Jonathan Erlich

Jonathan Erlich
Jonathan Erlich 2016
Nickname:	Joni, Yoni
Nation:	Israel
Birthday:	April 5th 1977
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	78 kg
1st professional season:	1996
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,644,549
singles
Career record:	6: 6
Highest ranking:	292 (October 4, 1999)
Double
Career record:	385: 315
Career title:	21st
Highest ranking:	5 (July 7, 2008)
Current placement:	73
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: November 18, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jonathan Dario Erlich ( Hebrew יונתן דאריו "יוני" ארליך; Born April 5, 1977 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) is an Israeli tennis player . In his career, he has so far won a total of 20 tournaments in doubles - including a Grand Slam tournament - most of them with his former partner Andy Ram .

biography

Erlich was born in 1977 in Buenos Aires , Argentina. When he was one year old, his family immigrated to Haifa , Israel . Today he lives in Tel Aviv . He started playing tennis at the age of three. He played his first tournament when he was seven. He later trained at the Wingate Institute for athletes in Israel, where he also met his future partner in doubles Andy Ram . In 1996, at the age of 19, he became a professional tennis player.

Career

Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram at the 2008 Gerry Weber Open.

1996-2005

Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram played together for the first time in June 2001 at the Queen's Club in London .

In 2003, Erlich and Ram won the quarterfinals at Wimbledon against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor with three sets in the tie-breaker, but lost the subsequent semifinals against Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge . At that time, they were the first Israeli doubles pair to ever stand in a Grand Slam semi-final. In September of the same year, the two won their first tournament in doubles, the Thailand Open . The duo's second tournament success followed just a month later when they won the Grand Prix de Lyon against the French Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut . In 2004 they won the tournament again, this time against Jonas Björkman and Radek Štěpánek 7: 6 and 6: 2. Also in 2004 they reached the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games in Athens.

At the end of 2005, they were number eight and nine in the ranking .

2006 until today

In the first week of the 2006 season, Erlich and Ram won the doubles competition at the Adelaide Tournament . In March they defended the double title of the tournament in Nottingham against the Russians Dmitri Tursunow and Igor Kunitsyn 6: 3 and 6: 2. In November 2006 they won against the top seeded Bob and Mike Bryan at the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai 7: 6, 2: 6 and 6: 1, and again in August of the same year at the Cincinnati Masters with 4: 6, 6: 3, [13:11].

In 2008 they achieved their greatest success by winning the double competition at the Australian Open . Opponents in the final were the French Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra . It was noteworthy that the two did not deliver a single set during the course of the tournament. In March 2008 Erlich and Ram won the Pacific Life Open , where they played the final against Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić .

By 2014, Erlich and Ram had jointly won 15 titles on the World Tour and were in a final 13 more times. Ram ended his career in September 2014 following the Davis Cup game against Argentina, in which he last played alongside Jonathan Erlich. Since then, Erlich has been active with changing partners, with whom he has occasionally been able to win other tour titles.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2) ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series (18) ATP Challenger Tour (25)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (11) Sand (1) Grass (7) Carpet (2)

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 10, 2000	Newport (1)	race	Harel Levy	Kyle Spencer Mitch Sprengelmeyer	7: 6 2 , 7: 5
2.	September 29, 2003	Bangkok (1)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Jarkko Nieminen Andrew Kratzmann	6: 3, 7: 6 4
3.	October 13, 2003	Lyon (1)	Carpet (i)	Andy Ram	Nicolas Mahut Julien Benneteau	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	October 11, 2004	Lyon (2)	Carpet (i)	Andy Ram	Radek Štěpánek Jonas Björkman	7: 6 2 , 6: 2
5.	February 25, 2005	Rotterdam	Hard court	Andy Ram	Cyril Suk Pavel Vízner	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 3
6th	June 20, 2005	Nottingham (1)	race	Andy Ram	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
7th	January 9, 2006	Adelaide	Hard court	Andy Ram	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	7: 6 4 , 7: 6 10
8th.	June 26, 2006	Nottingham (2)	race	Andy Ram	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov	6: 3, 6: 3
9.	August 28, 2006	New Haven (2)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6: 3, 6: 3
10.	October 2, 2006	Bangkok (2)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Andy Murray Jamie Murray	6: 2, 2: 6, [10: 4]
11.	August 19, 2007	Cincinnati	Hard court	Andy Ram	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4: 6, 6: 3, [13:11]
12.	January 26, 2008	Australian Open	Hard court	Andy Ram	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7: 5, 7: 6 4
13.	March 21, 2008	Indian Wells	Hard court	Andy Ram	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6: 4, 6: 4
14th	June 13, 2010	Queen's Club	race	Novak Đoković	Karol Beck David Škoch	6: 7 6 , 6: 2, [10: 3]
15th	June 19, 2011	Eastbourne	race	Andy Ram	Andreas Seppi Grigor Dimitrov	6: 3, 6: 3
16.	August 27, 2011	Winston-Salem	Hard court	Andy Ram	Christopher Kas Alexander Peya	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
17th	May 6, 2012	Belgrade	sand	Andy Ram	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	4: 6, 6: 2, [10: 6]
18th	4th October 2015	Shenzhen	Hard court	Colin Fleming	Chris Guccione André Sá	6: 1, 6: 7 3 , [10: 6]
19th	October 1, 2017	Cheng you	Hard court	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Marcus Daniell Marcelo Demoliner	6: 3, 7: 6 3
20th	July 21, 2018	Newport (2)	race	Artem Sitak	Marcelo Arévalo Miguel Ángel Reyes Varela	6: 1, 6: 2
21st	June 29, 2019	Antalya	race	Artem Sitak	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	6: 3, 6: 4

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 13, 2000	Fargʻona	Hard court	Lior Mor	Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni	6: 4, 6: 0
2.	June 18, 2000	Denver	Hard court	Lior Mor	Noam Behr Andy Ram	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 2
3.	May 12, 2001	Jerusalem	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Noam Behr Noam Okun	7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 6 2
4th	September 23, 2001	Istanbul (1)	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	Sander Groen Michael Kohlmann	without a fight
5.	October 7, 2001	Grenoble	Hard court (i)	Andy Ram	Paul Rosner Glenn Weiner	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 6 4
6th	November 25, 2001	Puebla	Hard court	Andy Ram	Marco Chiudinelli Tuomas Ketola	6: 4, 6: 7 5 , 6: 1
7th	December 2, 2001	San Jose	Hard court	Andy Ram	Daniel Melo Dušan Vemić	6: 3, 6: 3
8th.	March 3, 2002	Cherbourg-Octeville	Hard court (i)	Noam Behr	Julien Benneteau Lionel Roux	without a fight
9.	November 3, 2002	Reunion Island	Hard court	Federico Browne	Marco Chiudinelli Jaroslav Levinský	6: 1, 4: 6, 6: 3
10.	March 9, 2003	Besançon	Hard court (i)	Julian Knowle	Richard Gasquet Nicolas Mahut	6: 3, 6: 4
11.	July 27, 2003	Lexington	Hard court	Takao Suzuki	Matías Boeker Travis Parrott	6: 4, 6: 1
12.	August 10, 2003	Binghamton	Hard court	Andy Ram	Stephen Huss Myles Wakefield	6: 4, 6: 3
13.	September 7, 2003	Istanbul (2)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Amir Hadad Harel Levy	7: 6 5 , 7: 6 6
14th	November 9, 2003	Bratislava	Hard court (i)	Harel Levy	Mario Ančić Martín Alberto García	7: 6 7 , 6: 3
15th	November 16, 2003	Dnipro	Hard court (i)	Harel Levy	Simon Aspelin Johan Landsberg	6: 4, 6: 3
16.	July 12, 2008	Ramat Hasharon (1)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Serhiy Bubka Mikhail Jelgin	6: 3, 7: 6 3
17th	May 17, 2009	Izmir	Hard court	Harel Levy	Prakash Amritraj Rajeev Ram	6: 3, 6: 3
18th	May 8, 2010	Ramat Hasharon (2)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Alexander Peya Simon Stadler	6: 4, 6: 3
19th	4th August 2013	Vancouver	Hard court	Andy Ram	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	6: 1, 6: 4
20th	August 11, 2013	Aptos (1)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Chris Guccione Matt Reid	6: 3, 6: 7 6 , [10: 2]
21st	13th August 2017	Aptos (2)	Hard court	Neal Skupski	Alex Bolt Jordan Thompson	6: 3, 2: 6, [10: 8]
22nd	January 12, 2018	Canberra	Hard court	Divij Sharan	Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Andrej Wassileuski	7: 6 1 , 6: 2
23.	March 31, 2019	Saint-Brieuc	Hard court (i)	Fabrice Martin	Jonathan Eysseric Antonio Šančić	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 2
24.	April 14, 2019	Taipei	Hard court (i)	N. Sriram Balaji	Sander Arends Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6: 3, 6: 2
25th	16th November 2019	Houston	Hard court	Santiago González	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar	6: 3, 7: 6 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 12, 2004	Chennai (1)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	6: 7 3 , 6: 4, 3: 6
2.	February 23, 2004	Rotterdam (1)	Hard court (i)	Andy Ram	Paul Hanley Radek Štěpánek	7: 5, 6: 7 5 , 5: 7
3.	July 31, 2005	los Angeles	Hard court	Andy Ram	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	3: 6, 4: 6
4th	August 15, 2005	Montreal	Hard court	Andy Ram	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7: 6 7 , 3: 6, 0: 6
5.	October 3, 2005	Bangkok (1)	Hard court (i)	Andy Ram	Paul Hanley Leander Paes	7: 6 5 , 1: 6, 2: 6
6th	October 17, 2005	Vienna	Hard court (i)	Andy Ram	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3: 5, 6: 7 4
7th	February 27, 2006	Rotterdam (2)	Hard court (i)	Andy Ram	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6: 7 4 , 6: 7 2
8th.	May 15, 2006	Rome	sand	Andy Ram	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4: 6, 7: 5, [11:13]
9.	March 4, 2007	Las Vegas	Hard court	Andy Ram	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 6 , 2: 6
10.	March 18, 2007	Indian Wells	Hard court	Andy Ram	Martin Damm Leander Paes	4: 6, 4: 6
11.	August 5, 2007	Washington, DC	Hard court	Andy Ram	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 7 5 , 6: 3, [7:10]
12.	August 3, 2008	Cincinnati	Hard court	Andy Ram	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6: 4, 6: 7 2 , [7:10]
13.	October 3, 2010	Bangkok (2)	Hard court (i)	Jürgen Melzer	Christopher Kas Viktor Troicki	4: 6, 4: 6
14th	January 8, 2012	Chennai (2)	Hard court	Andy Ram	Leander Paes Janko Tipsarević	4: 6, 4: 6
15th	June 16, 2013	Hall	race	Daniele Bracciali	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	2: 6, 6: 7 3
16.	July 13, 2014	Newport	race	Rajeev Ram	Chris Guccione Lleyton Hewitt	5: 7, 4: 6
17th	February 21, 2016	Marseille	Hard court (i)	Colin Fleming	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	2: 6, 3: 6
18th	August 13, 2016	Los Cabos	Hard court	Ken Skupski	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	6: 7 4 , 6: 7 3
19th	January 14, 2017	Auckland	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Marcin Matkowski Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 1, 2: 6, [3:10]
20th	29th September 2019	Cheng you	Hard court	Fabrice Martin	Nikola Čačić Dušan Lajović	6: 7 9 , 6: 3, [3:10]
21st	February 8, 2020	Pune	Hard court	Andrei Vasileusky	André Göransson Christopher Rungkat	2: 6, 6: 3, [8:10]

Web links

Commons : Jonathan Erlich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Jonathan Erlich (English)
• ITF Profile of Jonathan Erlich (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Jonathan Erlich (English)
• Official Homepage (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Leslie Bunder: Israel's tennis ace. (No longer available online.) In: somethingisraeli.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on November 2, 2016 . 
2. ↑ For Israeli tennis ace Andy Ram and 'home' crowd in Florida, a finale to remember . timesofisrael.com. September 19, 2014. Accessed July 22, 2018.