Tennis Career
When he was 10 years old, Glickstein began playing tennis, and at the age of 16 he gave up basketball and soccer to focus solely on the sport. By the time he finished the juniors, he was one of the top 10 juniors in the world. His career was hampered by the fact that he had to serve three years in the Israeli military at a key point in his athletic development (ages 18–21).
Shortly after turning pro, he won his third straight Israeli National championship.
In 1980, Glickstein defeated World No. 35 Raúl Ramírez in the first round at Wimbledon. After losing to eventual champion Björn Borg in the second round, Glickstein won the Wimbledon Plate, the consolation tournament.
Among Glickstein's career victories were wins against World No. 1 Ivan Lendl 6–2, 3–6, 7–5; No. 9 Harold Solomon; No. 10 Eliot Teltscher; and No. 11 Brian Gottfried.
In 1981, Glickstein won the South Orange, New Jersey Grand Prix, becoming the first Israeli to win a Grand Prix tennis tournament.
Glickstein played until 1988, then became the director of the Israel Tennis Academy in Ramat Hasharon from 1992–96.
In the spring of 1998 he was still managing the Israeli Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams.
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