Edan Leshem
עידן לשם
Full nameEdan Leshem
Native nameעידן לשם
Country (sports) Israel
ResidenceIsrael
Born (1997-03-19) March 19, 1997
New York City, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAmos Mansdorf[1]
Prize money$151,075
Singles
Career record5–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 249 (18 December 2017)
Current rankingNo. 358 (17 July 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 349 (24 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 395 (9 July 2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup5–8
Last updated on: 19 September 2022.

Edan Leshem (Hebrew: עידן לשם; born March 19, 1997) is an Israeli tennis player.[2] In 2015, he began playing for the Israel Davis Cup team at the age of 17.

His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 249, which Leshem achieved on 18 December 2017.[1] His career-high ranking in doubles is No. 349, achieved on 24 September 2018.[1]

Personal info

Leshem was born in New York City, and resides in Israel.[1]

Career

2014–15: First ITF title

In December 2014, Leshem lost in the final of the Israeli national championships in Ra'anana to Dudi Sela, 6–1, 6–2.[3]

In November 2015, Leshem won the Israel F15 in Tel Aviv, Israel.[4]

2016–17: ATP and top 250 debut

In June 2016 Leshem won both the Israel F9 in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, and the Israel F10 in Akko, Israel.[4]

In April 2017, Leshem won both the Israel F3 in Tel Aviv, Israel, defeating Matias Franco Descotte in the final, and the Israel F4 in Ramat Gan, Israel, defeating Mats Moraing in the final.[4] In May 2017 he won the Israel F6 in Akko, Israel, defeating Ben Patael in the final.[4]

He made his debut at the 2017 Citi Open in Washington as a qualifier where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the first round.[5]

2018–19

He was elected to receive a $25,000 grant through the Grand Slam Development Fund for 2018.[6]

In June 2018, Leshem won the doubles with Daniel Cukierman in the Israel F8 in Tel Aviv, Israel, defeating Dan Added and Albano Olivetti in the finals, and the singles in the Israel F9 in Netanya, Israel, defeating Alessandro Bega in the final.[4]

In September 2019 he won his ninth ITF title, the M25 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, defeating Konstantin Kravchuk in the final.[4]

2022: First ATP win, Israeli No. 1 player

At the 2022 Tel Aviv Open, his home tournament, he qualified for the main draw having received a wildcard. He defeated seventh seed Lorenzo Giustino and third seed Luca Nardi. He recorded his first ATP career win defeating compatriot, wildcard Yshai Oliel.[7][8] As a result, he climbed close to 70 positions up the rankings to No. 377 and became the No. 1 Israeli player in singles on 3 October 2022.

National representation

Davis Cup

He was called up to play for the Israel Davis Cup team at the age of 17 in February 2015, after the retirement of Andy Ram.[3] Leshem played for the team against the Romania Davis Cup team in 2015, losing in singles to world # 159 Adrian Ungur by a score of 6–4, 6–2.[9] In doubles, he and Bar Botzer lost to Florin Mergea (world doubles # 17) and Horia Tecău (world doubles # 9), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.[10][11] In 2020 in the G1 Israel vs Turkey Round 1 he defeated Cem Ilkel, ranked # 195 in the world.[4]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 20 (9–11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (9–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–11)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2015 Israel F6, Akko Futures Hard United States Peter Kobelt 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Nov 2015 Israel F15, Tel Aviv Futures Hard Netherlands Lennert Van der Linden 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 2–1 May 2016 Israel F7, Tel Aviv Futures Hard United States Nicolas Meister 6–7(3–7), 5–7
Win 3–1 Jun 2016 Israel F9, Kiryat Shmona Futures Hard United States Nick Chappell 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jun 2016 Israel F10, Akko Futures Hard United States Nick Chappell 6–2, 6–1
Loss 4–2 Mar 2017 Israel F1, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard France Enzo Couacaud 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–3 Mar 2017 Israel F2, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard France Enzo Couacaud 5–7, 1–6
Win 5–3 Apr 2017 Israel F3, Tel Aviv Futures Hard Argentina Matias Franco Descotte 6–4, 6–1
Win 6–3 Apr 2017 Israel F4, Ramat Gan Futures Hard Germany Mats Moraing 6–3, 5–5 ret.
Win 7–3 May 2017 Israel F6, Akko Futures Hard Israel Ben Patael 6–3, 6–3
Loss 7–4 May 2017 Israel F7, Herzlia Futures Hard Canada Filip Peliwo 6–4, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 7–5 Dec 2017 Israel F16, Ramat HaSharon Futures Hard Belgium Yannick Mertens 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 8–5 Jun 2018 Israel F9, Netanya Futures Hard Italy Alessandro Bega 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–6 Oct 2018 Israel F14, Meitar Futures Hard France Baptiste Crepatte 6–7(8–10), 3–6
Loss 8–7 Mar 2019 M15 Tel Aviv, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard Réunion Quentin Robert 3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win 9–7 Sep 2019 M25 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan World Tennis Tour Hard Russia Konstantin Kravchuk 2–2 ret.
Loss 9–8 May 2021 M15 Jerusalem, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard United States Zane Khan 3–6, 4–6
Loss 9–9 May 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom Billy Harris 4–6, 3–6
Loss 9–10 Jun 2022 M15 Ra'anana, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Robert Strombachs 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss 9–11 Aug 2022 M25 Tbilisi, Georgia World Tennis Tour Hard China Bu Yunchaokete 3–6, 6–2, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (4–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (4–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2013 Israel F15, Herzlia Futures Hard Israel Mor Bulis United Kingdom Scott Clayton
United Kingdom Toby Martin
4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 May 2015 Israel F5, Ashkelon Futures Hard Israel Daniel Cukierman Republic of Ireland Sam Barry
Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy
7–5, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Sep 2015 Israel F11, Kiryat Gat Futures Hard Israel Mor Bulis Australia Jarryd Chaplin
New Zealand Ben McLachlan
6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 1–3 May 2016 Israel F7, Tel Aviv Futures Hard Israel Daniel Cukierman United States Nicolas Meister
United States Hunter Reese
5–7, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Oct 2017 Ortisei, Italy Challenger Hard Germany Jeremy Jahn Netherlands Sander Arends
Croatia Antonio Šančić
2–6, 7–5, [11–13]
Win 2–4 Jun 2018 Israel F8, Tel Aviv Futures Hard Israel Daniel Cukierman France Dan Added
France Albano Olivetti
6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–5 Feb 2019 M25 Oberentfelden, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Carpet France Albano Olivetti Czech Republic Marek Jaloviec
Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský
5–7, 1–6
Loss 2–6 Sep 2019 M25 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France World Tennis Tour Hard France Albano Olivetti France Jonathan Eysseric
France Tom Jomby
1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 2–7 Feb 2022 M15 Oberhaching, Germany World Tennis Tour Hard Northern Mariana Islands Colin Sinclair Czech Republic Petr Nouza
Italy Giovanni Oradini
6–3, 3–6, [11–13]
Loss 2–8 May 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Omar Jasika United Kingdom Julian Cash
United Kingdom Henry Patten
3–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Win 3–8 May 2022 M15 Akko, Israel World Tennis Tour Hard Israel Daniel Cukierman United Kingdom Giles Hussey
United Kingdom Daniel Little
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–8 Jan 2023 M25 Sunderland, Great Britain World Tennis Tour Hard Israel Daniel Cukierman United Kingdom Anton Matusevich
United Kingdom Joshua Paris
2–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 4–9 Jun 2023 M25 Rome, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Julian Ocleppo Denmark August Holmgren
Austria David Pichler
4–6, 5–7

References

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  2. "Edan Leshem". CoreTennis.net.
  3. 1 2 "Fresh faces set to step up for Israel's Davis Cup tie in Romania". The Jerusalem Post.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Edan Leshem | Player Activity | Tennis". ATP Tour.
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  6. "2018 PLAYER GRANT RECIPIENTS REFLECT ON SUPPORT". itftennis.com.
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  8. "Tennis, ATP – Tournoi de Tel Aviv 2022 : Leshem domine Oliel". September 27, 2022.
  9. Allon Sinai (March 9, 2015). "Romania sweeps Israel in Davis Cup". The Jerusalem Post.
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