Eyal Erlich

Eyal Erlich (Hebrew: אייל ארליך; born 1 January 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Israel.

Eyal Erlich

Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Israel
Born	(1977-01-01) 1 January 1977 near Tel Aviv
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$172,773
Singles
Career record	5–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 144 (15 September 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	1R (1995)
US Open	1R (1998)

Career

Erlich made his Grand Slam debut at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships, entering the main draw as a lucky loser. He was defeated in the first round by German Arne Thoms, in straight sets. Three years later he qualified for his second Grand Slam, the 1998 US Open, but exited again in the opening round, losing to 20th seed Michael Chang.

On the ATP Tour he was more successful as a doubles player and with partner Noam Behr reached the final of the 1996 Eisenberg Israel Open, as wild cards entrants. His highest ever doubles ranking was 160th in the world, which he attained in 1998.

He also represented the Israel Davis Cup team, appearing in a total of 10 ties during his career. Of the 16 rubbers which he played, he won nine, five in singles and four in doubles. In 1996 he won the fifth and decisive rubber against Norway's Helge Koll-Frafjord. His best wins perhaps came in the doubles, with victories over the Àlex Corretja and Emilio Sánchez combination from Spain as well as the Dominik Hrbatý and Karol Kučera pairing from Slovakia.

ATP career finals

Doubles: (1 runner-up)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Oct 1996	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Noam Behr	Marcos Ondruska Grant Stafford	3–6, 2–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1998	Magdeburg, Germany	Carpet	Mosé Navarra	Marcos Ondruska Chris Wilkinson	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2.	1998	Jerusalem, Israel	Hard	Noam Behr	Neville Godwin David Nainkin	W/O
3.	2000	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	Noam Behr	Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3