Amir Hadad

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Amir Hadad

Native name	אמיר חדד
Country (sports)	Israel
Born	(1978-02-17) 17 February 1978 Tel-aviv, Israel
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	N/A
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$269,231
Singles
Career record	6–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 180 (14 Apr 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2003, 2004)
French Open	2R (2002)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1998)
US Open	Q3 (2002)
Doubles
Career record	8–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 12 Challenger, 15 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 87 (19 May 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	2R (2002)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2009)
Last updated on: 24 Jun 2026.

Amir Hadad (Hebrew: אמיר חדד; born 17 February 1978) is a retired Israeli professional tennis player. His highest singles ATP ranking was World No. 180, achieved in April 2003, and his highest doubles ranking was No. 87, achieved in May 2003.

Tennis career

Hadad turned pro in 1995. Most of his success has been on the challenger and future circuits. In May 2002, in the first round of the French Open, he upset world No. 78 Christophe Rochus of Belgium, 6–1, 6–2, 6–7 (4,) 6–2. Hadad has trained at the Israel Tennis Centers.

In mid-July 2002, Amir and his partner Martín Vassallo Argüello won the Seascape Challenger Tournament doubles final. His best result was reaching the 3rd round doubles at the 2002 Wimbledon Open, with partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan. The Israeli and Pakistani team received major criticism because of political tensions, but Hadad and Aisam dedicated their run to peace. They won an upset victory in the 2nd round over the No. 11 seeded team of Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach. On 6 February 2003, Hadad and Qureshi were awarded the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award.

"We like the idea. We think there's nothing like sports to bridge the gap between nations and to be the start of solving problems."

— David Harnik, president of Israel's tennis federation

Hadad won tournaments in Groningen, Kyoto, Rome, San Remo, and Vietnam in 2003.

In April 2005 Hadad and partner Harel Levy won a F1 doubles title in Hungary. Hadad enjoyed his best singles performance in years at the Hungary F3 tournament held in Hódmezővásárhely during May 2005. He lost to the eventual champion Boris Pašanski in the finals, 7–6, 6–1. Later in 2005, Hadad and Levy won the Hungary F1 tournament in Budapest, defeating Nikola Martinovic and Josko Topic 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 in the final. They beat Bastian Knittel and Marius Zay 6–1, 6–0 to capture the F2 title in Miskolc. Levy and Hadad then competed in May in Fürth, where they took the title from Jan Frode Andersen and Johan Landsberg, 6–1, 6–2. In July they won at Budaors, Hungary, defeating Adam Chadaj and Stephane Robert 6–4, 6–7(7), 6–3.

In February 2006, he won a F1 tournament in Israel. In May 2006, playing with Konstantinos Economidis, he won in Rome. In November 2007, he won tournaments in Israel with Lazar Magdinčev (MKD) and Harel Levy.

In May 2008 he won in Hungary with Stefan Wauters. In September and October he won with Attila Balázs in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia.

Davis Cup

Hadad played Davis Cup for Israel from 1998 to 2009, winning 5 of his 12 matches.

World TeamTennis

Hadad played World TeamTennis for the Boston Lobsters in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He played for the St. Louis Aces in 2003 and 2004.

Personal life

Hadad is of Tunisian-Jewish descent.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (5–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–0) ITF Futures (4–6)

Finals by surface Hard (4–5) Clay (0–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 1999	India F1, Chandigarh	Futures	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jun 1999	Ireland F2, Dublin	Futures	Hard	Nir Welgreen	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1999	Greece F6, Iraklio	Futures	Hard	Oscar Burrieza-Lopez	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2001	Cuba F1, Havana	Futures	Hard	Gustavo Marcaccio	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–3	Mar 2003	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Yuriy Schukin	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2–4	May 2005	Hungary F3, Hódmezővásárhely	Futures	Clay	Boris Pashanski	6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win	3–4	Jun 2005	Turkey F2, Istanbul	Futures	Hard	Serhii Yaroshenko	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Loss	3–5	Dec 2005	Israel F3, Ra'anana	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Rieschick	4–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6
Win	4–5	Jan 2006	China F2, Jiangmen	Futures	Hard	Melvyn Op Der Heijde	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–5	Feb 2006	Israel F1, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Dekel Valtzer	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–6	Jan 2009	Israel F1, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Attila Balazs	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 44 (27–17)

Legend ATP Challenger (12–10) ITF Futures (15–7)

Finals by surface Hard (10–12) Clay (15–4) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1998	Israel F1, Jaffa	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Erlich	Tapio Nurminen Janne Ojala	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jan 1999	India F1, Chandigarh	Futures	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	Cedric Kauffmann Fazal Syed	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Mar 1999	Israel F2, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Harel Levy	Jonathan Erlich Eyal Erlich	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Apr 1999	France F5, St. Brieuc	Futures	Clay	Regis Lavergne	David Basile Stephane Matheu	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Jun 1999	Ireland F1, Dublin	Futures	Carpet	Jonathan Erlich	Daniele Bracciali Igor Gaudi	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–3	Sep 1999	Turkey F6, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Andy Ram	Martin Hromec Vladimir Platenik	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Oct 1999	Tel Aviv, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Ilie	Noam Behr Eyal Ran	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 1999	Greece F6, Iraklio	Futures	Hard	Barry Cowan	Davor Grgic Djalmar Sistermans	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	Jul 2000	Hungary F5, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Vladimir Platenik	Lee Radovanovich Rodrigo Ribeiro	6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–4
Win	5–5	Aug 2000	Great Britain F6, Bath	Futures	Hard	Miles MacLagan	Vaughan Snyman Haydn Wakefield	5–4(7–4), 5–4(7–4), 5–3
Win	6–5	Feb 2001	Cuba F1, Havana	Futures	Hard	Assaf Drori	Ronald Dueller Jermaine Smith	7–6(9–7), 7–5
Loss	6–6	Aug 2001	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Andrew Nisker	Bobby Kokavec Frederic Niemeyer	6–2, 4–6, 1–6
Win	7–6	Sep 2001	Brasov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Lovro Zovko	Ben Ellwood Kalle Flygt	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win	8–6	Mar 2002	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Peya	Jaymon Crabb Peter Luczak	7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win	9–6	Jul 2002	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Martin Vassallo Arguello	Brandon Coupe Brandon Hawk	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9–7	Aug 2002	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Robert Kendrick	Paul Goldstein Scott Humphries	6–4, 6–7(1–7), 5–7
Win	10–7	Mar 2003	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Andy Ram	Jan Hajek Jimmy Wang	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	11–7	Apr 2003	San Remo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Joan Balcells Juan Albert Viloca	6–2, 6–4
Loss	11–8	Apr 2003	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Christophe Rochus	Massimo Bertolini Giorgio Galimberti	6–2, 5–7, 4–6
Win	12–8	May 2003	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Martin Vassallo Arguello	Manuel Jorquera Diego Moyano	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	12–9	Sep 2003	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win	13–9	Oct 2003	Groningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Fred Hemmes Raemon Sluiter	6–4, 6–4
Win	14–9	Nov 2003	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Scott Humphries Mark Merklein	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Win	15–9	May 2005	Hungary F1, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Harel Levy	Nikola Martinovic Josko Topic	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
Win	16–9	May 2005	Hungary F2, Miskolc	Futures	Clay	Harel Levy	Bastian Knittel Marius Zay	6–1, 6–0
Loss	16–10	May 2005	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Harel Levy	Stephen Huss Johan Landsberg	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win	17–10	Jun 2005	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Harel Levy	Jan-Frode Andersen Johan Landsberg	6–1, 6–2
Win	18–10	Jul 2005	Budaors, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Harel Levy	Adam Chadaj Stephane Robert	6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Loss	18–11	Jan 2006	China F1, Jiangmen	Futures	Hard	Laurent Recouderc	Woong-Sun Jun Sun-Yong Kim	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	18–12	Jan 2006	China F2, Jiangmen	Futures	Hard	Aleksandar Vlaski	Woong-Sun Jun Sun-Yong Kim	6–2, 1–6, 0–6
Loss	18–13	Apr 2006	Chiasso, switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Roko Karanusic	Leonardo Azzaro Lovro Zovko	2–6, 5–7
Win	19–13	May 2006	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Konstantinos Economidis	Manuel Jorquera Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	20–13	Nov 2007	Israel F4, Ramat Hasharon	Futures	Hard	Lazar Magdinchev	Xavier Audouy Trystan Meniane	6–0, 6–2
Win	21–13	Dec 2007	Israel F5, Ramat Hasharon	Futures	Hard	Harel Levy	Sergey Betov Denys Molchanov	6–7(7–9), 6–4, [10–3]
Win	22–13	May 2008	Hungary F2, Godollo	Futures	Clay	Stefan Wauters	Attila Balazs Gyorgy Balazs	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win	23–13	Sep 2008	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Attila Balazs	Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx	7–5, 6–2
Win	24–13	Oct 2008	Croatia F10, Dubrovnik	Futures	Clay	Attila Balazs	Mislav Hizak Josko Topic	6–4, 6–2
Win	25–13	Oct 2008	Croatia F11, Dubrovnik	Futures	Clay	Attila Balazs	Alexandros Jakoubovits Max Raditschnigg	6–3, 6–1
Loss	25–14	Nov 2008	Israel F4, Ramat Hasharon	Futures	Hard	Andreas Haider-Maurer	Bastian Knittel Max Raditschnigg	7–6(10–8), 6–7(8–10), [5–10]
Win	26–14	Nov 2008	Israel F5, Ramat Hasharon	Futures	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Sebastian Rieschick Amir Weintraub	6–3, 6–4
Win	27–14	Jan 2009	Israel F1, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Attila Balazs	Ismar Gorcic Petar Jelenic	6–1, 6–0
Loss	27–15	Jul 2009	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Kevin Anderson Ryler Deheart	4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss	27–16	Aug 2009	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	27–17	Sep 2009	Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Harel Levy	Daniele Bracciali Alessandro Motti	4–6, 2–6

Performance Timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	Q3	Q3	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	2R	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	Q2	A	Q3	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q3	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Masters 1000 Series
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

• Amir Hadad at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Amir Hadad at World Tennis
• Amir Hadad at the Davis Cup (archived)
• Jewish Virtual Library bio
• Qureshi & Hadad interview on ESPN