Personal

Started playing at age 10 with friends ... Father, Efraim, is a salesman; mother, Yana, manages a jewelry store; brother, Tuvi, is a builder and married w/two kids (Sun, Liroi); sister, Rachel, is a fashion store designer ... Speaks Hebrew, English ... Nickname is Tzipi ... Favorites include the movie "The Professional", singer Macy Gray, the book Back to Life by Lance Armstrong and Mexican cuisine ... Relaxes by reading, going to the beach ... Served two years in the Israeli Army ... Went to college at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner: 2008 - ITF/Tenerife-ESP; 2006 - ITF/Washington, DC-USA; 2005 - ITF/Raanana 1-ISR; 2002 - ITF/Mumbai 2-IND, ITF/Nonthaburi 2-THA; 2000 - ITF/Ashkelon-ISR, ITF/Beersheba-ISR; 1999 - ITF/Guimaraes-POR, ITF/Azemeis-POR, ITF/Istanbul 3-TUR, ITF/Istanbul 4-TUR; 1998 - ITF/Jaffa 1-ISR; 1997 - ITF/Jaffe-ISR, ITF/Antalya-TUR.
Finalist (1): 2007 - Guangzhou.
Semifinalist (2): 2007 - Bangalore; 2006 - Guangzhou.
Quarterfinalist (6): 2007 - Pattaya City, Kolkata; 2006 - Auckland; 2005 - Hyderabad; 2003 - Hyderabad; 2000 - Tashkent.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2008 - ITF/Patras-GRE (w/Yakimova); 2007 - ITF/Raanana-ISR (w/Linetskaya); 2006 - ITF/Antalya Manavgat 1-TUR (w/Oprandi); 2005 - ITF/Raanana 1-ISR (w/Peer); 2004 - ITF/Ramat Hasharon-ISR (w/Steinberg), ITF/Deauville-FRA (w/Nemeth), ITF/Raanana-ISR (w/Peer); 2002 - ITF/Tel Aviv-ISR (w/Rosen), ITF/Mumbai 2-IND (w/Daskovic); 2000 - ITF/Norcross, GA-USA; 1999 - ITF/Guimaraes-POR, ITF/Azemeis-POR (both w/Liggan), ITF/Dublin-IRL (w/de Beer), ITF/Jaffa-ISR (w/Rosen).

ADDITIONAL
Israeli Fed Cup Team, 1994-05, 2007-09; Israeli Olympic Team, 2008.