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Israel · born Tel Aviv, 1965 · right-handed · winner of the first Rosmalen grass tournament, 1990
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1990
Champion of the first Rosmalen Grass Court Championships, unseeded
6
ATP singles titles, one on grass
4R
Best Wimbledon result, 1989
18
Career-high ranking, November 1987
QF
Australian Open 1992, his best Grand Slam result
Amos Mansdorf was born in Tel Aviv in 1965, grew up in Ramat HaSharon and learned the game at the Israel Tennis Centers. He won the Asian junior title in 1983, turned professional the same year and then did his military service; while in the army he played the tennis demonstration event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He won his first ATP title in Johannesburg in November 1986.
He won six singles titles in all: Johannesburg, Ramat HaSharon in 1987, Auckland and the Paris indoor event in 1988, Rosmalen in 1990 and Washington in 1993. He reached No. 18 in November 1987, the third round at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the quarter-finals of the 1992 Australian Open, where he lost to the eventual champion, Jim Courier. He played Davis Cup for Israel from 1984 to 1994, retired in 1994, captained the Davis Cup team from 2000 to 2004 and has worked with young players at the Israel Tennis Centers.
| Rosmalen 1990 | Unseeded in the first edition of the tournament; beat fifth seed Richey Reneberg 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals and Alexander Volkov 6-3, 7-6 in the final. His only grass-court title |
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| Wimbledon | Fourth round in 1989, his best result there. He lost in qualifying in 1984 and 1985, then played the main draw every year from 1986 to 1994 |
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| 1990 | Men's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
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Los Angeles, 1984
He was doing his compulsory Israeli military service when he played the tennis demonstration event at the 1984 Olympics, losing in the first round to Carlos Di Laura. Four years later, with tennis a full Olympic sport again, he reached the last 16 in Seoul.
Source: OlympediaCzechoslovakia, 1987
In a Davis Cup tie in Hradec, Israel beat the favoured Czechoslovak team 3-2. Mansdorf won both his singles, beating Miloslav Mečíř, then one of the world's top five, 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 and Karel Nováček in the deciding rubber. It took Israel into the last eight for the first time.
Source: Jewish Telegraphic AgencyRamat HaSharon, 1987
His second title came at the tournament in his home town, where he beat Jimmy Connors in the semi-finals and Brad Gilbert in the final.
Source: The Jerusalem PostParis, 1988
At the Paris indoor tournament the world No. 1, Mats Wilander, withdrew before play began. Mansdorf beat two top-10 players, Aaron Krickstein and Jakob Hlasek, on the way to the final and then beat Brad Gilbert 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
Source: WikipediaAfter tennis
After retiring in 1994 he worked as a diamond merchant in Ramat Aviv, captained Israel's Davis Cup team from 2000 to 2004 and has coached young Israeli players.
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