Noam Okun | |
Residence: | Haifa, Israel |
Birth Date: | 1978 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Haifa, Israel |
Height: | 1.85m (06.07feet) |
Turnedpro: | 1996 |
Retired: | 2015 |
Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Careerprizemoney: | $784,555 |
Coach: | Shimon Rapaport |
Singlesrecord: | 36–59 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 95 (22 April 2002) |
Australianopenresult: | 1R (2000, 2002) |
Frenchopenresult: | Q3 (2005) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (2002, 2005) |
Usopenresult: | 2R (2002, 2006) |
Doublesrecord: | 1–5 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 162 (6 July 2009) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | Q1 (2003, 2005) |
Updated: | 8 June 2021 |
Noam Okun (Hebrew: נעם אוקון; born 16 April 1978) is an Israeli retired professional tennis player.
He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 95 in April 2002.[1] Okun won several challenger tournaments in his career, and was a consistent competitor on the ATP tour, often qualifying for Grand Slam events.
He, Harel Levy, and Dudi Sela were Israel's top singles players for a number of years. Okun trained at the Israel Tennis Centers.[2]
Okun was born in Haifa, Israel. His parents are Igor (who works for Israeli Electric Company) and Galit (an assistant to an orthopedic doctor), and he is Jewish.[3] [4]
Okun began playing tennis at age nine, and was selected to be part of the Israeli Tennis Federation program after a short course at school.
He turned pro in 1999, at the age of 21.
In 2000, Okun qualified for the Australian Open, where he lost to hometown favorite Mark Philippoussis in a five-set thriller, 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 2–6. This was Okun's grand slam debut.
In March 2002, Okun upset Albert Portas of Spain, ranked # 26 in the world, 7–6(4), 6–4, in Scottsdale. In July 2002 he upset Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands, ranked # 23 in the world, 7–6(5), 7–6(4), in Los Angeles. Okun qualified into the 2002 US Open, and lost to world # 1 and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia, 6–7(7), 4–6, 1–6 in the second round.
In August 2003 Okun upset Martin Verkerk of the Netherlands, ranked # 15 in the world, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, in Cincinnati.
In August 2004, Okun won his first title in Binghamton, New York, beating Danai Udomchoke 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 for the title.
In June 2005, Okun qualified for Wimbledon, and lost to Gaël Monfils 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(14) in the first round. In September 2005, Okun qualified for the US Open and lost to Mariano Puerta 6–7(4), 7–6(3), 4–6, 0–6 in the first round.
In September 2006, Okun qualified for the US Open, and beat Potito Starace 6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 6–2 in the first round. Okun went down to Łukasz Kubot in the second round, 6–7(7), 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 4–6.
In July 2007, Okun won his second challenger title in Winnetka, Illinois, beating South Africa's Kevin Anderson 6–4, 6–3 in the final.
In February 2009 he won an Israel F2 tournament, and lost in the finals of an Israel F3 tournament to Harel Levy, by walkover.[5] In August and September 2009, he won three tournaments—an Israel F4, F5 and F6 tournament.
In March 2015, he played in an Israel F3 tournament in Ramat HaSharon, Israel, and lost in the finals to Isak Arvidsson of Sweden.
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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Loss | 0–1 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | Michael Hill | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Greece F5, Athens | Futures | Clay | Lior Mor | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
Loss | 0–3 | Uzbekistan F2, Namangan | Futures | Hard | Oleg Ogorodov | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 | ||
Win | 1–3 | Poland F1, Kraków | Futures | Clay | Bartlomiej Dabrowski | 6–1, 7–6 | ||
Loss | 1–4 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Ctislav Doseděl | 6–7, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 1–5 | Chandigarh, India | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Van Scheppingen | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 2–5 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Michaël Llodra | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
Win | 3–5 | Andorra la Vella, Andorra | Challenger | Hard | Christian Vinck | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
Win | 4–5 | Tyler, United States | Challenger | Hard | Vince Spadea | 7–5, 6–2 | ||
Win | 5–5 | Binghamton, United States | Challenger | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 5–6 | Lubbock, United States | Challenger | Hard | Sam Querrey | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 6–6 | Winnetka, United States | Challenger | Hard | Kevin Anderson | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Win | 7–6 | Israel F2, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Harel Levy | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 7–7 | Israel F3, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Harel Levy | walkover | ||
Win | 8–7 | Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Mikal Statham | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
Win | 9–7 | Israel F5, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Miloslav Mečíř | 6–3, 6–2 | ||
Win | 10–7 | Israel F6, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Marcus Daniell | 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | ||
Loss | 10–8 | Israel F3, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Isak Arvidsson | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Win | 1–0 | India F1, New Delhi | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Erlich | Lior Mor Jamie Delgado | 6–7, 7–6, 7–6 | ||
Loss | 1–1 | India F3, Indore | Futures | Hard | Jonathan Erlich | Ali Hamadeh Andrew Rueb | 6–7, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 1–2 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Nir Welgreen | Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara | 6–7, 3–6 | ||
Win | 2–2 | Ahmedabad, India | Challenger | Hard | Nir Welgreen | Noam Behr Eyal Ran | 3–6, 6–0, 6–4 | ||
Win | 3–2 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Harel Levy | Daniel Fiala Leoš Friedl | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | ||
Win | 4–2 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | André Sá | Cedric Kauffmann Flávio Saretta | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 | ||
Win | 5–2 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Carpet | Noam Behr | Kelly Gullett Brandon Hawk | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Win | 6–2 | Hamilton, New Zealand | Challenger | Hard | Noam Behr | Tuomas Ketola Filippo Messori | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | ||
Loss | 6–3 | Jerusalem, Israel | Challenger | Hard | Noam Behr | Jonathan Erlich Michaël Llodra | 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(2–7) | ||
Win | 7–3 | Córdoba, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Brandon Coupe | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Albert Portas | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 | ||
Win | 8–3 | Tallahassee, United States | Challenger | Hard | Matías Boeker | Mark Hlawaty Brad Weston | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 8–4 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Jonathan Erlich | Simon Aspelin Graydon Oliver | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | ||
Loss | 8–5 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Harel Levy | Nathan Healey Eric Taino | 5–7, 6–7(4–7) | ||
Win | 9–5 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Harel Levy | David Škoch Martin Štěpánek | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 9–6 | Durban, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Stéphane Bohli | Rik de Voest Dominik Meffert | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 9–7 | Lanzarote, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Dudi Sela | Rik de Voest Luke Bourgeois | 3–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 10–7 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Amir Weintraub | Todd Widom Michael Yani | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
Loss | 10–8 | Donetsk, Ukraine | Challenger | Hard | Harel Levy | Xavier Malisse Dick Norman | 6–4, 1–6, [11–13] | ||
Win | 11–8 | Israel F2, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Harel Levy | Tim Van Terheijden Jürgen Zopp | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
Loss | 11–9 | Israel F8, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Noam Behr | Ti Chen Marcus Daniell | 6–7(1–7) ret. | ||
Loss | 11–10 | Israel F9, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Aviv Ben Shabat | Ti Chen Marcus Daniell | 0–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 11–11 | Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Noam Behr | Gabor Borsos Ádám Kellner | 4–6, 6–7(7–9) |
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||
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Australian Open | A | 1R | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||
French Open | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
Wimbledon | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q3 | A | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||
US Open | Q3 | A | Q3 | 2R | Q2 | Q2 | Q3 | 2R | Q1 | A | A | Q3 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | ||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
bgcolor=efefef align=left | Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
bgcolor=efefef align=left | Miami Open | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
bgcolor=efefef align=left | Canada Masters | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
bgcolor=efefef align=left | Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||
bgcolor=efefef align=left | Shanghai Masters | Not Held | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
Okun was a major force on the Israeli Davis Cup team, playing for it in 1999 and since 2001, going 17–16, and winning both of his matches in Israel's 2006 3–2 victory over Great Britain.[6] His Davis Cup record also includes big wins in live rubbers over Wayne Ferreira, Jarkko Nieminen, and Andreas Seppi.