Ilana Berger is an Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i 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 City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Mexico

Mexico

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. 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

Israel Defense Forces

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, Berger became a professional tennis player. She won 7 singles titles in the ITF

International Tennis Federation

The International Tennis Federation is the governing body of world tennis, made up of 205 national tennis associations.It was established as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by 12 national associations meeting at a conference in Paris, France on 1 March 1913...

 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

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 in Seoul

Seoul

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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

Haaretz

Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...

newspaper. She coaches tennis privately and is a freelance sports journalist. Today she is chief Editor of the Internet Site of Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...

Sports Center.