Australian Open Junior F (2017) Height 1.88 m Highest ranking 912 | Career record 0-2 French Open Junior 2R (2016) Turned pro 2015 Prize money 3,431 USD Career titles 0 | |
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Current ranking No. 937 (20 March 2017) | ||
Yshai oliel at australian open 2017 qf match point
Yshai Oliel (Hebrew: ישי עוליאל; born January 5, 2000) is an Israeli junior tennis player.
Contents
- Yshai oliel at australian open 2017 qf match point
- Yshai oliel vs markus eriksson oct 30th 2016 2nd set
- Early and personal life
- Tennis career
- Playing style
- References
Oliel is a two-time Junior Orange Bowl champion, having won in 2012 and 2014. He also, with Patrik Rikl, won the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles title.
Yshai oliel vs markus eriksson oct 30th 2016 2nd set
Early and personal life
Oliel is originally from Ramla, Israel, and is left-handed. His parents, Avraham and Floret Oliel, are Jews who are originally from Morocco. He is the youngest of their five children. As a teenager he grew long, shoulder-length hair. But because his sister told him it was getting to be too much and that it was time "to be a man", he cut his hair and donated it to children undergoing cancer treatment.
Tennis career
Oliel started playing tennis at the age of 5.
Oliel won the Junior Orange Bowl in the 12-and-under singles category in 2012, while he was in 7th grade. He returned at 13 years of age, ranked first in the tournament, to win the 2014 Junior Orange Bowl in the 14-and-under singles category. That made him one of only nine tennis players to win the Junior Orange Bowl championship twice in its 70-year history, which list includes Andy Murray, Jimmy Connors, Jennifer Capriati, and Monica Seles.
As a 15-year-old in 2015, Oliel was ranked # 48 among players 18-and-younger.
He, at age 16, and Patrik Rikl of the Czech Republic won the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles title, defeating Chung Yun-seong and Orlando Luz in the final 6–3, 6–4. Oliel said: "It helped that there were hundreds of Israelis and members of the Jewish community that came along to Roland Garros to cheer me along. I feel very proud to be out there representing Israel." He became the fourth Israeli to win a junior grand slam title, joining Dudi Sela (who won the same title in 2003), Anna Smashnova, and Shahar Peer, all of whom went on to become top-30 players.
At the 2016 Junior Boys’ singles tournament at the US Open at age 16, after beating # 2 seed Alex De Minaur of Australia in the second round 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (2), he lost to # 13 seed Nicola Kuhn of Spain. At the 2016 Junior Boys’ doubles tournament at the US Open, Oliel and Zizou Bergs of Belgium made it to the semi-finals, where they lost to ultimate champions Juan Carlos Aguilar and Felipe Meligeni 4-6, 7-6 (1), 10-2.
As a 16-year-old in September 2016, Oliel was ranked # 39 among players 18-and-younger.
He made the boy's singles final at the 2017 Australian Open, a result which allowed him to reach the #4th place of the Junior rankings. Later this year, Oliel continued to slowly discover the professional circuit and even made his first appearance in a Challenger tournament, in Sophia Antipolis for the Verrazzano Open.
Playing style
Oliel has been noted for his grace, timing, and tenacity. He has a forehand with a good deal of spin, a stable two-handed backhand, a good volley with excellent touch, and he moves well on the court and reads situations well. Former French Open and Wimbledon women's doubles champion Angela Buxton compared his style to that of Roger Federer, noting that he does not "force or muscle the ball".