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Shahar Peer Biography
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Shahar Pe'er (born May 1, 1987, Jerusalem, Israel) is a professional female tennis player.
She achieved her highest WTA ranking of # 15 on January 29, 2007.
Pe'er has played in all four of the sport's Grand Slam Tournaments: the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open.
Tennis career
Pe'er started her competitive tennis career at the age of six.
In the Fall of 2001, Pe'er took first place in the Nike Junior Tour International Masters tennis tournament in the Bahamas. In early December 2001 Pe'er became the youngest Israeli tennis player ever to win the Israeli women's tennis championship.
In late December 2001, Pe'er won the 55th annual Ericsson Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships under-14 girls' title without dropping a single set, competing with 127 girls in what is considered the unofficial world championships for youth.[1]
Pe'er turned professional in 2004, and has been rapidly improving since.
Pe'er's first major accomplishment came in the 2004 Australian Open, where she won the juniors' championship.
In January 2006 in Canberra, Australia, she lost a marathon semi-final match against Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues that lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes, with a scoreline of 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-4.
At the 2006 French Open, Pe'er lost to Martina Hingis, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, in their fourth-round match. Pe'er reached the fourth round of the 2006 U.S. Open but fell to Justine Henin Hardenne, 6-0, 6-1.
At the 2007 Australian Open, Pe'er made history by becoming the first Israeli woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam. In the 4th round she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-4 6-2. In the quarterfinal she was defeated by eventual champion Serena Williams 6-3, 2-6, 6-8.
As a 19-year-old, Pe'er recently joined the Israeli military, as military service is mandatory in Israel. When not abroad participating in tennis tournaments, she spends her mornings working as an administrative secretary for the Israeli military, and her afternoons practicing tennis.
source: wikipedia.org
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