Yair Wertheimer is an Israel

Israel

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i former tennis player.

Tennis career

Beginning in 1972, Wertheimer played for the Israeli Davis Cup team and had a 6-4 record in singles and a 5-6 record in doubles.

In 1978, while ranked No. 1 in Israel, he went to the United States, on tennis scholarship from the University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

, where he studied Business Administration and played for the tennis team.

In 1997, he won the over-35 seniors tournament at Hapoel Tel Aviv

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Hapoel Tel Aviv is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920's, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as football, weightlifting and others...

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