Ilana Berger
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Residence | Herzliya, Israel |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | December 31, 1965
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $69,934 |
Singles | |
Career record | 145–86 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 8 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 149 (10 August 1992) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (1988) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 125–62 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 15 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 153 (25 November 1991) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1988, 1992) |
Ilana Berger (Hebrew: אילנה ברגר; born 1965) is a Mexican-born Israeli former professional tennis player and Olympian.
Berger reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 10 August 1992, when she became # 149 in the world. On 25 November 1991, she peaked at world number 153 in the doubles rankings.
Biography
[edit]Berger was born on 31 December 1965, in Mexico City, Mexico. She started playing tennis at the age of 7.
Tennis career
[edit]In the late 1980s, after serving for two years in the Israel Defense Forces, Berger became a professional tennis player. She won 7 singles titles in the ITF Women's Circuit.
Berger won 12 Maccabiah Games medals during her career, including gold, a few of them as a "veteran" while playing Mixed Doubles with Shlomo Glickstein.[1] At the 1989 Maccabiah Games she beat American Andrea Berger to win a gold medal in women's singles.[2]
Berger was elected as one of three best tennis players in Israel's history in the celebrations of Israel's first 50 years.
Berger was Israel's Women's National Champion for five years.
Berger competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Berger represented Israel in 26 meetings in the Federation Cup from 1986–92, going 19–21.[3]
In 2010 she was awarded a honorary medal by the Knesset "for her activities in tennis".[4]
Journalism career
[edit]At the age of 26, she decided to study literature and journalism. She worked 7 years as a sports correspondent for Haaretz. She coaches tennis privately and is a freelance sports journalist. Today she is chief editor of the internet site of the Tel Aviv University Sports Center.
ITF Finals
[edit]Singles Finals: 13 (8-5)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
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Winner | 1. | 10 November 1986 | Jerusalem, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 30 March 1987 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 April 1987 | Arad, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 4. | 23 November 1987 | Jerusalem, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 24 October 1988 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 23 April 1990 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Winner | 7. | 13 August 1990 | Chatham, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Winner | 8. | 5 November 1990 | Ashkelon, Israel | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 9. | 12 November 1990 | Ashkelon, Israel | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 10. | 22 April 1991 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Winner | 11. | 5 August 1991 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 12. | 12 August 1991 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–2), 3–6 |
Winner | 13. | 19 August 1991 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4 |
Doubles Finals: 25 (15-10)
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Runner-up | 1. | 19 May 1986 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 2. | 30 March 1987 | Arad, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 3. | 11 May 1987 | Lee-on-Solent, United Kingdom | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 17 August 1987 | Manhasset, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 5. | 23 November 1987 | Jerusalem, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 7 March 1988 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 7. | 8 August 1988 | Koksijde, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 1–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 8. | 15 August 1988 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 9. | 24 October 1988 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–0 |
Winner | 10. | 31 October 1988 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 11. | 7 November 1988 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | 15 May 1989 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 13. | 30 July 1990 | Roanoke, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 14. | 6 August 1990 | Lebanon, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–4 RET. |
Runner-up | 15. | 22 October 1990 | Lyss, Switzerland | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 16. | 5 November 1990 | Ashkelon, Israel | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 17. | 12 November 1990 | Ashkelon, Israel | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 18. | 22 April 1991 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 19. | 5 August 1991 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–1 |
Winner | 20. | 12 August 1991 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
Runner-up | 21. | 19 August 1991 | Jerusalem, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 22. | 2 September 1991 | Arzachena, Italy | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 23. | 11 November 1991 | Swindon, United Kingdom | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 24. | 25 May 1992 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 25. | 10 October 1994 | Burgdorf, Switzerland | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Maccabiah Games Andrea Berger Wins Gold, Silver In Tennis Competition".
- ^ "Maccabiah Games Andrea Berger Wins Gold, Silver in Tennis Competition".
- ^ "Fed Cup - Page Not Found". www.fedcup.com.
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External links
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- Ilana Berger at the Women's Tennis Association
- Ilana Berger at the International Tennis Federation
- Ilana Berger at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Ilana Berger at Olympedia
- Ilana Berger at Olympics.com
- Ilana Berger at Olympic.org (archived)
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Tennis players from Mexico City
- 20th-century Mexican Jews
- Mexican emigrants to Israel
- Mexican people of Israeli descent
- Israeli female tennis players
- Israeli people of Mexican-Jewish descent
- Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Jewish Israeli sportspeople
- Jewish tennis players
- Olympic tennis players for Israel
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
- Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis
- Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games
- 21st-century Mexican Jews
- Jewish Mexican sportspeople