Eleazar Davidman (also Elazar Davidman, he, אלעזר דודמן; 9 December 1936 – October 2007) was a Jewish 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 ...
player.
Tennis career
Davidman competed in men's singles and men's doubles in tennis for Israel at the
1953 Maccabiah Games
Eight hundred ninety athletes representing 23 countries competed in the 1953 4th Maccabiah Games, held September 20 to 29, in 18 branches of sports.
Israeli President Itzhak Ben-Zvi opened the Games at Ramat Gan Stadium in Tel Aviv District, in f ...
. He competed for Israel in men's singles at the
1961 Maccabiah Games
The 6th Maccabiah Games were held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1961, with 1,100 athletes from 27 countries competing in 18 sports. The Games were officially opened in an Opening Ceremony on August 29, 1961, in Ramat Gan Stadium by Israeli President Yit ...
, defeating American
Sidney Schwartz
Sidney Schwartz was a tennis player from the United States who competed in the mid-20th century. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1950 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles, U.S. National Championships in 1950, losing to Dick Savitt.
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in the third round.
Starting in 1956 Davidman played 39 matches for the
Israel Davis Cup team in
Davis Cup
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competition, going 12–20 in singles and 5–12 in doubles, over the course of 17 ties.
He was Israel's top tennis player beginning in that year, and their first international-level player.
In 1964 he competed in the
Australian Open
The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...
, making it to the second round in both singles and in doubles, with
Lưu Hoàng Đức of South Vietnam.
See also
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Sports in Israel
References
External links
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Obituaryin Hebrew
Memorial website(Hebrew)
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Israeli male tennis players
Jewish tennis players
1936 births
2007 deaths
Date of death missing
Maccabiah Games tennis players
Competitors at the 1953 Maccabiah Games
Competitors at the 1961 Maccabiah Games
Maccabiah Games competitors for Israel