31 Facts About Jesse Levine

1. Jesse Levine represented the United States from 2007 to 2012, but has represented Canada since 2013.

2. Jesse Levine is an American-Canadian professional tennis player.

3. Jesse Levine is good friends with Canadian NHL ice hockey centre Jason Spezza and a big fan of the Ottawa Senators and Miami Dolphins.

4. Jesse Levine retired at the end of 2014 due to an elbow injury.

5. Jesse Levine was scheduled to have surgery in October 2014, either Tommy John surgery or a different surgery to move his ulnar nerve and thus relieve the numbness in his little finger.

6. Jesse Levine played his first official tournament as a Canadian in Auckland, where he qualified for the main draw of an ATP tournament for the second straight week.

7. Jesse Levine applied to the International Tennis Federation in late 2012 to represent Canada in future Davis Cup play.

8. Jesse Levine lost in the second round of the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.

9. At the beginning of 2011, Jesse Levine played on the ITF Futures Circuit to improve his ranking.

10. Jesse Levine had to withdraw in the second round of qualifying at the 2010 US Open to undergo emergency root canal surgery.

11. Jesse Levine skipped the 2010 Australian Open and 2010 French Open, and played some Challengers instead.

12. In late July Jesse Levine qualified for the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships in singles.

13. Jesse Levine left college prior to play as a wildcard at the 2007 US Open, his first professional tournament as a professional.

14. In July 2007 Jesse Levine travelled to Dubai when top-ranked Roger Federer invited him there to practice for 10 days.

15. Jesse Levine was named 2007 Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year and was named to the 2007 men's tennis All-SEC first team.

16. Jesse Levine was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association 2007 National Rookie of the Year, and was one of 10 players nationally to be selected to the 2007 ITA All-America Team for NCAA Division I men's tennis in both singles and doubles play.

17. Jesse Levine won all but 3 of his matches in straight sets.

18. Jesse Levine enrolled in the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida during the Spring of 2007, and played for the Florida Gators men's tennis team.

19. Jesse Levine attended Boca Prep International School on a soccer scholarship for a year and a half and switched to the University of Miami Online High School, where he was class of 2007.

20. Jesse Levine was the runner-up at the 2006 US Junior National Championship to world No 1 Junior Donald Young, forfeiting in the finals due to food poisoning.

21. Jesse Levine finished 2005 ranked 23rd in the USTA national junior rankings.

22. Jesse Levine was selected to go to the 2005 Maccabiah Games just after winning the doubles, but decided against it as he was too tired.

23. Jesse Levine reached the quarterfinals of the Junior Wimbledon boys' singles tournament that year.

24. Jesse Levine won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship along with Michael Shabaz over Samuel Groth of Australia and Andrew Kennaugh of Great Britain.

25. Jesse Levine finished the year ranked 11th in the USTA boys' 16 division.

26. Jesse Levine appreciates the Jewish fans who cheer for him.

27. Jesse Levine was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in Ottawa's Centrepointe neighborhood.

28. Jesse Levine was the coach of Madison Keys from December 2015 to May 2016.

29. Jesse Levine represented the United States through 2012, and he represented Canada starting in 2013.

30. Jesse Levine achieved his career-high singles rank of world No 69 on October 1, 2012.

31. Jesse Levine was born on October 15, 1987 and is an American-Canadian former professional tennis player.