Boaz Merenstein (born 3 April 1970) is an Israeli former professional
tennis player.
Biography
Merenstein was born into a
Tel Aviv family with German origins.
He won a gold medal in men's doubles at the
1989 Maccabiah Games
The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations.
Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first ti ...
, playing alongside
Shahar Perkiss
Shahar Perkiss (born 14 October 1962) is an Israeli right-handed former professional tennis player. He reached his best singles ranking of world # 53 in March 1985. He peaked at world # 54 in the doubles rankings in November 1985. Perkiss won th ...
.
A left-handed player, Merenstein was a
Davis Cup
The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...
squad member for Israel and featured in the singles main draw of every
Tel Aviv Open from 1987 to 1990, making the second round twice. One of his first round wins came in 1989 against
Matt Anger
Matt Anger (born June 20, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. He is now the head men's tennis coach at the University of Washington.
Professional tennis career
Anger grew up in Pleasanton, California, and played at Amador Val ...
, a former world number 23. In both of his second round matches he was eliminated by
Amos Mansdorf.
In 1992 he played collegiate tennis for
Pepperdine University.
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1970 births
Living people
Israeli male tennis players
Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players
Sportspeople from Tel Aviv
Israeli people of German-Jewish descent
Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis
Maccabiah Games silver medalists for Israel
Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games