Andy Ram

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Andy Ram
Tour Finals
F (2009)
Olympic GamesQF (2004, 2012)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (2009)
French OpenW (2007)
WimbledonW (2006)
US OpenSF (2005)
Team competitions
Davis CupSF (2009)
Last updated on: 3 June 2021.

Andreas "Andy" Ram (Hebrew: אנדי רם; born April 10, 1980) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. He was primarily a doubles player, and competed in three Olympics.

He is the first Israeli tennis player to win a senior

mixed doubles title at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, together with Vera Zvonareva. He then won the mixed doubles title at the 2007 French Open with Nathalie Dechy, and the men's doubles title at the 2008 Australian Open with Jonathan Erlich
.

Ram attained his highest doubles ranking of World No. 5 in July 2008. He reached 36 doubles finals and won 20 of them through 2013, mostly with partner Jonathan Erlich; together, they are known in Israel as "AndiYoni". His Davis Cup doubles record, as of 2018, was 20–7.

In May 2014 he announced his retirement, to take effect after Israel's Davis Cup tie in September. In April 2015, Ram, CEO of Pulse Play, announced his new startup – wearable technology and an app for amateur tennis players around the world.

Early and personal life

Ram was born Andreas Ram in

Beitar Jerusalem in the 1950s, was Israeli. After his father was injured he was sent to Uruguay on "shlihut" ("outreach"), and it was there that he met Ram's mother, who is Uruguayan. She is a dental specialist for children.[4] He has an older brother and a younger sister. They moved to Jerusalem when he was five, which is when he began playing tennis.[5][6] "It was tough at the beginning because I couldn't speak the language, and was fighting with people in the kindergarten who didn't understand me", said Ram. "My parents decided to send me to the tennis center not long after we arrived."[6]

He married his wife Shiri in September 2006, and they have 3 children.[4] The family lives in Tel Aviv.

Beitar Jerusalem.[8][7]

Tennis career

Early years of tennis

"I really enjoyed playing tennis, because when I was six or seven years old and winning tournaments it felt good", said Ram. "From when I was 8 or 10 I knew it was going to be a career for me. It's a tennis life so it wasn't so easy. You have to give up many things. When all my friends were playing outside I had to practice. I didn't go to all the school trips. But I was focused from a very young age. I grew up practicing at the Jerusalem tennis center. I spent most of my childhood there, practicing five days a week. I never regretted it and I enjoyed every moment. Now I am reaping the rewards."[6]

Ram/Erlich at the 2008 Gerry Weber Open

Ram was trained by Ronen Moralli at the Israel Tennis Centers in Jerusalem. When he was 15 he was sent to the Wingate Institute, where young Israeli athletes are groomed to become professionals.[9] "It wasn't easy being far away from your family", Ram remembers, "but you know it is going to be your profession and that's what you are going to try to do for life. You practice twice a day and fit in school in between."[6] He became a professional tennis player in 1996, at the age of 16, but did not compete in a Grand Slam tournament until 2001 when he appeared in the Wimbledon doubles with Erlich.[10] It was at Wingate that he first met Jonathan Erlich, his future doubles partner who was also born in South America.

2002

In 2002 Ram was injured, and did not play because he had knee surgery and back surgery. He was on crutches for two months, could not walk, and considered giving up tennis.[6]

2003

In 2003 Ram won the doubles title at the RCA Championship with Croatian Mario Ančić.[11]

With partner Jonathan Erlich, his groundbreaking achievement was their reaching the semifinals of the Wimbledon Championships in 2003 as unknown qualifiers. They defeated three seeded opponents en route to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, in a match in which neither side broke service, Ram and Erlich defeated No. 2 seeded Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in straight sets: 7–6, 7–6, 7–6. In the semis, Ram and Erlich – the first Israelis to ever advance to the semifinals in any Grand Slam event – lost to the defending Wimbledon champions, Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge.[12]

Ram reached the 2003

Anastassia Rodionova of Russia. The couple lost to tennis legend Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes.[13]

Ram felt at that point that he had to choose whether to focus on doubles or singles, as he felt it would be tough to combine the two. He chose to concentrate on doubles.[6]

Ram and Erlich then won the

Thailand Open in September and the Lyon tournament in October 2003. They also won first place in Indianapolis, Istanbul, India, Rotterdam, and Milan.[4]

2004

Ram competed in the mixed doubles event at the 2004 French Open with partner Petra Mandula of Hungary, and made it as far as the quarterfinals where they lost to Daniela Hantuchová and doubles ace Todd Woodbridge.[14] Ram and Erlich were triumphant yet again in the Lyon International Series tournament in October 2004. They defeated Jonas Björkman and Radek Štěpánek in the final with a 7–6, 6–2 victory.[4]

2005

In the 2005 Australian Open Ram paired up with Conchita Martínez of Spain in the mixed doubles event. Martinez and Ram pulled off an impressive coup in the quarterfinals, beating top seeds Daniel Nestor and Rennae Stubbs 7–5, 6–7, 7–6. They fell in the semifinals to Aussie pair Scott Draper and Samantha Stosur 7–5, 6–3.[15]

Ram and Erlich won their fourth major tournament in Rotterdam in February 2005, beating Czechs Cyril Suk and Pavel Vízner for the honors. They missed the 2005 French Open grand slam tournament, as Ram's father had died as he was preparing to fly to France.

In August 2005, playing singles he defeated world # 56 Ricardo Mello of Brazil 6–1, 6–4, at the New Haven International.

Ram and Erlich played in the mixed doubles competition in

Masters Cup
in Shanghai.

2007

Ram with his mixed doubles partner at the US Open, 2007.

At the 2007 French Open, Ram, along with his partner, Nathalie Dechy, won the Mixed doubles competition.[16] Ram and Dechy teamed up together again to compete in the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the third round to 9th-ranked Marcin Matkowski and Cara Black 6–3, 6–4.[17]

At Cincinnati, at the

ATP World Tour Masters 1000, in August he and Erlich won, upsetting the world # 1 Bryan brothers in the final 4–6, 6–3, 13–11.[18] At the US Open, he played doubles with Erlich, losing in the round of 16 to the eventual winners Simon Aspelin and Julian Simon 5–7, 6–7. In mixed doubles with Nathalie Dechy he made it to the quarter-finals.[4]

2008

At the 2008 Australian Open Ram and Erlich won the men's doubles Championship in straight sets over Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra 7–5, 7–6. This was the duo's first Grand Slam win after numerous ATP titles, and was also Israel's first ever Grand Slam trophy in men's doubles.[19] The duo also won the Masters Series event at Indian Wells, California by defeating the team of Nestor and Zimonic in the finals. After Erlich's injury, Ram was playing with other partners and won indoor titles in Vienna (with Max Mirnyi) and Lyon (with Llodra).[4]

2009

At the

Indian Wells Masters. Ram partnered Erlich once again at Israel Open ATP Challenger tournament in Ramat HaSharon in May, but after losing in the final he announced his decision to keep partnering with Mirnyi until the end of 2009 season (with the exception of a Davis Cup match against Russia, where he would partner with Erlich).[21]

2010–2014

He partnered with Julian Knowle for the 2010 French Open. They reached the semi-finals, which was the best result for either player at the French Open.[4]

In 2011, Ram and Erlich won both the 2011 Winston-Salem Open and the Eastbourne International tournament.[22]

In May 2012, Ram and Erlich won the Serbia Open in Belgrade.[23]

In May 2014, at age 34, he announced his retirement, to take effect after Israel's Davis Cup tie in September.[24]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2008 Australian Open Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra		 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2003 Wimbledon Grass Russia Anastasia Rodionova United States Martina Navratilova
India Leander Paes		 3–6, 3–6
Win 2006 Wimbledon Grass Russia Vera Zvonareva United States Venus Williams
United States Bob Bryan		 6–3, 6–2
Win 2007 French Open Clay France Nathalie Dechy Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić		 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2009 Australian Open Hard France Nathalie Dechy India Sania Mirza
India Mahesh Bhupathi		 3–6, 1–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 37 (19 titles, 18 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–7)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–3)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (13–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–17)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (3–0)
Carpet (3–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (12–11)
Indoor (7–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2003 Indianapolis Tennis Championships, US International Hard Croatia Mario Ančić United States Diego Ayala
United States Robby Ginepri 		2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win 2–0 Sep 2003
Thailand Open
, Thailand 		International Hard (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Andrew Kratzmann
Finland Jarkko Nieminen 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 Oct 2003 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich France Julien Benneteau
France Nicolas Mahut 		6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Jan 2004 Chennai Open, India International Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Spain Rafael Nadal
Spain Tommy Robredo 		6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss 3–2 Feb 2004 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Paul Hanley
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 		7–5, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 4–2 Oct 2004 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France (2) International Carpet (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich Sweden Jonas Björkman
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 		7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 5–2 Feb 2005 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich Czech Republic Cyril Suk
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner 		6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win 6–2 Jun 2005 Nottingham Open, UK International Grass Israel Jonathan Erlich Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Todd Perry 		4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–3 Jul 2005 Los Angeles Open, US International Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich United States Rick Leach
United States Brian MacPhie 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–4 Aug 2005 Canadian Open, Canada Masters Series Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett 		7–6(7–5), 3–6, 0–6
Loss 6–5 Oct 2005 Thailand Open, Thailand International Hard (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Paul Hanley
India Leander Paes 		6–5(7–5), 1–6, 2–6
Loss 6–6 Oct 2005 Vienna Open, Austria Intl. Gold Hard (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor 		3–5, 4–5(4–7)
Win 7–6 Jan 2006 Adelaide International, Australia International Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(12–10)
Loss 7–7 Feb 2006 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands Intl. Gold Hard (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Paul Hanley
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett 		6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)
Loss 7–8 May 2006 Italian Open, Italy Masters Series Clay Israel Jonathan Erlich The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor 		4–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Win 8–8 Jun 2006 Nottingham Open, UK (2) International Grass Israel Jonathan Erlich Russia Igor Kunitsyn
Russia Dmitry Tursunov 		6–3, 6–2
Win 9–8 Aug 2006 Connecticut Open, US International Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski 		6–3, 6–3
Win 10–8 Oct 2006 Thailand Open, Thailand (2) International Hard (i) Israel Jonathan Erlich United Kingdom Andy Murray
United Kingdom Jamie Murray 		6–2, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss 10–9 Mar 2007 Las Vegas Open, US International Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss 10–10 Mar 2007
Indian Wells Masters
, US 		Masters Series Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Czech Republic Martin Damm
India Leander Paes 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 10–11 Aug 2007 Washington Open, US International Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Win 11–11 Aug 2007
Cincinnati Masters
, US 		Masters Series Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Win 12–11 Jan 2008 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra 		7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 13–11 Mar 2008 Indian Wells Masters, US Masters Series Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 13–12 Aug 2008 Cincinnati Masters, US Masters Series Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		6–4, 6–7(2–7), [7–10]
Win 14–12 Oct 2008 Vienna Open, Austria Intl. Gold Hard (i) Belarus Max Mirnyi Germany Philipp Petzschner
Austria Alexander Peya 		6–1, 7–5
Win 15–12 Oct 2008 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France (3) International Carpet (i) France Michaël Llodra Australia Stephen Huss
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins 		6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 15–13 Feb 2009 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Austria Julian Knowle France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra 		6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 15–14 Mar 2009 Indian Wells Masters, US Masters 1000 Hard Belarus Max Mirnyi United States Mardy Fish
United States Andy Roddick 		6–3, 1–6, [12–14]
Win 16–14 Apr 2009 Miami Open, US Masters 1000 Hard Belarus Max Mirnyi Australia Ashley Fisher
Australia Stephen Huss 		6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 16–15
Aug 2009
 Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard Belarus Max Mirnyi India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 16–16 Nov 2009 ATP World Tour Finals, UK Tour Finals Hard (i) Belarus Max Mirnyi United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan 		6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 16–17 Nov 2010 Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i) The Bahamas Mark Knowles India Mahesh Bhupathi
Belarus Max Mirnyi 		5–7, 5–7
Win 17–17 Jun 2011 Eastbourne International, UK 250 Series Grass Israel Jonathan Erlich Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Italy Andreas Seppi 		6–3, 6–3
Win 18–17 Aug 2011 Winston-Salem Open, US 250 Series Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Germany Christopher Kas
Austria Alexander Peya 		7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss 18–18 Jan 2012 Chennai Open, India 250 Series Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich India Leander Paes
Serbia Janko Tipsarević 		4–6, 4–6
Win 19–18 May 2012 Serbia Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay Israel Jonathan Erlich Germany Martin Emmrich
Sweden Andreas Siljeström 		4–6, 6–2, [10–6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1999 Turkey F3, Istanbul Futures Hard Israel Raviv Weidenfeld 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Jan 2000 India F3,
Madras
 Futures Hard Slovakia Ladislav Švarc 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Feb 2000 Calcutta, India Challenger Grass Finland Tuomas Ketola 3–6, 1–6
Win 3–1 Jul 2000
Bristol
, United Kingdom 		Challenger Grass Austria Julian Knowle 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Aug 2001 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard United Kingdom Barry Cowan 6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Aug 2001 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Germany Björn Phau 2–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Mar 2006 Israel F2, Ra'anana Futures Hard France Clément Morel 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 33 (23–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (16–6)
ITF Futures (7–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (17–8)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1998 Greece F6, Veria Futures Hard Israel Michael Kogan Germany Markus Menzler
Germany Patrick Sommer 		0–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 1999 Turkey F3, Istanbul Futures Hard Azerbaijan Emin Ağayev
Dmitriy Tomashevich
 6–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Sep 1999 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Clay Israel Amir Hadad
Vladimir Platenik
Slovakia Martin Hromec
 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F4, Fergana Futures Hard Italy Stefano Galvani Israel Lior Dahan
Belgium Kris Goossens 		5–7, 6–7
Win 2–3 Oct 1999 Uzbekistan F5,
Karshi
 Futures Hard Italy Stefano Galvani Slovakia Tomáš Čatár
Slovakia Branislav Sekáč 		6–4, 7–6
Win 3–3 Jan 2000 India F2,
Bangalore
 Futures Clay Israel Nir Welgreen
Aisam Qureshi
United Kingdom Miles Maclagan
 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–3 Jan 2000 India F3,
Madras
 Futures Hard Israel Nir Welgreen Slovakia Boris Borgula
Slovakia Ladislav Švarc 		6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Win 5–3 Feb 2000 Calcutta, India Challenger Grass Israel Nir Welgreen
Gregory Carraz
 2–1 ret.
Loss 5–4 Mar 2000 France F6, Douai Futures Carpet Croatia Lovro Zovko Belgium Gilles Elseneer
Belgium Arnaud Fontaine 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 5–5 Jun 2000
Denver
, United States 		Challenger Hard Israel Noam Behr Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Lior Mor 		4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 6–5 Jul 2000 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Australia Dejan Petrovic Switzerland Yves Allegro
Switzerland Ivo Heuberger 		6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 7–5 Jul 2000
Córdoba
, Spain 		Challenger Hard Australia Dejan Petrovic Spain Óscar Burrieza López
Brazil Daniel Melo 		6–1, 6–4
Win 8–5 Jan 2001 USA F2, Delray Beach Futures Hard Israel Noam Behr Croatia Lovro Zovko
Slovenia Andrej Kračman 		6–4, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 8–6 May 2001 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Israel Noam Behr Czech Republic Michal Navrátil
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský 		3–6, 1–6
Win 9–6 Jul 2001 Campos do Jordão, Brazil Challenger Hard Australia Dejan Petrovic Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Brazil Daniel Melo 		6–3, 6–4
Win 10–6 Aug 2001 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard Australia Dejan Petrovic United Kingdom Barry Cowan
United States Eric Taino 		6–3, 6–4
Win 11–6 Aug 2001 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard Australia Dejan Petrovic Brazil Adriano Ferreira
Brazil Daniel Melo 		6–4, 6–4
Win 12–6 Oct 2001 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich South Africa Paul Rosner
United States Glenn Weiner 		6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 13–6 Nov 2001 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
Finland Tuomas Ketola 		6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Win 14–6 Dec 2001 Costa Rica Challenger Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Brazil Daniel Melo
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dušan Vemić 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 14–7 Feb 2002 Brest, France Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Ben Ellwood
Australia Stephen Huss 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 14–8 Jan 2003 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Argentina Ignacio Hirigoyen Argentina Federico Browne
Netherlands Rogier Wassen 		6–7(0–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win 15–8 Feb 2003 Great Britain F2, Nottingham Futures Carpet United Kingdom Mark Hilton Israel Jonathan Erlich
Israel Harel Levy 		7–6(9–7), 6–2
Win 16–8 Mar 2003 Kyoto, Japan Challenger Carpet Israel Amir Hadad Czech Republic Jan Hájek
Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang 		3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 17–8 Apr 2003 Greece F1, Syros Futures Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
Italy Uros Vico 		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 17–9 May 2003 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Bulgaria Radoslav Lukaev
Russia Dmitry Vlasov 		6–7(6–8), 6–4, 2–6
Win 18–9 Aug 2003 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich South Africa Myles Wakefield
Australia Stephen Huss 		6–4, 6–3
Win 19–9 Sep 2003
Istanbul
, Turkey 		Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Israel Harel Levy
Israel Amir Hadad 		7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)
Win 20–9 Jul 2008 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Russia Mikhail Elgin
Ukraine Sergey Bubka 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 20–10 Mar 2009 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Switzerland George Bastl
Australia Chris Guccione 		5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win 21–10 May 2010 Ramat HaSharon, Israel Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Austria Alexander Peya
Germany Simon Stadler 		6–4, 6–3
Win 22–10 Aug 2013 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich United States James Cerretani
Canada Adil Shamasdin 		6–1, 6–4
Win 23–10 Aug 2013 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Israel Jonathan Erlich Australia Matt Reid
Australia Chris Guccione 		6–3, 6–7(6–8), [10–2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1998 Wimbledon Grass France Michaël Llodra Switzerland Roger Federer
Belgium Olivier Rochus		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1998 US Open Hard Croatia Lovro Zovko
KJ Hippensteel
United States David Martin
 7–6, 6–7, 2–6

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q2 Q2 A Q3 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 Q2 A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A 2R 3R 2R 3R W 2R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1 / 11 13–10 57%
French Open A A A 3R A 2R 3R 3R 1R SF 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 9 13–9 59%
Wimbledon 2R A SF 1R 3R 3R 2R QF 3R 3R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 12 17–12 59%
US Open 1R A 1R 1R QF 3R 3R 2R SF 1R 2R 2R 2R A 0 / 12 15–12 56%
Win–loss 1–2 0–1 4–2 3–4 5–3 6–4 7–4 12–3 7–4 6–4 2–4 3–4 2–3 0–1 1 / 44 58–43 57%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 2R 2R 1R F W F QF 2R A A A 1 / 8 17–7 71%
Miami
 A A A 2R QF SF 1R 1R W 1R QF A A A 1 / 8 13–7 65%
Monte Carlo A A A 2R A 2R 2R QF QF 1R 1R A A A 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Rome
 A A A 1R 1R F 2R 2R QF 1R A A A A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Madrid (Stuttgart) A A A 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R QF 1R A A A 0 / 8 3–8 27%
Canada
 A A A QF F 2R SF 2R F 2R A A A A 0 / 7 10–7 59%
Cincinnati A A A QF 1R SF W F 2R QF A A A A 1 / 7 13–6 68%
Shanghai Not Held 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A A A A QF 1R 1R QF 2R F 1R A A A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
Hamburg
 A A A 1R 1R QF SF 2R NM1 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–8 8–8 10–9 11–8 10–8 15–8 8–9 3–5 0–0 0–0 0–0 3 / 66 71–63 53%
Year End Ranking 103 494 31 32 15 13 18 5 9 23 51 53 113 1429

Mixed doubles

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R SF 2R 1R SF F QF QF 2R A 0 /9 16–9 64%
French Open A QF A SF W 1R QF 2R 1R A A 1 / 7 13–6 68%
Wimbledon F 3R 3R W 3R QF 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1 / 11 19–10 66%
US Open A 1R SF 1R QF 1R A 2R A A A 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Win–loss 5–1 4–4 7–3 9–3 7–3 5–4 6–3 4–4 3–3 2–2 1–1 2 / 33 53–31 63%

Davis Cup

Ram in 2013

Ram played on the Israel Davis Cup team in 2001–09, going 14–8 through July 2009. In 2007 he won two matches in Israel's 5–0 win over Luxembourg, and he won his doubles matches in Israel's 3–2 wins over Italy and over Chile (in which he and Erlich defeated Olympic gold medal winners González and Massú). In 2008, Ram and Erlich won their doubles match against Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt in Israel's 3–2 loss to Sweden in the World group, and then Ram partnering Harel Levy defeated the Peruvian duo Mauricio Echazú/Matias Silva on the way to Israel's 4–1 victory, granting Israel a place in the World Group for the next season. In March 2009, partnering Amir Hadad, Ram lost in Malmö to the same Swedish pair he defeated a year earlier, but the Israeli team won 3–2 overall and proceeded to the World Group quarterfinal.[25]

Israel (ranked 8th in the Davis Cup standings, with 5,394 points) hosted heavily favored

Marbella, Spain on September 18–20, in Israel's first appearance in the Davis Cup semifinals.[37]
Spain won a 4–1 victory over Israel.

Olympics

Erlich and Ram represented Israel at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and reached the quarterfinals. Ranked 8th overall, in the 1st round they defeated Thomas Enqvist and Robin Söderling of Sweden 7–5, 6–3, and then beat Russians Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko in the 2nd round 6–4, 6–1. In the quarterfinals they were defeated by Germans Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schüttler in three sets, 6–2, 2–6, 2–6.

They also represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, where they lost to the French team of Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra in the first round, and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where they were beaten by the Bryan brothers in the quarter-final.[38]

They then represented

Stanislas Wawrinka, before losing to the Bryan brothers, who won the gold medal.[24]

Award

Ram was awarded the inaugural Jerusalem Athlete of the Year award in 2006.[6]

Business venture after tennis career

In April 2015, Ram, co-founder and CEO of Pulse Play, announced his new startup – wearable technology and an app for amateur tennis players around the world.[39][40] It is a smartwatch designed to handle intense and animated tennis, table tennis, badminton, and squash.[41] It operates in real time and connects to the cloud, so users can find nearby opponents, see how they rank against other players worldwide, and track their improvement.[41] Ram raised money initially in crowd-funding on Indiegogo.[41]

See also

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