23 Facts About Harel Levy

Harel Levy is a retired Israeli professional tennis player, and the current captain of Israel's Davis Cup team.

Harel Levy reached the final of the 2000 Toronto Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No 30, with his best doubles ranking being World No 71 in May 2008.

In September 2017, Harel Levy was named the captain of Israel's Davis Cup team.

Harel Levy is a good friend of Brazilian tennis champion Gustavo Kuerten, with whom Harel Levy has often been a hitting partner.

Harel Levy's family moved to Portugal for a year and half when he was nine years old.

Harel Levy was the first Israeli to reach an ATP Tour final since Amos Mansdorf in 1994, and jumped to No 70 in the world rankings.

Harel Levy completed his three years of military service in the IDF in August 2000.

Harel Levy played down his achievements by joking that he was more depressed by his Israeli soccer team losing that week than excited by his success.

Harel Levy then beat world No 40 Andy Roddick, with powerful groundstrokes and spinning drop shots, while sustaining a right hip injury.

Harel Levy just came up with power and speed and there was nothing I could do about it at all.

In November 2001 Harel Levy flew to the US for arthroscopic surgery for an injured knee, and had complicated right hip surgery to address his injury in Nottingham.

Harel Levy spent six months home in Ramat Ha-Sharon, a suburb of Tel Aviv, recuperating, and in April 2002 returned to playing tennis.

Harel Levy was hampered by injuries for much of the 2002 season.

At the qualifying tournament for Wimbledon in 2003, Harel Levy defeated Paul Goldstein in the first round, and reached the 3rd round before losing.

Harel Levy was back in peak form at the Dnipropetrovsk tournament in November 2003.

Harel Levy fared better in the doubles tournament where, along with partner Jonathan Erlich he won the title in straight sets, over Simon Aspelin and Johan Landsberg.

Harel Levy finished 2003 ranked 111th in the world in singles.

In 2005 Harel Levy won the USTA Tulsa Challenger, beating Benedikt Dorsch of Germany, the reigning NCAA men's singles champion, in a three-hour duel.

In early 2007 Harel Levy was suspended from all competition for three months by the Israel Tennis Federation for failing to participate in a State Cup tennis match that the ITF had organized.

Harel Levy went through some very difficult years of physical and mental recuperation.

Harel Levy decided at the beginning of 2009 to enter slowly reduce his participation in singles tournaments, and put an emphasis on his doubles career with Noam Okun.

Harel Levy was aware that the Russians thought he was incapable of playing at their level, let alone beating Russia's top player, Andreev.

In September 2017, Harel Levy was named the captain of Israel's Davis Cup team, taking over from Eyal Ran.