Eleazar Davidman was a Jewish Israeli tennis player.

Tennis career

Davidman was Israel's long-time Number 1 player as early as the age of 20, in 1956, and Israel's first tennis star of international caliber.

Starting in 1956 he played 39 matches for the Israel Davis Cup team

Israel Davis Cup team

The Israel Davis Cup team represents Israel in Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by the Israel Tennis Association....

 in Davis Cup

Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...

 competition, going 12-20 in singles and 5-12 in doubles, over the course of 17 ties.

In 1964 he competed in the Australian Open

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...

, making it to the second round in both singles and, with Hoang-Duc Luu of Vietnam, in doubles.

External links

• Obituary in Hebrew
• Memorial website (Hebrew)