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Shahar Pe'er

Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Maccabim, Israel
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Prize money	US$ 974,793
Singles
Career record	158-66
Career titles	3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 15 (January 29, 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	4th (2006)
Wimbledon	2nd (2005, 2006)
US Open	4th (2006)
Doubles
Career record	68-51
Career titles	2 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (January 5, 2007)
Last updated on: March 19, 2007.

Shahar Pe'er (Hebrew: שחר פאר, pronounced: SHAH-ḥar PAY-er ) (born May 1, 1987, Jerusalem, Israel) is a professional female tennis player.

She achieved her highest WTA ranking of # 15 on January 29, 2007.

Tennis career

Pe'er has played in all four of the sport's Grand Slam Tournaments: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.

Pe'er started her competitive tennis career at the age of six.

Shahar won her first title at the age of 12 when she captured the Eddie Herr International Doubles title with Nicole Vaidisova (her vanquished foe in the 2004 Aussie Open final). She reached the Eddie Herr singles final as well.

In the Fall of 2001, Pe'er took first place in the Nike Junior Tour International Masters tennis tournament in the Bahamas.

In early December 2001 Pe'er became the youngest Israeli tennis player ever to win the Israeli women's tennis championship.

In late December 2001, Pe'er won the 55th annual Ericsson Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships under-14 girls' title without dropping a single set, competing with 127 girls in what is considered the unofficial world championships for youth.

In March 2002 she won the Bat Yam International singles title, and was a doubles finalist. In April, she was victorious at the Haifa International doubles event.

In March 2003 she won the Aamata Cup in Thailand.

Pe'er turned professional in 2004.

Pe'er's first major accomplishment came in the 2004 Australian Open, where she won the juniors' championship, beating her partner turned nemesis, Nicole Vaidisova 6-1, 6-4, in the final.

In January 2006 in Canberra, Australia, she lost a marathon semi-final match against Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues that lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes, with a scoreline of 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-4.

At the 2006 French Open, Pe'er lost to Martina Hingis, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, in their fourth-round match. Pe'er reached the fourth round of the 2006 U.S. Open but fell to Justine Henin Hardenne, 6-0, 6-1.

At the 2007 Australian Open, Pe'er made history by becoming the first Israeli woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. In the 4th round she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4 6-2. In the quarterfinal she was defeated by eventual champion Serena Williams 6-3, 2-6, 6-8.

As a 19-year-old, Pe'er joined the Israeli military, as military service is mandatory in Israel. When not abroad participating in tennis tournaments, she spends her mornings working as an administrative secretary for the Israeli military, and her afternoons practicing tennis.

Federation Cup

Pe'er is 13-6 in Federation Cup matches for Israel in 2002-06, having won all of her last 13 matches.

WTA Tour titles (5)

Singles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 12 2006	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Jelena Kostanic	6-3 6-1
2.	May 8 2006	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Samantha Stosur	4-6 6-2 6-1
3.	May 22 2006	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Anastasia Myskina	1-6 6-3 7-6

Runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 24 2007	Memphis, Tennessee, USA	Hard	Venus Williams	1-6 1-6

Doubles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	May 14 2006	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Marion Bartoli	Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek	6-4 6-4
2.	July 30 2006	Stanford, California	Hard	Anna-Lena Groenefeld	Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko	6-1 6-4

ITF titles (7)

Singles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	November 16 2003	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Volha Havartsova	6-1 6-0
2.	November 30 2003	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Volha Havartsova	6-1 6-7 6-3
3.	February 28 2004	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Suchanun Viratprasert	6-4 7-5
4.	December 5 2004	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Zsofia Gubacsi	6-2 6-1

Doubles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 13 2004	Marseille, France	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Kildine Chevalier Conchita Martinez Granados	6-1 6-1
2.	December 5 2004	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Bahia Mouhtassine Ipek Senoglu	6-3 6-0
3.	June 5 2005	Raanana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	7-6(2) 1-6 6-2

Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Miami Masters in Florida, which ended on April 1, 2007.

A = did not participate in the tournament

Links

• Shahar Pe'er at the Women's Tennis Association
• Federation Cup record
• Jews in Sports bio
• "Israeli girl wins world tennis championship," 12/28/01
• "Shahar Pe'er joins the IDF," 10/31/05

• 1987 births
• Living people
• Israeli tennis players
• Jewish tennis players
• People from Jerusalem