Limor Zaltz
{{short description|Israeli tennis player}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|8|df=yes}}
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| college = University of Miami
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| careerprizemoney = $26,666
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| singlestitles = 0 WTA / 2 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 242 (9 August 1993)
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| doublestitles = 0 WTA / 4 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 245 (10 June 1991)
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|native_name=לימור זלץ|native_name_lang=he}}
Limor Zaltz ({{Langx|he|לימור זלץ}}; born 8 July 1973) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. She played collegiate tennis at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Biography
A winner of two junior grand slam titles, Zaltz was the girls' doubles champion at the 1990 Australian Open and 1991 Wimbledon Championships.{{cite news |last1=Glauber |first1=Bill |title=Stich serves Becker powerful notice 3-time champ falls in 3 sets in all-German Wimbledon final |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-07-08-1991189043-story.html |work=Baltimore Sun |date=8 July 1991}}
Zaltz, who comes from Haifa, played on the professional tour until 1993, reaching best rankings of 242 in singles and 245 in doubles. All of her 11 Fed Cup matches for Israel were in doubles.
In the early 1990s she played college tennis for the University of Miami. Her younger sister Rinat, an Israel women's national basketball team representative, played basketball for the university.{{cite news |title=Israeli cager boosting Miami |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19950301-01.1.32 |work=Jewish Post |date=1 March 1995}}
ITF finals
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
=Singles (2-2)=
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| Result
!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 14 May 1990 | Jaffa, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|NED}} Miriam Oremans | 7–6, 3–6, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 18 May 1992 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Shiri Burstein | 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 7 September 1992 | Jerusalem, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Yael Segal | 6–7(10), 6–3, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 6 June 1993 | Cáceres, Spain | Hard | {{flagicon|ESP}} Cristina Torrens Valero | 3–6, 6–7(5) |
=Doubles (4-6)=
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!Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 30 July 1990 | Roanoke, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Ilana Berger | {{flagicon|ISR}} Dahlia Coriat | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 6 August 1990 | Lebanon, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Ilana Berger | {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Foxworth | 4–6, 1–4 ret. |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1. | 5 November 1990 | Ashkelon, Israel | Clay | {{flagicon|ISR}} Ilana Berger | {{flagicon|GER}} Daniella Blanke | 6–2, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 12 November 1990 | Ashkelon, Israel | Clay | {{flagicon|ISR}} Ilana Berger | {{flagicon|ISR}} Dahlia Coriat | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 18 May 1992 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Michelle Anderson | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rikki Gaddie | 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 3. | 25 May 1992 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Michelle Anderson | {{flagicon|ISR}} Ilana Berger | 2–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 7 September 1992 | Jerusalem, Israel | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Yael Segal | {{flagicon|ISR}} Yael Beckman | 6–4, 6–4 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 4. | 17 May 1993 | Tortosa, Spain | Clay | {{flagicon|ISR}} Tzipora Obziler | {{flagicon|ARG}} Maria Inés Araiz | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 5. | 31 May 1993 | Cáceres, Spain | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Tzipora Obziler | {{flagicon|USA}} Eleni Rossides | 6–0, 2–6, 2–6 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 9 August 1993 | College Park, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|ISR}} Tzipora Obziler | {{flagicon|USA}} Susan Gilchrist | 2–6, 3–6 |
See also
References
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External links
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- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
{{Australian Open girls' doubles champions}}
{{Wimbledon girls' doubles champions}}
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Category:Israeli female tennis players
Category:Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Category:Wimbledon junior champions
Category:Miami Hurricanes women's tennis players
Category:Israeli expatriate tennis players in the United States
Category:Sportspeople from Haifa
Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
Category:20th-century Israeli sportswomen
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