Ilana Berger

Ilana Berger

Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Herzliya, Israel
Born	(1965-12-31) December 31, 1965 (age 55) Mexico City, Mexico
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$69,934
Singles
Career record	145–86
Career titles	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (10 August 1992)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	125–62
Career titles	0 WTA, 15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 153 (25 November 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1988, 1992)

Ilana Berger (Hebrew: אילנה ברגר; born 1965) is a Mexican-born Israeli professional tennis player.

Berger reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 10 August 1992, when she became # 149 in the world. On 25 November 1991, she peaked at world number 153 in the doubles rankings.

Biography[]

Berger was born on 31 December 1965, in Mexico City, Mexico. She started playing tennis at the age of 7.

Tennis career[]

In the late 1980s, after serving for two years in the Israel Defense Forces, Berger became a professional tennis player. She won 7 singles titles in the ITF Women's Circuit. Berger won 12 Maccabiah Games Medals during her career, including gold, a few of them already as a "veteran" while playing Mixed Doubles with Shlomo Glickstein.^[1]

Berger was elected as one of three best tennis players in Israel's history in the celebrations of Israel's first 50 years.

Berger was Israel's Women's National Champion for five years.

Berger competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Berger represented Israel in 26 meetings in the Federation Cup from 1986–92, going 19–21.^[2]

Journalism career[]

At the age of 26, she decided to study literature and journalism. She worked 7 years as a sports correspondent for Haaretz. She coaches tennis privately and is a freelance sports journalist. Today she is chief editor of the internet site of the Tel Aviv University Sports Center.

ITF Finals[]

Singles Finals: 13 (8-5)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	10 November 1986	Jerusalem, Israel	Hard	Yvonne Der Kinderen	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	30 March 1987	Haifa, Israel	Hard		6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	6 April 1987	Arad, Israel	Hard	Hester Witvoet	2–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	23 November 1987	Jerusalem, Israel	Hard		6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	24 October 1988	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Debbie Spence	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	23 April 1990	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Robyn Field	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	7.	13 August 1990	Chatham, United States	Hard	Shannan McCarthy	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	8.	5 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Tzipora Obziler	6–1, 6–3
Winner	9.	12 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay		7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	22 April 1991	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	11.	5 August 1991	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard		6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	12 August 1991	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Tessa Price	6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Winner	13.	19 August 1991	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Tessa Price	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–4

Doubles Finals: 25 (15-10)[]

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 May 1986	Jaffa, Israel	Hard			6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	30 March 1987	Arad, Israel	Hard		Titia Wilmink Hester Witvoet	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	11 May 1987	Lee-on-Solent, United Kingdom	Clay	Titia Wilmink	Valda Lake Andrea Tiezzi	3–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	17 August 1987	Manhasset, United States	Clay	Jane Thomas	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Marianne van der Torre	6–4, 6–1
Winner	5.	23 November 1987	Jerusalem, Israel	Hard			6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	7 March 1988	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Yael Segal	Anne Aallonen Lena Sandin	1–6, 5–7
Winner	7.	8 August 1988	Koksijde, Belgium	Clay		Renata Kochta	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	15 August 1988	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay		Elena Brioukhovets Viktoria Milvidskaia	2–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	24 October 1988	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard		Yael Segal	7–5, 6–0
Winner	10.	31 October 1988	Haifa, Israel	Hard		Robyn Field Lesley O'Halloran	6–3, 6–1
Winner	11.	7 November 1988	Jaffa, Israel	Hard		Themis Zambrzycki	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	15 May 1989	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	María José Llorca	Anne Aallonen Luciana Tella	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	30 July 1990	Roanoke, United States	Hard	Limor Zaltz		6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	14.	6 August 1990	Lebanon, United States	Hard	Limor Zaltz	Kathy Foxworth Vincenza Procacci	4–6, 1–4 RET.
Runner-up	15.	22 October 1990	Lyss, Switzerland	Clay	Rona Mayer	Sabine Lohmann Claire Wegink	1–6, 5–7
Winner	16.	5 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Limor Zaltz		6–2, 6–1
Winner	17.	12 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Limor Zaltz		4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	18.	22 April 1991	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Julie Salmon	Anne Aallonen Simone Schilder	6–4, 6–4
Winner	19.	5 August 1991	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Robyn Field	Elizma Nortje	6–0, 6–1
Winner	20.	12 August 1991	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Robyn Field	Kirsten Dreyer Tessa Price	w/o
Runner-up	21.	19 August 1991	Jerusalem, Israel	Hard	Robyn Field	Barbara Griffiths Jane Wood	3–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up	22.	2 September 1991	Arzachena, Italy	Hard	Louise Pleming	Nanne Dahlman Jana Pospíšilová	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	23.	11 November 1991	Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet	Tessa Price	Els Callens Michèle Strebel	6–2, 7–5
Winner	24.	25 May 1992	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Petra Kamstra	Michelle Anderson Limor Zaltz	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up	25.	10 October 1994	Burgdorf, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Tzipora Obziler	Lenka Cenková Adriana Gerši	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

See also[]

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References[]

External links[]

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