Limor Zaltz

Limor Zaltz (born 8 July 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

Limor Zaltz
Country (sports) Israel
Born (1973-07-08) 8 July 1973
Prize money$26,666
Singles
Career titles0 WTA / 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 242 (9 August 1993)
Doubles
Career titles0 WTA / 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 245 (10 June 1991)

Biography

A winner of two junior grand slam titles, Zaltz was the girls' doubles champion at the 1990 Australian Open and 1991 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

Zaltz, who comes from Haifa, played on the professional tour until 1993, reaching best rankings of 242 in singles and 245 in doubles. All of her 11 Fed Cup matches for Israel were in doubles.

In the early 1990s she played college tennis for the University of Miami. Her younger sister Rinat, an Israel women's national basketball team representative, played basketball for the university.[2]

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2-2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 14 May 1990 Jaffa, Israel Hard Miriam Oremans 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 2. 18 May 1992 Haifa, Israel Hard Shiri Burstein 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 7 September 1992 Jerusalem, Israel Hard Yael Segal 6–7(10), 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 6 June 1993 Cáceres, Spain Hard Cristina Torrens Valero 3–6, 6–7(5)

Doubles (4-6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 30 July 1990 Roanoke, United States Hard Ilana Berger Dahlia Coriat
Medi Dadoch		 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 6 August 1990 Lebanon, United States Hard Ilana Berger Kathy Foxworth
Vincenza Procacci		 4–6, 1–4 ret.
Winner 1. 5 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Clay Ilana Berger Daniella Blanke
Yael Shavit		 6–2, 6–1
Winner 2. 12 November 1990 Ashkelon, Israel Clay Ilana Berger Dahlia Coriat
Medi Dadoch		 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner 3. 18 May 1992 Haifa, Israel Hard Michelle Anderson Rikki Gaddie
Toni Gaddie		 0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 25 May 1992 Ashkelon, Israel Hard Michelle Anderson Ilana Berger
Petra Kamstra		 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner 4. 7 September 1992 Jerusalem, Israel Hard Yael Segal Yael Beckman
Caroline Hunt		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 17 May 1993 Tortosa, Spain Clay Tzipora Obziler Maria Inés Araiz
María Fernanda Landa		 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 31 May 1993 Cáceres, Spain Hard Tzipora Obziler Eleni Rossides
Heidi Sprung		 6–0, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 9 August 1993 College Park, United States Hard Tzipora Obziler Susan Gilchrist
Vickie Paynter		 2–6, 3–6

See also

References
  1. Glauber, Bill (8 July 1991). "Stich serves Becker powerful notice 3-time champ falls in 3 sets in all-German Wimbledon final". Baltimore Sun.
  2. "Israeli cager boosting Miami". Jewish Post. 1 March 1995.


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