Shahar Pe'er

Shahar Pe'er was born in 1987 in Jerusalem

Shahar Pe'er was born in Jerusalem on 1 May 1987 to Aliza and Dov Pe'er, who came to Israel from South Africa. Her family soon moved to Maccabim. She started tennis at age 6, joining lessons with her brother and sister.

In 2001 she won the Israeli women's championship. In 2004 she won the Australian Open girls' title and turned professional. Between 2005 and 2007 she combined tennis with service in the IDF.

In 2006 she won her first 3 WTA singles titles, in Pattaya, Prague and Istanbul. In 2007 she reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the US Open, the first Israeli woman to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal. In 2008 she played in the Australian Open doubles final with Victoria Azarenka and competed at the Beijing Olympics.

In her career she won 5 singles and 3 doubles WTA titles and played for Israel in the Fed Cup from 2002 to 2016. In 2010 she led the March of the Living in Auschwitz. In 2014 she lit a torch at the Independence Day ceremony.