Jon Levine (tennis) explained

Jon Levine
Country: United States
Birth Date:29 September 1963
Birth Place:Phoenix, Arizona
Height:5 ft 10 in
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$122,618
Singlesrecord:10-32
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 120 (June 23, 1986)
Australianopenresult:1R (1987, 1988)
Usopenresult:3R (1983)
Doublesrecord:28-48
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 41 (September 26, 1988)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1987)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (1988)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1989)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (1988)

Jon Levine (born September 29, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player.[1]

Career

Levine played collegiate tennis at the University of Texas, and was an All-American in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 he reached the semi-finals of the NCAA Championships, and finished the year ranked #2. [2] He also made the round of 16 at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships that year, with wins over Paul Annacone and Harold Solomon. In 1983 he reached the third round of the US Open, beating Victor Amaya and Peter Fleming, before losing to Ivan Lendl.[3]

Levine won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in doubles with Brad Gilbert, defeating Rick Meyer of the pro tour and Paul Bernstein of Arizona State.[4] [5] In 1983, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in doubles with Eric Korita.

He lost to Michiel Schapers in the first round of the 1987 Australian Open, and was beaten by Jason Stoltenberg in the opening round of the 1988 Australian Open.

Levine made the semi-finals of the doubles event at Cleveland in 1985, the 1987 Heineken Open, the 1987 Seoul Open and Los Angeles in 1988.[3]

In 1988, Levine was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at both the French Open and US Open. His partner in each tournament was Eric Korita.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

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1.1986 San Luis Potosi, MexicoClay Bud Cox Stephane Bonneau
Iñaki Calvo
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.1987 Nagoya, JapanHard Andrew Castle Steve Guy
David Mustard
7–6, 7–6
3.1987 Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Steve Guy Suharyadi Suharyadi
Donald Wailan
6–7, 6–4, 6–3

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029214117/https://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10000799 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. The Arizona Republic,"State Has Faults In Amateur Development", August 30, 2005, Tim Tyers
  3. Web site: Players | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
  4. Web site: Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home. scjewishsportshof.com. September 25, 2020. July 29, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220729070730/https://scjewishsportshof.com/gilbert-brad.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Jewish Post 31 July 1981 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program. newspapers.library.in.gov.