Ofer Sela
{{short description|Israeli tennis player}}
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| name = Ofer Sela
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| fullname = Ofer Sela
| country_represented = {{ISR}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|7|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel
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| height = 6 ft 2 in
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = $63,483
| singlesrecord = 1–4
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 236 (12 April 1999)
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| doublesrecord = 1–4
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| highestdoublesranking = No. 252 (16 August 1999)
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|native_name=עופר סלע|native_name_lang=he}}
Ofer Sela ({{Langx|he|עופר סלע}}; born 22 July 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Israel.
Biography
Sela comes from Haifa and is the son of Romanian-Jewish immigrants. The eldest of four siblings, he is a brother of Dudi Sela, who he later helped coach.{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=3309720|title=These little guys belie conventional wisdom that bigger is better|date=25 March 2008|work=ESPN.com|accessdate=10 April 2018}} As a teenager he played basketball but instead went for a career in tennis and in 1990 began playing on the international circuit.{{cite web|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/ofer-sela/s496/bio|title=Bio|publisher=ATP World Tour|accessdate=10 April 2018}}
=Tennis career=
A right-handed player, Sela qualified for the singles main draw of the Tel Aviv Open on three occasions, with his best performance coming in 1993, when he beat Rodolphe Gilbert and took fourth-seed Javier Sanchez to three sets in a second-round loss.{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010005103|title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tel Aviv - 11 October - 17 October 1993|publisher=ITF|accessdate=10 April 2018}}
His only other ATP Tour appearance came at the 1995 Hong Kong Open, also as a qualifier.{{cite web|url=http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004804|title=ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Hong Kong - 17 April - 23 April 1995|publisher=ITF|accessdate=10 April 2018}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ATP|s496}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:Israeli male tennis players
Category:Sportspeople from Haifa
Category:Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent