Shlomo Glickstein - Misplaced Pages

Glickstein was born in Rehovot, Israel, lives in Ashkelon, Israel, and is Jewish. His parents immigrated to Israel from Poland. He served in the Israel Defense Forces for three years, from the ages of 18 to 21, rising to the rank of sergeant.

Tennis career

In 1980, Glickstein defeated World No. 35 Raúl Ramírez in the first round at Wimbledon. He lost to Björn Borg (the eventual tournament winner) in the second round, but won the Wimbledon Plate in a consolation tournament.

Glickstein's victories include wins against World No. 1 Ivan Lendl 6–2, 3–6, 7–5; No. 9 Harold Solomon; No. 10 Eliot Teltscher; and No. 11 Brian Gottfried.

Glickstein retired in 1988. He served as director of the Israel Tennis Academy in Ramat Hasharon from 1992 to 1996.

In the spring of 1998 he was still managing the Israeli Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams.

Davis Cup

Glickstein was 44–22, and 22–4 on hard courts, in Davis Cup play from 1976 to 1987. He is Israel's all-time leader in total wins, singles wins (31), and doubles wins (13). As of 2008, his 44 wins was twice that of the Israeli with the second-most Davis Cup wins, Amos Mansdorf.

Maccabiah Games

Glickstein won the gold medal in men's singles in tennis at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, the first Israeli to win a Maccabiah tennis championship.

Miscellaneous

Glickstein trained at Israel Tennis Centers.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1985	French Open	Clay	Hans Simonsson	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 3–6

Career finals

Singles: 2 titles

Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 1979	Australian Hard Court Championships	Hard	Robert Van't Hof	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jul 1981	South Orange Open, U.S.	Clay	Dick Stockton	6–3, 5–7, 6–4