Noam Okun

Noam Okun
Okun in 2007 qualifying for the US Open
Nation:	Israel
Birthday:	April 16, 1978
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	85 kg
1st professional season:	1996
Playing hand:	Right
Trainer:	Shimon Rapaport
Prize money:	$ 784,555
singles
Career record:	36:59
Highest ranking:	95 (April 22, 2002)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	1: 5
Highest ranking:	162 (July 6, 2009)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Noam Okun (born April 16, 1978 in Haifa ) is an Israeli tennis player .

Career

In his time as a junior, Noam Okun only played at the 1996 US Open , after which he switched to the pros. This year he achieved his best placement in the junior world rankings with 67th place.

In 1999 he reached an individual final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Tel Aviv for the first time . He had previously won a title on the ITF Future Tour ; in doubles he got his first two titles at the Challengers in Ahmedabad and Budapest . In the tennis world rankings at the end of 1999 he was listed in the top 200 singles and in the top 250 doubles. In 2000 he played almost no tournaments, only in 2001 did he get back on a regular basis and experienced the most successful period of his career. He won three Challengers in Jerusalem, Andorra and Tyler. In addition, he got his first appearances on the ATP Tour . Here he made it to the second round twice - in Indianapolis and Lyon . At the end of 2001 he was in 114th place. By April 2002, he increased this position to 95th, which is his career best.

In the following years until 2006 he was continuously in the top 200 and played both Challengers and occasional World Tour tournaments. In 2002 in Scottsdale , he made the first entry into a quarterfinals there; In 2004 in Indianapolis he was able to win one more match, which is his greatest success at this level. At the Masters in Cincinnati , Okun defeated his best-listed opponent with the Dutchman Martin Verkerk (number 15 in the world). After playing the first Grand Slam match in 2000 , he managed to make it into the second round of the US Open in 2002 and 2006 in a total of seven participations, all of which were in this period up to 2006 . He won the Challenger titles four and five in 2004 and 2007.

From 2008 he was less successful and fell out of the top 500 in the world rankings, so he had to compete in futures again. Here he won four titles in 2009 and also reached the Challenger semi-finals in Bangkok , making it back into the top 250. Nevertheless, he rarely managed to qualify for Challengers or World tournaments as a result. As a result, he played regular tournaments for the last time at the end of 2010. He had competed three times since then at a future in Israel.

Davis Cup

In 1999 Okun made his debut for the Israeli Davis Cup team , with which he even rose to the world group in 2007. Overall, his balance for the team is 17:16 in 9 matches. In 2013, after the end of his career, he played for his country for the last time in the first-round match of the world group against France.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500

ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (14)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 12, 2001	Jerusalem	Hard court	Michaël Llodra	6: 4, 6: 1
2.	June 30, 2001	Andorra	Hard court	Christian Vinck	6: 2, 6: 4
3.	November 11, 2001	Tyler	Hard court	Vincent Spadea	7: 5, 6: 2
4th	August 15, 2004	Binghamton	Hard court	Danai Udomchoke	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 1
5.	July 8, 2007	Winnetka	Hard court	Kevin Anderson	6: 4, 6: 3

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	December 26, 1998	Ahmedabad	Hard court	Nir Welgreen	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	3: 6, 6: 0, 6: 4
2.	September 18, 1999	Budapest	sand	Harel Levy	Daniel Fiala Leoš Friedl	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
3.	January 7, 2001	São Paulo	Hard court	André Sá	Cédric Kauffmann Flávio Saretta	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
4th	March 11, 2001	Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Noam Behr	Kelly Gullett Brandon Hawk	6: 3, 7: 5
5.	March 25, 2001	Hamilton	Hard court	Noam Behr	Tuomas Ketola Filippo Messori	7: 6, 6: 4
6th	July 6, 2003	Pozoblanco	Hard court	Brandon Coupe	Juan Ignacio Carrasco Albert Portas	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
7th	June 6, 2004	Tallahassee	Hard court	Matias Boeker	Mark Hlawaty Brad Weston	6: 7 3 , 6: 3, 6: 4
8th.	September 11, 2005	Istanbul	Hard court	Harel Levy	David Škoch Martin Štěpánek	6: 4, 7: 5
9.	July 20, 2008	Aptos	Hard court	Amir Weintraub	Todd Widom Michael Yani	6: 2, 6: 1

Web links

Commons : Noam Okun  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• ATP profile by Noam Okun (English)
• ITF profile Noam Okun (English)
• ITF junior profile Noam Okun (English)
• Davis Cup statistics from Noam Okun (English)