Shahar Peer reached her best singles ranking of world number 11, the highest of any Israeli tennis player in history, in January 2011.
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29 Facts About Shahar Peer
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Shahar Peer peaked at number 14 in the doubles rankings in May 2008.
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Shahar Peer won her first senior national title at the age of 14, and won the Junior Girls' Australian Open title when she was 16.
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Shahar Peer's father is Dov "Dovik" Pe'er who was born in South Africa in 1955 and immigrated to Israel in 1961, and her mother is Aliza.
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Shahar Peer began playing tennis at the age of six when she joined her brother Shlomi and her sister Shani in tennis lessons.
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When Shahar Peer was one, she and her family moved to Maccabim, Israel.
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Shahar Peer beat her former partner Vaidisova in the final, and became the first Israeli woman to win a junior Grand Slam title since Anna Smashnova won the French Open girls' singles title in 1990.
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Shahar Peer beat Americans Meilen Tu and Bethanie Mattek, world No 15 Czech Nicole Vaidisova, and Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland to reach her first US Open and second Grand Slam quarterfinals.
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Shahar Peer was dispatched in the first round of the US Open by China's Li Na.
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Shahar Peer won both her singles rubbers, against Kateryna Bondarenko and Alona Bondarenko.
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Shahar Peer made it to the semifinals, before losing to top seeded Vera Zvonareva.
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Shahar Peer redeemed herself at the BNP Paribas Open, a WTA Premier event.
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Shahar Peer started the fortnight off defeating Kateryna Bondarenko, then upset 10th seeded Marion Bartoli 19th seeded Anna Chakvetadze before losing to the 8th seed and former doubles partner Victoria Azarenka.
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Shahar Peer then reached the second rounds of Bad Gastein and Los Angeles.
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Shahar Peer went on to win the Tashkent Open the following week, without dropping a set, completing 10 successive straight-sets wins in a couple of weeks.
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Shahar Peer was defeated in the first round by world No 61 Sania Mirza.
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Shahar Peer made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Lucie Safarova.
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Shahar Peer held her seeding by advancing to the round of 16, but lost to Venus Williams for the fourth time this season.
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Shahar Peer played in Sydney next, winning against Sybille Bammer, but losing the second round to Victoria Azarenka.
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Shahar Peer lost in the first round to second seed and last year finalist, Andrea Petkovic.
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Shahar Peer was not allowed to mix with other players off the court, was required to exercise in a separate gym, and was under strict guard on her way from the hotel to the court.
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Shahar Peer's forehand uses a semi-western grip, which makes her good in facing big top-spin opponents.
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Shahar Peer's backhand is two-handed and is one of the best on the women's tour.
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Shahar Peer loves to take many points with the inside out shot on her backhand.
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Shahar Peer originally used a kick serve that lacked the drive needed to penetrate deep, but she changed it to more of a slice serve, which works great for her now and even generates aces.
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Shahar Peer has a good volley and doesn't have a problem going to the net.
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