Shlomo Glickstein (Hebrew: שלמה גליקשטיין; born 6 January 1958) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.
He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in November 1982, and his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 28 in February 1986.
Glickstein was born in Rehovot, Israel, lives in Ashkelon, Israel, and is Jewish.[1][2] His parents immigrated to Israel from Poland.[1] He served in the Israel Defense Forces for three years, from the ages of 18 to 21, rising to the rank of sergeant.[1][3]
In 1980, Glickstein defeated World No. 35 Raúl Ramírez in the first round at Wimbledon.[4] He lost to Björn Borg (the eventual tournament winner) in the second round, but won the Wimbledon Plate in a consolation tournament.[4]
Glickstein's victories include wins against World No. 1 Ivan Lendl 6–2, 3–6, 7–5; No. 9 Harold Solomon; No. 10 Eliot Teltscher; and No. 11 Brian Gottfried.[4]
Glickstein retired in 1988. He served as director of the Israel Tennis Academy in Ramat Hasharon from 1992–96.[4]
In the spring of 1998 he was still managing the Israeli Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams.
Glickstein was 44–22, and 22–4 on hard courts, in Davis Cup play from 1976–87.[5] He is Israel's all-time leader in total wins, singles wins (31), and doubles wins (13). As of 2008, his 44 wins was twice that of the Israeli with the second-most Davis Cup wins, Amos Mansdorf.
Glickstein won the gold medal in men's singles in tennis at the 1981 Maccabiah Games,[3] the first Israeli to win a Maccabiah tennis championship.
Glickstein trained at Israel Tennis Centers.[6]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1985 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
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Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Dec 1979 | Australian Hard Court Championships | Hard | ![]() |
7–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 1981 | South Orange Open, U.S. | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 5–7, 6–4 |