qureshi
  Dmitriy Tomashevich
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 7–3 May 2000 Uzbekistan F2, Namangan Futures Hard   Lior Mor   Yaoki Ishii
  Satoshi Iwabuchi
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win 1–0 May 2000 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Lior Mor   Daniel Melo
  Alexandre Simoni
6–4, 6–0
Win 2–0 Jun 2000 Denver, USA Challenger Hard   Lior Mor   Noam Behr
  Andy Ram
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Oct 2000 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i)   Aleksandar Kitinov   Paul Hanley
  Paul Rosner
4–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Mar 2001 Andrézieux, France Challenger Hard (i)   Noam Behr   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Mar 2001 Magdeburg, Germany Challenger Carpet (i)   Lovro Zovko   Frédéric Niemeyer
  Radek Štěpánek
6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–3 May 2001 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Michaël Llodra   Noam Behr
  Noam Okun
7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–2)
Win 4–3 Sep 2001 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Michaël Llodra   Sander Groen
  Michael Kohlmann
w/o
Win 5–3 Oct 2001 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Paul Rosner
  Glenn Weiner
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 6–3 Nov 2001 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Marco Chiudinelli
  Tuomas Ketola
6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Win 7–3 Dec 2001 San José, Costa Rica Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Daniel Melo
  Dušan Vemić
6–3, 6–3
Loss 7–4 Feb 2002 Brest, France Challenger Hard (i)   Andy Ram   Ben Ellwood
  Stephen Huss
1–6, 4–6
Win 8–4 Mar 2002 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i)   Noam Behr   Julien Benneteau
  Lionel Roux
w/o
Win 9–4 Nov 2002 Reunion Island, Réunion Challenger Hard   Federico Browne   Marco Chiudinelli
  Jaroslav Levinský
6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 9–5 Dec 2002 Milan, Italy Challenger Carpet (i)   Aleksandar Kitinov   Massimo Bertolini
  Giorgio Galimberti
6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 7–4 Feb 2003 Great Britain F2, Nottingham Futures Carpet (i)   Harel Levy   Mark Hilton
  Andy Ram
6–7(7–9), 2–6
Win 10–5 Mar 2003 Besançon, France Challenger Hard (i)   Julian Knowle   Richard Gasquet
  Nicolas Mahut
6–3, 6–4
Win 8–4 Apr 2003 Greece F1, Syros Futures Hard   Andy Ram   Marco Chiudinelli
  Uros Vico
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 10–6 May 2003 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Radoslav Lukaev
  Dmitri Vlasov
6–7(6–8), 6–4, 2–6
Win 11–6 Jul 2003 Lexington, USA Challenger Hard   Takao Suzuki   Matias Boeker
  Travis Parrott
6–4, 6–1
Win 12–6 Aug 2003 Binghamton, USA Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Stephen Huss
  Myles Wakefield
6–4, 6–3
Win 13–6 Sep 2003 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Amir Hadad
  Harel Levy
7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Win 14–6 Nov 2003 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i)   Harel Levy   Mario Ančić
  Martín García
7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win 15–6 Nov 2003 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Challenger Hard (i)   Harel Levy   Simon Aspelin
  Johan Landsberg
6–4, 6–3
Loss 15–7 Nov 2004 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i)   Noam Okun   Simon Aspelin
  Graydon Oliver
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 16–7 Jul 2008 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Sergei Bubka
  Mikhail Elgin
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 16–8 May 2009 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   George Bastl
  Chris Guccione
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win 17–8 May 2009 İzmir, Turkey Challenger Hard   Harel Levy   Prakash Amritraj
  Rajeev Ram
6–3, 6–3
Win 18–8 May 2010 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Alexander Peya
  Simon Stadler
6–4, 6–3
Win 19–8 Aug 2013 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   James Cerretani
  Adil Shamasdin
6–1, 6–4
Win 20–8 Aug 2013 Aptos, USA Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Chris Guccione
  Matt Reid
6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–2]
Loss 20–9 Oct 2014 Rennes, France Challenger Hard (i)   František Čermák   Tobias Kamke
  Philipp Marx
6–3, 2–6, [3–10]
Loss 20–10 Apr 2016 Raanana, Israel Challenger Hard   Philipp Oswald   Konstantin Kravchuk
  Denys Molchanov
6–4, 6–7(1–7), [4–10]
Win 21–10 Aug 2017 Aptos, USA Challenger Hard   Neal Skupski   Alex Bolt
  Jordan Thompson
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 21–11 Oct 2017 Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Challenger Hard   Alexander Peya   Sanchai Ratiwatana
  Sonchat Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Win 22–11 Jan 2018 Canberra, Australia Challenger Hard   Divij Sharan   Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
  Andrei Vasilevski
7–6(7–1), 6–2
Loss 22–12 Mar 2019 Lille, France Challenger Hard   Fabrice Martin   Romain Arneodo
  Hugo Nys
5–7, 7–5, [8–10]
Win 23–12 Mar 2019 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i)   Fabrice Martin   Jonathan Eysseric
  Antonio Šančić
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Win 24–12 Apr 2019 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Challenger Hard (i)   Sriram Balaji   Sander Arends
  Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
6–3, 6–2

Doubles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R A 2R 3R 2R 3R W A QF 2R 1R 3R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R A A A 1R 1 / 17 20–16
French Open A A 1R A 3R A 2R 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3R A 2R 2R A A A 2R 1R 0 / 15 15–15
Wimbledon A 2R 1R SF 1R 3R 3R 2R QF 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R SF 1R 1R 3R 1R NH 1R 0 / 20 20–20
US Open 1R A A 1R 1R QF 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R A 1R A A 2R 0 / 16 14–16
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 0–3 4–2 3–4 7–3 6–4 7–4 12–3 0–3 5–4 2–4 3–4 4–4 2–3 6–3 2–4 1–3 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 1 / 67 69–66
Year-end championship
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR RR Did not qualify 0 / 2 2–4
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Absent 2R 2R 1R F W A A 2R A 1R 2R Absent 1 / 8 13–7
Miami Absent 2R QF SF 1R 1R A A QF Absent 0 / 6 8–6
Monte Carlo Absent 2R A 2R 2R QF Absent 0 / 4 1–4
Rome Absent 1R 1R F 2R 2R Absent 1R A 0 / 6 3–6
Madrid Absent 1R 1R QF 1R Absent 1R Absent 0 / 5 1–5
Canada Absent QF F 2R SF 2R Absent 0 / 5 7–5
Cincinnati Absent QF 1R SF W F 1R Absent 1 / 6 11–5
Shanghai Not Masters Series A 2R Absent 0 / 1 1–1
Paris Absent QF 1R 1R A 1R 2R Absent 0 / 5 2–5
Hamburg Absent 1R 1R QF SF 2R Not Masters Series 0 / 5 3–5
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–8 8–8 10–9 11–8 9–6 0–2 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 2 / 51 50–49
Year-end ranking 110 107 119 33 28 15 13 18 11 191 45 50 49 62 87 49 51 78 101 73 70 63

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