Jon Levine (tennis)

Jonathan Levine (born September 29, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player.^[1]

Jon Levine

Full name	Jonathan Levine
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1963-09-29) September 29, 1963 (age 59) Phoenix, Arizona
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$122,618
Singles
Career record	10-32
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 120 (June 23, 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1987, 1988)
US Open	3R (1983)
Doubles
Career record	28-48
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 41 (September 26, 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1987)
French Open	QF (1988)
Wimbledon	1R (1989)
US Open	QF (1988)

Career

Levine played collegiate tennis at the University of Texas, and was an All-American in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 he reached the semi-finals of the NCAA Championships, and finished the year ranked #2. ^[2] He also made the round of 16 at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships that year, with wins over Paul Annacone and Harold Solomon. In 1983 he reached the third round of the US Open, beating Victor Amaya and Peter Fleming, before losing to Ivan Lendl.^[3]

Levine won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in doubles with Brad Gilbert, defeating Rick Meyer of the pro tour and Paul Bernstein of Arizona State.^[4][5] In 1983, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in doubles with Eric Korita.

He lost to Michiel Schapers in the first round of the 1987 Australian Open, and was beaten by Jason Stoltenberg in the opening round of the 1988 Australian Open.^[3]

Levine made the semi-finals of the doubles event at Cleveland in 1985, the 1987 Heineken Open, the 1987 Seoul Open and Los Angeles in 1988.^[3]

In 1988, Levine was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at both the French Open and US Open. His partner in each tournament was Eric Korita.^[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1986	San Luis Potosi, Mexico	Clay	Bud Cox	Stephane Bonneau   Iñaki Calvo	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2.	1987	Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Andrew Castle	Steve Guy   David Mustard	7–6, 7–6
3.	1987	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Steve Guy	Suharyadi Suharyadi   Donald Wailan	6–7, 6–4, 6–3

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

1. ITF Pro Circuit Profile
2. The Arizona Republic,"State Has Faults In Amateur Development", August 30, 2005, Tim Tyers
3. "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
4. "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com.
5. "Jewish Post 31 July 1981 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.