Amos Mansdorf Explained

Amos Mansdorf
Residence:Herzlia, Israel
Birth Date:1965 10, df=y
Birth Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Turnedpro:1983
Retired:1994
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$2,412,016
Singlesrecord:306–231
Singlestitles:6
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 18 (16 November 1987)
Australianopenresult:QF (1992)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1990)
Wimbledonresult:4R (1989)
Usopenresult:4R (1990)
Othertournaments:yes
Olympicsresult:3R (1988)
Doublesrecord:46–84
Doublestitles:0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 67 (19 May 1986)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (1985)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (1988)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1987)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (1986, 1987, 1988)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:QF (1987)
Updated:24 May 2022

Amos Mansdorf (Hebrew: עמוס מנסדורף; born 20 October 1965) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 18 (achieved in November 1987), the highest ever for any male Israeli tennis player.[1] His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 67 (May 1986).

Early and personal life

Mansdorf grew up in Ramat HaSharon, a small city north of Tel Aviv, and is Jewish.[2] [3] All four of his grandparents had emigrated from Poland to Israel in the 1930s.[4] His father Jacob is a chemical engineer, and his mother Era is a teacher.[5] He started playing tennis when he was 10 years old. He trained at the Israel Tennis Centers.[6] He lives in Herzlia, Israel.[7]

Tennis career

1980s

In 1983 Mansdorf won the Asian Junior Championship in Hong Kong. That same year he turned professional, and started his mandatory Israeli military service. During his service he played at the demonstration event of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and lost in the first round. He reached the quarterfinals at both the 1984 US Open and Canadian Open Juniors.

Immediately after completing his service, in November 1986 he beat World # 5 Henri Leconte 6–2, 6–7, 6–3, in Wembley, United Kingdom. He won his first tour singles title later that month at Johannesburg, beating World # 10 Andrés Gómez 6–4, 6–4 in the quarterfinals, and defeating American Matt Anger in the final.[8]

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 18 (achieved in November 1987), the highest ever for any male Israeli tennis player. His second singles title came in 1987 in his hometown of Ramat Hasharon. In the semifinals he beat World # 6 Jimmy Connors, 7–6, 6–3, and in the finals he beat World # 12 Brad Gilbert, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.

The third title was in January 1988 at Auckland. In March he beat World # 4 Boris Becker, 6–4, 6–4, in Orlando. In October that year he won the biggest title of his career at the Paris Open (now part of the Tennis Masters Series). He faced the World # 1 Mats Wilander, but the Swede retired before the tournament began. Mansdorf beat Aaron Krickstein and Jakob Hlasek, two top 10 players, on his way to the final. He beat Gilbert in the final in straight sets, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.

He also played at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where tennis was an official sport, and this time reached the 3rd round (the final 16 players) defeating Yoo Jin-sun and Kelly Evernden before losing to Tim Mayotte. In March 1989 in Scottsdale he upset World # 13 Thomas Muster, 7–5, 6–2, and World # 15 Gilbert 5–7, 6–3, 6–0.

1990s

Mansdorf won another title at Rosmalen in the Netherlands in 1990. In the third round of the US Open in 1990 he beat World # 8 Brad Gilbert 5–7, 5–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–1. In September 1991 in Toulouse, he beat World # 11 Magnus Gustafsson, 6–4, 6–1.

His best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came at the Australian Open in 1992, where he reached the quarterfinals by beating Peter Lundgren, Arnaud Boetsch, Richey Reneberg and Aaron Krickstein before losing to the eventual champion, Jim Courier. In February 1992 in Philadelphia, he upset World # 3 Michael Stich 7–6 (5), 7–5. In January 1993 in Sydney, he beat World # 13 Carlos Costa 6–1, 5–7, 6–4. He qualified for the 1992 Olympics, but had to withdraw because of injury.

Mansdorf's sixth and final career title came in 1993 at Washington, DC, during which he beat World # 11 Petr Korda 6–3, 6–3. In July 1994 in Toronto, he beat World # 8 Todd Martin 6–7 (4), 6–3, retired, and in August at Cincinnati he upset Korda (World # 14) 6–3, 6–3, and Boris Becker (World # 8), 7–6 (1), 6–4.

He reached the fourth round of the US Open and Wimbledon and the finals of the US Pro Indoor Championships.

In addition to his six titles, he reached ten other finals but lost, four of them in Ramat Hasharon. During his career, he won 304 matches and lost 231, and earned prize money of US$2,412,691.

Davis Cup

In Davis Cup, Mansdorf played 10 years and won 22 matches (second-most ever by an Israeli, to Shlomo Glickstein, through 2008) against 25 losses, including a 15–4 record in singles matches on hard courts or carpet.[9] He played a major role in Israel's success in this competition, when Israel played six years in the world group between 1987 and 1994.

Retirement

Mansdorf retired in 1994. Mansdorf next worked as a diamond merchant in Ramat Aviv. He serves as chairman of the Israel Tennis Center, and works in the Israel Tennis Association's youth program.[10]

Between 2000 and 2004, he served as Israel's Davis Cup captain.

As of 2015, he was coaching 17-year-old Israeli Davis Cup player Edan Leshem.[11]

ATP career finals

Singles: 16 (6 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (1–0)
ATP 500 Series (1–1)
ATP 250 Series (4–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–9)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–7)
Indoors (2–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Tel Aviv, IsraelGrand PrixHard Brad Gilbert3–6, 2–6
Win1–1Johannesburg, South AfricaGrand PrixHard Matt Anger6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win2–1Tel Aviv, IsraelGrand PrixHard Brad Gilbert3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss2–2Vienna, AustriaGrand PrixHard Jonas Svensson6–1, 6–1, 2–6, 3–6, 5–7
Win3–2Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Ramesh Krishnan6–3, 6–4
Win4–2Paris, FranceMasters SeriesCarpet Brad Gilbert6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss4–3Auckland, New ZealandGrand PrixHard Ramesh Krishnan4–6, 0–6
Loss4–4Singapore, SingaporeGrand PrixHard Kelly Jones1–6, 5–7
Win5–4Rosmalen, NetherlandsGrand PrixGrass Alexander Volkov6–3, 7–6
Loss5–5Tel Aviv, IsraelGrand PrixHard Andrei Chesnokov4–6, 3–6
Loss5–6Toulouse, FranceWorld SeriesHard Guy Forget2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss5–7Philadelphia, United StatesChampionship SeriesCarpet Pete Sampras1–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–7(2–7)
Loss5–8Osaka, JapanWorld SeriesHard Michael Chang4–6, 4–6
Win6–8Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Todd Martin7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss6–9Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Stefano Pescosolido6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss6–10Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Wayne Ferreira6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament19841985198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA2RA2R1R4R1R2RQF3R2R0 / 912–9
French OpenAA2R1R1RA3RA1RA1R0 / 63–6
WimbledonQ1Q33R2R2R4R3R1R2R2R3R0 / 913–9
US OpenA2R3R3R1R3R4R1R1R3R2R0 / 1013–10
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–02–25–33–41–48–37–41–35–45–34–40 / 3441–34
Olympic Games
style=background:#EFEFEF align=leftSummer Olympicsstyle=background:#afeeee1RNot Heldstyle=background:#afeeee3RNot HeldANH0 / 22–2
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAA1RQF2RAA1RAA0 / 44–4
MiamiAA1R3R4RA3RA2RAA0 / 57–5
HamburgAAAAAA1R1RAA1R0 / 30–3
RomeAAAAAA1R1R2R1R1R0 / 51–5
CanadaAA2RA1RA3R3RQF1R3R0 / 79–7
CincinnatiA1R1R1RAA2R3R3R2RQF0 / 89–8
ParisAAAQFbgcolor=limeW1R2RA2R2RA1 / 610–5
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–11–34–411–31–26–64–46–62–45–41 / 3840–37

Doubles

Tournament1984198519861987198819891990SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA3RA2R1R1R1R0 / 53–5
French OpenAA1RA3RAA0 / 22–2
Wimbledon1RQ21R2RAAA0 / 31–3
US OpenAA1R1R1RAA0 / 30–3
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–12–10–32–32–30–10–10 / 136–13
Olympic Games
style=background:#EFEFEF align=leftSummer OlympicsANot Heldstyle=background:#afeeee2RNH0 / 11–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsAAAA1R1RA0 / 20–2
MiamiAA1R1R3RAA0 / 32–3
RomeAA2RAAAA0 / 11–1
CanadaAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1
CincinnatiAA2R2RAAA0 / 20–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–01–40–22–20–10–00 / 93–9

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel: Past and Present. Yair. Galily. Amir. Ben-Porat. 31 October 2013. Routledge. 9781317967910. Google Books.
  2. Book: Wechsler, Bob. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. 21 September 2008. KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. 9781602800137. Google Books.
  3. Book: Schreiber, Mordecai. The Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia. 1 December 2011. Taylor Trade Publications. 9781589797253. Google Books.
  4. Web site: A YOUNG TENNIS STAR RISES IN AN ANCIENT LAND. Franz. Lidz. Sports Illustrated Vault | SI.com.
  5. Web site: Amos Mansdorf | Bio | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
  6. Web site: ITC Champions. https://web.archive.org/web/20070219054858/http://www.tennis.org.il/EItcChampions.html. 19 February 2007.
  7. Web site: Amos Mansdorf | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
  8. Book: Horvitz, Peter S.. The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. 21 April 2007. SP Books. 9781561719075. Google Books.
  9. Web site: Amos Mansdorf . Davis Cup . 23 May 2022.
  10. Web site: Mansdorf, Amos. Jews in Sports. 19 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100200/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=98. 29 September 2007. dead.
  11. Web site: Edan Leshem. ATP World Tour.