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
Residence	Tel Aviv, Israel
Born	(1975-10-13) 13 October 1975 (age 46) Tel Aviv, Israel
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1994
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$296,906
Singles
Career record	6–14
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 127 (8 October 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (1996)
French Open	Q3 (1998)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
US Open	1R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	8–20
Career titles	0 14 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 109 (11 October 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000)
French Open	1R (2001)
Wimbledon	1R (2000, 2001)
US Open	1R (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

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 U.S. Open.

Behr is now the coach of Ram and Erhlich.

Davis Cup

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Singles: 10 (3–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1996	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Stephane 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	Jerome 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1995	Brasilia, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Lior Mor	Jean-Philippe Fleurian Nicolas Pereira	6–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 1995	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Eyal Ran	Brian Dunn Attila Savolt	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 Gaston 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 Kracman 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	Frederic 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 Michael Llodra	5–7, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	12–17	May 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Andy Ram	Jaroslav Levinsky Michal Navratil	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 Fukarek	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	Tomas Zib	Aleksandar Kitinov Lovro Zovko	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win	16–18	Aug 2003	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Hard	Ota Fukarek	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 Kocevar-Desman Timon Reichelt	4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Singles

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

External links

• Noam Behr at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Noam Behr at the International Tennis Federation
• Noam Behr at the Davis Cup
• Jewish Virtual Library bio
• Jews in Sports bio