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词条 Steve Krulevitz
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Early career

  3. Professional career

  4. Coaching

  5. Davis Cup

  6. References

  7. External links

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Steve Krulevitz (born May 30, 1951) is a retired American-Israeli right-handed tennis player. His highest singles ranking was No. 42. He competed on the Professional Grand Prix Tennis Circuit for over ten years.

Early life

Steve "Lightning" Krulevitz was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, with dual American-Israeli citizenship, and is Jewish.[1][2]

Early career

Lightning won the MSA Singles four times and was named to the United States Junior Davis Cup Team. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from UCLA and was named All-American in 1973.[3]

Professional career

Lightning was among the top 100 players in the world for nine consecutive years. He has participated in 9 Wimbledons, 13 US Opens, 8 French Opens and 2 Australian Opens. He was also an Israeli Davis Cup player from 1978-1980.[4] His career singles titles include Sarasota (1979) and Chichester (1981). His career doubles titles include Stowe (with Cahill) in 1979 and Brussels (with Stevaux) in 1980. He made it to the 3rd round of Wimbledon and the French Open in 1976, and to the 3rd round of the Australian Open in 1979. He won the Gold Medal for the United States at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.[5] In May 1981 Lightning won the Chitchester, Great Britain Tournament. In May 1982 he lost in the finals of the Tampere, Finland Tournament. Lightning was inducted into the USTA Mid-Atlantic Tennis Hall of Fame in 1993.[6]

Coaching

Lightning's students include Gilad Bloom (Israel), Jaime Yzaga (Peru), Tom Shimada. Reed Cordish, Patrick Osuna, Derrick "Dodger" Thompson, "Ricecakes", "Big John", and Vince Spadea. He is the varsity tennis head coach at Gilman School, where he led the team to a 12th-place finish at the high school national championships in Kentucky, and a 16th place finish at the 2016 National Invitational Boys High School Team Tennis Tournament, located in Newport Beach, CA. He also has led the team to five consecutive titles in the MIAA. Lightning holds a weekly tennis camp at the school.

Davis Cup

Lightning played #1 for Israel's Davis Cup Team and coached that Davis Cup team as well. Lightning was 4–5 in Davis Cup competition for Israel from 1978-80.

References

1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ou8cAQAAMAAJ&q=Krulevitz+jewish&dq=Krulevitz+jewish&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR492tpcLZAhXPct8KHSAgDhMQ6AEIRzAF World Tennis - Google Books]
2. ^[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19780818-01.1.15 Jewish Post 18 August 1978 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program]
3. ^MTNGUIDE06.indd
4. ^Steve Krulevitz | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis
5. ^[https://www.jta.org/1977/07/22/archive/israel-basketball-team-loses-out-to-underdog-u-s-squad-at-10th-maccabiah Israel Basketball Team Loses out to Underdog U.S. Squad at 10th Maccabiah | Jewish Telegraphic Agency]
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.midatlantic.usta.com/foundations/custom.sps?iType=1534&icustompageid=19413 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-02-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719185428/http://www.midatlantic.usta.com/foundations/custom.sps?iType=1534&icustompageid=19413 |archivedate=July 19, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}

External links

  • The Steve Krulevitz Tennis Program
  • Davis Cup record
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