Ytai Abougzir (born February 22, 1983) is an Israeli-born American 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.
Abougzir, the son of a professional soccer player, was born in the Israeli city of
Beersheba
Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...
and moved to Florida when he was a child.
In junior tennis, Abougzir was ranked as high as two in the world by the ITF and won the boys' doubles title at the
2001 Australian Open
The 2001 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Australia. It was the 89th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 2001.
Seniors
Men's singles
An ...
with Argentine
Luciano Vitullo. He was also a
US Open boys' singles semi-finalist.
Most of his appearances on the professional tour were at
ITF Futures
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level and he featured in qualifying at the
2001 US Open. He had best world rankings of 929 in singles and 653 in doubles.
Abougzir played collegiate tennis for
Florida State University
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, where he earned All-ACC honors.
Junior Grand Slam titles
Doubles (1)
References
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1983 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Florida State Seminoles men's tennis players
Tennis people from Florida
Israeli emigrants to the United States