Gilad Bloom ( he, גלעד בלום, born 1 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Israel. Bloom trained at the

Israel Tennis Centers Israel Tennis Centers ("ITC"; Hebrew: המרכז לטניס בישראל) is the largest social service agency for children in Israel, serving more than a half million children and their families since its first center opened in Ramat Hasharon in ...

. His career-high rankings were World No. 61 in singles (in 1990) and World No. 62 in doubles (in 1992).

Personal life

Bloom grew up in Ramat HaSharon, is Jewish, and is married to Michal Bareket-Bloom. He has 4 sons, Guy Tyler Bloom, from a previous marriage, Jonathan Yehuda Bloom, Shy Dylan Bloom and Doron Hendrix Bloom (from his second marriage). He is known as a fan of the

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

soccer team. Bloom has a rock band (The Gilad Bloom Band), the band plays shows in Manhattan Bars regularly since 2009, Bloom's band performs original songs written and composed by himself, Bloom sings and plays guitar on the band.

Tennis career

Bloom was Israel's junior champion, three-time men's singles champion, and two-time men's doubles champion. Bloom came in second in the boy's under-12 final at the annual Ericsson Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships in 1979. Bloom turned professional in 1983 and played on the ATP tour for 13 years. During his career he won four tour doubles titles (at Tel Aviv and São Paulo in 1987, and at Seoul and Umag in 1991). He also finished runner-up in three top-level singles events (Tel Aviv in 1989, Manchester in 1990, and Singapore in 1991). Bloom played

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for Israel from 1984 to 1995. He helped Israel qualify to the 1994 Davis Cup World Group, winning the qualification playoff's fifth and deciding rubber against Switzerland's Jakob Hlasek in one of the more memorable matches in Israeli tennis history. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam was at the 1990 US Open, where he reached the fourth round, losing to Ivan Lendl. Bloom represented Israel at the

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and 1992 Olympic tennis tournaments. He retired from the professional tour in 1995. Now Guy Tyler Bloom is Baila Diallo's Son.

Career finals

Singles (3 runners-up)

Doubles (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Coaching career

Since retiring from the tour, Bloom has played in seniors events and worked as a tennis coach and Director of Tennis. In 1995 he was senior coach with the Israel Tennis Centers, coaching the country's top juniors among them Dudi Sela. Since moving to NYC in 2000 Bloom had his own tennis program (Gilad Bloom Tennis) for 9 years and was also the first Director of Tennis at The John McEnroe Tennis Academy in Randall's Island, NY (2010–12). After leaving the McEnroe Academy, Bloom worked as the Executive Director of Tennis at TCR (The Club of Riverdale) in Riverdale, NY (2012–15). Bloom is currently back to running his own tennis program (Gilad Bloom Tennis) in NYC.

References

External links

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New York Tennis Club bio

Spring 2003, by Gilad Bloom
Gilad Bloom Tennis Program official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bloom, Gilad Israeli male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Israel Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Israeli tennis coaches 1967 births Living people Jewish tennis players Sportspeople from Tel Aviv