Jesse Levine

Jesse Levine (born October 15, 1987) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles rank of World No. 69 on October 1, 2012. Levine represented the United States from 2007 to 2012.

As a 13-year-old, in 2001 Levine won the U.S. Clay Court 14 Nationals singles championship, and as a 15-year-old he won the USTA boys' 16s doubles championship with his doubles partner. As a 17-year-old, he won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship with his doubles partner. Playing one year of No. 1 singles as a freshman for the University of Florida in 2007, he lost only one match, finishing his career with a 24–1 record.

In June 2009, while representing the United States on tour, he scored his most significant victory to date, defeating World No. 24 (and former World No. 1) Marat Safin at Wimbledon. The following month he defeated the second top-50 player of his career, World No. 48 Philipp Petzschner. His most significant achievement in doubles, was when he made the finals in the 2009 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships losing to the Bryan brothers.

Read more about Jesse Levine:  Early Life and Jewish Heritage, Junior Tennis Career, College Career (2007), Style of Play, Personal

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