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Edan Leshem (Hebrew: עידן לשם; born March 19, 1997) is an Israeli tennis player. In 2015, he began playing for the Israel Davis Cup team at the age of 17.
His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 249, which Leshem achieved on 18 December 2017. His career-high ranking in doubles is No. 349, achieved on 24 September 2018.
Personal info
Leshem was born in New York City, and resides in Israel.
Career
2014–15: First ITF title
In December 2014, Leshem lost in the final of the Israeli national championships in Ra'anana to Dudi Sela, 6–1, 6–2.
In November 2015, Leshem won the Israel F15 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
2016–17: ATP and top 250 debut
In June 2016 Leshem won both the Israel F9 in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, and the Israel F10 in Akko, Israel.
In April 2017, Leshem won both the Israel F3 in Tel Aviv, Israel, defeating Matias Franco Descotte in the final, and the Israel F4 in Ramat Gan, Israel, defeating Mats Moraing in the final. In May 2017 he won the Israel F6 in Akko, Israel, defeating Ben Patael in the final.
He made his debut at the 2017 Citi Open in Washington as a qualifier where he lost to Marcos Baghdatis in the first round.
2018–19
He was elected to receive a $25,000 grant through the Grand Slam Development Fund for 2018.
In June 2018, Leshem won the doubles with Daniel Cukierman in the Israel F8 in Tel Aviv, Israel, defeating Dan Added and Albano Olivetti in the finals, and the singles in the Israel F9 in Netanya, Israel, defeating Alessandro Bega in the final.
In September 2019 he won his ninth ITF title, the M25 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, defeating Konstantin Kravchuk in the final.
2022: First ATP win, Israeli No. 1 player
At the 2022 Tel Aviv Open, his home tournament, he qualified for the main draw having received a wildcard. He defeated seventh seed Lorenzo Giustino and third seed Luca Nardi. He recorded his first ATP career win defeating compatriot, wildcard Yshai Oliel. As a result, he climbed close to 70 positions up the rankings to No. 377 and became the No. 1 Israeli player in singles on 3 October 2022.
National representation
Davis Cup
He was called up to play for the Israel Davis Cup team at the age of 17 in February 2015, after the retirement of Andy Ram. Leshem played for the team against the Romania Davis Cup team in 2015, losing in singles to world # 159 Adrian Ungur by a score of 6–4, 6–2. In doubles, he and Bar Botzer lost to Florin Mergea (world doubles # 17) and Horia Tecău (world doubles # 9), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4. In 2020 in the G1 Israel vs Turkey Round 1 he defeated Cem Ilkel, ranked # 195 in the world.
ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend (singles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
| Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (9–11) |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (9–11) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
| Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (9–11) |
| Hard (9–11) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | May 2015 | Israel F6, Akko | Futures | Hard | Peter Kobelt | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | Nov 2015 | Israel F15, Tel Aviv | Futures | Hard | Lennert Van der Linden | 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 | |
| Loss | May 2016 | Israel F7, Tel Aviv | Futures | Hard | Nicolas Meister | 6–7, 5–7 | |
| Win | Jun 2016 | Israel F9, Kiryat Shmona | Futures | Hard | Nick Chappell | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Win | Jun 2016 | Israel F10, Akko | Futures | Hard | Nick Chappell | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Loss | Mar 2017 | Israel F1, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Enzo Couacaud | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Mar 2017 | Israel F2, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Enzo Couacaud | 5–7, 1–6 | |
| Win | Apr 2017 | Israel F3, Tel Aviv | Futures | Hard | Matias Franco Descotte | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Win | Apr 2017 | Israel F4, Ramat Gan | Futures | Hard | Mats Moraing | 6–3, 5–5 ret. | |
| Win | May 2017 | Israel F6, Akko | Futures | Hard | Ben Patael | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | May 2017 | Israel F7, Herzlia | Futures | Hard | Filip Peliwo | 6–4, 1–6, 6–7 | |
| Loss | Dec 2017 | Israel F16, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | Yannick Mertens | 6–7, 3–6 | |
| Win | Jun 2018 | Israel F9, Netanya | Futures | Hard | Alessandro Bega | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Loss | Oct 2018 | Israel F14, Meitar | Futures | Hard | Baptiste Crepatte | 6–7, 3–6 | |
| Loss | Mar 2019 | M15 Tel Aviv, Israel | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Quentin Robert | 3–6, 6–2, 1–6 | |
| Win | Sep 2019 | M25 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Konstantin Kravchuk | 2–2 ret. | |
| Loss | May 2021 | M15 Jerusalem, Israel | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Zane Khan | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | May 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Billy Harris | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | Jun 2022 | M15 Ra'anana, Israel | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Robert Strombachs | 6–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Aug 2022 | M25 Tbilisi, Georgia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Bu Yunchaokete | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend (doubles) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |
| Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–8) |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (4–7) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |
| Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–8) |
| Hard (4–7) |
| Clay (0–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Oct 2013 | Israel F15, Herzlia | Futures | Hard | Mor Bulis | Scott Clayton Toby Martin | 4–6, 0–6 | |
| Win | May 2015 | Israel F5, Ashkelon | Futures | Hard | Daniel Cukierman | Sam Barry Evgeny Karlovskiy | 7–5, 7–5 | |
| Loss | Sep 2015 | Israel F11, Kiryat Gat | Futures | Hard | Mor Bulis | Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan | 6–7, 2–6 | |
| Loss | May 2016 | Israel F7, Tel Aviv | Futures | Hard | Daniel Cukierman | Nicolas Meister Hunter Reese | 5–7, 5–7 | |
| Loss | Oct 2017 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Jeremy Jahn | Sander Arends Antonio Šančić | 2–6, 7–5, [11–13] | |
| Win | Jun 2018 | Israel F8, Tel Aviv | Futures | Hard | Daniel Cukierman | Dan Added Albano Olivetti | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Loss | Feb 2019 | M25 Oberentfelden, Switzerland | World Tennis Tour | Carpet | Albano Olivetti | Marek Jaloviec Michael Vrbenský | 5–7, 1–6 | |
| Loss | Sep 2019 | M25 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Albano Olivetti | Jonathan Eysseric Tom Jomby | 1–6, 6–3, [3–10] | |
| Loss | Feb 2022 | M15 Oberhaching, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Colin Sinclair | Petr Nouza Giovanni Oradini | 6–3, 3–6, [11–13] | |
| Loss | May 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Omar Jasika | Julian Cash Henry Patten | 3–6, 7–5, [2–10] | |
| Win | May 2022 | M15 Akko, Israel | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Daniel Cukierman | Giles Hussey Daniel Little | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | Jan 2023 | M25 Sunderland, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Daniel Cukierman | Anton Matusevich Joshua Paris | 2–6, 6–1, [10–3] | |
| Loss | Jun 2023 | M25 Rome, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Julian Ocleppo | August Holmgren David Pichler | 4–6, 5–7 |