Noam Behr (Hebrew: נועם בר; born 13 October 1975) is an Israeli professional tennis player who turned pro in 1994.

Noam Behr
Country (sports) Israel
ResidenceTel Aviv, Israel
Born (1975-10-13) 13 October 1975 (age 48)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1994
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$296,906
Singles
Career record6–14
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 127 (8 October 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (1996)
French OpenQ3 (1998)
WimbledonQ1 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
US Open1R (1998)
Doubles
Career record8–20
Career titles0
14 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 109 (11 October 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000)
French Open1R (2001)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001)
US Open1R (2001)
Last updated on: 12 May 2022.

His career-high singles ranking was No. 127 (October 2001), and his career-high doubles ranking was No. 109 (October 1999).

Tennis career edit

Most of Behr's success was on the Challenger and Futures level, but he often participated in qualifying tournaments of major ATP events.[1]

In 1992, he reached the finals of the US Open boys' singles, losing 7–5, 6–2 to Brian Dunn of the United States. He and Yshai Oliel, who reached the boys' singles final at the 2017 Australian Open, are the only two Israelis to have reached the finals in a boys' Grand Slam event.[2]

In October 1995, he upset world No. 97 Jeff Tarango in Tel Aviv, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. In October 1998 he and Eyal Ran won in Uzbekistan. In December 1998 and February and April 1999, he and Ran won in Mumbai, Calcutta, and New Delhi, India. In October, he and Ran won in Tel Aviv, and he and Andrei Stoliarov won in Uzbekistan.

In July 2000, he and partner Eyal Erlich won in Istanbul, Turkey. In October 2000 in Germany, he defeated world No. 66 Martin Damm, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4. That same month he and partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan won in Nevers, France. In July 2001 in Toronto, he beat world No. 53 David Prinosil, 6–1, 7–6(2). In September in Shanghai, he beat world No. 80 Andrew Ilie 7–5, 6–4. In January 2001, he and Andy Ram won in Aventura, Florida. In March, he and Noam Okun won in Kyoto, Japan, and in Hamilton, New Zealand.

In April 2002, he and Ota Fukárek won the doubles in Leon, Mexico. In July 2002, he and partner Michael Joyce won a tournament in Quebec, Canada. He was eliminated in qualifiers at the 2002 US Open.

Behr is now the coach of Ram and Erhlich.

Davis Cup edit

Behr was 6–7 in Davis Cup play for Israel from 1995 to 2001.[3]

Junior Grand Slam finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1992 US Open Hard   Brian Dunn 5–7, 2–6

ATP career finals edit

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1996 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard   Eyal Erlich   Marcos Ondruska
  Grant Stafford
3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 10 (3–7) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–4)
ITF Futures (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1996 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Stéphane Simian 6–7, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Mar 1998 Israel F1, Jaffa Futures Hard   Harel Levy 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Mar 1999 Israel F2, Ashkelon Futures Hard   Oren Motevassel 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–3 Jun 2000 USA F14, Tampa Futures Clay   Cedric Kauffmann 3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 2000 France F20, Nevers Futures Hard   Jérôme Haehnel 7–6(11–9), 5–7, 3–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2000 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Alexander Shvets 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–0
Win 3–4 Jul 2001 Turkey F2, Istanbul Futures Hard   Dmitriy Tomashevich 6–4, 6–2
Loss 3–5 Aug 2001 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard   Cedric Kauffmann 5–7, 1–6
Loss 3–6 Jul 2002 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard   Brian Vahaly 6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 Mar 2003 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet   Michal Tabara 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 38 (16–22) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (14–16)
ITF Futures (2–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1995 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Hard   Lior Mor   Jean-Philippe Fleurian
  Nicolás Pereira
6–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 1995 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Eyal Ran   Brian Dunn
  Attila Sávolt
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 May 1996 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Eyal Ran   Neville Godwin
  Leander Paes
6–7, 5–7
Loss 0–4 Jul 1997 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Filippo Veglio   Mark Petchey
  Danny Sapsford
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 1–4 May 1998 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Eyal Erlich   Neville Godwin
  David Nainkin
walkover
Win 2–4 Oct 1998 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Eyal Ran   Andrey Merinov
  Andrei Stoliarov
1–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–5 Dec 1998 Ahmedabad, India Challenger Hard   Eyal Ran   Noam Okun
  Nir Welgreen
6–3, 0–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Jan 1999 Bombay, India Challenger Hard   Eyal Ran   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Gaurav Natekar
6–2, 7–6
Win 4–5 Feb 1999 Calcutta, India Challenger Grass   Eyal Ran   Barry Cowan
  Wesley Whitehouse
6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win 5–5 Apr 1999 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard   Eyal Ran   Barry Cowan
  Wesley Whitehouse
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 5–6 May 1999 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay   Eyal Ran   Joan Balcells
  Gastón Etlis
3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–7 Jul 1999 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard   Eyal Ran   Oleg Ogorodov
  Satoshi Iwabuchi
3–6, 2–6
Win 6–7 Oct 1999 Tel Aviv, Israel Challenger Hard   Eyal Ran   Amir Hadad
  Andrew Ilie
6–3, 6–2
Win 7–7 Oct 1999 Samarkand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Andrei Stoliarov   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Kris Goossens
6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 7–8 May 2000 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Eyal Ran   Kevin Ullyett
  Neville Godwin
6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss 7–9 Jun 2000 Denver, United States Challenger Hard   Andy Ram   Lior Mor
  Jonathan Erlich
4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss 7–10 Jul 2000 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Eyal Erlich   Jordan Kerr
  Damien Roberts
3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 8–10 Jul 2000 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Eyal Erlich   Oleg Ogorodov
  Vadim Kutsenko
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Loss 8–11 Oct 2000 France F19, Plaisir Futures Hard   Aisam Qureshi   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 9–11 Oct 2000 France F20, Nevers Futures Hard   Aisam Qureshi   David Abelson
  Martin Štěpánek
6–2, 6–1
Loss 9–12 Oct 2000 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Aisam Qureshi   Oleg Ogorodov
  Vadim Kutsenko
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 9–13 Dec 2000 Urbana, United States Challenger Hard   Michael Russell   Taylor Dent
  Mardy Fish
walkover
Win 10–13 Jan 2001 USA F2, Delray Beach Futures Hard   Andy Ram   Andrej Kračman
  Lovro Zovko
6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 10–14 Jan 2001 USA F3, Hallandale Beach Futures Hard   Giorgio Galimberti   Frédéric Niemeyer
  Jocelyn Robichaud
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 10–15 Feb 2001 Andrézieux, France Challenger Hard   Jonathan Erlich   Julien Benneteau
  Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 3–6
Win 11–15 Mar 2001 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet   Noam Okun   Kelly Gullett
  Brandon Hawk
6–3, 7–5
Win 12–15 Mar 2001 Hamilton, New Zealand Challenger Hard   Noam Okun   Filippo Messori
  Tuomas Ketola
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 12–16 May 2001 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard   Noam Okun   Jonathan Erlich
  Michaël Llodra
5–7, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 12–17 May 2001 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Andy Ram   Jaroslav Levinský
  Michal Navrátil
3–6, 1–6
Win 13–17 Mar 2002 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard   Jonathan Erlich   Julien Benneteau
  Lionel Roux
walkover
Win 14–17 Apr 2002 León, Mexico Challenger Hard   Ota Fukárek   Yves Allegro
  Alexander Waske
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 15–17 Jul 2002 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard   Michael Joyce   Thomas Dupre
  Simon Larose
6–0, 6–3
Loss 15–18 Sep 2002 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard   Tomáš Zíb   Aleksandar Kitinov
  Lovro Zovko
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win 16–18 Aug 2003 Graz, Austria Challenger Hard   Ota Fukárek   Karsten Braasch
  Johan Landsberg
6–3, 6–2
Loss 16–19 Nov 2010 Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard   Tal Eros   Kevin Krawietz
  Sergei Krotiouk
6–2, 4–6, [5–10]
Loss 16–20 Jun 2011 Israel F6, Ashkelon Futures Hard   Igor Smilansky   James Cluskey
  John Paul Fruttero
3–6, 0–6
Loss 16–21 May 2012 Israel F8, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard   Noam Okun   Chen Ti
  Marcus Daniell
6–7(1–7), ret.
Loss 16–22 May 2014 Israel F8, Ashkelon Futures Hard   Edan Bakshi   Tom Kočevar-Dešman
  Timon Reichelt
4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles edit

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 A A A Q2 A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A Q3 Q1 A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 A 1R Q1 Q2 Q2 Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Canada A A A A A 2R Q2 A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 50%

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Noam Behr". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. 8 July 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Israeli teen Oliel comes up short in boys' tennis final".
  3. ^ "Player – Profile". Davis Cup. Retrieved 8 January 2011.

External links edit