Limor Zaltz

Limor Zaltz
Country (sports)	Israel
Born	8 July 1973 (age 48)
Prize money	$26,666
Singles
Career titles	0 WTA / 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 242 (9 August 1993)
Doubles
Career titles	0 WTA / 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 245 (10 June 1991)

Limor Zaltz (born 8 July 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

Biography[]

A winner of two junior grand slam titles, Zaltz was the girls' doubles champion at the 1990 Australian Open and 1991 Wimbledon Championships.^[1]

Zaltz, who comes from Haifa, played on the professional tour until 1993, reaching best rankings of 242 in singles and 245 in doubles. All of her 11 Fed Cup matches for Israel were in doubles.

In the early 1990s she played college tennis for the University of Miami. Her younger sister Rinat, an Israel women's national basketball team representative, played basketball for the university.^[2]

ITF finals[]

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2-2)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	14 May 1990	Jaffa, Israel	Hard	Miriam Oremans	7–6, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	2.	18 May 1992	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Shiri Burstein	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	7 September 1992	Jerusalem, Israel	Hard	Yael Segal	6–7⁽¹⁰⁾, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	6 June 1993	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Cristina Torrens Valero	3–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾

Doubles (4-6)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 July 1990	Roanoke, United States	Hard	Ilana Berger		6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	6 August 1990	Lebanon, United States	Hard	Ilana Berger	Kathy Foxworth Vincenza Procacci	4–6, 1–4 ret.
Winner	1.	5 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Ilana Berger		6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	12 November 1990	Ashkelon, Israel	Clay	Ilana Berger		4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	3.	18 May 1992	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Michelle Anderson	Rikki Gaddie	0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	25 May 1992	Ashkelon, Israel	Hard	Michelle Anderson	Ilana Berger Petra Kamstra	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	4.	7 September 1992	Jerusalem, Israel	Hard	Yael Segal		6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	17 May 1993	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Tzipora Obziler	María Fernanda Landa	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	31 May 1993	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Eleni Rossides Heidi Sprung	6–0, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	9 August 1993	College Park, United States	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Susan Gilchrist Vickie Paynter	2–6, 3–6

References[]

^ Glauber, Bill (8 July 1991). "Stich serves Becker powerful notice 3-time champ falls in 3 sets in all-German Wimbledon final". Baltimore Sun.
^ "Israeli cager boosting Miami". Jewish Post. 1 March 1995.

External links[]

Limor Zaltz at the Women's Tennis Association
Limor Zaltz at the International Tennis Federation
Limor Zaltz at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] Glauber, Bill (8 July 1991). "Stich serves Becker powerful notice 3-time champ falls in 3 sets in all-German Wimbledon final". Baltimore Sun.

[2] "Israeli cager boosting Miami". Jewish Post. 1 March 1995.

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