Limor Zaltz

Limor Zaltz
Country (sports) Israel
Born (1973-07-08) 8 July 1973 (age 51)
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Prize money$26,666
Singles
Career titles0 WTA / 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 242 (9 August 1993)
Doubles
Career titles0 WTA / 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 245 (10 June 1991)

Limor Zaltz (born 8 July 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. She played collegiate tennis at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.

Biography

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A winner of two junior grand slam titles, Zaltz was the girls' doubles champion at the 1990 Australian Open and 1991 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Zaltz, who comes from Haifa, played on the professional tour until 1993, reaching best rankings of 242 in singles and 245 in doubles. All of her 11 Fed Cup matches for Israel were in doubles.

In the early 1990s she played college tennis for the University of Miami. Her younger sister Rinat, an Israel women's national basketball team representative, played basketball for the university.[2]

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2-2)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 14 May 1990 Jaffa, Israel Hard Netherlands Miriam Oremans 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Win 2. 18 May 1992 Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Shiri Burstein 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 1. 7 September 1992 Jerusalem, Israel Hard Israel Yael Segal 6–7(10), 6–3, 4–6
Loss 2. 6 June 1993 Cáceres, Spain Hard Spain Cristina Torrens Valero 3–6, 6–7(5)

Doubles (4-6)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 30 July 1990 Roanoke, United States Hard Israel Ilana Berger Israel Dahlia Coriat
Israel Medi Dadoch
6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 6 August 1990 Lebanon, United States Hard Israel Ilana Berger United States Kathy Foxworth
United States Vincenza Procacci
4–6, 1–4 ret.
Win 1. 5 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Clay Israel Ilana Berger Germany Daniella Blanke
Israel Yael Shavit
6–2, 6–1
Win 2. 12 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Clay Israel Ilana Berger Israel Dahlia Coriat
Israel Medi Dadoch
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 3. 18 May 1992 Haifa, Israel Hard South Africa Michelle Anderson South Africa Rikki Gaddie
South Africa Toni Gaddie
0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3. 25 May 1992 Ashkelon, Israel Hard South Africa Michelle Anderson Israel Ilana Berger
Netherlands Petra Kamstra
2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 4. 7 September 1992 Jerusalem, Israel Hard Israel Yael Segal Israel Yael Beckman
United Kingdom Caroline Hunt
6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. 17 May 1993 Tortosa, Spain Clay Israel Tzipora Obziler Argentina Maria Inés Araiz
Argentina María Fernanda Landa
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5. 31 May 1993 Cáceres, Spain Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler United States Eleni Rossides
Austria Heidi Sprung
6–0, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 9 August 1993 College Park, United States Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler United States Susan Gilchrist
United States Vickie Paynter
2–6, 3–6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Glauber, Bill (8 July 1991). "Stich serves Becker powerful notice 3-time champ falls in 3 sets in all-German Wimbledon final". Baltimore Sun.
  2. ^ "Israeli cager boosting Miami". Jewish Post. 1 March 1995.
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