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Noam Okun (Hebrew: נעם אוקון; born 16 April 1978) is an Israeli retired professional tennis player.

Noam Okun
Country (sports) Israel
ResidenceHaifa, Israel
Born (1978-04-16) 16 April 1978 (age 44)
Haifa, Israel
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachShimon Rapaport
Prize money$784,555
Singles
Career record36–59
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 95 (22 April 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2002)
French OpenQ3 (2005)
Wimbledon1R (2002, 2005)
US Open2R (2002, 2006)
Doubles
Career record1–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 162 (6 July 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2003, 2005)
Last updated on: 8 June 2021.

He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 95 in April 2002.[1] Okun won several challenger tournaments in his career, and was a consistent competitor on the ATP tour, often qualifying for Grand Slam events.

He, Harel Levy, and Dudi Sela were Israel's top singles players for a number of years. Okun trained at the Israel Tennis Centers.[2]


Early life


Okun was born in Haifa, Israel.[1] His parents are Igor (who works for Israeli Electric Company) and Galit (an assistant to an orthopedic doctor), and he is Jewish.[1][3][4]


Tennis career


Okun began playing tennis at age nine, and was selected to be part of the Israeli Tennis Federation program after a short course at school.[1]

He turned pro in 1999, at the age of 21.

In 2000, Okun qualified for the Australian Open, where he lost to hometown favorite Mark Philippoussis in a five-set thriller, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6. This was Okun's grand slam debut.[1]

In March 2002, Okun upset Albert Portas of Spain, ranked # 26 in the world, 7–6(4), 6–4, in Scottsdale. In July 2002 he upset Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands, ranked # 23 in the world, 7–6(5), 7–6(4), in Los Angeles. Okun qualified into the 2002 US Open, and lost to world # 1 and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, 6–7(7), 4–6, 1–6 in the second round.[1]

In August 2003 Okun upset Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands, ranked # 15 in the world, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, in Cincinnati.[1]

Noam Okun at 2004 U.S. Open
Noam Okun at 2004 U.S. Open

In August 2004, Okun won his first title in Binghamton, New York, beating Danai Udomchoke 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 for the title.[1]

In June 2005, Okun qualified for Wimbledon, and lost to Gaël Monfils 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(14) in the first round. In September 2005, Okun qualified for the US Open and lost to Mariano Puerta 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 4–6, 0–6 in the first round.[1]

In September 2006, Okun qualified for the US Open, and beat Potito Starace 6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 6–2 in the first round. Okun went down to Łukasz Kubot in the second round, 6–7(7), 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6.[1]

In July 2007, Okun won his second challenger title in Winnetka, Illinois, beating South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–3 in the final.[1]

In February 2009 he won an Israel F2 tournament, and lost in the finals of an Israel F3 tournament to Harel Levy, by walkover.[5] In August and September 2009, he won three tournaments -- an Israel F4, F5 and F6 tournament.[5]

In March 2015, he played in an Israel F3 tournament in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, and lost in the finals to Isak Arvidsson of Sweden.[5]


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals




Singles: 18 (10–8)


Legend
ATP Challenger (5–3)
ITF Futures (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1998 Ireland F1, Dublin Futures Carpet Michael Hill 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 1998 Greece F5, Athens Futures Clay Lior Mor 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Apr 1999 Uzbekistan F2, Namangan Futures Hard Oleg Ogorodov 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 1–3 Jun 1999 Poland F1, Krakow Futures Clay Bartlomiej Dabrowski 6–1, 7–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 1999 Tel Aviv, Israel Challenger Hard Ctislav Doseděl 6–7, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Feb 2001 Chandigarh, India Challenger Hard Dennis Van Scheppingen 3–6, 5–7
Win 2–5 May 2001 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Michael Llodra 6–4, 6–1
Win 3–5 Jun 2001 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard Christian Vinck 6–2, 6–4
Win 4–5 Nov 2001 Tyler, United States Challenger Hard Vince Spadea 7–5, 6–2
Win 5–5 Aug 2004 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Danai Udomchoke 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
Loss 5–6 Sep 2006 Lubbock, United States Challenger Hard Sam Querrey 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Jul 2007 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–3
Win 7–6 Feb 2009 Israel F2, Eilat Futures Hard Harel Levy 6–4, 6–4
Loss 7–7 Feb 2009 Israel F3, Eilat Futures Hard Harel Levy walkover
Win 8–7 Aug 2009 Israel F4, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Mikal Statham 6–2, 6–1
Win 9–7 Sep 2009 Israel F5, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Miloslav Mecir 6–3, 6–2
Win 10–7 Sep 2009 Israel F6, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Marcus Daniell 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 10–8 Mar 2015 Israel F3, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Isak Arvidsson 6–4, 3–6, 4–6



Doubles: 22 (11–11)


Legend
ATP Challenger (9–7)
ITF Futures (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–11)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 1998 India F1, New Delhi Futures Hard Jonathan Erlich Lior Mor
Jamie Delgado
6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Jan 1998 India F3, Indore Futures Hard Jonathan Erlich Ali Hamadeh
Andrew Rueb
6–7, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Oct 1998 Tel Aviv, Israel Challenger Hard Nir Welgreen Radek Štěpánek
Michal Tabara
6–7, 3–6
Win 2–2 Dec 1998 Ahmedabad, India Challenger Hard Nir Welgreen Noam Behr
Eyal Ran
3–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 3–2 Sep 1999 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Harel Levy Daniel Fiala
Leos Friedl
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Win 4–2 Jan 2001 Sao Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Andre Sa Cedric Kauffmann
Flavio Saretta
6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Win 5–2 Mar 2001 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet Noam Behr Kelly Gullett
Brandon Hawk
6–3, 7–5
Win 6–2 Mar 2001 Hamilton, New Zealand Challenger Hard Noam Behr Tuomas Ketola
Filippo Messori
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 6–3 May 2001 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Noam Behr Jonathan Erlich
Michael Llodra
5–7, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Win 7–3 Jul 2003 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard Brandon Coupe Juan-Ignacio Carrasco
Albert Portas
6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Win 8–3 Jun 2004 Tallahassee, United States Challenger Hard Matias Boeker Mark Hlawaty
Brad Weston
6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–4 Nov 2004 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Jonathan Erlich Simon Aspelin
Graydon Oliver
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 8–5 Jul 2005 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Harel Levy Nathan Healey
Eric Taino
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win 9–5 Sep 2005 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Harel Levy David Skoch
Martin Štěpánek
6–4, 7–5
Loss 9–6 Jan 2007 Durban, South Africa Challenger Hard Stephane Bohli Rik De Voest
Dominik Meffert
4–6, 2–6
Loss 9–7 May 2007 Lanzarote, Spain Challenger Hard Dudi Sela Rik De Voest
Luke Bourgeois
3–6, 1–6
Win 10–7 Jul 2008 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Amir Weintraub Todd Widom
Michael Yani
6–2, 6–1
Loss 10–8 Sep 2008 Donetsk, Ukraine Challenger Hard Harel Levy Xavier Malisse
Dick Norman
6–4, 1–6, [11–13]
Win 11–8 Feb 2009 Israel F2, Eilat Futures Hard Harel Levy Tim Van Terheijden
Jurgen Zopp
6–3, 6–0
Loss 11–9 May 2012 Israel F8, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Noam Behr Ti Chen
Marcus Daniell
6–7(1–7) ret.
Loss 11–10 May 2012 Israel F9, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Aviv Ben Shabat Ti Chen
Marcus Daniell
0–6, 2–6
Loss 11–11 Oct 2015 Israel F14, Ramat Hasharon Futures Hard Noam Behr Gabor Borsos
Adam Kellner
4–6, 6–7(7–9)

Performance timeline


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


Tournament199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q3 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 A Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open Q1 A Q2 A Q2 Q1 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Wimbledon A A Q2 1R Q3 A 1R Q3 Q1 A A Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open Q3 A Q3 2R Q2 Q2 Q3 2R Q1 A A Q3 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 2–6 25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A Q2 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Miami Open A A A Q2 A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Canada Masters A A A Q2 Q1 Q2 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R 2R Q2 A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Shanghai Masters Not Held Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%

Davis Cup


Okun was a major force on the Israeli Davis Cup team, playing for it in 1999 and since 2001, going 17–16, and winning both of his matches in Israel's 2006 3–2 victory over Great Britain.[6] His Davis Cup record also includes big wins in live rubbers over Wayne Ferreira, Jarkko Nieminen, and Andreas Seppi.


See also



References


  1. "Noam Okun | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "ITC Champions". 29 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 June 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  3. "AJN | Latest Nicotine News". www.ajn.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008.
  4. Davis, Carin (15 August 2002). "Up Front". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  5. "Noam Okun | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  6. "Davis Cup - Players". 21 August 2003. Archived from the original on 21 August 2003.



На других языках


[de] Noam Okun

Noam Okun (* 16. April 1978 in Haifa) ist ein israelischer Tennisspieler.
- [en] Noam Okun

[ru] Окун, Ноам

Ноам Окун (ивр. ‏נועם אוקון‏‎; англ. Noam Okun; родился 16 апреля 1978 года в Хайфе, Израиль) — израильский теннисист.



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