Shahar Pe'er

Shahar Pe'er

Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 3,619,005
Singles
Career record	284–140
Career titles	5 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 13 (October 11, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 13 (October 25, 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	4R (2006, 2007, 2010)
Wimbledon	4R (2008)
US Open	QF (2007)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	127–101
Career titles	3 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 14 (May 12, 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (2008)
French Open	QF (2008)
Wimbledon	QF (2005, 2008)
US Open	3R (2007, 2010)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Last updated on: May 19, 2010.

Shahar Pe'er (Template:Pron-en; Hebrew: שחר פאר shahar pe'er, IPA: [ˈʃaχaʁ peˈʔeʁ]; born May 1, 1987, Jerusalem) is an Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is World No. 13, which she achieved on October 11, 2010. This is the highest ranking ever achieved by an Israeli.

Her best Grand Slam singles result has been reaching the quarter-finals at the 2007 Australian Open and the 2007 US Open. She has also reached the Women's doubles final at the 2008 Australian Open with Victoria Azarenka. Pe'er has won five WTA Singles titles and three WTA Doubles titles. As of October 25, 2010, Pe'er is ranked World No. 13 in singles and No. 24 in doubles.

Biography

Personal life

Pe'er is currently coached by Craig. She began playing tennis at the age of six when she joined her brother Shlomi and her sister Shani in tennis lessons. As a 19-year-old, Pe'er joined the Israeli military, as military service is mandatory in Israel, where she excelled in rifle marksmanship during her elementary combat training. When not abroad participating in tennis tournaments, she spent her mornings working as an administrative secretary for the Israeli military, and her afternoons practicing tennis. Pe'er's father, Dovik, is a computer software specialist and her mother, Aliza, is a homemaker. Her hobbies include reading and watching romance movies. She enjoys travelling to the United States and being at home with family and friends.

Dubai Controversy

In February 2009, Pe'er was prevented from playing at the Dubai Tennis Championships after she was denied a visa by the United Arab Emirates, which does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. A number of players, among them Venus Williams, condemned the visa rejection, and WTA chief Larry Scott said that he had considered cancelling the tournament, but chose not to after consulting Pe'er. Tournament director Salah Tahlak said that Pe'er was refused on the grounds that her appearance could incite anger in the Arab country, after she had already faced protests at the ASB Classic over the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. The WTA said that it would review future tournaments in Dubai. Due to the action, Tennis Channel decided not to televise the event and The Wall Street Journal dropped its sponsorship. The 2008 winner of the men's singles Andy Roddick chose not to defend his title, with prize money of over $2 million, to protest against the UAE's refusal to grant Pe'er a visa. "I really didn't agree with what went on over there", Roddick said.

Following strong protest over UAE's decision to refuse her visa in 2009, Pe'er was granted a visa in 2010, but was placed under very strict restrictions. She was not allowed to mix with other players off court, had to exercise in a separate gym, and was under strict guard on her way from the hotel to the court. To add to the pressure, the tournament was taking place at the time when Dubai authorities were investigating the Assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, which they blamed on Israeli agents posing as European nationals. Pe'er was widely praised by her fellow competitors for her composure under pressure during the tournament. In particular, Venus Williams remarked: "I can’t imagine playing so well with these kinds of circumstances. I just have to give her congratulations and props. She's courageous. I don’t think anyone else on the WTA Tour could do what she's doing".

Playing Style

Pe'er plays a "counterpuncher" style. Her forehand is a semi-western grip which makes her good in facing big top-spin opponents. Her backhand is two-handed and is one of the best backhands on the women's tour. It is consistent and finds various angles throughout the court. She loves to take lots of points with the inside out shot on her backhand. She had a kick serve that lacks the drive needed to penetrate deep; she changed it to a more of a slice serve which works great for her now and even generates aces many times. She has a good volley and does not have a problem in going to the net. During matches, she often "turns her back to her opponent between points, faces the back of the court, closes her eyes and tries to wipe the mental slate clean.

Career

Early years

Pe'er started her competitive tennis career at the age of six, and won her first title at the age of 12 when she captured the Eddie Herr International Doubles title with Nicole Vaidišová. She reached the Eddie Herr singles final as well.

In the Fall of 2001, Pe'er took first place in the Nike Junior Tour International Masters tennis tournament in the Bahamas, and soon became the youngest Israeli tennis player ever to win the Israeli women's tennis championship. It was also in late 2001, that 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.

In March 2002 Pe'er won the Bat Yam International singles title, and was a doubles finalist. In April, she was victorious at the Haifa International doubles event and in March of the following year, won the Aamata Cup in Thailand.

Pe'er's first major accomplishment came in the 2004 Australian Open, where she won the juniors' championship, beating her former partner Nicole Vaidišová in the final.

2004–2006

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

In 2005 Pe'er first played the main draw of a Grand Slam event, reaching the third round in both the French Open and the U.S. Open. Pe'er finished 2005 ranked 45 in the world.

In January 2006 in Canberra, Australia, she lost a marathon semi-final match (the first of her career) against Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues that lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes. At the time it was one of the ten longest matches in WTA tour history.

In May 2006 she stunned world #15 Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany in the semi-finals and then upset world # 12 Anastasia Myskina of Russia, to win in the finals of a level III event in Turkey.

At the 2006 French Open, Pe'er defeated world # 8 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 U.S. Open, defeating world #15 Francesca Schiavone of Italy, but later fell to Justine Henin Hardenne.

Pe'er finished 2006 ranked 20th in the world, after winning her first three WTA singles titles that year in Pattaya, Prague, and Istanbul.

2007

At the 2007 Australian Open, Pe'er made history by becoming the first Israeli woman to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event. In the 4th round she defeated world #4 Svetlana Kuznetsova, but was defeated in her quarterfinal match against eventual champion Serena Williams. The following week Pe'er achieved her highest singles rank to date – world No. 15.

In March 2007 at Indian Wells, she defeated world No. 11 Anna Chakvetadze of Russia before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual winner Daniela Hantuchová. The following month at the Miami Masters, Pe'er made it to her first Tier 1 tournament semifinals before losing to eventual champion Serena Williams.

At the 2007 Rome Masters, Pe'er was defeated in the 3rd round, again by Serena Williams. It was her fourth career loss to Williams, and the third in 2007. After beating Kuznetsova twice earlier in 2007, she met Kuznetsova for the third time in the fourth round of the French Open and lost.

Pe'er's impressive year soured with a disappointing appearance in Wimbledon in early July, where she lost in the third round to eventual runner-up Marion Bartoli. This was followed by three tournaments in California (Bank of the West Classic, Acura Classic and JPMorgan Chase Open) in which Pe’er was seeded, but was ousted by an unseeded player in either the first or second round. In late August, at the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Pe'er managed to pass the first two rounds, only to be ousted again by unseeded Virginie Razzano.

Pe'er went into the 2007 US Open seeded 18th and suffering from a chest injury. She beat Americans Meilen Tu and Bethanie Mattek, world No. 15 Czech Nicole Vaidišová, and Agnieszka Radwańska from Poland to reach her first U.S Open and second Grand Slam quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals she lost in straight sets to world No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze.

Following her successful appearance at the U.S. Open, Pe'er lost in the second round at Luxembourg and at Stuttgart and fell in the quarterfinals of a Tier III event in Bangkok. Her return to center stage at the Zurich Open was again cut short with a first round loss. Finishing as a doubles runner-up in Luxembourg (partnering the Belarusian, Victoria Azarenka) helped Pe'er achieve a career-high doubles ranking of 25 on October 1.

Pe'er finished 2007 ranked 17th in the world. During the year she archived a career-high ranking for both singles (No. 15) and doubles (No. 25), as well as career-best performances in Grand Slam and Tier I events.

2008

At the 2008 Australian Open, Pe'er was seeded # 17, and lost in the third round to # 11 Elena Dementieva. In the doubles tournament, Pe'er and her partner, Victoria Azarenka, were seeded # 12. They got to final, where they lost to Alyona and Kateryna Bondarenko. Following her first doubles Grand Slam final appearance Pe'er achieve a career-high doubles ranking of 16.

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

Pe'er lost at the second round in Indian Wells, the third in Miami and the first in Berlin. At the 2008 French Open, Pe'er was seeded #17 but lost in the first round to wild card recipient, Australian Samantha Stosur, a former top 30 player that was making a comeback from an injury. Together with partner Victoria Azarenka, she reached the Semi-Finals in both Miami and Berlin. In early May Pe'er achieved a career-high doubles ranking of 14.

In Wimbledon, Pe'er advanced to the fourth round, before losing to #5 seed Elena Dementieva. Earlier, in the third round, Pe'er defeated the 9th seed Dinara Safina after a three-hours and twenty-five minutes match, the third longest ladies’ singles match in Wimbledon history. At the doubles tournament, Pe'er equaled her best result from 2005, after she and Victoria Azarenka reached the quarterfinals. At the quarterfinals, Pe'er and Azarenka, the 6th seed, lost to the #1 seeded team, Cara Black and Liezel Huber.

Pe'er then headed to the Beijing Olympics where she lost in the second round to #9 seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia.

Shahar Pe'er at Israeli tennis championship; 2008

Pe'er fell ten places in the World Rankings from the start of the hardcourt season. She was dispatched in the first round of the US Open by China's Li Na.

She finished the year 2008 ranked World No. 38 with a Singles record of 26–24 and a doubles record of 19–17.

2009

Pe'er started the year by playing in the ASB Classic in Auckland. Entering as the No. 5 seed, she defeated Petra Cetkovská in the first round 7–6(4), 6–2. She beat Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová in the second round, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, before falling to top seed and eventual champion Elena Dementieva 6–3, 6–1 in the quarter-finals. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, the number eleven seed, 6–2, 7–6(5).

After this event, Pe'er played in Israel's first tie of the 2009 Fed Cup. She won both her singles rubbers, against Kateryna Bondarenko 6–3, 6–7(6), 6–3 and against Alyona Bondarenko 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. In the deciding match (Ukraine won the other two singles rubbers) Pe'er teamed up with Tzipora Obziler, but they lost to the Bondarenkos, 6–3, 6–2.

At the PTT Pattaya Women's Open, Pe'er was seeded seventh. She defeated local wildcard Noppawan Lertcheewakarn in the first round, 6–1, 6–0, and in the second round, dismissed qualifier Yulia Beygelzimer 6–4, 6–1. In the quarterfinals, she was pushed to three sets by Vera Dushevina, but prevailed 6–4, 4–6, 6–2. Pe'er's tournament ended in the semifinals though, where she lost to top seed Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 6–4.

Pe'er lost in the first round of her next tournament, the Monterrey Open, to Iveta Benešová, the tournament's sixth-seed. She redeemed herself at the BNP Paribas Open, a WTA Premier event. She started the fortnight off defeating Kateryna Bondarenko 6–2, 6–1, repeating by upsetting 10th seeded Marion Bartoli 1–6,6–4,7–5, and again upsetting the 19th seed Anna Chakvetadze 6–2, 6–4, before eventually losing to the 8th seed and former doubles partner Victoria Azarenka 7–5, 6–4. In doubles, paired with Gisela Dulko, she once again lost to Azarenka and her partner Vera Zvonareva, but not before going all the way to the tournament's final.

Pe'er's next tournament was the Sony Ericsson Open, the WTA tour's second Premier Mandatory event of the year. She won her opening match against wildcard Tamaryn Hendler 6–1, 7–6(5), but lost in the second round to fifth–seeded Venus Williams 6–3, 6–3.

Pe'er reached the Estoril Open semifinals, but retired during her match against Yanina Wickmayer due to a leg injury. A week later she played in the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, but had to retire again, in her first round match against Caroline Wozniacki. Pe'er's injury resulted in her missing the French Open.

In the first round at Wimbledon, Pe'er defeated Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 6–2, 7–6(3). She faced # 10 Nadia Petrova in the second round and lost 6–3, 6–2. At the GDF SUEZ Grand Prix she reached the quarterfinals losing to Alyona Bondarenko. She then reached the second rounds of Bad Gastein and Los Angeles. In Toronto, Pe'er defeated Monica Niculescu 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(4) and Francesca Schiavone 7–6(4), 6–4 in the second round before losing to eventual champion Elena Dementieva.

Pe'er reached the third round of the US Open, defeating the 32nd seed Ágnes Szávay 6–2, 6–2 in the first round and Carla Suárez Navarro 6–2, 6–0 in the second round. However, she lost to 6th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 7–5, 6–1.

In September, Pe'er ended a three-years-break with a win at the Guangzhou International Women's Open in China without dropping a set. In the final, Pe'er beat Italy's Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–4. She went on to win the Tashkent Open the following week, also without dropping a set, completing 10 successive straight-sets wins in a couple of weeks. In the final she beat local hero Akgul Amanmuradova 6–3, 6–4. After these wins, Peer's ranking increased to World No. 34, however due to this she missed the qualifying draw of a Premier 5 event at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Pe'er qualified for the China Open in Beijing, defeating Chang Kai-Chen and Vania King. She then lost in the first round to Ekaterina Makarova 6–4, 6–2. Pe'er was the fifth seed in the new 2009 HP Open in Osaka. She was defeated in the first round by World No. 61 Sania Mirza 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. Shahar then made the semi-finals of the BGL Luxembourg Open by defeating Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 6–1, 6–3, Carla Suárez Navarro 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 and 4th seed Daniela Hantuchová 6–2, 7–6(4). In the semi-finals she lost to Sabine Lisicki 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(5).

At the 2009 Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, Pe'er's final tournament of the year, she defeated Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–1, 7–6(4) in the first round robin match but lost to top seed Marion Bartoli 6–3, 6–2, thus failing to make the semi-final.

Pe'er ended the year with a win-loss record of 41–23. She finished the year ranked World No. 30.

2010

Pe'er at the 2010 ASB Classic

Pe'er started her 2010 season by reaching the semi-finals of the 2010 ASB Classic. In the first round she defeated Polona Hercog 7–5, 6–3 and in the second round domninated Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–1, 6–0. In the quarter-finals she defeated Maria Kirilenko 6–0, 3–6, 6–1 then lost in the semi-finals to Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 7–5. At the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International, Pe'er defeated qualifier Olivia Rogowska 6–3, 6–2 in the first round. In the second round, Pe'er defeated Jelena Dokić 6–2, 6–2 and in the quarter-finals came through a close match against Carla Suárez Navarro 4–6, 7–6, 7–5. Shahar defeated Italy's Sara Errani 6–2, 6–0 to reach the final but lost to Alyona Bondarenko 6–2, 6–4.

At the 2010 Australian Open, Pe'er was seeded 29th. She defeated Lucie Hradecká in the first round 6–7(5), 6–2, 6–1 and then defeated Tsvetana Pironkova 6–1, 6–4 in the second round. In the third round, Pe'er lost to 4th seed Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–0. However, after the tournament, Pe'er's ranking moved up to World No. 22.

Pe'er then competed at the 2010 Open GDF Suez where she was seeded 6th. She made it to the quarter-finals by defeating Alizé Cornet 6–4, 6–1 and Karolina Šprem 6–4, 6–3. She was then defeated by eventual finalist Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 6–0.

Pe'er continued her excellent start to the 2010 season at the Premier 5 event in Dubai where she reached the semi-finals. She was unseeded and defeated 13th seed Yanina Wickmayer in the first round 3–6, 6–2, 7–5. In the second round she beat Virginie Razzano 6–2, 6–2 before upsetting World No. 3 and top seed Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 7–5 in the third round. She reached the semi-finals after her opponent Na Li retired in their quarter-final with Pe'er leading 7–5, 3–0. In the semi-final she lost to defending champion and third seed Venus Williams 6–1, 6–4. Despite losing, Pe'er's success in Dubai let her ranking to enter the top twenty.

Pe'er was seeded 17th at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open. She had a first round bye before defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6–2, 6–2 to advance to the third round. Here, Pe'er knocked out the ninth seed Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–2. In the fourth round, she lost to the eventual champion Jelena Janković 6–2, 6–2. At the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, Pe'er made it to the third round before being heavily defeated by World No. 16 and eventual champion Kim Clijsters 6–0, 6–1.

Beginning her clay court season, Pe'er made it to the semi-finals of the 2010 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix by defeating Polona Hercog 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, World No. 8 Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–7(4), 6–2 and World No. 3 Dinara Safina 6–3, 6–2 to continue her exceptional wins over top players this season. She again lost to the eventual champion Justine Henin 6–3, 6–2. This marked the 6th time in 8 tournaments that Pe'er was defeated by eventual champions.

Pe'er's next tournament was the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome where she was seeded 16th. In the first round she defeated Corinna Dentoni 6–2, 6–1. In the second round, Pe'er came through a very touch match against Polona Hercog. Hercog served for the match at 6–3, 5–1 before Pe'er launched a comeback, finally winning 2–6, 7–5, 6–3. She was defeated by 4th seed Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4 in the third round.

Unseeded at the 2010 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, a Premier Mandatory event, Pe'er caused an upset in the first round, defeating 2009 French Open Champion and 5th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 2–6, 6–0. She then defeated Alisa Kleybanova 7–6(4), 6–0 and Arantxa Parra Santonja 7–5, 6–2. In the quarter-finals, Pe'er took 2 hours and 35 minutes to defeat 13th seed Li Na 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. Peer was up 5–1 in the final set and failed to convert 5 match points, before finally winning on her 6th match point. In the semi-finals, Pe'er lost again to Venus Williams 6–3, 6–0 for the third time this season.

Pe'er was seeded 18th and had good form leading into the 2010 French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year. She defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–1, 6–4 in the first round and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second round in three sets, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1. In the third round, Pe'er beat the French No. 1 and World No. 14 Marion Bartoli 7–6(7), 6–2 to move into the fourth round to face World No. 1 Serena Williams. Pe'er was defeated by Williams in straight sets 6–2, 6–2. Despite losing, on June 7, 2010, Pe'er achieved a new career-high ranking of World No. 14, which is also the highest ranking ever achieved by an Israeli tennis player.

Beginning the grass-court season at the 2010 AEGON International at Eastbourne, Pe'er lost in the first round tp Zheng Jie 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 which marked her first first-round loss of the season. Pe'er was seeded 13th at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships. She faced a tough draw in the first-round, facing former World No. 1 Ana Ivanović (who has been struggling hugely with her form). However, Pe'er came through in straight sets 6–3, 6–4. In the second-round, Pe'er was upset by German Angelique Kerber 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 therefore suffering a disappointing grass-court season.

Pe'er next played at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, the opening tournament of the 2010 US Open Series where she was seeded 6th. In the first round she lost the first set on a bagel, 6–0 against Daniela Hantuchová but came back to win 0–6, 6–4, 6–3. Pe'er was upset in the second round by Maria Kirilenko 6–4, 6–3. At the 2010 Mercury Insurance Open in San Diego, Pe'er was seeded 7th. In the opening round she had a good win over Ana Ivanović 7–6(3), 6–3. In the second round she defeated World No. 32 Yaroslava Shvedova 7–5, 6–4. Shahar lost to the World No. 9 Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2 6–0 in the quarterfinals.

At the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open in Cincinnati, Pe'er was seeded 13th. She won her first round match over Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6–3 4–1 when Govortsova retired because of illness issues. Moving on to the second round, Shahar defeated the World No. 154 Nuria Llagostera Vives in straight sets 6–3 6–2. In the third round Pe'er lost to the in-form 19 year old Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–5, 4–6 4–6. Playing in her final US Open Series, Pe'er was seeded 14th at the 2010 Rogers Cup in Montreal. She suffered an upset in the first round, losing 6–3, 6–3 to Kaia Kanepi.

Pe'er was seeded 16th at the 2010 US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season. In the first round she defeated Jelena Kostanić Tošić 6–4, 7–5 in a tight two-setter. Next, Pe'er defeated Pauline Parmentier 6–2, 6–3. In the third round, Pe'er had a good win as she defeated 19th seed and two-time quarterfinalist Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–4. In the fourth round, Pe'er faced World No. 4 Venus Williams for the fourth round this season, and despite arguably one of her best performances of 2010, she was defeated in two tight sets 7–6(3), 6–3.

Following the US Open, Pe'er chose not to defend the back-to-back titles she won in 2009 at the Guangzhou International Women's Open and the Tashkent Open. This caused her ranking to fall to World No. 19. She returned to the tour at the 2010 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. As the 13th seed, Pe'er defeated Timea Bacsinszky 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 in the first round but fell to in-form World No. 25 Kaia Kanepi 6-3, 7-6(5) in the second round.

Pe'er then headed to Beijing to compete in the 2010 China Open which is the final Premier Mandatory event of the season. She defeated Sun Shengnan and Patty Schnyder in straight sets to advance to the third round where she again easily dispatched Bojana Jovanovski 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the quarter-finals. Here, Pe'er beat Bacsinszky for the second time in two weeks but this time in straight sets 7-6(4), 6-4. Pe'er lost to the new World No. 1 and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki in the semi-finals 7-5, 6-2. Despite this loss, her great week in Beijing caused her ranking to increase to World No. 13, a career high singles ranking.

Due to her great success this year, Pe'er has qualified as the 2nd alternate at the 2010 WTA Tour Championships

Federation Cup

Pe'er is 21–12 in Fed Cup matches for Israel in 2002–09, having won 13 of her last 16 singles matches. She tasted victory again in 2009 beating both the Bondarenko sisters of Ukraine in Kharkiv. However, Israel fell short in the series 2–3 losing in the decisive doubles match.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Alyona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	2–6, 6–1, 6–4

Career finals

WTA Tour singles finals (7)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam (0/0) WTA Championships (0/0) Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/0) Tier II (0/0) Premier 5 (0/0) Tier III (1/1) Premier (0/0) Tier IV & V (2/0) International (2/1)

Titles by Surface Hard (3/2) Grass (0/0) Clay (1/1) Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	February 12, 2006	Pattaya Women's Open	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–3, 6–1
Winner	2.	May 9, 2006	ECM Prague Open	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Samantha Stosur	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	3.	May 22, 2006	Istanbul Cup	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Anastasia Myskina	1–6, 6–3, 7–6(3)
Runner-up	1.	February 24, 2007	Cellular South Cup	Memphis, United States	Hard	Venus Williams	6–1, 6–1
Winner	4.	September 20, 2009	Guangzhou International Women's Open	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Alberta Brianti	6–3, 6–4
Winner	5.	September 27, 2009	Tashkent Open	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	January 16, 2010	Moorilla Hobart International	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Alyona Bondarenko	6–2, 6–4

WTA Tour women's doubles finals (7)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009 Grand Slam (0/1) WTA Championships (0/0) Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/1) Tier II (2/1) Premier 5 (0/1) Tier III (0/0) Premier (0/0) Tier IV & V (0/0) International (1/0)

Titles by Surface Hard (2/4) Grass (0/0) Clay (1/0) Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	May 14, 2006	ECM Prague Open	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Marion Bartoli	Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek	6–4, 6–4
Winner	2.	July 30, 2006	Bank of the West Classic	Stanford, United States (1)	Hard	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Maria Elena Camerin Gisela Dulko	6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	July 30, 2007	Bank of the West Classic	Stanford, United States (2)	Hard	Sania Mirza	Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze	6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	September 30, 2007	Fortis Championships Luxembourg	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Iveta Benešová Janette Husárová	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	January 25, 2008	Australian Open	Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	Alyona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	March 21, 2009	BNP Paribas Open	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Gisela Dulko	Victoria Azarenka Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	2 October 2010	Toray Pan Pacific Open	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Peng Shuai	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]

ITF titles (7)

Singles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	November 16, 2003	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Olga Govortsova	6–1, 6–0
2.	November 30, 2003	Haifa, Israel	Hard	Olga Govortsova	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
3.	February 28, 2004	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Suchanun Viratprasert	6–4, 7–5
4.	December 5, 2004	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Zsófia Gubacsi	6–2, 6–1

Doubles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	June 13, 2004	Marseille, France	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Kildine Chevalier Conchita Martínez Granados	6–1 6–1
2.	December 5, 2004	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Bahia Mouhtassine İpek Şenoğlu	6–3 6–0
3.	June 5, 2005	Ra'anana, Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	7–6(2) 1–6 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	LQ	1R	QF	3R	1R	3R	8–5
French Open	A	3R	4R	4R	1R	A	4R	11–5
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	3R	4R	2R	2R	9–6
U.S. Open	LQ	3R	4R	QF	1R	3R	4R	14–6
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–0	5–3	7–4	13–4	5–4	3–3	9–4	42–22
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			2R	Not Held		1–1
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	ALT	0–0
Tournament of Champions	A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	1–1
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	4R	QF	3R	4R	4R	11–5
Key Biscayne	LQ	3R	2R	SF	4R	2R	3R	9–5
Madrid	Not Held					1R	SF	4–2
Beijing	Not Tier I					1R	SF	4–2
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I					A	SF	4–1
Rome	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	3R	4–3
Cincinnati	Not Tier I					LQ	3R	2–1
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	QF	3R	2R	3R	1R	6–4
Tokyo	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1–3
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	1R	A	2R	A	NM5		0–2
Moscow	A	A	2R	A	A			1–1
Doha	Not Tier I				3R	Not Held		2–1
Berlin	A	A	A	2R	1R			1–2
San Diego	A	2R	1R	1R	Not Held		NM5	1–3
Zurich	A	A	2R	1R	Not Tier I	Not Held		1–2
Tournaments Won	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	5
Year End Ranking	183	45	20	17	38	31		N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament.
LQ = lost at the tournament's qualifying.

Head-to-head record against other players

Pe'er win-loss record against all players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

first parenthesis shows a record which takes into account only matches played while the opponent was ranked World No. 10 or higher.

second parenthesis shows a record which takes into account only matches played while the opponent was ranked World No. 1.

• Agnieszka Radwańska 3–2 (1-1)
• Ai Sugiyama 2–1 (0-0)
• Alicia Molik 1–0 (0-0)
• Amélie Mauresmo 0–1 (0-1) (0-0)
• Ana Ivanović 3–0 (0-0) (0-0)
• Anastasia Myskina 2–1 (0-1)
• Anna Chakvetadze 2–4 (0-2)
• Caroline Wozniacki 1–4 (1-2) (0-0)
• Conchita Martínez 0–1 (0-0)
• Daniela Hantuchová 2–2 (0-0)
• Dinara Safina 4–3 (2-0) (0-0)
• Elena Dementieva 1–6 (1-5)
• Flavia Pennetta 2–3 (0-0)
• Francesca Schiavone 3–1 (0-0)
• Jelena Dokić 1–0 (0-0)
• Jelena Janković 0–2 (0-2) (0-0)
• Justine Henin 0–2 (0-1) (0-0)
• Kim Clijsters 0–2 (0-1) (0-0)
• Na Li 2–2 (1-0)
• Maria Sharapova 0–4 (0-4) (0-1)
• Marion Bartoli 7–2 (0-0)
• Martina Hingis 0–1 (0-0) (0-0)
• Nadia Petrova 0–5 (0-4)
• Nicole Vaidišová 1–1 (0-0)
• Paola Suárez 1–0 (0-0)
• Patty Schnyder 2–2 (1-1)
• Samantha Stosur 2–3 (0-0)
• Serena Williams 0–5 (0-2) (0-1)
• Svetlana Kuznetsova 3–4 (3-4)
• Venus Williams 0–6 (0-5) (0-0)
• Vera Zvonareva 0–5 (0-1)
• Victoria Azarenka 0–2 (0-0)
• kimiko Date Krumm 1-1 (0-0)

Total: 46–78, 37% (10-37, 21%) (0-2, 0%)

See also

• Sport in Israel
• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

• Shahar Peer – Official web site
• Shahar Pe'er at the Women's Tennis Association
• Shahar Pe'er at the Billie Jean King Cup