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Tzipora "Tzipi" Obziler (Hebrew: ציפורה אובזילר; born 19 April 1973) is a former Israeli professional right-handed tennis player.

Tzipora Obziler

Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Givatayim, Israel
Born	(1973-04-19) 19 April 1973 (age 49) Givatayim, Israel
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	April 1997
Retired	August 2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$530,572
Singles
Career record	370–229
Career titles	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 75 (9 July 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2004, 2005)
French Open	2R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2007, 2008)
US Open	2R (2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	151–111
Career titles	0 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (10 April 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2008)
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2007)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2008)

She reached her career-high singles world ranking of No. 75 in on 8 July 2007, and career-high doubles ranking of No. 149 on 10 April 2000.

In Federation Cup she is a shared world record holder for most ties played, at 61.

Early and personal life

She was born in Givatayim, Israel, and is Jewish.[1]

Obziler speaks Hebrew and English.[2] After graduating from high school, she served two years in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF; the Israeli Army).[2] Obziler attended classes at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[2]

She and her girlfriend Hadas have a daughter together.[3][4][5] Obziler took a break from professional tennis when the baby was born, and came back to play in 2008.

Tennis career

She won 13 singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF circuit.[2] Despite her late run, she played her best tennis over the last few years and qualified for several grand slam events.

She started playing tennis at age 10, with friends.[2] In 1997 she won ITF tournaments in singles in Jaffa and Antalya. In 1998 she repeated in Jaffa. In 1999 she won in Guimaraes, Portugal, and Azemeis, Portugal, and two tournaments in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2000, she won tournaments in Ashkelon and Beersheba in Israel.[2]

In 2002, she won in Mumbai, India, and Nonthaburi, Thailand. In November she defeated world # 62 Emmanuelle Gagliardi of Switzerland in France. In 2003 in India she had an upset win over world No. 36 Elena Likhovtseva of Russia in straight sets.[2]

In 2004, she played world # 1 Justine Henin-Hardenne in the US Open, winning a set but losing in the second round. In 2005, she won both the singles and doubles (with Shahar Pe'er) titles in Raanana, Israel. She also upset world No. 47 Émilie Loit of France in the Australian Open in two sets.[2]

In 2006, she managed to get further than the 2nd-round of a WTA event in her first event of the year at Auckland and at Guangzhou in late September. In Auckland, she reached the quarterfinals with two good wins over Jamea Jackson and the 5th-seeded world No. 27 Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, before falling to Daniela Hantuchová. In Guangzhou, she reached the semifinals of the tournament, along the way defeating world No. 51 Elena Vesnina of Russia and world No. 20 Li Na of China, before falling to the 4th-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets.[2]

Other than that, she qualified for the Australian Open and various WTA tour events, she won an ITF title in Washington, DC, and finally an ITF doubles title in Antalya-Manavgat partnering Romina Oprandi.[2]

In 2007, she beat 56th-ranked Aiko Nakamura of Japan in the round of 16 of the Pattaya City tournament in Thailand. She also made it to the semifinals in Bangalore and Patras. In August at the US Open she lost in the first round to world No. 86 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. On 30 September 2007, she reached her first final on the WTA Tour, in which she lost to Virginie Razzano at the Guangzhou International Women's Open.[2]

She represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in both singles and (with Shahar Pe'er) doubles.[6]

On 13 August 2009, Obziler convened a press conference to announce her retirement from professional tennis.[7]

Federation Cup

Obziler was 48–30 in Federation Cup matches for the Israel Fed Cup team between 1994 and 2007, including wins in 12 of her most recent 13 matches.[8] Obziler was part of Israel's Federation Cup team that won 10 ties in a row to reach the competition's quarterfinals in 2008 – Israel's greatest Federation Cup achievement in history. Obziler currently holds the world record for most Federation Cup Ties Played, at 61. She shares the record with compatriot Anna Smashnova.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0)	Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/0)	International (0/1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 2007	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Virginie Razzano	0–6, 3–6

ITF Finals

Singles (14–11)

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	5 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Ilana Berger	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	14 September 1992	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Yael Segal	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	29 August 1994	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Hila Rosen	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	5 June 1995	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Nelly Barkan	2–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	24 February 1997	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Nóra Köves	7–5, 6–4
Winner	6.	2 June 1997	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Gülberk Gültekin	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	17 November 1997	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Anna Smashnova	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	14 December 1997	Ismailia, Egypt	Clay	Selima Sfar	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	9.	16 March 1998	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1 June 1998	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 2–6
Winner	11.	24 May 1999	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Paula Hermida	6–0, 6–4
Winner	12.	30 May 1999	Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Raluca Ciochină	6–1, 6–1
Winner	13.	21 June 1999	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Daniela Cocos	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	26 July 1999	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Clay	Petra Mandula	0–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	15.	8 August 1999	İstanbul, Turkey	Hard	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	6–0, 7–5
Winner	16.	30 October 2000	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Tetiana Luzhanska	4–1, 1–3, 4–1, 4–1
Winner	17.	20 November 2000	Beersheba, Israel	Hard	Yevgenia Savransky	4–1, 4–0, 2–4, 4–0
Runner-up	18.	7 July 2002	Los Gatos, United States	Hard	Ashley Harkleroad	2–6, 2–6
Winner	19.	24 November 2002	Mumbai, India	Hard	Adriana Barna	6–2, 6–2
Winner	20.	1 December 2002	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Ivana Abramović	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	6 April 2004	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Timea Bacsinszky	2–6, 1–6
Winner	22.	30 May 2005	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	23.	5 December 2005	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Margalita Chakhnashvili	3–6, 5–7
Winner	24.	1 August 2006	Washington, United States	Hard	Camille Pin	7–5, 2–5 ret.
Winner	25.	17 March 2008	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Carla Suárez Navarro	6–2, 6–3

Doubles (14–13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	17 May 1993	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Limor Zaltz	Maria Inés Araiz María Fernanda Landa	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	31 May 1993	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Limor Zaltz	Eleni Rossides Heidi Sprung	6–0, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	9 August 1993	College Park, United States	Hard	Limor Zaltz	Susan Gilchrist Vickie Paynter	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	22 August 1993	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Nataly Cahana	Shiri Burstein Hila Rosen	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	29 August 1993	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Nataly Cahana	Shiri Burstein Hila Rosen	5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	10 October 1994	Burgdorf, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Ilana Berger	Lenka Cenková Adriana Gerši	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	11 March 1996	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Limor Gabai	Shiri Burstein Hila Rosen	3–6, 6–7(2)
Runner-up	8.	20 April 1997	Bari, Italy	Clay	Anna Smashnova	Sandra Načuk Dragana Zarić	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	9.	17 November 1997	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Anna Smashnova	Nataly Cahana Maaike Koutstaal	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	10.	3 May 1999	Beersheba, Israel	Hard	Nataly Cahana	Nadejda Ostrovskaya Tatiana Poutchek	1–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	24 May 1999	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Kelly Liggan	Sabina da Ponte Giana Gutiérrez	6–3, 6–1
Winner	12.	31 May 1999	Azeméis, Portugal	Hard	Kelly Liggan	Mariana Mesa Jorgelina Torti	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(6)
Winner	13.	19 July 1999	Dublin, Ireland	Carpet	Surina De Beer	Hannah Collin Tina Hergold	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
Winner	14.	1 November 1999	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Hila Rosen	Kristie Boogert Michelle Gerards	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	14 February 2000	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Surina De Beer	Nannie de Villiers Rika Hiraki	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner	16.	27 March 2000	Norcross, United States	Hard	Julia Abe	Jessica Steck Lindsay Lee-Waters	5–7, 7–6(7), 6–4
Winner	17.	19 May 2002	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Hila Rosen	Lauren Breadmore Natalie Neri	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	18.	1 December 2002	Mumbai, India	Hard	Katarina Mišić	Shelley Stephens Scarlett Werner	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	19.	8 November 2004	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Danielle Steinberg	Pemra Özgen Gabriela Velasco Andreu	7–5, 6–3
Winner	20.	21 November 2004	Deauville, France	Clay	Virág Németh	Vanessa Henke Květa Peschke	6–4, 6–1
Winner	21.	5 December 2004	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	Bahia Mouhtassine İpek Şenoğlu	6–3, 6–0
Winner	22.	30 May 2005	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	7–6(2), 1–6, 6–2
Winner	23.	7 May 2006	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Romina Oprandi	Matea Mezak İpek Şenoğlu	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	24.	18 November 2006	Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Silvia Disderi	Yuliya Beygelzimer Yuliana Fedak	5–7, 4–6
Winner	25.	19 March 2007	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Evgenia Linetskaya	Martina Babáková Veronica Spiegel	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	26.	17 March 2008	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Julie Coin Violette Huck	4–6, 3–6
Winner	27.	31 March 2008	Patras, Greece	Clay	Anastasiya Yakimova	María José Martínez Sánchez Arantxa Parra Santonja	7–5, 6–1

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

External links

• Tzipora Obziler at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tzipora Obziler at the International Tennis Federation
• Tzipora Obziler at the Billie Jean Cup
• Tzipora Obziler at tennisabstract.com
• Tzipora Obziler at Olympics.com
• Tzipora Obziler at Olympedia

На других языках

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[de] Tzipora Obziler

Tzipora „Tzipi“ Obziler, hebräisch .mw-parser-output .Hebr{font-size:115%}ציפי אובזילר (* 19. April 1973 in Tel Aviv), ist eine ehemalige israelische Tennisspielerin.

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[ru] Обзилер, Ципора

Ципора «Ципи» Обзилер (ивр. ‏ציפורה אובזילר‏‎, англ. Tzipora Obziler; род. 19 апреля 1973 (1973-04-19) в Тель-Авиве) — израильская профессиональная теннисистка и теннисный тренер.

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