Dekel Valtzer (born 3 October 1984) is an Israeli former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Valtzer was the 2005 winner of the Israeli Championships, defeating
Amir Weintraub
Amir Weintraub ( he, אמיר ויינטרוב; born 16 September 1986) is an Israeli professional tennis player. In 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship.
He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 161 in May 2012.
Career ...
in the final.
In 2006 he was called into the
Israel Davis Cup team
The Israel men's national tennis team (Hebrew language, Hebrew: נבחרת גביע דייוויס של ישראל) represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association. As of June 2020, Jonathan Erl ...
for a tie against
Great Britain
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in Eastbourne and played a dead rubber reverse singles, which he lost to
Alan Mackin. It was his first time playing on grass.
On the professional tour, Valtzer had a best singles ranking of 388 in the world and won two
ITF Futures
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titles. As a doubles players he won a further six Futures tournaments, with a highest ranking of 331.
ITF Futures titles
Singles: (2)
Doubles: (6)
See also
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List of Israel Davis Cup team representatives
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Israeli male tennis players