Edan Leshem (; born March 19, 1997) is an Israeli tennis player. In 2015, he began playing for the Israel Davis Cup team at the age of 17.
Leshem has a career-high singles ranking of No. 249 achieved on 18 December 2017 and a career-high doubles ranking is No. 349 achieved on 24 September 2018.
Personal info Leshem was born in New York City, and resides in Israel.
Career 2014–15: First ITF title In December 2014, Leshem lost in the final of the Israeli national championships in Ra'anana to Dudi Sela, 6–1, 6–2.
In November 2015, Leshem won the Israel F15 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
2016–17: ATP and top 250 debut
In June 2016 Leshem won both the Israel F9 in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, and the Israel F10 in Akko, Israel.
In April 2017, Leshem won both the Israel F3 in Tel Aviv, Israel, defeating Matias Franco Descotte in the final, and the Israel F4 in Ramat Gan, Israel, defeating Mats Moraing in the final. In May 2017 he won the Israel F6 in Akko, Israel, defeating Ben Patael in the final.
He made his debut at the 2017 Citi Open in Washington as a qualifier where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the first round.
2018–19 He was elected to receive a $25,000 grant through the Grand Slam Development Fund for 2018.
In June 2018, Leshem won the doubles with Daniel Cukierman in the Israel F8 in Tel Aviv, Israel, defeating Dan Added and Albano Olivetti in the finals, and the singles in the Israel F9 in Netanya, Israel, defeating Alessandro Bega in the final.
In September 2019 he won his ninth ITF title, the M25 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, defeating Konstantin Kravchuk in the final.
2022: First ATP win, Israeli No. 1 player At the 2022 Tel Aviv Open, his home tournament, he qualified for the main draw having received a wildcard. He defeated seventh seed Lorenzo Giustino and third seed Luca Nardi. He recorded his first ATP career win defeating compatriot, wildcard Yshai Oliel. As a result, he climbed close to 70 positions up the rankings to No. 377 and became the No. 1 Israeli player in singles on 3 October 2022.
National representation Davis Cup He was called up to play for the Israel Davis Cup team at the age of 17 in February 2015, after the retirement of Andy Ram. Leshem played for the team against the Romania Davis Cup team in 2015, losing in singles to world # 159 Adrian Ungur by a score of 6–4, 6–2. In doubles, he and Bar Botzer lost to Florin Mergea (world doubles # 17) and Horia Tecău (world doubles # 9), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. In 2020 in the G1 Israel vs Turkey Round 1 he defeated Cem Ilkel, ranked # 195 in the world.
ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (9–11)Finals by surfaceHard (9–11)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Israel F6, AkkoFuturesHard Peter Kobelt6–4, 6–2Win2–0Israel F15, Tel AvivFuturesHard Lennert Van der Linden6–1, 5–7, 6–3Loss2–1Israel F7, Tel AvivFuturesHard Nicolas Meister6–7(3–7), 5–7Win3–1Israel F9, Kiryat ShmonaFuturesHard Nick Chappell6–3, 6–3Win4–1Israel F10, AkkoFuturesHard Nick Chappell6–2, 6–1Loss4–2Israel F1, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Enzo Couacaud4–6, 4–6Loss4–3Israel F2, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Enzo Couacaud5–7, 1–6Win5–3Israel F3, Tel AvivFuturesHard Matias Franco Descotte6–4, 6–1Win6–3Israel F4, Ramat GanFuturesHard Mats Moraing6–3, 5–5 ret.Win7–3Israel F6, AkkoFuturesHard Ben Patael6–3, 6–3Loss7–4Israel F7, HerzliaFuturesHard Filip Peliwo6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss7–5Israel F16, Ramat HaSharonFuturesHard Yannick Mertens6–7(4–7), 3–6Win8–5Israel F9, NetanyaFuturesHard Alessandro Bega6–2, 6–1Loss8–6Israel F14, MeitarFuturesHard Baptiste Crepatte6–7(8–10), 3–6Loss8–7M15 Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld Tennis TourHard Quentin Robert3–6, 6–2, 1–6Win9–7M25 Ust-Kamenogorsk, KazakhstanWorld Tennis TourHard Konstantin Kravchuk2–2 ret.Loss9–8M15 Jerusalem, IsraelWorld Tennis TourHard Zane Khan3–6, 4–6Loss9–9M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Billy Harris4–6, 3–6Loss9–10M15 Ra'anana, IsraelWorld Tennis TourHard Robert Strombachs6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss9–11M25 Tbilisi, GeorgiaWorld Tennis TourHard Bu Yunchaokete 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–8)Finals by surfaceHard (4–7)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Israel F15, HerzliaFuturesHard Mor Bulis Scott Clayton Toby Martin4–6, 0–6Win1–1Israel F5, AshkelonFuturesHard Daniel Cukierman Sam Barry Evgeny Karlovskiy7–5, 7–5Loss1–2Israel F11, Kiryat GatFuturesHard Mor Bulis Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan6–7(2–7), 2–6Loss1–3Israel F7, Tel AvivFuturesHard Daniel Cukierman Nicolas Meister Hunter Reese5–7, 5–7Loss1–4Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard Jeremy Jahn Sander Arends Antonio Šančić2–6, 7–5, [11–13]Win2–4Israel F8, Tel AvivFuturesHard Daniel Cukierman Dan Added Albano Olivetti6–4, 6–2Loss2–5M25 Oberentfelden, SwitzerlandWorld Tennis TourCarpet Albano Olivetti Marek Jaloviec Michael Vrbenský5–7, 1–6Loss2–6M25 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Albano Olivetti Jonathan Eysseric Tom Jomby1–6, 6–3, [3–10]Loss2–7M15 Oberhaching, GermanyWorld Tennis TourHard Colin Sinclair Petr Nouza Giovanni Oradini6–3, 3–6, [11–13]Loss2–8M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Omar Jasika Julian Cash Henry Patten3–6, 7–5, [2–10]Win3–8M15 Akko, IsraelWorld Tennis TourHard Daniel Cukierman Giles Hussey Daniel Little6–3, 6–4Win4–8M25 Sunderland, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Daniel Cukierman Anton Matusevich Joshua Paris2–6, 6–1, [10–3]Loss4–9M25 Rome, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Julian Ocleppo August Holmgren David Pichler4–6, 5–7
References
External links
Israel Tennis Centers bio