Ytai Abougzir

American tennis player
Ytai Abougzir
Country (sports) United States
Born (1983-02-22) February 22, 1983 (age 41)
Beersheba, Israel
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$13,788
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 929 (Nov 3, 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2001)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 653 (Aug 20, 2007)

Ytai Abougzir (born February 22, 1983) is an Israeli-born American former professional tennis player.

Abougzir, the son of a professional soccer player, was born in the Israeli city of Beersheba and moved to Florida when he was a child.[1]

In junior tennis, Abougzir was ranked as high as two in the world by the ITF and won the boys' doubles title at the 2001 Australian Open with Argentine Luciano Vitullo. He was also a US Open boys' singles semi-finalist.[2]

Most of his appearances on the professional tour were at ITF Futures level and he featured in qualifying at the 2001 US Open. He had best world rankings of 929 in singles and 653 in doubles.

Abougzir played collegiate tennis for Florida State University, where he earned All-ACC honors.[3]

Junior Grand Slam titles

Doubles (1)

No.    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. Jan 2001 Australian Open Hard Argentina Luciano Vitullo Canada Frank Dancevic
Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti 		6–4, 7–6(5)

References

  1. ^ "Abougzir Overwhelms Yovan". Los Angeles Times. 17 April 2001.
  2. ^ Bricker, Charles (February 11, 2001). "135-Pound Abougzir Dazzles With Speed, Not Power". Sun Sentinel.
  3. ^ "Miami Duo Repeats as ACC Tennis Players of the Year". University of Miami Athletics. 19 April 2007.

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Australian Open boys' doubles champions