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Israel Tennis Centers (ITC) is the largest tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 program for children in the world, reaching more than 350,000 families -- 5% of the Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i population. With 14 centers around the country, the not-for-profit Centers use tennis to promote the social, physical and psychological well being of their students (through other programs such as their Life Skills program). The ITC is the physical home of the Israel Children's Centers, Israel's largest social service agency for children.






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Israel Tennis Centers (ITC) is the largest tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
 program for children in the world, reaching more than 350,000 families -- 5% of the Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i population. With 14 centers around the country, the not-for-profit Centers use tennis to promote the social, physical and psychological well being of their students (through other programs such as their Life Skills program). The ITC is the physical home of the Israel Children's Centers, Israel's largest social service agency for children. The Israel Children's Centers serve 10,000 children every week through a variety of programs that address development and social needs including coexistence programs for Arab and Jewish children and customized programs for a variety of disabilities.

History

In 1974, Dr. Ian Froman, Freddie Krivine, Joseph D. Shane, Harold Landesberg, Rubin Josephs, and Dr. William H. Lippy began fundraising efforts to launch tennis as a sport in Israel and to build a National Tennis Center in Ramat HaSharon
Ramat Hasharon

File:Location_ramathasharon.pngRamat HaSharon is a city located on Israel's central coastal strip in the south of the Sharon, Israel region, bordering Tel Aviv to the south and Herzliya and Glil Yam to the north....
. On April 25, 1976, Leah Rabin cut the ribbon to the Center and 250 children signed up to participate. Canadian pioneers of the Centers included Joseph Frieberg, Gerry Goldberg, Ralph Halbert and Harold Green. Their fundraising efforts laid the financial foundation for Canada Stadium, where the Davis Cup
Davis Cup

The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format....
 and Fed Cup
Fed Cup

Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 Federation Cup to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation ....
 are hosted in Israel today.

Mission Statement

  • To provide all children the opportunity to learn and grow through tennis.
  • To give life changing opportunities to disadvantaged youth.
  • To affect the future of Israel by providing character and leadership development.

Philosophy

The Pursuit of Excellence on every level.

Notable Alumni


  • Anna Smashnova
    Anna Smashnova

    Anna Smashnova is a former professional tennis player from Israel. She retired from professional tennis after Wimbledon 2007.Smashnova, who has been noted as having a great last name for a tennis player, reached her career-high singles ranking of World # 15 in 2003....
     (career-high ranking of #15 in 2003)
  • Shahar Pe'er
    Shahar Pe'er

    Shahar Pe'er is a 1.71 m right-handed Israeli professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking of World #15 on January 29, 2007 makes her the joint highest-ranked Israeli singles player ....
     (career-high ranking of #15 in 2007)
  • Amos Mansdorf
    Amos Mansdorf

    Amos Mansdorf is a former professional tennis player from Israel. He reached his career-high ranking of World No. 18, the highest ever of any Israeli male tennis player, in November 1987....
     (career-high ranking of #18 in 1987)
  • Shlomo Glickstein
    Shlomo Glickstein

    Shlomo Glickstein is a former professional tennis player from Israel. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in November 1982....
     (career-high ranking of #22 in 1982)
  • Harel Levy
    Harel Levy

    Har'el Levy is a professional male tennis player.Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 on July 9, 2007....
     (career-high ranking of #30 in 2001)
  • Shahar Perkiss
    Shahar Perkiss

    Shahar Perkiss is an Israelis right-handed 6' 4" former professional tennis player....
     (career-high ranking of #53 in 1985)
  • Dudi Sela
    Dudi Sela

    Dudi Sela is an Israelis professional tennis player.Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 57 in April 2008. He is currently Israel's top men's singles player, ahead of fellow countrymen Harel Levy and Noam Okun....
     (career-high ranking of #57 in 2008)
  • Gilad Bloom
    Gilad Bloom

    Gilad Bloom is a former professional tennis player from Israel. His career-high rankings were World No. 61 in singles and World No. 62 in doubles ....
     (career-high ranking of #61 in 1990)
  • Tzipora Obziler
    Tzipora Obziler

    Tzipora Obziler is a 5' 7" professional right-handed tennis player.She reached her career-high singles world ranking of #75 in on July 8, 2007, and doubles ranking of #149 on April 10, 2000....
     (career-high ranking of #75 in 2007)
  • Noam Okun
    Noam Okun

    Noam Okun is a professional tennis player.In 2002, Okun reached a career-high singles ranking of # 95 in the world. Okun has won several ATP Challenger Series in his career and has been a consistent competitor on the tour, often qualifying for major events like Grand Slam ....
     (career-high ranking of #95 in 2002)
  • Noam Behr
    Noam Behr

    Noam Behr is an Israeli left-handed professional tennis player who turned pro in 1994.His career-high singles ranking was # 127 , and his career-high doubles ranking was # 109 ....
     (career-high ranking of #127 in 2001, # 109 in doubles)
  • Eyal Ran
    Eyal Ran

    Eyal Ran is a professional right handed Israelis tennis player.His career high Association of Tennis Professionals ranking in singles was 138 , and in doubles it was 71 ....
     (career-high ranking of #138 in 1997, # 71 in doubles)
  • Hila Rosen (career-high ranking of #138 in 1999)
  • Ilana Berger
    Ilana Berger

    Ilana Berger is an Israeli former tennis player.Berger reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on August 10, 1992, when she became # 149 in the world....
     (career-high ranking of #149 in 1992)
  • Oren Motevassel (career-high ranking of #161 in 1997)
  • Yevgenia Savransky (career-high ranking of #172 2006)
  • Amir Hadad
    Amir Hadad

    Amir Hadad is a professional tennis player.His highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals ranking was # 180, in 2003. His highest doubles ranking was # 87, also in 2003....
     (career-high ranking of #180 in 2003, # 87 in doubles)
  • Andy Ram
    Andy Ram

    Andy Ram is a professional right-handed tennis player from Israel, and the first Israeli tennis player to win a seniors Grand Slam event .He attained his highest doubles ranking through July 2007, # 9, on May 15, 2006....
     (career-high ranking of #187 in 2002, # 5 in doubles)

External links

  • , American fundraising arm of ITC
  • , Canadian fundraising arm of ITC