Jon Levine (tennis)

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Jon Levine
Country (sports)United States United States
Born (1963-09-29) September 29, 1963 (age 60)
Phoenix, Arizona
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$122,618
Singles
Career record10-32
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 120 (June 23, 1986)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1987, 1988)
US Open3R (1983)
Doubles
Career record28-48
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 41 (September 26, 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1987)
French OpenQF (1988)
Wimbledon1R (1989)
US OpenQF (1988)

Jon Levine (born September 29, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player.[1]

Career

Levine played collegiate tennis at the

NCAA Championships, and finished the year ranked #2. [2] He also made the round of 16 at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships that year, with wins over Paul Annacone and Harold Solomon. In 1983 he reached the third round of the US Open, beating Victor Amaya and Peter Fleming, before losing to Ivan Lendl.[3]

Levine won a

Arizona State.[4][5] In 1983, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in doubles with Eric Korita
.

He lost to Michiel Schapers in the first round of the 1987 Australian Open, and was beaten by Jason Stoltenberg in the opening round of the 1988 Australian Open.[3]

Levine made the semi-finals of the doubles event at

1987 Heineken Open, the 1987 Seoul Open and Los Angeles in 1988.[3]

In 1988, Levine was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at both the French Open and US Open. His partner in each tournament was Eric Korita.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1986
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Clay United States Bud Cox
Stephane Bonneau
Venezuela Iñaki Calvo
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2. 1987 Japan Nagoya, Japan Hard United Kingdom Andrew Castle New Zealand Steve Guy
New Zealand David Mustard
7–6, 7–6
3. 1987 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Hard New Zealand Steve Guy
Donald Wailan
6–7, 6–4, 6–3

See also

References

  1. ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ^ The Arizona Republic,"State Has Faults In Amateur Development", August 30, 2005, Tim Tyers
  3. ^ a b c d "Players | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  4. ^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Jewish Post 31 July 1981 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.