Jon Levine (tennis)

Jon Levine
Country (sports) United States United States
Born (1963-09-29) September 29, 1963
Phoenix, Arizona
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $122,618
Singles
Career record 10-32
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 120 (June 23, 1986)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1987, 1988)
US Open 3R (1983)
Doubles
Career record 28-48
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 41 (September 26, 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1987)
French Open QF (1988)
Wimbledon 1R (1989)
US Open QF (1988)

Jon Levine (born September 29, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.[1]

Career

Levine played collegiate tennis at the University of Texas and was an All-American in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 he reached the semi-finals of the NCAA Championships and finished the year ranked #2. [2] He also made the round of 16 at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships that year, with wins over Paul Annacone and Harold Solomon. In 1983 he reached the third round of the US Open, beating Victor Amaya and Peter Fleming, before losing to Ivan Lendl.[3]

Levine won a Gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in doubles with Brad Gilbert. In 1983, he won a gold medal at the Pan American Games in doubles w/Eric Korita.

He lost to Michiel Schapers in the first round of the 1987 Australian Open and was beaten by Jason Stoltenberg in the opening round of the 1988 Australian Open.[3]

Levine made the semi-finals of the doubles event at Cleveland in 1985, the 1987 Heineken Open, the 1987 Seoul Open and Los Angeles in 1988.[3]

In 1988, Levine was a men's doubles quarter-finalist at both the French Open and US Open. His partner in each tournament was Eric Korita.[3]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1986 Mexico San Luis Potosi, Mexico Clay United States Bud Cox Canada Stephane Bonneau
Venezuela Inaki Calvo		 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
2. 1987 Japan Nagoya, Japan Hard United Kingdom Andrew Castle New Zealand Steve Guy
New Zealand David Mustard		 7–6, 7–6
3. 1987 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Hard New Zealand Steve Guy Indonesia Suharyadi Suharyadi
Indonesia Donald Wailan		 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ↑ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. ↑ The Arizona Republic,"State Has Faults In Amateur Development", August 30, 2005, Tim Tyers
  3. 1 2 3 4 ATP World Tour Profile
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