Bar Tzuf Botzer ( he, בר צוף בוצר; born 2 March 1994) is an Israeli

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball c ...

player. He began playing for the

Israel Davis Cup team The Israel men's national tennis team (Hebrew: נבחרת גביע דייוויס של ישראל) represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association. As of June 2020, Jonathan Erlich became Capta ...

at the age of 20, in 2014. His career-high ranking in singles is World # 583, which he achieved on 17 February 2014.

Biography

Botzer was born in and resides in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He started playing tennis at age five. Botzer played for the

against Argentina in September 2014, at age 20 as a substitute for

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. He lost singles matches to world # 25

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and world # 67

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. Botzer played for the team against the Romania Davis Cup team in 2015, losing in singles to world # 159

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and to world # 168

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. In doubles, he and 17-year-old Edan Leshem lost to

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(world doubles # 17) and Horia Tecau (world doubles # 9).

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