Tennis career Shlomo Glickstein
1 tennis career
1.1 davis cup
1.2 maccabiah games
1.3 miscellaneous
tennis career
in 1980, glickstein defeated world no. 35 raúl ramírez in first round @ wimbledon. lost björn borg (the eventual tournament winner) in second round, won wimbledon plate in consolation tournament.
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; , no. 11 brian gottfried.
glickstein retired in 1988. served director of israel tennis academy in ramat hasharon 1992–96.
in spring of 1998 still managing israeli davis cup , fed cup teams.
davis cup
glickstein 44–22, , 22–4 on hard courts, in davis cup play 1976–87. israel s all-time leader in total wins, singles wins (31), , doubles wins (13). of 2008, 44 wins twice of israeli second-most davis cup wins, amos mansdorf.
maccabiah games
glickstein won men s singles in tennis @ 1981 maccabiah games, first israeli win maccabiah tennis championship.
miscellaneous
glickstein trained @ israel tennis centers.
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