Shlomo Glickstein

Shlomo Glickstein (; born 6 January 1958) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in November 1982, and his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 28 in February 1986.

Early and personal life Glickstein was born in Rehovot, Israel, lives in Ashkelon, Israel, and is Jewish. His parents immigrated to Israel from Poland.

Tennis career

In 1980, Glickstein defeated World No. 35 Raúl Ramírez in the first round at Wimbledon. He lost to Björn Borg (the eventual tournament winner) in the second round, but won the Wimbledon Plate in a consolation tournament. He is Israel's all-time leader in total wins, singles wins (31), and doubles wins (13). As of 2008, his 44 wins was twice that of the Israeli with the second-most Davis Cup wins, Amos Mansdorf.

Maccabiah Games At the 1981 Maccabiah Games, Glickstein had the honor of lighting the ceremonial flame at the opening ceremony. Glickstein then went on to win the gold medal in men's singles in tennis,

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1985 French Open Clay Hans Simonsson Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick 3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6

Career finals

Singles: 2 titles Titles by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)