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Amir Weintraub

tennis player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ3525392 ↗
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Amir Weintraub (Hebrew: אמיר ויינטרוב; born 16 September 1986) is an Israeli professional tennis player. In 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship.

He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 161 in May 2012.

Career overview

In August 2006 at the age of 19, Weintraub won his first ITF Futures title in Senegal. One year later, he made his first challenger final in Uzbekistan but lost to Denis Istomin.

In December 2009, Weintraub made it to the finals of the Israeli Tennis Championship, losing to Dudi Sela in three sets. In December 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship, winning against Sela 7–6, 3–6, 7–6.

In January 2011 Weintraub participated for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, but lost in the first qualifying round. In the same month, it was decided that he would play in the Israeli Davis Cup team as the second singles player in their tie against Poland.

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The public source identifies “Amir Weintraub” as tennis player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Amir, Weintraub and tennis.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1986, 2010, 2012, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1986-09-16. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Amir, Weintraub and tennis providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3525392. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986, 2010, 2012 and 2006.

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This entry incorporates text from “Amir Weintraub” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.