Shahar Pe'er

At 37 years old, Shahar Pe'er has this physical status:

Shahar Pe'er (born May 1, 1987) is an Israeli retired tennis player who has competed in five singles and three doubles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

In January 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking of any Israeli tennis player in history, racking her to her highest singles ranking of world number 11.

In May 2008, she ranked at number 14 in the doubles rankings. Pe'er is widely regarded as the best female tennis player in history, having both reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal and appeared in the 2008 Australian Open doubles final with Victoria Azarenka of Belarus.

She captured her first senior national title at the age of 14, and won the Junior Girls' Australian Open championship when she was 16. Pe'er, who is playing for Israel at the Fed Cup, has a record of 39–28 wins.

She has also appeared in two Olympics for Israel.

Early life

Pe'er was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is a Jew. Dov "Dovik" Pe'er, her father, was born in South Africa and immigrated to Israel in 1961, and her mother is Aliza. Solly, her paternal grandfather, had served as a medic in Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. She began playing tennis at the age of six when her brother Shlomi and her sister Shani joined her in tennis lessons. When Shahar was a child, she and her family migrated to Maccabim, Israel.

Pe'er was enlisted as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces at the age of 19. When she wasn't competing in tennis tournaments, she spent her mornings as an administrative secretary for the IDF and afternoons playing tennis.

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Career

When she was six years old, Pe'er began playing tennis competitively. Nicole Vaidová, a 12-year-old girl, was the first tournament winner, along with her partner Nicole Vaidiová, in the Eddie Herr International tournament. At that time, she also qualified in the singles final.

Pe'er won the Nike Junior Tour International Masters tennis tournament and the Israeli women's tennis championship in 2001 (the youngest Israeli to do so). At the Junior Orange Bowl, she also won her age group.

Pe'er was ranked in singles at the Bat Yam International and in doubles at the Haifa International in 2002. In March 2003, she captured the Amata Cup in Thailand.

Pe'er's first major victory came at the 2004 Australian Open, where she defeated the Juniors' Championship. She defeated her old friend Vaidiová in the final and became the first Israeli woman to win a junior Grand Slam title since Anna Smashnova won the French Open girls' singles championship in 1990.

Pe'er first turned professional in 2004, a year in which she competed on both the ITF Circuit and the WTA Tour.

Pe'er was the first to participate in a Grand Slam tournament in 2005, earning the third round in both the French Open and the US Open. Pe'er, who appeared on No. 6 in 2005, was ranked No. 1 in the country's highest position. The world's best-ranked countries have a 45th place.

She lost a marathon semifinal match against Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues in Canberra, Australia, which lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes. At the time, it was one of the ten longest matches in WTA Tour history.

She won the world No. 1 in May 2006, beating the world no. 15 Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany reached the semifinals and then upset the world No. 1 in the world No. 15. Anastasia Myskina of Russia, 2nd, will triumph in the finals of a level III tournament in Turkey.

Pe'er triumphed world No. 4 in the 2006 French Open Championships. Elena Dementieva of Russia in the round of 32, but lost to Martina Hingis in their fourth-round match.

Pe'er reached the fourth round of the 2006 US Open, defeating world No. 301. 15 Francesca Schiavone was initially a student at the University of Montpellier, but Justine Henin Hardenne defeated him later in the competition.

Pe'er retired in 2006 after winning her first three WTA singles titles in Pattaya, Prague, and Istanbul.

Pe'er made history by becoming the first Israeli woman to qualify for the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event. She defeated the world No. 4 in the fourth round. Svetlana Kuznetsova 4, but she was disqualified in her quarterfinal match against eventual champion Serena Williams.

She won the world no. in March 2007, at Indian Wells. Anna Chakvetadze of Russia was 11 before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Daniela Hantuchová. Pe'er made it to her first Tier 1 tournament semifinals the following month before losing to eventual champion Serena Williams.

Pe'er was disqualified in the third round of the 2007 Rome Masters, then Serena Williams defeated him again. It was her fourth game against Williams in her career, and the third in 2007. She met Kuznetsova for the third time in the French Open fourth round, defeating them twice before.

Pe'er's remarkable year came to an end in early July after she was disqualified in the third round to eventual runner-up Marion Bartoli. Three tournaments in California were followed by three tournaments (the Bank of the West Classic, Acura Classic, and the JPMorgan Chase Open, in which Pe'er was seeded, but an unseeded player was disqualified in either the first or second round. Pe'er survived the first two rounds of the Rogers Cup in Toronto in late August, only to be defeated again by unseeded Virginie Razzano.

Pe'er was in the 2007 US Open seeded 18th and suffering from a chest injury. She defeated Americans Meilen Tu and Bethanie Mattek, the current world No. 1. Nicole Vaidaidová, a Czech, and Agnieszka Radwa, a Polish girl, have reached their first US Open and second Grand Slam quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, she lost in straight sets to world No. 1 in straight sets. Anna Chakvetadze, 6, is a student at the University of On the sixth of May, the Czech Republic and Slovakia will have an Anna Chakvetadze.

Pe'er lost in the second round of a Tier III event in Bangkok after a successful debut at the US Open. With a first-round loss, she was forced to place on center stage at the Zurich Open again. Pe'er finished as a second-place runner-up in Luxembourg, partnering Victoria Azarenka), assisting in the achievement of a career-high doubles ranking of 25 on October 1st.

Pe'er was ranked 17th in the world in 2007 after finishing 17th.

Pe'er was seeded No. 1 at the Australian Open, and he was crowned No. 1. In the third round, you will have lost, and you will have to start from No. 17-17. Elena Dementieva, an 11-seed, is a student at the University of On the 11th of April, she was the first seed. Pe'er and her partner Azarenka were seeded No. 4 in the doubles tournament. 12. They advanced to the final, where they lost to Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko. Pe'er was ranked 16 in her first doubles Grand Slam final appearance after her debut in doubles.

Late February, Pe'er became the first Israeli to participate in a WTA Tour event in the Arabian Peninsula when she qualified in the third round of the Qatar Total Open in Doha.

Pe'er failed in the second round in Indian Wells, the third in Miami and the first in Berlin. Pe'er was seeded No. 1 at the French Open, and that was no. 17 but lost in the first round to Australian Samantha Stosur, a former top 30 player on his comeback from an injury. In both Miami and Berlin, she and partner Azarenka reached the semifinals. Pe'er made a career-high doubles ranking of 14.

Pe'er advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon before losing to No. 1. Elena Dementieva, a 5 seed, is a student at the University of On the other hand, she is the 5th seed. Pe'er defeated Dinara Safina in the third round of the women's singles match in Wimbledon history, taking the third longest women's singles match in Wimbledon history. Pe'er tied for her best showing since 2005 when she and Victoria Azarenka reached the quarterfinals. Pe'er and Azarenka, the sixth seed in the quarterfinals, lost to Cara Black and Liezel Huber, the top-seeded team.

Pe'er then represented Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she fell in the second round to No. 10. Vera Zvonareva of Russia, a 9 seed.

From the start of the hardcourt season, Pe'er dropped ten places in the World Rankings. Li Na of China was disqualified in the first round of the US Open by China's Li Na.

She debuted at No. 1 in 2008, and she was ranked No. 1 in the world No. 5. With a singles record of 26–24 and a doubles record of 19–17, 38 people have set a singles record of 19–17.

Pe'er started the year off by participating in the ASB Classic in Auckland. Entering as the No. 1 in the United Kingdom. She defeated Petra Cetkova in the first round and Barbora Záhlavová-Stroká in the second round, losing to top seed and eventual champion Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals. She lost in the first round to No. 1 at the Australian Open. Caroline Wozniacki, an 11 seed.

Pe'er was playing in Israel's first match of the 2009 Fed Cup after this event. She won both her singles rubbers against Kateryna Bondarenko and Alona Bondarenko. Pe'er team up with Tzipora Obziler in the decisive doubles match (Ukraine won the other two single rubbers), but the Bondarenkos lost to the Bondarenkos.

Pe'er was seeded seventh at the Pattaya Women's Open. She made it to the semifinals before losing to top seeded Vera Zvonareva.

Pe'er lost in the first round of her next tournament, the Montereta Open, to Iveta Beneová, the tournament's sixth seed. She redeemed herself at the BNP Paribas Open, a WTA Premiership event. She began the fortnight by defeating Kateryna Bondarenko and then defeating Marion Bartoli 19th seeded Anna Chakvetadze before losing to the 8th seed and former doubles partner Victoria Azarenka. She lost in doubles and teamed with Gisela Dulko, losing to Azarenka and her partner Vera Zvonareva in the finals.

The Sony Ericsson Open, the WTA Tour's second Premier Mandatory event of the year, was Pe'er's next tournament. She advanced to the second round before losing to fifth-seeded Venus Williams.

Pe'er advanced to the Estoril Open semifinals but had to cancel due to a leg injury during her match against Yanina Wickmayer. A week after winning the Madrid Open, she had to drop out again in her first round match, this time against Caroline Wozniacki. Pe'er's injury resulted in her not being able to participate in the French Open.

Pe'er advanced to the second round of Wimbledon in the first round before losing to No. Nadia Petrova, the tenth seed. She reached the quarterfinals of the GDF Suez Grand Prix after losing to Alona Bondarenko. She then advanced to the second round of Bad Gastein and Los Angeles. Pe'er advanced to the third round in Toronto before losing to eventual champion Elena Dementieva.

Pe'er advanced to the third round of the US Open before losing to the No. Svetlana Kuznetsova, a 6 seed, is the sixth seed.

Pe'er ended a three-year absence without a tournament victory at the Guangzhou International Women's Open in China in September without losing a single set. Pe'er defeated Alberta Brianti of Italy in the final. She went on to win the Tashkent Open the following week, while still missing a set, winning ten straight sets in a matter of weeks. She defeated local hero Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. Pe'er's global ranking has risen to No. 1 after these victories. 34 years old.

In Osaka, Pe'er was the fifth seed in the new HP Open. The world No. 74 defeated her in the first round. 61 Sania Mirza, a 61-year-old girl from Sania Mirza. Pe'er progressed to the BGL Luxembourg Open semi-finals, where she lost to Sabine Lisicki.

In the first round robin match, she defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková, but she then lost to top seed Marion Bartoli, who did not qualify for the semifinal.

Pe'er had a win-loss record of 41–23 this year. She finished the year at No. 1 in the country and was ranked No. 1. The world's top 30 countries.

Pe'er began her 2010 season by qualifying for the ASB Classic in the semifinals before losing to Yanina Wickmayer. Pe'er made it to the finals at the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International before losing in straight sets to Alona Bondarenko.

Pe'er was seeded 29th at the Australian Open. She advanced to the third round before losing to fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki. Pe'er's ranking since the tournament, however, has risen to world No. 1. 22.

Pe'er was then seeded sixth in the Open GDF Suez tournament. She made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Lucie afává.

Pe'er continued her fine start to the 2010 season by winning the Premier 5 championship in Dubai before losing to Venus Williams. On the way, she defeated 13th seeded Yanina Wickmayer and the world No. 135. Caroline Wozniacki, the 3rd seed and top seed. Despite her semifinal loss, Pe'er's triumph in Dubai raised her ranking to the top ten.

At the BNP Paribas Open, Pe'er was seeded 17th. She advanced to the fourth round before losing to eventual champion Jelena Jankovi. Pe'er advanced to the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open Golf before being defeated by world No. 1. Kim Clijsters, a 16-year-old champion and a potential champion.

Pe'er made it to the semifinals of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix by defeating Polona Hercog, the world No. 1, beginning her clay court season. Agnieszka Radwa, Ukraine, and the world No. 8 Agnieszka Radwa. Dinara Safina will continue her stellar results over top players this season. She lost to eventual champion Justine Henin once more. It was the sixth time in eight tournaments that Pe'er had been defeated by eventual champions.

Pe'er's next tournament was the Italian Open in Rome, where she was seeded 16th. She advanced to the third round before losing to fourth seeded Venus Williams.

Pe'er, the 2009 French Open Champion and fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, was unseeded at the Madrid Open, a Premier Mandatory event. She then advanced to the semifinals before losing to Venus Williams for the third time in 2010.

Pe'er was seeded 18th going into the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year. She advanced to the fourth round before losing to world No. 10. Serena Williams wins in straight sets for the first time in history. Pe'er earned a recent career-high ranking No. 1 worldwide thanks to her appearance. This was also the highest ranking for an Israeli tennis player ever to reach.

Pe'er lost in the first round to Zheng Jie, her first first-round defeat of the season, beginning the grass-court season at Eastbourne. At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, Pe'er was seeded 13th and advanced to the second round before being disqualified in three sets by Angelique Kerber.

Pe'er was last seen playing at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, the first tournament of the 2010 US Open Series in which she was seeded sixth. Nevertheless, she made it to the second round but then was beaten in straight sets by Maria Kirilenko. Pe'er was seeded seventh at the Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego. Here she advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to world No. 1. 9 Agnieszka Radwa.

Pe'er was seeded 13th in the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open in Cincinnati, Ohio. She advanced to the third round before losing in three sets to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 19, 19 years old. Pe'er was seeded 14th at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, but Kaia Kanepi disqualified in the first round, but was disqualified in the first round.

At the US Open, the tenth Grand Slam of the season, Pe'er was seeded 16th. She secured her seeding by advancing to the round of 16, but she lost for the third time this season.

Pe'er decided not to defend the back-to-back titles she won at the Guangzhou International Women's Open and the Tashkent Open in 2009 following the US Open. Due to her ranking, she has fallen to the No. 1 spot in the world. 19. She returned from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo to the tour. Pe'er advanced to the second round as the 13th seed before losing to world No. 2. Kaia Kanepi is the island of Kaia Kanepi.

Pe'er then travelled to Beijing to compete in the China Open, the season's final Premier Mandatory event. She advanced to the semifinals before losing to the new world No. 1. Caroline Wozniacki, the former champion and potential champion. Based on her solid results in this tournament, her ranking has risen to world No. 1. A new career high for 13 years.

Pe'er was the second alternate at the 2010 WTA Tour Championships due to her incredible success.

Pe'er began the year by playing in Brisbane, where she defeated Sophie Ferguson, 6–4, 6–2, but then lost to Lucie afá in the second round. She was in Sydney next, winning over Sybille Bammer but losing in the second round to Victoria Azarenka.

In the 2011 Australian Open, she debuted as the No. 1 in the Australian Open, where she debuted as the No. 1 in the national Open. Pe'er was the 10 seed in her first round match against Mathilde Johansson, 6–1, 6–1. She beat Sorana Culrstea in straight sets in the second round of the second round. However, she lost in the third round to Flavia Pennetta. Pe'er's ranking increased to No. 94 after the tournament. Elena Dementieva and Justine Henin, who have been voted out of the WTA top 10 for the first time in her career, ranked No. 11 on the top charts, her highest performance in her career so far, thanks to Elena Dementieva and Justine Henin.

Pe'er returned to form at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she reached the semifinals to top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki in 2010. Marion Bartoli lost in the second round of the Qatar Ladies Open to Marion Bartoli 6–1, 6–0. She advanced to the BNP Paribas Open quarterfinals in March after defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone, all in marathon three-set matches. She lost in straight sets to Yanina Wickmayer in the quarterfinals, 6–3, 6–3.

If she defeated world No. 1, she had a chance to be a top ten player in April. Julia Görges, 35, was in the third round of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, but she lost to the German 6–2, 6–3. Pe'er's best result in the next two tournaments came at the Italian Open, where she reached the third round before losing 6–2, 6–2 to eventual champion Maria Sharapova.

Pe'er had a 14–10 loss record going into the French Open on the season. Despite this, she began a five-match losing streak, including in the first rounds of Roland Garros and Wimbledon, as well as a devastating loss to world No. 76. The case of 429 Casey Dellacqua. Pe'er entered Wimbledon as the 22nd seed in the first round before losing in three sets to unseeded Russian Ksenia Pervak.

In College Park, Maryland, one of the two first events of the 2011 US Open Series, Pe'er entered the Citi Open as the top seed. She won her match against Tamira Paszek 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 after about three hours marathon. She defeated second seed Nadia Petrova, 5–7, 2–6, 6 in the final.

Pe'er began her 2012 season with the Brisbane International. Andrea Petkovic, a second seed and last year finalist, lost in the first round to her second seed and last year finalist Andrea Petkovic. She was seeded sixth at the Moorilla Hobart International, and she advanced to the semifinals, where she was defeated by top seed Yanina Wickmayer. Sabine Lisicki, the second seed in the Australian Open, was disqualified in the second round by 14th seed Sabine Lisicki.

Pe'er participated in the Open GDF Suez in France in February. Julia Görges, a sixth seed, was defeated in the first round. She defeated eighth seed Jelena Jankovi in the second round of the Qatar Open. Christina McHale lost in the third round to Christina McHale.

At the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, Pe'er competed.

Pe'er (ranked No. 8) was ranked No. 1 in February 2009, and his son was ranked No. 1 in February. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which refused to give her a visa, barred her from participating in the Dubai Tennis Championships (at the time), was the 45th world champion at the time. At the time, the UAE had no diplomatic relations with Israel.

A number of players, including Venus Williams, have protested the visa refusal. Andy Roddick, the 2008 champion of the men's singles, dropped out of the tournament and refused to defend his title (with prize money worth more than $2 million) to protest the UAE's refusal to offer Pe'er a visa. Roddick said, "I certainly didn't agree with what was going on over there." The Tennis Channel decided not to televise the tournament, and The Wall Street Journal has dropped its sponsorship. Larry Scott, the tournament's chairman, said he had considered canceling the tournament but decided not to do so after consulting Pe'er.

Pe'er was refused on the grounds that her appearance might incite incitement of unrest in the Arab world, according to tournament manager Salah Tahlak, who had already protested the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza war. The WTA announced that it would review future tournaments in Dubai.

Following the 2010 protests over the UAE's decision to refuse her visa in 2009, Pe'er was granted a visa but under very stringent controls. She was not allowed to mix with other guests on the court docket, was required to exercise in a separate gym, and she was under tight surveillance on her way from the hotel to the courthouse. The tournament took place at a time when Dubai authorities were probing the assassination of Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, which the UAE blamed on Israeli agents, some posing as European tennis fans. Pe'er was lauded by her peers for her resilience in the tournament's heat. "I can't imagine playing so well under these conditions," Venus Williams remarked. I only have to give her congratulations and praise. She's adamant. I don't think anyone else on the WTA Tour would do what she's doing."

Pe'er began playing in a "counter-puncher" way, but by 2010, she had adopted a more aggressive style of play. Her forehand is characterized by her semi-western grip, which makes her ideal in combating big top-spin opponents. Her backhand is two-handed, and she is one of the best on the women's tour. It is consistent and has various perspectives in the court. She likes to get a good look at her backhand from the inside out shot. She started with a kick serve that didn't have the drive to penetrate deep, but she later upgraded it to a slice serve, which is great for her now and also generates aces. She has a good volley and has no problem going to the net. She often returns to her opponent during matches, faces the court's back, closes her eyes, and tries to erase the mental slate clean.

Pe'er is 21–12 in Fed Cup matches for Israel from 2002–2009, winning 13 of her last 16 singles matches. In 2009, she tasted triumph against both the Bondarenko sisters of Ukraine in Kharkiv. In the decisive doubles match, Israel came short but fell short.

Pe'er retired in February 2017, just one year after she played in the first round. She suffered from a persistent shoulder injury for the first two and a half years, and that, along with a lack of desire to play tennis and lead the life of a professional tennis player, led to her to her retirement.

Pe'er married Dr. Eilon Ram in 2018. They had a son in 2019 and a daughter in 2021.

She appeared on the second season of The Singer in the Mask (the Israeli production of The Masked Singer) as the Parrot in 2021 and was the first to be banned.

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