Dudi Sela
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| Country (sports) |
 Israel
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|---|---|
| Residence | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Born |
April 4, 1985 Kiryat Shmona, Israel |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 3,089,988 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 126–158 (44.37% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 21 Challengers |
| Highest ranking | No. 29 (20 July 2009) |
| Current ranking | No. 67 (16 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2009, 2015, 2016) |
| French Open | 2R (2009, 2015) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2009) |
| US Open | 2R (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 22–38 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 122 (22 February 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 171 (16 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2010) |
| French Open | 2R (2010, 2012) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2016) |
| US Open | 3R (2009) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | SF (2009) |
| Last updated on: 23 January 2017. | |
David "Dudi" Sela (Hebrew: דודי סלע; born April 4, 1985) is an Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009. As of February 2016[update], Sela is Israel's top men's singles player.
Representing Israel in the Davis Cup, highlights include an upset win in 2007 over World No. 7 Fernando González and being a key factor in Israel's semifinal run in 2009. In 2008 he beat World No. 5 David Ferrer in straight sets, and in 2010 he beat World No. 7 Andy Roddick in straight sets. Sela reached the fourth round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and has finished runner-up in two ATP tournaments in Beijing and Atlanta.
Sela's father Michael, a bus driver, and mother Anca from a Jewish family in Romania and a nurse, immigrated to Israel from Romania. His family name was originally Sălăjean, but his father changed it so that it would be more easily pronounced in Israel. He grew up in Kiryat Shmona, near the Israel-Lebanon border.
At the age of two, Dudi, diminutive of David, had his hands on his first racket, and at the age of seven he began to play tennis. His tennis idols were his brother Ofer, who was a top 200 player, and the Israeli Amos Mansdorf.
In 2000 Sela won in doubles play with Idan Ben-Harosh in the Haifa International and in Corfu, Greece. In 2001 he won in doubles with Maor Zirkin reached the finals in singles play at the Israel International. He won his first singles title in Van Keeken of the Netherlands. He won in both singles and doubles (with Michael Ryderstedt) at the Fischer Junior Open.
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