Eyal Erlich

Eyal Erlich was born in 1977

Eyal Erlich was born on 1 January 1977. As a junior, he placed sixth with Israel at the 1993 world team championship for players up to age 16 in Spain. In 1994 he reached the final of the European championship for the same age group.

He made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in 1995 as a lucky loser and lost in the first round to Arne Thoms of Germany. In 1998 he qualified for the US Open and lost in the first round to Michael Chang. He won the Israeli championship in 1996, and his highest singles ranking was 144th in the world.

In doubles, he and Noam Behr reached the final of the 1996 Israel Open as wild cards, and he reached 160th in the doubles rankings in 1998. He played for Israel's Davis Cup team from 1994, appearing in 10 ties and winning 9 of 16 rubbers. In 1996 he won the deciding rubber against Norway.

After retiring, he graduated in physiotherapy from the University of Haifa in 2008. He works as a sports physiotherapist at a private clinic in north Tel Aviv. He also coaches competitive tennis players.