Ilana Berger

Ilana Berger (1965 – ) is an Israeli tennis player. Berger reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 10, 1992, when she became # 149 in the world.

Biography

Ilana Berger was born on December 31, 1965, in Mexico City, Mexico. She started playing tennis at the age of 7.

Tennis career

In the late 1980s, after serving for two years in the Israel Defense Forces, Berger became a professional tennis player. She won 7 singles titles in the ITF Women's Circuit. Berger won 12 Maccabiah Games Medals during her career, a few of them already as a "veteran" while playing Mixed Doubles with Shlomo Glikstein.

Berger was elected as one of 3 best players in Israel's history in the celebrations of Israel's first 50 years.

Berger was Israel's Women's National Champion 5 years.

Berger competed for Israel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Berger represented Israel in 26 meetings in the Federation Cup from 1986–92, going 19–21.

Journalism career

At the age of 26, she decided to study literature and journalism. She worked 7 years as a sports correspondent for Haaretz newspaper. She coaches tennis privately and is a freelance sports journalist. Today she is chief Editor of the Internet Site of Tel Aviv University Sports Center.

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players