Andy Ram

Andy Ram
Andy Ram at Wimbledon 2013
Nation:	Israel
Birthday:	April 10, 1980
Size:	180 cm
1st professional season:	1998
Resignation:	2014
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,647,616
singles
Career record:	4:13
Highest ranking:	187 (August 14, 2000)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	331: 233
Career title:	19th
Highest ranking:	5 (July 7, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andy Ram ( Hebrew אנדי רם; Born April 10, 1980 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a retired Israeli tennis player .

Career

The right-hander won 19 doubles tournaments in his career and reached the final of a doubles competition eleven more times. Except for his first success in Indianapolis with Mario Ančić and three other victories (twice with Max Mirny and once with Michaël Llodra ), he won all titles with compatriot Jonathan Erlich . In 2004 they reached the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games in Athens . Their outstanding success was winning the Australian Open in 2008 .

Ram also enjoyed success in mixed competitions. In 2006 at Wimbledon at the side of Vera Swonaryova, he was the first Israeli to win a Grand Slam tournament ; In 2003 he had already been in the final there with Anastassija Rodionova . In 2007 he and Nathalie Dechy added a second mixed success to his list of victories at the French Open .

He achieved his best world rankings in August 2000 with rank 187 in singles and in July 2008 with rank 5 in doubles.

He ended his career in September 2014. He played his last game in the Davis Cup game against Argentina alongside Jonathan Erlich.

Andy Ram has been married to Shiri Ram since September 2006. The couple have two children.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (3) Tennis Masters Cup ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 (2) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 (13) ATP Challenger Tour (17)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (12) Sand (2) Grass (4) Carpet (3)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 16, 2000	Bristol	race	Julian Knowle	6: 3, 6: 3

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 21, 2003	Indianapolis	Hard court	Mario Ančić	Diego Ayala Robby Ginepri	2: 6, 7: 6, 7: 5
2.	September 29, 2003	Bangkok (1)	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Jarkko Nieminen Andrew Kratzmann	6: 3, 7: 6 4
3.	October 13, 2003	Lyon (1)	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Nicolas Mahut Julien Benneteau	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	October 11, 2004	Lyon (2)	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Radek Štěpánek Jonas Björkman	7: 6, 6: 2
5.	February 25, 2005	Rotterdam	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Cyril Suk Pavel Vízner	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
6th	June 20, 2005	Nottingham (1)	race	Jonathan Erlich	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
7th	January 9, 2006	Adelaide	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	7: 6, 7: 6
8th.	June 26, 2006	Nottingham (2)	race	Jonathan Erlich	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov	6: 3, 6: 3
9.	August 28, 2006	New Haven	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 3, 6: 3
10.	October 2, 2006	Bangkok (2)	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	6: 2, 2: 6, [10: 4]
11.	August 19, 2007	Cincinnati	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4: 6, 6: 3, [13:11]
12.	January 26, 2008	Australian Open	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7: 5, 7: 6 4
13.	March 21, 2008	Indian Wells	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 6: 4
14th	October 12, 2008	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Max Mirny	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Peya	6: 1, 7: 5
15th	October 20, 2008	Lyon (3)	Carpet (i)	Michaël Llodra	Ross Hutchins Stephen Huss	6: 3, 5: 7, [10: 8]
16.	April 5, 2009	Miami	Hard court	Max Mirny	Ashley Fisher Stephen Huss	6: 7 4 , 6: 2, [10: 7]
17th	June 19, 2011	Eastbourne	race	Jonathan Erlich	Andreas Seppi Grigor Dimitrov	6: 3, 6: 3
18th	August 27, 2011	Winston-Salem	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
19th	May 6, 2012	Belgrade	sand	Jonathan Erlich	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	4: 6, 6: 2, [10: 6]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 19, 2000	Calcutta	race	Nir Welgreen	Grégory Carraz Mark Nielsen	2: 1 task
2.	July 23, 2000	Manchester	race	Dejan Petrovic	Yves Allegro Ivo Heuberger	6: 2, 7: 6 1
3.	July 29, 2000	Pozoblanco	Hard court	Dejan Petrovic	Óscar Burrieza Daniel Melo	6: 1, 6: 4
4th	July 29, 2001	Campos do Jordão	Hard court	Dejan Petrovic	Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo	6: 3, 6: 4
5.	August 5, 2001	Belo Horizonte	Hard court	Dejan Petrovic	Barry Cowan Eric Taino	6: 3, 6: 4
6th	August 12, 2001	Gramado	Hard court	Dejan Petrovic	Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo	6: 4, 6: 4
7th	October 7, 2001	Grenoble	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Paul Rosner Glenn Weiner	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6 4
8th.	November 25, 2001	Puebla	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Marco Chiudinelli Tuomas Ketola	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 6: 1
9.	December 2, 2001	San Jose	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Daniel Melo Dušan Vemić	6: 3, 6: 3
10.	March 9, 2003	Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Amir Hadad	Jan Hájek Wang Yeu-tzuoo	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
11.	August 10, 2003	Binghamton	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Stephen Huss Myles Wakefield	6: 4, 6: 3
12.	September 7, 2003	Istanbul	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Amir Hadad Harel Levy	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 6
13.	July 12, 2008	Ramat Hasharon (1)	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Serhiy Bubka Mikhail Jelgin	6: 3, 7: 6 3
14th	May 8, 2010	Ramat Hasharon (2)	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Alexander Peya Simon Stadler	6: 4, 6: 3
15th	4th August 2013	Vancouver	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6: 1, 6: 4
16.	August 11, 2013	Aptos	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Chris Guccione Matt Reid	6: 3, 6: 7 6 , [10: 2]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 12, 2004	Chennai (1)	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 3: 6
2.	February 23, 2004	Rotterdam (1)	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Paul Hanley Radek Štěpánek	7: 5, 6: 7 5 , 5: 7
3.	July 31, 2005	los Angeles	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	3: 6, 4: 6
4th	August 15, 2005	Montreal (1)	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7: 6 7 , 3: 6, 0: 6
5.	October 3, 2005	Bangkok	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Paul Hanley Leander Paes	7: 6 5 , 1: 6, 2: 6
6th	October 17, 2005	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3: 5, 6: 7 4
7th	February 27, 2006	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Erlich	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6: 7 4 , 6: 7 2
8th.	May 15, 2006	Rome	sand	Jonathan Erlich	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4: 6, 7: 5, [11:13]
9.	March 4, 2007	Las Vegas	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 6 , 2: 6
10.	March 18, 2007	Indian Wells (1)	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Martin Damm Leander Paes	4: 6, 4: 6
11.	August 5, 2007	Washington, DC	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, [7:10]
12.	August 3, 2008	Cincinnati	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , [7:10]
13.	February 22, 2009	Marseille (1)	Hard court (i)	Julian Knowle	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6: 3, 3: 6, [8:10]
14th	March 21, 2009	Indian Wells (2)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Mardy Fish Andy Roddick	6: 3, 1: 6, [12:14]
15th	August 16, 2009	Montreal (2)	Hard court	Max Mirny	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	4: 6, 3: 6
16.	November 29, 2009	London	Hard court (i)	Max Mirny	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 5 , 3: 6
17th	November 14, 2010	Paris	Hard court (i)	Mark Knowles	Max Mirny Mahesh Bhupathi	5: 7, 5: 7
18th	January 8, 2012	Chennai (2)	Hard court	Jonathan Erlich	Leander Paes Janko Tipsarević	4: 6, 4: 6

Mixed

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 9, 2006	Wimbledon	race	Vera Swonaryova	Bob Bryan Venus Williams	6: 3, 6: 2
2.	June 7, 2007	French Open	sand	Nathalie Dechy	Nenad Zimonjić Katarina Srebotnik	7: 5, 6: 3

Web links

Commons : Andy Ram  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Andy Ram (English)
• ITF profile Andy Ram (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Andy Ram (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For Israeli tennis ace Andy Ram and 'home' crowd in Florida, a finale to remember . timesofisrael.com. September 19, 2014. Retrieved October 5, 2014.