Country (sports) | Israel |
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Residence | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Born |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
April 5, 1977
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 1996 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $2,324,232 |
Singles | |
Career record | 6–6 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 292 (October 4, 1999) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Wimbledon | Q2 (1999) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 336–265 |
Career titles | 18 |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (July 7, 2008) |
Current ranking | No. 45 (June 15, 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2008) |
French Open | 3R (2004, 2007, 2008, 2014) |
Wimbledon | SF (2003, 2015) |
US Open | QF (2005) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (2006, 2007) |
Olympic Games | QF (2004, 2012) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | SF (2009) |
Last updated on: June 15, 2016. |
Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich (Hebrew: יונתן דאריו "יוני" ארליך, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 5, 1977) is a professional Israeli tennis player. He plays doubles, primarily.
He won the men's doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open with Andy Ram.
He attained his highest doubles ranking of World No. 5 in July 2008. Erlich has reached 30 doubles finals and won 17 of them, mostly with partner Andy Ram; together, they are known in Israel as "Andyoni". His Davis Cup doubles record, as of 2013, was 17–7.
Jonathan Erlich, who is Jewish, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He moved to Haifa, Israel, when he was a one-year-old, and now resides in Tel Aviv and competes as an Israeli.
Erlich first started playing tennis when he was three years old, and he played his first tournament at the age of seven. He was later trained at the Wingate Institute, where he met Andy Ram, his future doubles partner. He turned pro in 1996 at the age of 19.
Erlich is known as a fan of the football team Maccabi Haifa.
Erlich and Ram first competed at Queen's Club in June 2001. In 2002, in singles Erlich defeated world # 64 ranked Adrian Voinea of Romania, 6–2, 6–3, in Indianapolis.
The Israeli duo's best achievement was reaching the semifinal of the Wimbledon championships in 2003. They defeated Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor but lost the semifinal to defending Wimbledon champions Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge. They were the first Israelis to advance to the semifinals in a Grand Slam event.