Ilana Berger

Ilana Berger (born December 31, 1965, in Mexico City, Mexico) is an Israeli former tennis player.

Berger reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 10, 1992, when she became # 149 in the world.

Tennis career

Berger started playing tennis at the age of 7. After her 2-year army service, she played professional tennis for 6 years in the late 1980s.

She won 7 singles titles in the ITF Women's Circuit,

Berger was elected as one of 3 best players in Israel's history in the celebrations of Israel's first 50 years.

Berger won 12 Maccabiah Games Medals during her career, a few of them already as a "veteran" while playing Mixed Doubles with Shlomo Glikstein.

National Champion

Berger was Israel's Women's National Champion 5 years.

Olympics

Berger competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Federation Cup

Berger represented Israel in 26 meetings in the Federation Cup from 1986-92, going 19-21. [http://www.fedcup.com/teams/player.asp?player=20002440]

Later career

She decided then, at 26 years of age, to hang up her rackets and study literature and journalism. She worked 7 years as a sports correspondent in "Haaretz" newspaper, and today coaches tennis privately and is a freelance sports journalist who writes on tennis and other Olympic sports.Today she is also the chief Editor of the Internet Site of Tel Aviv University Sports Center : www.sports-center.co.il

Miscellaneous

Berger trained at Israel Tennis Centers. [ [http://www.tennis.org.il/EItcChampions.html ITC Champions] ]

References

Links

* [http://www.sportingo.com/ilana-berger/1000,84 Sportingo bio]
* [http://www.fedcup.com/teams/player.asp?player=20002440 Federation Cup results]
* [http://tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=w&action=players&playerid=BEI002 Tennis Corner bio]