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			\| name = Dudi Sela<br /><small>דודי סלע</small>
	\|country= ] ]
			\| image = Sela WMQ22 (17).jpg
	\|residence= ], Israel
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			\| residence = ], Israel
	\|height= 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1985\|4\|4\|}}
	\|weight= 66 kg (147 lbs)
			\| birth_place = ], Israel
	\|turnedpro= 2002
			\| height = {{convert\|1.75\|m\|ftin\|abbr=on}}<ref> {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713221201/http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/players/overview/atpsc56.html \|date=13 July 2009 }}</ref>
	\|coach= ]
			\| plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
	\|plays= Right
			\| coach = Yoav Ben Zvi
	\|careerprizemoney= ]196,398
			\| turnedpro = 2002
	\|singlesrecord= 5 - 6
			\| retired = 2022
	\|singlestitles= 0
			\| careerprizemoney = {{US$\| 4,003,831 \|link=yes}}
	\|highestsinglesranking= No. 118 (], ])
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	\|AustralianOpenresult= 2nd (2007)
			\| singlestitles = 0
	\|FrenchOpenresult= 1st (2005)
			\| highestsinglesranking = No. 29 (20 July 2009) <ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles \|title=Rankings \| Singles \| ATP Tour \| Tennis \|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
	\|Wimbledonresult= N/A
			\| currentsinglesranking =
	\|USOpenresult= 2nd(2007)
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	\|doublestitles= 0
			\| Wimbledonresult = 4R (])
	\|highestdoublesranking= No. 286 (], ])
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	\|updated= ], ]
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			\| Olympicsresult =2R (])
			\| doublesrecord ={{tennis record \|won=26\|lost=48}}
			\| doublestitles = 1
			\| highestdoublesranking = No. 122 (22 February 2010)
			\| currentdoublesranking =
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			\| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (], ])
			\| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (])
			\| USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (], ])
			\| Team = yes
			\| DavisCupresult = SF (])
			\| updated = 25 September 2022
	}}		}}

			'''David''' "'''Dudi'''" '''Sela''' ({{langx\|he\|דודי סלע}}; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli former professional ] player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009.
	'''Dudi Sela''' (born ], ], in ], ]) is a professional ].

			Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing ] in the ], his highlights include a win in 2007 over then-world No. 7 ], and being a key player in Israel's semifinal run in ]. In 2008 he beat world No. 5 ] in straight sets, and in 2010 he beat world No. 7 ] in straight sets. Sela reached the fourth round of the ] and has finished runner-up in two ATP tournaments in ] and ]. In 2015, he won his 24th career ] event of his career, moving him into second place on the all-time list of Challenger title wins (behind ]).
	Sela reached a career-high singles ranking of # 118 in August ]. He is currently Israel's top singles player, ahead of fellow countrymen ] and ].

	==~~Tennis~~ ~~career~~==		==Early life==
			Sela was born and raised in ], an Israeli city near the Israel-] border.<ref name=Int>{{cite web \|title=D Sela \|publisher=Wimbledon.org \|url=http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/interviews/2009-06-26/200906261246047275343.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629052712/http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/interviews/2009-06-26/200906261246047275343.html \|archive-date=29 June 2009 \|date=26 June 2009 \|access-date=25 June 2015}}</ref> His father Michael, a bus driver, and mother Anca, a nurse from a Jewish family, ].<ref name=ATP>{{cite web \|title=ATP World Tour: Dudi Sela \|publisher=ATPWorldTour.com \|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Dudi-Sela.aspx \|access-date=26 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/26/wimbledon-live-updates \|first=Nicky \|last=Bandini \|title=Wimbledon 2009: day five–as it happened \|work=] \|date=26 June 2009 \|access-date=26 June 2009 \|location=London}}</ref> His family name was originally Sălăjean, but his father changed it so that it would be more easily pronounced in Israel.

			At the age of two, Dudi, diminutive of David, had his hands on his first racket, and at the age of seven he began to play tennis.<ref name="How Romania lost one player">{{cite news \|title=How Romania lost one player \|url=http://www.gsp.ro/gsp-special/superreportaje/refuzat-de-toti-120146.html \|date=26 January 2009 \|access-date=26 January 2009 \|work=] \|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=18948 \|author=Cook, Jonathan \|title=Sela set to play in SA Tennis Open \|work=] \|date=27 January 2009 \|access-date=26 June 2009}}</ref> His tennis idols were his brother ], who was a top 200 player, and the Israeli ].<ref name=ATP /><ref name=Int />
	At his peak as a junior player, he was ranked # 12 in the ] singles rankings, and # 16 in the doubles.

			At age 18, Sela was exempted from conscription into the ].<ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3637318,00.html \|title=דודי סלע: "מאוד מתחרט שלא עשיתי צבא" \|date=12 December 2008 \|website=ynet\|last1=שגיא \|first1=מיקי }}</ref>
	In April ] Sela won his first title, the ] International title, with partner and countryman Idan Ben Harosh. In ], Sela captured the doubles title, while narrowly losing the singles final.

			==Juniors: 2000–03==
	In April ] he reached the Israel International singles final, and won the doubles title with Israeli Maor Zirkin. In July of the same year, he won his first singles title in Van Keeken of ]. The following month, at the Fischer Junior Open he won the singles, and also captured the doubles title with Michael Ryderstedt of Sweden.
			]
			Sela played his first junior match in 1999 at the age of 14 at a grade 5 tournament in Greece. In 2000 Sela won in doubles play with Idan Ben-Harosh in the ] International and in ]. In 2001 he won in doubles with Maor Zirkin reached the finals in singles play at the Israel International. He won his first singles title in Van Keeken of the Netherlands. He won in both singles and doubles (with ]) at the Fischer Junior Open.<ref name="Jews In Sports">{{cite web \|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=112 \|title=Sela, Dudi \|publisher=Jews In Sports \|access-date=25 June 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115208/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=tennis&ID=112 \|archive-date=4 March 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			In 2002, Sela reached the quarterfinals in the Australian Open Junior Competition and was in the top eight at the French Open Juniors. He won at Beaulieu Sur Mer. In 2003, his final year as a junior, he reached the quarterfinals at the Roland Garros Junior singles competition and won the ] with partner Győrgy Balázs of Hungary.<ref name="Jews In Sports" /> He made it to the semifinals at the ] Junior Championships and won the Australia F1 tournament in ]. In July he triumphed at the ] competition in Russia, resulting in a new ATP ranking of 256.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=17143&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 \|author=Toberman, Barry \|title=Tournament win aids sponsor search for Israeli tennis hope \|work=] \|date=25 July 2003 \|access-date=29 June 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005065204/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=17143&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 \|archive-date=5 October 2011 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
	===Pro career===

			Sela's highest junior world rankings were No. 9 in the ] singles rankings (in 2002) and No. 16 in doubles.
	He turned pro in ].

			<u>Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:</u>
	In ], Sela enjoyed a strong showing in the Australian Open Junior Competition, reaching the quarterfinals. In April, he took home the Beaulieu Sur Mer trophy with a strong performance. In the French Open Juniors he cracked the final eight.

			Australian Open: QF (2002)<br />
	2003 was Sela's last year as a junior. He reached the semifinals of the ] ] Junior Championships.
			French Open: QF (2002, ])<br />
			Wimbledon: 2R (])<br />
			US Open: SF (])

			<u>Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:</u>
	He also reached the Roland Garros Junior quarters for the second consecutive year. He also captured the doubles title with partner Gyorgy Balazazs of Hungary.

			Australian Open: 1R (2002)<br />
	In March 2003 he won the Australia F1 tournament in ]. In July he triumphed at the ] competition in Russia.
			French Open: '''W''' (2003)<br />
			Wimbledon: 1R (])<br />
			US Open: SF (2002)

	==~~=2005=~~==		==Pro career==

			===2004–06: Top 200===
	Sela had a successful year on the ] in ], winning tournaments in ], ], and ], in consecutive weeks.

			His best results in 2004 were the semifinals at the Covington Challenger, and the quarterfinals in four other Challenger tournaments.<ref name=ATP />
	===2006===

			Sela had a successful year on the ] in 2005, winning tournaments in Vancouver, Canada, and ], in consecutive weeks. He had a 21–11 record in Challengers.<ref name=ATP />
	In ] Sela won more USTA Pro Circuit singles titles than any other man – all at the Futures level – with five. He picked up consecutive wins twice during the year, at events in ], and ], in September and in Waikoloa, Hawaii, and ] in November. His other win came in ], the last week of October.

			In 2006 Sela five ] Pro Circuit singles titles: at ], ], ], ], and at the ] in ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.usta.com/news/fullstory.sps?iType=921&inewsid=384493 \|title=2006 Year in Review \|last=Milano \|first=Sally \|date=5 December 2006 \|publisher=United States Tennis Association \|access-date=25 June 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212114246/http://www.usta.com/news/fullstory.sps?iType=921&inewsid=384493 \|archive-date=12 December 2007}}</ref>
	===2007===

			===2007: Breaking top 100===
	In January ], Sela qualified for the main draw of the ]. In the first round he upset ] of Thailand, who was ranked # 56 in the world. In the second round, he lost to ] in five sets, despite leading the ] two sets to one.
			In January 2007, Sela qualified for the main draw of the ]. In the first round he upset ] of Thailand, who was ranked #56 in the world. In the second round, he lost to ] in five sets, despite starting by leading the Russian two sets to one. In April 2007, Sela lost in the semifinals in a Challenger tournament to ] in Lanzarote, Spain.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/dudi-sela/sc56/overview \|title=Dudi Sela \| Overview \| ATP Tour \| Tennis \|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>

			In July 2007 he lost in the finals of the ] in Córdoba, Spain. In the tournament he defeated #47 ranked ]. Later in July, he won a challenger title in ], his fourth career title, beating Russia's ] in the final.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1184766037447&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull \|author=Sinai, Alon \|title=Dudi Sela, Harel Levy win first titles \|work=The Jerusalem Post \|date=23 July 2007 \|access-date=26 June 2009}} {{dead link\|date=December 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
	In April 2007, Sela lost in the semifinals in a challenger level tournament to Paul Baccanello in Lanzarote, Spain.

			Sela then qualified for the US Open. In the first round of the main draw he defeated ], his fourth upset of a top 100 player in the first 8 months of the year. Lapentti was once ranked as high as #6 in the world, but at the time of the match was ranked #80. Sela lost to world #23 ] in the second round.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
	In July 2007 he lost in the finals in Cordoba, Spain. In the tournament he defeated # 47 ranked ] 7-5, 6-4.

			In October he first defeated world #51 ] at the ] in Tokyo, followed by #90 ]. Sela won the ] later in October, winning all five of his matches in straight sets. The win lifted him to a career-high 73 in the world.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Tennis-Sela-to-be-ranked-in-worlds-top-80 \|title=Tennis: Sela to be ranked in world's top 80 \|work=The Jerusalem Post \|date=29 October 2007 \|access-date=25 June 2015}}</ref>
	Later in July, he won a challenger title in ], his fourth career title, beating Russia's Mikahil Ledovskikh 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the final.

			Sela had considered retiring before the start of 2008 if he did not make a breakthrough, but things came together. In October he said: "My target is to reach the top 70 within the next year."<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m16&SecId=16&AId=55796&ATypeId=1 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408175628/http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m16&SecId=16&AId=55796&ATypeId=1 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=8 April 2008 \|title=The Jewish Chronicle \|date=8 April 2008}}</ref>
	'''US Open.''' Sela qualifed for the US Open, as he was seeded 11th in the qualifying singles and won all three of his matches. In the first round he defeated ] of Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), in the second round he defeated Ryler de Heart of the US, 6-3, 6-3, and in the third round he easily knocked off No. 29 ] of Chile, 6-0, 6-1. In the first round he defeated ], 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3, his fourth upset of a top 100 player in the first 8 months of the year. Lapentti was once ranked as high as # 6 in the world, but at the time of the match was ranked # 80. The victory ensures he'll move into the top 100 rankings, achieving a goal he set for himself in January. Sela lost to world # 23 ] in the second round, 6-4, 6-0, 6-7 (1), 6-4.

			He lost in the finals of the ATP Taiwan Challenge in ] in November to ], but won the doubles title together with ] of India.<ref> '']'', 19 November 2007, accessed 26 June 2009</ref> He won the Keio Challenger in ] the following week, losing only one set (in a tiebreaker). In December 2007, he had his revenge on Marat Safin in Saint Anton, with a straight-set win. It was his tenth win over a player in the top-100 in the year. For the year he compiled a 33–14 match record in Challenger play with two titles, went 10–5 (all on hard courts) in ATP level competition, and became the first Israeli man to finish in the top 100 since Harel Levy in 2001.<ref name=ATP />

			===2008: Breaking top 60 & first ATP final===
			]
			In the ], Sela won his first round match over qualifier ] but lost his second round to world #24 ].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			In March at the ] he defeated world #49 ], then at the ] in ] he defeated world #48 ] of Korea, and #14 ] of Spain in the 2nd round. In May in Austria he defeated world #80 ] of Germany and in July he won the ], beating Kevin Kim in the final.<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			Sela was gravely disappointed by the failure of the Israel Olympic Committee to allow him to represent Israel at the ] in Beijing.<ref name=Chi>{{cite web \|last=Caro \|first=Danny \|title=Cracks over China as Sela slams selectors \|work=] \|url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=60870&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=dudi_sela&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 \|date=26 June 2008 \|access-date=28 June 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113162358/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=60870&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=dudi_sela&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 \|archive-date=13 January 2016 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Despite the fact that Sela met the ]'s criteria to play in the Olympics, and the ] recommended that he deserved to go, the Israel Olympic Committee refused to accept the recommendation.<ref name=Chi /> Sela said he learned he wasn't going to be permitted to go to the Olympics because "I wasn’t inside the top 50 ranked players.... I met the International Olympic Committee's criteria. But they don’t want to send me, and I don’t understand why. It's not like I’m 500th in the world, I’m 60th. When ] won the Olympics he was ranked 70th, so it shows anything can happen. I want to go and be the first Israeli to play in the men's singles for 20 years."<ref name=Chi />

			In August Sela defeated world #97 ] of the United States at the ] in Washington.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.pr-inside.com/isner-reynolds-win-in-upsets-haas-r749763.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217034907/http://www.pr-inside.com/isner-reynolds-win-in-upsets-haas-r749763.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 February 2012 \|title=Free Services for PR :: News :: Press Releases \|date=17 February 2012}}</ref> Later in the month he beat world #99 ], in New Haven, Connecticut at the ].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			Sela reached his first ATP Tour final in September at the ], while ranked #92. Sela, unseeded, defeated the world #61 Frenchman ] in the first round. In the second round, Sela upset the first seed and world #5, ], in straight sets. Sela continued his run by defeating the sixth seed, world #16 Tommy Robredo, and the seventh seed, world #35 ]. Sela was defeated by ] in the final. Sela became the first Israeli since ] in 2001 to reach an ATP final.<ref name=ATP /> "Dudi reached the final and realized he had it", said his brother Ofer. "He beat top-30 players day after day.... It was the first time he proved he was no paper tiger, but one who can dish it out to everyone. He always knew he had the potential, but suddenly he understood how to fulfill it."<ref name=Odds>{{cite web \|last=Wolf \|first=Nir \|title=Wimbledon: Israeli tennis player Sela out to make history despite odds \|work=Haaretz \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096339.html \|date=28 June 2009 \|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref>

			In October, he defeated the world #72 ] at the ].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			===2009: Breaking top 30===
			]
			In the ], Sela won three rounds of qualifiers in order to make the main draw.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> In the final round, Sela beat ] of ] in dramatic fashion, surviving six ].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://tennisgrandstand.com/tag/dudi-sela/ \|title=Dudi Sela Archives\|date=February 2013 }}</ref>

			In the main draw, Sela beat 30th-seeded German veteran ], who was ranked number 31 in the world. In the second round, he defeated world number 44 ] of ], saving all 12 of Hănescu's break points. He was the first Israeli man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since ] progressed to the round of 32 in Wimbledon in 1994.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/Sela-marches-on-in-convincing-fashion \|last=Sinai \|first=Allon \|agency=Associated Press \|title=Sela marches on in convincing fashion \|work=The Jerusalem Post \|date=23 January 2009 \|access-date=25 June 2015}}</ref> In the round of 32, however, Sela was defeated by fifth-seeded ].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			In February at the ] in ], Sela made it through two rounds of qualifying matches, and then as far as the semifinals. Along the way he beat world number 92 ], world number 73 ], world number 54 ] of France, and world number 43 ] of Russia. With that, he raised his world ranking to number 65. In late February at the ], he beat world number 80 ] of Germany.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> In March, he defeated world number 42 ] at the ], but withdrew in his next match after suffering a leg injury.

			In May, he reached a new career-high world ranking of number 55. That month, he won his first round match at the ], his first French Open victory ever, against ] of ].<ref> '']'', 26 May 2009, accessed 26 June 2009</ref> In June at the ], he defeated world number 59 ], and at ] in the Netherlands in a grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon, he beat world number 39 Igor Kunitsyn.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He again reached a career-high singles ranking, this time number 46.

			In the first round at ], Sela defeated Mexican Santiago González and in the second round, he upset 2008 semifinalist, world number 29 German ], seeded eighteenth.<ref> {{dead link\|date=September 2018\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>{{quote box\|width=28em\|bgcolor=\|align=right \| quote="I like it when there is a lot of chaos going on on the court. It reminds me of Israel. I play a lot better when it's like that."<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/tennis-day-8/article1202018/ \|author=Tebutt, Tom \|title=Tennis/Day 8 \|work=Globe and Mail \|date=2009-06-30 \|access-date=March 18, 2010 \|location=Toronto}}</ref>\|source=Sela, commenting on the chanting and flag-waving during his Wimbledon matches}}

			In the third round, Sela was urged on by a contingent of supporters who for much of the first two sets chanted a Hebrew song, translated roughly as: "], ] is alive and lives on!"<ref name=Supp /> Sela defeated world number 15 ] of Spain, seeded fifteenth; he is now 3–0 lifetime against Robredo.<ref name=Supp>{{cite news \|last=Martin \|first=John \|title=Sela Gets Plenty of Support in Upset of Robredo \|work=The New York Times \|url=http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/sela-gets-plenty-of-support-in-upset-of-robredo/ \|date=26 June 2009 \|access-date=25 June 2015}}</ref><ref> ], 26 June 2009, accessed 26 June 2009</ref><ref name="haaretz.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1095340.html \|title=Israel's Dudi Sela wins through to third round at Wimbledon \|work=Haaretz \|date=24 June 2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"> ], 26 June 2009, accessed 26 June 2009</ref> ] described the upset as a "shock result".<ref> '']'', 27 June 2009, accessed 27 June 2009</ref> That advanced Sela to the round of 16, his first Grand Slam 4th round, which '']'' described as the "surprise of the week".<ref name="Supp" /><ref name="haaretz.com" /><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" /><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/lords-of-the-lawn-show-their-expertise-1722966.html \|author=Newman, Paul \|title=Lords of the lawn show their expertise \|work=] \|date=28 June 2009 \|access-date=28 June 2009 \|location=London}}</ref> Sela became the first Israeli man in 20 years (since ] in ]) to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon, and the fourth Israeli man ever (and first since Mansdorf at the ]) to reach the fourth round in a Grand Slam.<ref name=Illu>{{cite magazine \|title=Israel's Sela upsets Robredo to reach 4th round \|magazine=] \|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/06/26/wimbledon.sela.ap/ \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090630033548/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/06/26/wimbledon.sela.ap/ \|archive-date=30 June 2009 \|date=26 June 2009 \|access-date=26 June 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Dead link\|date=February 2023 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} '']'', 26 June 2009, accessed 26 June 2009 {{dead link\|date=September 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The victory guaranteed him a payday of at least $80,000.<ref name=DN>{{cite news \|last=Bondy \|first=Filip \|title=With run to fourth round, Dudi Sela standing tall for Israel at Wimbledon \|work=] \|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/06/28/2009-06-28_with_run_to_fourth_round_dudi_sela_standing_tall_for_israel_at_wimbledon.html \|date=28 June 2009 \|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245924938254&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull \|title=Wimbledon: Sela reaches round of 16 \|work=The Jerusalem Post \|date=26 June 2009 \|access-date=26 June 2009}} {{dead link\|date=September 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

			Sela next sought to join ] (]), Mansdorf (]), and Shahar Pe'er (] and ]) as the only Israelis to have made it to a Grand Slam quarterfinal.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708050551/http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite?cid=1245924953616&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull \|title=Israel News \| Online Israeli News Covering Israel & The Jewish World – JPost \|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> He was defeated in the fourth round, however, by the 2008 Australian Open champion, then-world number 4 Serbian ].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			On the strength of his Wimbledon performance, Sela rose to a career-high world number 33 in July 2009.<ref> {{dead link\|date=September 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Following his victory in the Davis Cup against Russia the next week, he rose again to a new career high, this time number 29, one better than the career-high of Davis Cup teammate Harel Levy.<ref>, '']'', 15 July 2009, accessed 15 July 2009 {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719191947/http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c40_a16304/News/Israel.html \|date=19 July 2009 }}</ref><ref> {{dead link\|date=September 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

			In late July, Sela was seeded second for the ] in singles.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/221760-dudi-sela-wins-in-indianapolis-tommy-robredo-ousted-in-hamburg \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725223040/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/221760-dudi-sela-wins-in-indianapolis-tommy-robredo-ousted-in-hamburg \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=25 July 2009 \|title=Dudi Sela Wins in Indianapolis, Tommy Robredo Ousted in Hamburg \|work=Bleacher Report \|date=21 July 2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref> In doubles, Sela partnered American ] and defeated ] of Uzbekistan and ] of France to make it to the quarterfinals.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gllaOXQ6x5l--CcM58jPT4upJ_cA \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124232819/http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gllaOXQ6x5l--CcM58jPT4upJ_cA \|title=The article requested is no longer available. \|archive-date=24 January 2013}}</ref>

			===2010: Challenger tour success===
			On 10 June 2010, at the ], Sela upset number 4 seed, and world number 7, ] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8733526.stm \|title=Sela Sends Roddick Out at Queens \|publisher=BBC News \|date=10 June 2010 \|access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref>
			He won the Rhodes Challenger in May, defeating former top ten player Rainer Schüttler.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
			On 8 August 2010, he won the ] title, upsetting the first seed ] in the semifinal and the fourth seed ] in the final.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He has a career 15–0 in this tournament (including winning 2005 and 2008 titles).

			===2012–15: 100 wins & second ATP final===

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			Sela defeated American ] in Hall of Fame Tennis championships.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tennis/top-stories/John-Isner-in-Hall-of-Fame-Tennis-championships-quarters/articleshow/14834826.cms#write \|title=John Isner in Hall of Fame Tennis championships quarters \|date=12 July 2012 \|work=The Times Of India}}</ref>

			In March 2013, Dudi Sela reached the Round of 64 at the Miami Masters, where he lost 2–6 4–6 to world number 9 ranked player ].<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			In September 2013, Dudi Sela defeated ] of Russia W 7–6(2), 6–3, 6–7(2), 5–7, 6–4 in the first round of the 2013 US Open. Sela then lost 4–6 4–6 1–6 in the second round to Janko Tipsarević. In 2013, Dudi also won challenger events in Tashkent, Astana, and Busan. Additionally, he was also a finalist in a challenger event at Istanbul.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players \|title=Players \| ATP Tour \| Tennis \|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>

			In January 2014, Sela reached the Quarterfinals of the Chennai Open in India beating Lukáš Lacko and Mikhail Youzhny before losing to Edouard Roger Vasselin. In the first round of the Australian Open, Dudi lost to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7(3), 7–6(3), 3–6, 3–6.<ref name=autogenerated2 />

			In February, Sela reached the quarterfinals of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors where he beat Lukáš Rosol and Lukáš Lacko before losing to Björn Phau 4–6 3–6. At the Delray Beach Open in Florida, Dudi lost to John Isner 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(5) in a tight second round match.<ref name="auto1"/>

			Sela achieved a notable success in 2015 at ] level when he won the ] for the fourth time. Sela's victory made him just the fifth man in history to win a particular ATP Challenger tournament four or more times, and also moved him into sole possession of second place on the all-time list of Challenger title wins, with 24.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nsnews.com/sports/dudi-sela-owns-the-vanopen-1.2040542 \|title=Dudi Sela owns the VanOpen \|first=Andy \|last=Prest \|work=North Shore News \|date=25 August 2015 \|access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref> In May 2015 he won in ], defeating ] in the final, in August 2015 he won in ], defeating ] in the final, and in November 2015 he won in ].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web \|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/dudi-sela/sc56/overview \|title=Dudi Sela \| Player Activity \| ATP Tour \| Tennis \|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>

			===2016: Return to top 60 & first doubles title===
			At the ], he defeated ] in the first round, then defeated Fernando Verdasco (who had defeated ] in the first round in five sets) in four before losing to ] in the third.
			After the Australian Open Sela was in bad shape and lost 4 consecutive matches, including a match against ] who was ranked 612. However, in March he had three successful Challengers, including two semi-finals (], ]) and one title (]).

			He represented Israel in men's singles at the ] where he defeated ] in the first round but lost to 8th seed ] in the second round.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/dudi-sela-1.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/dudi-sela-1.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=18 April 2020 \|title=Dudi Sela Bio, Stats, and Results \| Olympics at Sports-Reference.com \|date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

			===2017: Wimbledon run, Yom Kippur retirement===
			In 2017, Sela reached one semifinal and two quarterfinals on the ATP Tour, and won two more Challenger Tour titles.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/sports-personality-who-was-israels-best-of-2017-519749 \|title=Sports Personality: Who was Israel's best of 2017 \|website=The Jerusalem Post \| JPost.com\|date=22 December 2017 }}</ref> In January he won in ], defeating ] in the final, and in June he won in ], Great Britain, defeating ] in the final.<ref name="auto"/> He also won at least one match in the three Grand Slam tournaments in which he played.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

			At the ], Sela went on a runt to the third round defeating ] and 23rd seed ] along the way. His run was end by 13th seed ] after he was forced to retire in the third set due to injury.

			Sela quit his quarterfinal match in the third set of the ] against ] so he could begin observing ] by the time the sun set, forfeiting a possible $34,000 in prize money and 90 rankings points.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/383958/israeli-tennis-star-dudi-sela-quits-mid-match-for-yom-kippur/ \|title=Israeli Tennis Star Dudi Sela Quits Mid-Match For Yom Kippur \|website=The Forward\|date=October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.vavel.com/en-us/tennis-usa/2017/09/29/832534-dudi-sela-retires-mid-match-in-shenzhen-for-yom-kippur.html \|title=Dudi Sela retires mid-match in Shenzhen for Yom Kippur \|date=29 September 2017 \|website=VAVEL}}</ref>

			Sela concluded the year with his highest year-end ranking in eight years, at No. 67 in the world.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

			===2018: Indian Wells run, early end to season===
			In 2018, Sela went on a run to the third round of the ] as a lucky loser defeating ] and 21st seed ] along the way. His run was ended by qualifier ] in straight sets. It would be his last Masters 1000 tournament to date.

			At the ], Sela played world number 1 ] in the first round and lost in straight sets. It would be his last grand slam to date.

			Sela ended his 2018 season after his quarterfinal loss at the ] to recover from wrist and back injuries. His year-end ranking was 236 which was the first time in five years and the second time in eleven years that he finished the year outside the top 100.

			===2019: Challenger title and finals===
			In 2019, after losing the final of two more challenger events, Sela won the ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/jun/10/championship-match-ends-with-retirement/ \|title=Championship match ends with retirement \|work=Arkansas Democrat Gazette \|date=10 June 2019 \|access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> As a result of this, Sela's ranking increased from 208 to 164 in the world. He also made the final of the ] in September but lost to top seed ] in just 43 minutes winning only one game in the process which set a record for the shortest challenger match.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://tennistonic.com/tennis-news/98950/tennis-scores-astonishing-tsonga-conquers-the-title-in-the-cassis-challenger/ \|title=TENNIS SCORES. Astonishing Tsonga conquers the title in the Cassis Challenger \|date=9 September 2019 \|access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>

			Sela received a wildcard into the main draw of the ] but lost in the first round to ] in straight sets. It would be his last ATP match to date.

			For the first time since 2006, Sela failed to record an ATP win during the entire year marking a severe dip in form.

			===2020: Inactivity due to COVID-19===
			Sela failed to record a win at any level during the year. After the ] suspended tennis in March, he decided to remain inactive for the rest of 2020 even when tennis returned in August.

			===2021: Wimbledon qualifying draw and positive COVID-19 test===
			In 2021, Sela played his first match in over a year when he entered the qualifying draw of the ] as a protected ranking. He defeated British wildcard ] in the first round before losing in the second round to 5th seed ] in three sets. He also entered the qualifying draw of the ] but later withdrew due to testing positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by ].

			===2022: All Majors qualifying draws participation, Retirement===

			In January, he announced his plans to retire after the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.tennisworldusa.org/tennis/news/Tennis_Interviews/107525/dudi-sela-to-retire-after-2022-season-reveals-his-plans-postretirement/ \| title=Dudi Sela to retire after 2022 season, reveals his plans post-retirement \| date=12 January 2022 }}</ref>

			Sela began his 2022 season with a protected ranking entry into the qualifying draw of the ] where he lost in the first round to ] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.thefirstserve.com.au/post/sela-kicks-off-final-year-on-tour-plans-move-to-australia \| title=Sela kicks off final year on tour, plans move to Australia \| date=10 January 2022 }}</ref>

			He played his last ] as a qualifier where he lost in the first round of qualifying to ].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-715650 \| title=Dudi Sela bows out at US Open qualifying \| date=26 August 2022 }}</ref>

	==Davis Cup==		==Davis Cup==
			]
	In late 2005, he joined the Israeli ] team. He is 4-4 in 2005-07. In April 2007 he upset ], ranked # 91 in the world, 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 3-6, 6-3, as Israel defeated Italy.
			In late 2005, he joined the ]. He is 12–6 through July 2009.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30023230 \|title=Dudi Sela \|publisher=Daviscup.com \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>

			In April 2007 he upset ], ranked #91 in the world, as Israel defeated ].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/davis-cup/2007/live-sela-d.-seppi-a._mtc190028/live.shtml \|title=LIVE Sela D.-Seppi A. - Davis Cup - 6 April 2007 \|website=Eurosport}}</ref>

			Before the ]-Israel Davis Cup match began in September 2007, even '']'' wrote: "Led by Fernando González (6) and Nicolás Massú (72), it is hard to see Israel's Dudi Sela (105) and Noam Okun (186), backed up by doubles specialists ] and ], winning the contest. González and Massú are also a formidable doubles partnership, having won the Olympic gold medal in Athens in 2004."<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=55613&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726032202/http://website.thejc.com/home.aspx?AId=55613&ATypeId=1&search=true2&srchstr=&srchtxt=1&srchhead=1&srchauthor=0&srchsandp=0&scsrch=0 \|title=Griver, Simon, "Russian test looms for Israel's leading ladies", ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 9/20/07, accessed 6/28/09 \|archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref>

			That same month, before playing ] of Chile in the first match of the tie, Sela said: "We like being the underdog. I'm very pleased with the fact that I'm playing first and I'm very confident of claiming the win."<ref> {{dead link\|date=September 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He then proceeded to upset Massu, ranked #72 in the world, and formerly ranked #9 in the world, in a 5-hour 7-minute match. "This is definitely the biggest win in my career", Sela said afterwards.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.daviscup.com/news/matchreport.asp?articleid=14292 \|author=Sarid, Almog \|title=Sela stays strong in marathon \|publisher=Daviscup.com \|date=20 September 2007 \|access-date=18 March 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408062325/http://www.daviscup.com/news/matchreport.asp?articleid=14292 \|archive-date=8 April 2008}}</ref> Later in that Davis Cup tie, Dudi Sela defeated #7 in the world ] in a 5-hour 1-minute match. It is arguably the greatest tennis match ever played in Israel.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708081407/http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite?cid=1198517209430&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull \|title=Israel News\|work=JPost \|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref> The victory lifted Israel over Chile and into 2008's World Group. Gonzalez was at the time the highest-ranked player Sela had ever beaten in his career (he later beat world #5 David Ferrer in Beijing in September 2008),<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/906462.html \|author=Hipsh, Rami \|title=Israel pushes past Chile in Davis Cup after stunning upset by Sela \|work=Haaretz \|date=23 September 2007 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref> and his 6th upset of a top-100 player in the first 9 months of the year. Elated, Sela said "This is definitely the happiest day of my life." Sela was congratulated over the phone by Prime Minister ] and President ] after the match.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708221512/http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite?cid=1189411468229&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull \|title=Israel News\|work=JPost \|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>

			In the ], Israel hosted ] in ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/news/articles/2008-world-group-draw.aspx \|title=2008 World Group draw \|publisher=Daviscup.com \|date=27 September 2007 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref> Sela started with a win against world #71 ] and gave Israel an advantage of 1–0. He then lost to world #60 ] as Israel lost the tie 3–2. In the ], Sela led the Israeli team to a 4–1 victory over ] at Ramat HaSharon. Sela won both his singles contests, defeating ] and ].

			In the 2009 World Group Playoffs in March 2009, Israel again faced seven-time Davis Cup champion ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090310.WBTennis20090310190318/WBStory/WBTennis \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316001902/http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090310.WBTennis20090310190318/WBStory/WBTennis \|archive-date=16 March 2009 \|title=An exceptional tie \|work=] \|date=10 March 2009 \|last=Tebbutt \|first=Tom}}</ref> Sela led the Israeli team to a come-from-behind 3–2 victory over the Swedes<ref> '']'', 8 March 2009, accessed 26 June 2009</ref> at Baltic Hall in ], to advance in the 2009 Davis Cup. Sela won each of his singles matches in 5 sets, coming from behind to defeat ] in his hometown and came from behind to stun ] champion ]. Sela views it as the biggest win of his career to that point.<ref name=Int /> In their 84-year Davis Cup history, the Swedes had never before lost a tie after holding a 2–1 lead. The last time Israel's Davis Cup team reached the level of being one of the top eight tennis nations in the world was in 1987, against ].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069892.html \|author=Wolf, Nir \|title=Israel's tennis victory in Malmö evokes memories of 1987 upset \|work=Haaretz \|date=11 March 2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref>

			Israel (ranked 8th in the Davis Cup standings, with 5,394 points) hosted heavily favored ] (which won in both 2002 and 2006, and was the top-ranked country in Davis Cup standings, with 27,897 points) in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv.<ref> '']'', 10 July 2009, accessed 11 July 2009</ref> Israel was represented by Sela, ], Jonathan Erlich, and Andy Ram. Russia's lineup consisted of ] (#60 in the world; former world #1), ] (24), ] (35), and ] (69; former world #8).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ii4W5jKOiCcB2m_e2_xH1QSMVzWwD99557K81 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710160030/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ii4W5jKOiCcB2m_e2_xH1QSMVzWwD99557K81 \|title=Nadal left off Spain team for Davis Cup, Associated Press, 6/30/09, accessed 6/30/09 \|archive-date=10 July 2009}}</ref><ref> {{dead link\|date=January 2020\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> Sela said before the tie: "We feel we can beat the Russians."<ref> {{dead link\|date=January 2020\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> The stage was then set by Safin, who prior to the tie told the press: "With all due respect, Israel was lucky to get to the quarterfinals."<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1099339.html \|author=Spungin, Simon \|title=Davis Cup win was a very Israeli triumph \|date=11 July 2009 \|work=Haaretz \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref> The Israeli team's response was to beat the Russian team in each of their first three matches, thereby winning the tie. Levy, world #210, beat Russia's top player, Andreev, world #24 in the opening match. Sela (#33) followed by beating Russian Youzhny. Israeli captain ] likened his players to two ]s on court, saying: "I felt as if I had two ]s out there today, they played amazingly well." The 10,500 spectators were the largest crowd ever for a tennis match in Israel.<ref> ], 10 July 2009, accessed 10 July 2009</ref> The next day Israelis Ram and Erlich beat Safin and Kunitsyn in front of a boisterous crowd of over 10,000.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709052122/http://www.jpost.com/EditionFrancaise/Home.aspxservlet/Satellite?cid=1246443776842&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull \|title=Israel News\|work=JPost \|archive-date=9 July 2012}}</ref> Even the '']'' described the doubles match as a "thrilling" win.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009071243491 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720054117/http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009071243491 \|title=Saudi Gazette/ Home Page \|archive-date=20 July 2009 \|website=www.saudigazette.com.sa}}</ref> Ran was carried shoulder-high around the Tel Aviv stadium, as the 10,000-strong crowd applauded.<ref>{{cite web \|last=James \|first=Dave \|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iYMVEBA0XSi_qqEoypMDj9WjDyJg \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216063420/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iYMVEBA0XSi_qqEoypMDj9WjDyJg \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=16 December 2012 \|title=Israel make Davis Cup history, USA stay alive \|publisher=AFP \|date=11 July 2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref> With the tie clinched for Israel, the reverse singles rubbers were "]", and instead of best-of-five matches, best-of-three sets were played, with the outcomes of little to no importance.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.tennistalk.com/en/news/20090711/Singles_rubbers_dead_as_Israel_finishes_off_Russia \|author=Dimon, Ricky \|title=Singles rubbers dead as Israel finishes off Russia \|publisher=Tennis Talk \|date=11 July 2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206095714/http://tennistalk.com/en/news/20090711/Singles_rubbers_dead_as_Israel_finishes_off_Russia \|archive-date=6 February 2010 \|url-status=dead \|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Israel wrapped up a 4–1 victory over Russia, as Levy defeated Kunitsyn, while Sela retired with a wrist injury while down 3–4 in the first set against Andreev.<ref> {{dead link\|date=June 2016\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> Israel, however, lost to Spain in the semi-finals, 4–1.

			==Playing style==
			Sela's playing style is very fast, aggressive and viewed as a ]er by some.<ref name=DN />

			==Coaching==
			During his career he has also been coached by his brother Ofer Sela, Tomi Schnitzer, Australian-born former Israeli Davis Cup coach Ron Steele, and Israelis ], Yoav Shab, Yoram Menahem, and ].

			==Jewish heritage==
			Sela, along with ], ], ], ] and ], is one of a number of Jewish tennis players who are highly ranked.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.ajn.com.au/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918213053/http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=4744 \|title=AJN \| Latest Nicotine News \|archive-date=18 September 2008 \|website=www.ajn.com.au}}</ref><ref>, pp. 58, 95, 99, 159, 213, 220, KTAV Publishing House, 2007, {{ISBN\|9780881259698}}</ref><ref> '']'', 22 March 2009, accessed 4 June 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.csjl.org/articlereader.php?item=64 \|title=Israeli Tennis Star Dudi Sela: Making A Racquet \|publisher=Center for Sport and Jewish Life \|year=2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628171739/http://www.csjl.org/articlereader.php?item=64 \|archive-date=28 June 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref> '']'', 27 August 2008; accessed 4 June 2009 {{webarchive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628113644/http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2008/08/27/news/news10.txt \|date=28 June 2009 }}</ref> "It's very special being able to play around the world", Sela said. "It is fun playing in different places because Jewish people will come out to watch me."<ref name=Int /><ref name=Illu /><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.jhvonline.com/print_this_story.asp?smenu=102&sdetail=4515 \|author=Samuels, Matt \|title=Israeli Tennis Stars Come to Houston \|publisher=The Jewish Herald Voice \|date=24 April 2008 \|access-date=18 March 2010}} {{dead link\|date=September 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

			Sela enjoys support outside of Israel from his fan brigade, known as the "Hebrew Hammer", whose chanting in both English and Hebrew aims to replicate the raucous atmosphere of tennis matches in Tel Aviv that helped him defeat the likes of González in arguably his most historic victory.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Peter \|first=Josh \|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=jo-querrey080209&prov=yhoo&type=lgns \|title=Sam's club rocking tennis tour \|publisher=yahoo.com \|date=3 August 2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/228712-haas-and-querrey-highlight-la-beck-and-bellucci-make-finals-in-gstaad \|author=Naderi, Nima \|title=Haas and Querrey Highlight LA; Beck and Bellucci Make Finals in Gstaad \|publisher=The Bleacher Report \|date=1 August 2009 \|access-date=18 March 2010}}</ref> Originating at the ] in 2008, the Hebrew Hammer has been spotlit on telecasts by the ].

			==Personal life==
			Sela has three children with his wife Marina, son Elai, daughter Talia and son Roy.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://umdmitzpeh.com/2017/04/28/dudi-sela-underappreciated-israeli-sports-icon/ \|title=Dudi Sela: Underappreciated Israeli sports icon \|date=29 April 2017}}</ref> He has a brother, ] (b. 1972).<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/ofer-sela/s496/overview \|title=Ofer Sela \| Overview \| ATP Tour \| Tennis \|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>

			==ATP career finals==

			===Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)===
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			{\|class="wikitable"
			!Titles by setting
			\|-
			\|Outdoor (0–2)
			\|-
			\|Indoor (0–0)
			\|}
			\|}

			{\|class="sortable wikitable"
			!Result
			!class="unsortable"\|W–L
			!Date
			!Tournament
			!Tier
			!Surface
			!Opponent
			!class="unsortable"\|Score
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>0–1</small>
			\|]
			\|], China
			\|International
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|4–6, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 3–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>0–2</small>
			\|]
			\|], United States
			\|250 Series
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|3–6, 4–6
			\|}

			===Doubles: 1 (1 title)===
			{\|
			\|- valign="top"
			\|
			{\|class="wikitable"
			!Legend
			\|- style="background:#f3e6d7;"
			\|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
			\|- style="background:#ffffcc;"
			\|ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
			\|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
			\|ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
			\|- style="background:#d4f1c5;"
			\|ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
			\|-
			\|ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
			\|}
			\|
			{\|class="wikitable"
			!Titles by surface
			\|-
			\|Hard (0–0)
			\|-
			\|Clay (1–0)
			\|-
			\|Grass (0–0)
			\|}
			\|
			{\|class="wikitable"
			!Titles by setting
			\|-
			\|Outdoor (1–0)
			\|-
			\|Indoor (0–0)
			\|}
			\|}

			{\|class="sortable wikitable"
			!Result
			!class="unsortable"\|W–L
			!Date
			!Tournament
			!Tier
			!Surface
			!Partner
			!Opponents
			!class="unsortable"\|Score
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98FB98\|Win
			\|<small>1–0</small>
			\|]
			\|], Turkey
			\|250 Series
			\|Clay
			\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]
			\|6–3, 5–7,
			\|}

			==Challenger and Futures finals==

			===Singles: 42 (30–12)===
			{\|
			\|-valign=top
			\|
			{\|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
			!Legend (singles)
			\|-bgcolor=e5d1cb
			\|-bgcolor=ffffcc
			\|ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–1)
			\|-bgcolor=moccasin
			\|ATP Challenger Tour (23–10)
			\|-bgcolor=cffcff
			\|ITF Futures Tour (7–1)
			\|}
			\|
			{\|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
			!Titles by surface
			\|-
			\|Hard (28–11)
			\|-
			\|Clay (0–1)
			\|-
			\|Grass (2–0)
			\|-
			\|Carpet (0–0)
			\|}
			\|}

			{\|class="sortable wikitable"
			!Result
			!class="unsortable"\|W–L
			!Date
			!Tournament
			!Tier
			!Surface
			!Opponent
			!class="unsortable"\|Score
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>1–0</small>
			\|{{dts\|Mar 2003}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Australia F1, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} ]
			\|4–3 ret.
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>1–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|May 2003}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Italy F8, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Clay
			\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
			\|6–4, 0–6, 2–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>2–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Jul 2003}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Togliatti, Russia
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]
			\|6–2, 6–4
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>3–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Feb 2005}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Australia F2, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} ]
			\|6–1, 6–1
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>4–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Jul 2005}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], United States
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|6–3, 3–6, 6–4
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>5–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Aug 2005}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Canada
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} ]
			\|6–2, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>6–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Sep 2006}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|USA F22, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|GER}} ]
			\|5–1 ret.
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>7–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Sep 2006}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|USA F23, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|7–5, 6–4
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>8–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Oct 2006}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|USA F27, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} ]
			\|5–7, 6–4, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>9–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Nov 2006}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|USA F28, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|6–1, 6–4
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>10–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Nov 2006}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|USA F29, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} ]
			\|6–3, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>10–2</small>
			\|{{dts\|Jul 2007}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Spain
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
			\|4–6, 6–0, 5–7
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>11–2</small>
			\|{{dts\|Jul 2007}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Togliatti, Russia
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|RUS}} ]
			\|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>12–2</small>
			\|{{dts\|Oct 2007}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Korea, Rep.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|GRE}} ]
			\|6–4, 6–4
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>12–3</small>
			\|{{dts\|Nov 2007}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|TPE}} ]
			\|3–6, 3–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>13–3</small>
			\|{{dts\|Nov 2007}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Japan
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|JPN}} ]
			\|6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–4, 6–2
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>14–3</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Canada
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|6–3, 6–0
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>15–3</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Greece
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|GER}} ]
			\|7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>16–3</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Canada
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|LTU}} ]
			\|7–5, 6–2
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>17–3</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Korea, Rep.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|JPN}} ]
			\|6–2, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>18–3</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Uzbekistan
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} ]
			\|6–2, 6–1
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>19–3</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Great Britain
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Grass
			\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]
			\|6–4, 3–6, 7–5
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>19–4</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:#ffffcc;"\|], Brazil
			\|style="background:#ffffcc;"\|Challenger Tour Finals
			\|Hard (i)
			\|{{flagicon\|GER}} ]
			\|2–6, 4–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>20–4</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Thailand
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|JPN}} ]
			\|6–1, 7–5
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>21–4</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Korea, Rep.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|RUS}} ]
			\|6–1, 6–4
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>21–5</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Turkey
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|GER}} ]
			\|1–6, 6–2, 2–3 ret.
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>22–5</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Kazakhstan
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|KAZ}} ]
			\|5–7, 6–2, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>23–5</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Uzbekistan
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|RUS}} ]
			\|6–1, 6–2
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>23–6</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Finland
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard (i)
			\|{{flagicon\|EST}} ]
			\|4–6, 7–5, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>24–6</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Turkey
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|SLO}} ]
			\|6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–3, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>25–6</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Canada
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} ]
			\|6–4, 7–5
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>26–6</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], China, P.R.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|CRO}} ]
			\|6–1, 1–0 ret.
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>26–7</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Australia
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|6–7<sup>(7–9)</sup>, 2–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>27–7</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], China, P.R.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|CHN}} ]
			\|6–4, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>27–8</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Uzbekistan
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|SRB}} ]
			\|6–2, 3–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>27–9</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Turkey
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|TUN}} ]
			\|6–1, 1–6, 0–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>28–9</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Australia
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|GER}} ]
			\|3–6, 6–4, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>29–9</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Great Britain
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Grass
			\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
			\|4–6, 6–4, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>29–10</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Thailand
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|SUI}} ]
			\|2–6, 4–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>29–11</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Korea, Rep.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|TPE}} ]
			\|4–6, 2–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>30–11</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], United States
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|KOR}} ]
			\|6–1, 4–3 ret.
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>30–12</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], France
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]
			\|1–6, 0–6
			\|}

			===Doubles: 12 (6–6)===
			{\|
			\|-valign=top
			\|
			{\|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
			!Legend (doubles)
			\|-bgcolor=e5d1cb
			\|-bgcolor=moccasin
			\|ATP Challenger Tour (5–5)
			\|-bgcolor=cffcff
			\|ITF Futures Tour (1–1)
			\|}
			\|
			{\|class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
			!Titles by surface
			\|-
			\|Hard (6–5)
			\|-
			\|Clay (0–1)
			\|-
			\|Grass (0–0)
			\|-
			\|Carpet (0–0)
			\|}
			\|}

			{\|class="sortable wikitable"
			!Result
			!class="unsortable"\|W–L
			!Date
			!Tournament
			!Tier
			!Surface
			!Partner
			!Opponents
			!class="unsortable"\|Score
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>0–1</small>
			\|{{dts\|Jul 2003}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Italy
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|GER}} ]
			\|4–6, 5–7
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>0–2</small>
			\|{{dts\|Oct 2004}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|USA F28, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|MKD}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|FRA}} Julien Cassaigne<br />{{flagicon\|CAN}} ]
			\|6–2, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 4–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>1–2</small>
			\|{{dts\|Dec 2005}}
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Israel F2, ]
			\|style="background:#cffcff;"\|Futures
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|ISR}} Victor Kolik
			\|{{flagicon\|UKR}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|LAT}} ]
			\|6–3, 6–3
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>1–3</small>
			\|{{dts\|Mar 2006}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|SWE}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|KOR}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|4–6, 2–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>1–4</small>
			\|{{dts\|May 2006}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Atlanta, USA
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Clay
			\|{{flagicon\|ISR}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|USA}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]
			\|4–6, 4–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>1–5</small>
			\|{{dts\|May 2007}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Spain
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|ISR}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|RSA}} ]
			\|3–6, 1–6
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>2–5</small>
			\|{{dts\|Nov 2007}}
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|IND}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|CAN}} ]
			\|6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>3–5</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], USA
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|ISR}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|SUI}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\|6–2, 3–6,
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>4–5</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Gouadeloupe
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|TPE}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|GER}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|ROU}} ]
			\|6–1, 6–2
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>5–5</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], China, P.R.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|ISR}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|CRO}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|CRO}} ]
			\|6–3, 3–6,
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=FFA07A\|Loss
			\|<small>5–6</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Korea, Rep.
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|TPE}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|TPE}} ]
			\|1–5 ret.
			\|-
			\|bgcolor=98fb98\|Win
			\|<small>6–6</small>
			\|]
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|], Australia
			\|style="background:moccasin;"\|Challenger
			\|Hard
			\|{{flagicon\|RSA}} ]
			\|{{flagicon\|BIH}} ]<br />{{flagicon\|BIH}} ]
			\|6–3, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>,
			\|}

			==Junior Grand Slam finals==

			===Doubles: 1 (1 title)===
			{\|class="sortable wikitable"
			!style="width:40px;"\|Result
			!style="width:30px;"\|Year
			!style="width:140px;"\|Tournament
			!style="width:50px;"\|Surface
			!style="width:150px;"\|Partner
			!style="width:150px;"\|Opponents
			!style="width:110px;" class="unsortable"\|Score
			\|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
			\|style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win\|\|]\|\|]\|\|Clay\|\|{{flagicon\|HUN}} György Balázs\|\|{{flagicon\|GEO}} ] <br /> {{flagicon\|SVK}} ]\|\| 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
			\|}

			==Performance timelines==

			=== Singles ===
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			!]
			!SR!!W–L
			\|-
			\| colspan="23" align="left" \|]
			\|-
			\| align="left" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\| bgcolor=ecf2ff \|]
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			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|0 / 12
			\|9–12
			\|-
			\| align="left" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|0 / 9
			\|2–9
			\|-
			\| align="left" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
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			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
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			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\| style="color:#767676" \|NH
			\|style=background:#ecf2ff\|]
			\|style=background:#ecf2ff\|]
			\|0 / 10
			\|6–10
			\|-
			\| align="left" \|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|0 / 10
			\|6–10
			\|-
			! style="text-align:left" \|Win–loss
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–1
			!0–0
			!2–2
			!1–4
			!6–4
			!1–4
			!2–3
			!0–3
			!1–2
			!1–4
			!3–4
			!2–4
			!4–3
			!0–3
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0 / 41
			!23–41
			\|-
			\| colspan="23" align="left" \|'''ATP World Tour Masters 1000'''
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\| rowspan="4" style="color:#767676" \|NH
			\|A
			\|A
			\|0 / 6
			\|6–6
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q2
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|0 / 6
			\|5–6
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|Q1
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|0 / 0
			\|0–0
			\|-
			\|]<sup>1</sup>
			\|A
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|0 / 0
			\|0–0
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|0 / 0
			\|0–0
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|style="color:#767676" \|NH
			\|A
			\|A
			\|0 / 3
			\|0–3
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
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			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|0 / 1
			\|0–1
			\|-
			\|]<sup>2</sup>
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\| colspan="3" style="color:#767676" \|NH
			\|0 / 1
			\|0–1
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
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			\|0 / 0
			\|0–0
			\|-
			!Win–loss
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!3–2
			!0–4
			!3–2
			!0–0
			!1–2
			!1–1
			!0–1
			!0–0
			!0–1
			!1–3
			!2–1
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0 / 17
			!11–17
			\|-
			\| colspan="23" align="left" \|'''National representation'''
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
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			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
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			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|0 / 4
			\|23–25
			\|-
			\|]
			\|style="color:#767676" \|NH
			\|A
			\| colspan="3" style="color:#767676" \|Not Held
			\|A
			\| colspan="3" style="color:#767676" \|Not Held
			\|A
			\| colspan="3" style="color:#767676" \|Not Held
			\| bgcolor="afeeee" \|]
			\| colspan="4" style="color:#767676" \|Not Held
			\|A
			\| style="color:#767676" \|NH
			\|0 / 1
			\|1–1
			\|-
			\| colspan="23" align="left" \|'''Career statistics'''
			\|-
			!
			!2003
			!2004
			!2005
			!2006
			!2007
			!2008
			!2009
			!2010
			!2011
			!2012
			!2013
			!2014
			!2015
			!2016
			!2017
			!2018
			!2019
			!2020
			!2021
			!2022
			! colspan="2" \|Career
			\|- bgcolor="efefef"
			\|Tournaments
			\|0
			\|0
			\|1
			\|0
			\|4
			\|22
			\|20
			\|17
			\|13
			\|17
			\|7
			\|19
			\|9
			\|17
			\|15
			\|8
			\|1
			\|0
			\|0
			\|0
			! colspan="2" \|170
			\|-
			!Titles / Finals
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 1
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 1
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			! colspan="2" \|0 / 2
			\|-
			!Overall win–loss
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!1–2
			!0–2
			!10–5
			!17–23
			!18–22
			!16–20
			!18–15
			!12–19
			!4–10
			!18–21
			!8–10
			!11–18
			!13–17
			!7–9
			!0–2
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			! colspan="2" \|143-195
			\|-style="font-weight:bold;background:#efefef;"
			\|style=text-align:left\|Win %
			\|N/A
			\|N/A
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=1\|lost=2\|integer=yes}}
			\|0%
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=10\|lost=5\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=17\|lost=23\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=18\|lost=22\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=16\|lost=20\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=18\|lost=15\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=12\|lost=19\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=4\|lost=10\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=18\|lost=21\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=8\|lost=10\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=11\|lost=18\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=13\|lost=17\|integer=yes}}
			\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=7\|lost=9\|integer=yes}}
			\|0%
			\|N/A
			\|N/A
			\|
			\|colspan=3\|{{tennis win percentage\|won=143\|lost=195\|integer=}}
			\|- bgcolor="efefef"
			\|Year-end ranking
			\|259
			\|308
			\|170
			\|202
			\|64
			\|112
			\|43
			\|75
			\|83
			\|109
			\|73
			\|99
			\|100
			\|96
			\|67
			\|236
			\|142
			\|233
			\|381
			\|
			\| colspan="2" \|'''{{tennis win percentage\|won=143\|lost=195\|integer=}}'''
			\|}
			<sup>1</sup> Held as ] (clay) until 2008, ] (clay) 2009–present.

			<sup>2</sup> Held as ] (indoor hardcourt) from 2002 to 2008, ] (outdoor hardcourt) 2009–present.

			===Doubles===
			''Current as far as the ].
			{\|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
			!Tournament
			!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]!!]
			!]
			!S/R!!W–L
			\|-
			\| colspan="19" align="left" \|]
			\|-
			\|align=left\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|A
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			\|A
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			\|
			\|0 / 4
			\|1–4
			\|-
			\|align=left\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|
			\|0 / 4
			\|2–4
			\|-
			\|align=left\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|style=color:#767676\|NH
			\|A
			\|
			\|0 / 4
			\|1–4
			\|-
			\|align=left\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|
			\|0 / 3
			\|4–3
			\|-
			!style=text-align:left\|Win–loss
			!0–0
			!0–2
			!1–2
			!2–2
			!0–1
			!1–2
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!2–3
			!2–2
			!0–1
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0 / 15
			!8–15
			\|-
			\| colspan="19" align="left" \|'''National representation'''
			\|-
			\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=afeeee\|]
			\|A
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|bgcolor=ecf2ff\|]
			\|A
			\|A
			\|
			\|0 / 4
			\|3–5
			\|-
			\| colspan="19" align="left" \|'''Career statistics'''
			\|-
			!
			!2007
			!2008
			!2009
			!2010
			!2011
			!2012
			!2013
			!2014
			!2015
			!2016
			!2017
			!2018
			!2019
			!2020
			!2021
			!2022
			! colspan="2" \|Career
			\|- bgcolor="efefef"
			\|Tournaments
			\|1
			\|7
			\|6
			\|6
			\|4
			\|4
			\|2
			\|3
			\|1
			\|6
			\|7
			\|2
			\|0
			\|0
			\|0
			\|0
			! colspan="2" \|49
			\|-
			!Titles / Finals
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!1 / 1
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			!0 / 0
			! colspan="2" \|1 / 1
			\|-
			!Overall win–loss
			!1–1
			!2–7
			!3–6
			!4–6
			!2–4
			!1–4
			!1–2
			!1–3
			!1–0
			!6–5
			!4–8
			!0–2
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			!0–0
			! colspan="2" \|26-48
			\|-
			\|Year-end ranking
			\|289
			\|487
			\|209
			\|174
			\|382
			\|257
			\|258
			\|808
			\|394
			\|155
			\|176
			\|571
			\|419
			\|1189
			\|1501
			\|
			\| colspan="2" \|'''{{tennis win percentage\|won=26\|lost=48\|integer=}}'''
			\|}

			==Wins over top 10 players==
			{\|class="wikitable sortable"
			!#
			!width=170\|Player
			!Rank
			!Event
			!Surface
			!Rd
			!Score
			!DS Rank
			\|-
			! colspan=8\|]
			\|-
			\| 1.
			\| {{flagicon\|CHI}} ]
			\| align=center bgcolor=eee8aa\|6
			\| style=background:#ecf2ff\|], Israel
			\| style="background:#ccf;"\|Hard
			\| bgcolor=afeeee\|RR
			\| 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 5–7, 7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 6–3
			\| align=center\|105
			\|-
			! colspan=8\|]
			\|-
			\| 2.
			\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
			\| align=center bgcolor=eee8aa\|5
			\| ], China
			\| style="background:#ccf;"\|Hard
			\| bgcolor=afeeee\|2R
			\| 6–3, 6–3
			\| align=center\|92
			\|-
			! colspan=8\|]
			\|-
			\| 3.
			\| {{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\| align=center bgcolor=eee8aa\|7
			\| ], United Kingdom
			\| style="background:#cfc;"\|Grass
			\| bgcolor=afeeee\|3R
			\| 6–4, 7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>
			\| align=center\|63
			\|}

			== Record vs. No. 1 ranked players ==
			{{flagathlete\|'''{{sortname\|Marat\|Safin}}'''\|RUS}} 0-1

			{{flagathlete\|'''{{sortname\|Lleyton\|Hewitt}}'''\|AUS}} 0-4

			{{flagathlete\|'''{{sortname\|Juan Carlos\|Ferrero}}'''\|ESP}} 0-4

			{{flagathlete\|'''{{sortname\|Andy\|Roddick}}'''\|USA}} 1-1

			{{flagathlete\| '''{{sortname\|Roger\|Federer}}'''\|SUI}} 0-2

			{{flagathlete\|'''{{sortname\|Rafael\|Nadal}}'''\|ESP}} 0-3

			{{flagathlete\|'''{{sortname\|Novak\|Djokovic}}'''\|SRB}} 0-2

			{{flagathlete\|'''{{sortname\|Daniil\|Medvedev}}'''\|RUS}} 0-1
	==Miscellaneous==
	*His brother and coach is Ofer Sela. During his career Dudi has also been coached by Australian born former Israeli Davis Cup coach Ron Steele.

	== ~~External links~~ ==		==See also==
			* ]

			==References==
	*{{ATP\|id=SC56}}
			{{Reflist\|30em}}
	*
	*
	*
	*
	*

			==External links==
			{{Commons category}}
			* {{ATP}}
			* {{ITF}}
			* {{Davis Cup player}}
			* at Tennis-prose.com
			* {{Olympics.com profile}}
			* {{Olympedia}}
			* {{OCI profile}}
			* {{Facebook}}

			{{French Open boys' doubles champions}}
	]
			{{Top male singles tennis players by country\|ISR}}
	]
	]
	]
	]

			{{DEFAULTSORT:Sela, Dudi}}
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Latest revision as of 02:20, 19 November 2024

Israeli tennis player

Dudi Sela
דודי סלע
Singles
Sela at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Tel Aviv, Israel
Born	(1985-04-04) 4 April 1985 (age 39) Kiryat Shmona, Israel
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2022
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Yoav Ben Zvi
Prize money	US$4,003,831
Career record	143–195
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 29 (20 July 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2009, 2015, 2016)
French Open	2R (2009, 2015)
Wimbledon	4R (2009)
US Open	2R (2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	26–48
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 122 (22 February 2010)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
French Open	2R (2010, 2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2016)
US Open	3R (2009, 2017)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2009)
Last updated on: 25 September 2022.

David "Dudi" Sela (Hebrew: דודי סלע; born 4 April 1985) is an Israeli former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 29 in July 2009.

Sela won the French Open 2003 junior doubles title. Representing Israel in the Davis Cup, his highlights include a win in 2007 over then-world No. 7 Fernando González, and being a key player in Israel's semifinal run in 2009. In 2008 he beat world No. 5 David Ferrer in straight sets, and in 2010 he beat world No. 7 Andy Roddick in straight sets. Sela reached the fourth round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and has finished runner-up in two ATP tournaments in Beijing and Atlanta. In 2015, he won his 24th career ATP Challenger event of his career, moving him into second place on the all-time list of Challenger title wins (behind Lu Yen-hsun).

Early life

Sela was born and raised in Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli city near the Israel-Lebanon border. His father Michael, a bus driver, and mother Anca, a nurse from a Jewish family, immigrated to Israel from Romania. His family name was originally Sălăjean, but his father changed it so that it would be more easily pronounced in Israel.

At the age of two, Dudi, diminutive of David, had his hands on his first racket, and at the age of seven he began to play tennis. His tennis idols were his brother Ofer, who was a top 200 player, and the Israeli Amos Mansdorf.

At age 18, Sela was exempted from conscription into the Israel Defense Forces.

Juniors: 2000–03

Sela played his first junior match in 1999 at the age of 14 at a grade 5 tournament in Greece. In 2000 Sela won in doubles play with Idan Ben-Harosh in the Haifa International and in Corfu, Greece. In 2001 he won in doubles with Maor Zirkin reached the finals in singles play at the Israel International. He won his first singles title in Van Keeken of the Netherlands. He won in both singles and doubles (with Michael Ryderstedt) at the Fischer Junior Open.

In 2002, Sela reached the quarterfinals in the Australian Open Junior Competition and was in the top eight at the French Open Juniors. He won at Beaulieu Sur Mer. In 2003, his final year as a junior, he reached the quarterfinals at the Roland Garros Junior singles competition and won the French Open 2003 doubles title with partner Győrgy Balázs of Hungary. He made it to the semifinals at the US Open Junior Championships and won the Australia F1 tournament in Tasmania. In July he triumphed at the Togliatti competition in Russia, resulting in a new ATP ranking of 256.

Sela's highest junior world rankings were No. 9 in the ITF singles rankings (in 2002) and No. 16 in doubles.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: QF (2002)
French Open: QF (2002, 2003)
Wimbledon: 2R (2003)
US Open: SF (2003)

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: 1R (2002)
French Open: W (2003)
Wimbledon: 1R (2003)
US Open: SF (2002)

Pro career

2004–06: Top 200

His best results in 2004 were the semifinals at the Covington Challenger, and the quarterfinals in four other Challenger tournaments.

Sela had a successful year on the ATP Challenger circuit in 2005, winning tournaments in Vancouver, Canada, and Lexington, Kentucky, in consecutive weeks. He had a 21–11 record in Challengers.

In 2006 Sela five USTA Pro Circuit singles titles: at Claremont, California, Costa Mesa, California, Waikoloa, Hawaii, Honolulu, and at the Price LeBlanc Lexus Pro Tennis Classic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

2007: Breaking top 100

In January 2007, Sela qualified for the main draw of the 2007 Australian Open. In the first round he upset Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, who was ranked #56 in the world. In the second round, he lost to Marat Safin in five sets, despite starting by leading the Russian two sets to one. In April 2007, Sela lost in the semifinals in a Challenger tournament to Paul Baccanello in Lanzarote, Spain.

In July 2007 he lost in the finals of the Open Diputación in Córdoba, Spain. In the tournament he defeated #47 ranked Albert Montañés. Later in July, he won a challenger title in Togliatti, Russia, his fourth career title, beating Russia's Mikhail Ledovskikh in the final.

Sela then qualified for the US Open. In the first round of the main draw he defeated Nicolás Lapentti, his fourth upset of a top 100 player in the first 8 months of the year. Lapentti was once ranked as high as #6 in the world, but at the time of the match was ranked #80. Sela lost to world #23 Juan Mónaco in the second round.

In October he first defeated world #51 Juan Martín del Potro at the Japan Open in Tokyo, followed by #90 Boris Pašanski. Sela won the Seoul Challenger tournament later in October, winning all five of his matches in straight sets. The win lifted him to a career-high 73 in the world.

Sela had considered retiring before the start of 2008 if he did not make a breakthrough, but things came together. In October he said: "My target is to reach the top 70 within the next year."

He lost in the finals of the ATP Taiwan Challenge in Kaohsiung in November to Lu Yen-hsun, but won the doubles title together with Stephen Amritraj of India. He won the Keio Challenger in Yokohama the following week, losing only one set (in a tiebreaker). In December 2007, he had his revenge on Marat Safin in Saint Anton, with a straight-set win. It was his tenth win over a player in the top-100 in the year. For the year he compiled a 33–14 match record in Challenger play with two titles, went 10–5 (all on hard courts) in ATP level competition, and became the first Israeli man to finish in the top 100 since Harel Levy in 2001.

2008: Breaking top 60 & first ATP final

In the Australian Open, Sela won his first round match over qualifier Martin Slanar but lost his second round to world #24 Ivo Karlović.

In March at the Pacific Life Open he defeated world #49 Nicolas Kiefer, then at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami he defeated world #48 Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea, and #14 Tommy Robredo of Spain in the 2nd round. In May in Austria he defeated world #80 Mischa Zverev of Germany and in July he won the Vancouver challenger, beating Kevin Kim in the final.

Sela was gravely disappointed by the failure of the Israel Olympic Committee to allow him to represent Israel at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Despite the fact that Sela met the International Olympic Committee's criteria to play in the Olympics, and the Israel Tennis Association recommended that he deserved to go, the Israel Olympic Committee refused to accept the recommendation. Sela said he learned he wasn't going to be permitted to go to the Olympics because "I wasn’t inside the top 50 ranked players.... I met the International Olympic Committee's criteria. But they don’t want to send me, and I don’t understand why. It's not like I’m 500th in the world, I’m 60th. When Nicolás Massú won the Olympics he was ranked 70th, so it shows anything can happen. I want to go and be the first Israeli to play in the men's singles for 20 years."

In August Sela defeated world #97 Vince Spadea of the United States at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington. Later in the month he beat world #99 Donald Young, in New Haven, Connecticut at the Pilot Pen tournament.

Sela reached his first ATP Tour final in September at the China Open, while ranked #92. Sela, unseeded, defeated the world #61 Frenchman Nicolas Devilder in the first round. In the second round, Sela upset the first seed and world #5, David Ferrer, in straight sets. Sela continued his run by defeating the sixth seed, world #16 Tommy Robredo, and the seventh seed, world #35 Rainer Schüttler. Sela was defeated by Andy Roddick in the final. Sela became the first Israeli since Harel Levy in 2001 to reach an ATP final. "Dudi reached the final and realized he had it", said his brother Ofer. "He beat top-30 players day after day.... It was the first time he proved he was no paper tiger, but one who can dish it out to everyone. He always knew he had the potential, but suddenly he understood how to fulfill it."

In October, he defeated the world #72 Victor Hănescu at the Kremlin Cup.

2009: Breaking top 30

In the Australian Open, Sela won three rounds of qualifiers in order to make the main draw. In the final round, Sela beat Grega Žemlja of Slovenia in dramatic fashion, surviving six match points.

In the main draw, Sela beat 30th-seeded German veteran Rainer Schüttler, who was ranked number 31 in the world. In the second round, he defeated world number 44 Victor Hănescu of Romania, saving all 12 of Hănescu's break points. He was the first Israeli man to reach the third round of a Grand Slam since Amos Mansdorf progressed to the round of 32 in Wimbledon in 1994. In the round of 32, however, Sela was defeated by fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

In February at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, Sela made it through two rounds of qualifying matches, and then as far as the semifinals. Along the way he beat world number 92 Robert Kendrick, world number 73 Bobby Reynolds, world number 54 Florent Serra of France, and world number 43 Igor Kunitsyn of Russia. With that, he raised his world ranking to number 65. In late February at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, he beat world number 80 Philipp Petzschner of Germany. In March, he defeated world number 42 José Acasuso at the BMW Tennis Championship, but withdrew in his next match after suffering a leg injury.

In May, he reached a new career-high world ranking of number 55. That month, he won his first round match at the 2009 French Open, his first French Open victory ever, against Jean-René Lisnard of Monaco. In June at the Ordina Open, he defeated world number 59 Christophe Rochus, and at 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands in a grass-court tuneup for Wimbledon, he beat world number 39 Igor Kunitsyn. He again reached a career-high singles ranking, this time number 46.

In the first round at Wimbledon, Sela defeated Mexican Santiago González and in the second round, he upset 2008 semifinalist, world number 29 German Rainer Schüttler, seeded eighteenth.

"I like it when there is a lot of chaos going on on the court. It reminds me of Israel. I play a lot better when it's like that."

Sela, commenting on the chanting and flag-waving during his Wimbledon matches

In the third round, Sela was urged on by a contingent of supporters who for much of the first two sets chanted a Hebrew song, translated roughly as: "David, King of Israel is alive and lives on!" Sela defeated world number 15 Tommy Robredo of Spain, seeded fifteenth; he is now 3–0 lifetime against Robredo. Al Jazeera described the upset as a "shock result". That advanced Sela to the round of 16, his first Grand Slam 4th round, which The Independent described as the "surprise of the week". Sela became the first Israeli man in 20 years (since Amos Mansdorf in 1989) to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon, and the fourth Israeli man ever (and first since Mansdorf at the 1992 Australian Open) to reach the fourth round in a Grand Slam. The victory guaranteed him a payday of at least $80,000.

Sela next sought to join Shlomo Glickstein (1981 Australian Open), Mansdorf (1992 Australian Open), and Shahar Pe'er (2007 Australian Open and 2007 US Open) as the only Israelis to have made it to a Grand Slam quarterfinal. He was defeated in the fourth round, however, by the 2008 Australian Open champion, then-world number 4 Serbian Novak Djokovic.

On the strength of his Wimbledon performance, Sela rose to a career-high world number 33 in July 2009. Following his victory in the Davis Cup against Russia the next week, he rose again to a new career high, this time number 29, one better than the career-high of Davis Cup teammate Harel Levy.

In late July, Sela was seeded second for the 2009 Indianapolis Tennis Championships in singles. In doubles, Sela partnered American Jesse Levine and defeated Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan and Josselin Ouanna of France to make it to the quarterfinals.

2010: Challenger tour success

On 10 June 2010, at the 2010 Aegon Championships, Sela upset number 4 seed, and world number 7, Andy Roddick in straight sets. He won the Rhodes Challenger in May, defeating former top ten player Rainer Schüttler. On 8 August 2010, he won the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open title, upsetting the first seed Taylor Dent in the semifinal and the fourth seed Ričardas Berankis in the final. He has a career 15–0 in this tournament (including winning 2005 and 2008 titles).

2012–15: 100 wins & second ATP final

Sela defeated American Sam Querrey in Hall of Fame Tennis championships.

In March 2013, Dudi Sela reached the Round of 64 at the Miami Masters, where he lost 2–6 4–6 to world number 9 ranked player Janko Tipsarević.

In September 2013, Dudi Sela defeated Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia W 7–6(2), 6–3, 6–7(2), 5–7, 6–4 in the first round of the 2013 US Open. Sela then lost 4–6 4–6 1–6 in the second round to Janko Tipsarević. In 2013, Dudi also won challenger events in Tashkent, Astana, and Busan. Additionally, he was also a finalist in a challenger event at Istanbul.

In January 2014, Sela reached the Quarterfinals of the Chennai Open in India beating Lukáš Lacko and Mikhail Youzhny before losing to Edouard Roger Vasselin. In the first round of the Australian Open, Dudi lost to Jarkko Nieminen 6–3, 6–7(3), 7–6(3), 3–6, 3–6.

In February, Sela reached the quarterfinals of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors where he beat Lukáš Rosol and Lukáš Lacko before losing to Björn Phau 4–6 3–6. At the Delray Beach Open in Florida, Dudi lost to John Isner 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(5) in a tight second round match.

Sela achieved a notable success in 2015 at Challenger level when he won the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open for the fourth time. Sela's victory made him just the fifth man in history to win a particular ATP Challenger tournament four or more times, and also moved him into sole possession of second place on the all-time list of Challenger title wins, with 24. In May 2015 he won in Batman, Turkey, defeating Blaž Kavčič in the final, in August 2015 he won in Vancouver, Canada, defeating John-Patrick Smith in the final, and in November 2015 he won in Suzhou, China.

2016: Return to top 60 & first doubles title

At the 2016 Australian Open, he defeated Benjamin Becker in the first round, then defeated Fernando Verdasco (who had defeated Rafael Nadal in the first round in five sets) in four before losing to Andrey Kuznetsov in the third. After the Australian Open Sela was in bad shape and lost 4 consecutive matches, including a match against Péter Nagy who was ranked 612. However, in March he had three successful Challengers, including two semi-finals (Guangzhou, Ra'anana) and one title (Shenzhen).

He represented Israel in men's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he defeated Damir Džumhur in the first round but lost to 8th seed David Goffin in the second round.

2017: Wimbledon run, Yom Kippur retirement

In 2017, Sela reached one semifinal and two quarterfinals on the ATP Tour, and won two more Challenger Tour titles. In January he won in Canberra, Australia, defeating Jan-Lennard Struff in the final, and in June he won in Nottingham, Great Britain, defeating Thomas Fabbiano in the final. He also won at least one match in the three Grand Slam tournaments in which he played.

At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Sela went on a runt to the third round defeating Marcel Granollers and 23rd seed John Isner along the way. His run was end by 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov after he was forced to retire in the third set due to injury.

Sela quit his quarterfinal match in the third set of the 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open against Alexandr Dolgopolov so he could begin observing Yom Kippur by the time the sun set, forfeiting a possible $34,000 in prize money and 90 rankings points.

Sela concluded the year with his highest year-end ranking in eight years, at No. 67 in the world.

2018: Indian Wells run, early end to season

In 2018, Sela went on a run to the third round of the 2018 Indian Wells Masters as a lucky loser defeating Peter Gojowczyk and 21st seed Kyle Edmund along the way. His run was ended by qualifier Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets. It would be his last Masters 1000 tournament to date.

At the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, Sela played world number 1 Rafael Nadal in the first round and lost in straight sets. It would be his last grand slam to date.

Sela ended his 2018 season after his quarterfinal loss at the 2018 Hall of Fame Open to recover from wrist and back injuries. His year-end ranking was 236 which was the first time in five years and the second time in eleven years that he finished the year outside the top 100.

2019: Challenger title and finals

In 2019, after losing the final of two more challenger events, Sela won the 2019 Little Rock Challenger. As a result of this, Sela's ranking increased from 208 to 164 in the world. He also made the final of the 2019 Cassis Challenger in September but lost to top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in just 43 minutes winning only one game in the process which set a record for the shortest challenger match.

Sela received a wildcard into the main draw of the 2019 St. Petersburg Open but lost in the first round to Ričardas Berankis in straight sets. It would be his last ATP match to date.

For the first time since 2006, Sela failed to record an ATP win during the entire year marking a severe dip in form.

2020: Inactivity due to COVID-19

Sela failed to record a win at any level during the year. After the COVID-19 pandemic suspended tennis in March, he decided to remain inactive for the rest of 2020 even when tennis returned in August.

2021: Wimbledon qualifying draw and positive COVID-19 test

In 2021, Sela played his first match in over a year when he entered the qualifying draw of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships as a protected ranking. He defeated British wildcard Stuart Parker in the first round before losing in the second round to 5th seed Yasutaka Uchiyama in three sets. He also entered the qualifying draw of the 2021 US Open but later withdrew due to testing positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Jesper de Jong.

2022: All Majors qualifying draws participation, Retirement

In January, he announced his plans to retire after the 2022 season.

Sela began his 2022 season with a protected ranking entry into the qualifying draw of the 2022 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to Mario Vilella Martínez in straight sets.

He played his last US Open as a qualifier where he lost in the first round of qualifying to Kaichi Uchida.

Davis Cup

In late 2005, he joined the Israeli Davis Cup team. He is 12–6 through July 2009.

In April 2007 he upset Andreas Seppi, ranked #91 in the world, as Israel defeated Italy.

Before the Chile-Israel Davis Cup match began in September 2007, even The Jewish Chronicle wrote: "Led by Fernando González (6) and Nicolás Massú (72), it is hard to see Israel's Dudi Sela (105) and Noam Okun (186), backed up by doubles specialists Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich, winning the contest. González and Massú are also a formidable doubles partnership, having won the Olympic gold medal in Athens in 2004."

That same month, before playing Nicolás Massú of Chile in the first match of the tie, Sela said: "We like being the underdog. I'm very pleased with the fact that I'm playing first and I'm very confident of claiming the win." He then proceeded to upset Massu, ranked #72 in the world, and formerly ranked #9 in the world, in a 5-hour 7-minute match. "This is definitely the biggest win in my career", Sela said afterwards. Later in that Davis Cup tie, Dudi Sela defeated #7 in the world Fernando González in a 5-hour 1-minute match. It is arguably the greatest tennis match ever played in Israel. The victory lifted Israel over Chile and into 2008's World Group. Gonzalez was at the time the highest-ranked player Sela had ever beaten in his career (he later beat world #5 David Ferrer in Beijing in September 2008), and his 6th upset of a top-100 player in the first 9 months of the year. Elated, Sela said "This is definitely the happiest day of my life." Sela was congratulated over the phone by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Shimon Peres after the match.

In the 2008 World Group, Israel hosted Sweden in Ramat HaSharon. Sela started with a win against world #71 Jonas Björkman and gave Israel an advantage of 1–0. He then lost to world #60 Thomas Johansson as Israel lost the tie 3–2. In the 2008 World Group Playoffs, Sela led the Israeli team to a 4–1 victory over Peru at Ramat HaSharon. Sela won both his singles contests, defeating Iván Miranda and Luis Horna.

In the 2009 World Group Playoffs in March 2009, Israel again faced seven-time Davis Cup champion Sweden. Sela led the Israeli team to a come-from-behind 3–2 victory over the Swedes at Baltic Hall in Malmö, Sweden, to advance in the 2009 Davis Cup. Sela won each of his singles matches in 5 sets, coming from behind to defeat Andreas Vinciguerra in his hometown and came from behind to stun 2002 Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson. Sela views it as the biggest win of his career to that point. In their 84-year Davis Cup history, the Swedes had never before lost a tie after holding a 2–1 lead. The last time Israel's Davis Cup team reached the level of being one of the top eight tennis nations in the world was in 1987, against India.

Israel (ranked 8th in the Davis Cup standings, with 5,394 points) hosted heavily favored Russia (which won in both 2002 and 2006, and was the top-ranked country in Davis Cup standings, with 27,897 points) in a Davis Cup quarterfinal tie in July 2009, on indoor hard courts at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. Israel was represented by Sela, Harel Levy, Jonathan Erlich, and Andy Ram. Russia's lineup consisted of Marat Safin (#60 in the world; former world #1), Igor Andreev (24), Igor Kunitsyn (35), and Mikhail Youzhny (69; former world #8). Sela said before the tie: "We feel we can beat the Russians." The stage was then set by Safin, who prior to the tie told the press: "With all due respect, Israel was lucky to get to the quarterfinals." The Israeli team's response was to beat the Russian team in each of their first three matches, thereby winning the tie. Levy, world #210, beat Russia's top player, Andreev, world #24 in the opening match. Sela (#33) followed by beating Russian Youzhny. Israeli captain Eyal Ran likened his players to two fighter jets on court, saying: "I felt as if I had two F-16s out there today, they played amazingly well." The 10,500 spectators were the largest crowd ever for a tennis match in Israel. The next day Israelis Ram and Erlich beat Safin and Kunitsyn in front of a boisterous crowd of over 10,000. Even the Saudi Gazette described the doubles match as a "thrilling" win. Ran was carried shoulder-high around the Tel Aviv stadium, as the 10,000-strong crowd applauded. With the tie clinched for Israel, the reverse singles rubbers were "dead", and instead of best-of-five matches, best-of-three sets were played, with the outcomes of little to no importance. Israel wrapped up a 4–1 victory over Russia, as Levy defeated Kunitsyn, while Sela retired with a wrist injury while down 3–4 in the first set against Andreev. Israel, however, lost to Spain in the semi-finals, 4–1.

Playing style

Sela's playing style is very fast, aggressive and viewed as a serve and volleyer by some.

Coaching

During his career he has also been coached by his brother Ofer Sela, Tomi Schnitzer, Australian-born former Israeli Davis Cup coach Ron Steele, and Israelis Noam Behr, Yoav Shab, Yoram Menahem, and Amos Mansdorf.

Jewish heritage

Sela, along with Diego Schwartzman, Camila Giorgi, Julia Glushko, Noah Rubin and Aslan Karatsev, is one of a number of Jewish tennis players who are highly ranked. "It's very special being able to play around the world", Sela said. "It is fun playing in different places because Jewish people will come out to watch me."

Sela enjoys support outside of Israel from his fan brigade, known as the "Hebrew Hammer", whose chanting in both English and Hebrew aims to replicate the raucous atmosphere of tennis matches in Tel Aviv that helped him defeat the likes of González in arguably his most historic victory. Originating at the LA Tennis Open in 2008, the Hebrew Hammer has been spotlit on telecasts by the Tennis Channel.

Personal life

Sela has three children with his wife Marina, son Elai, daughter Talia and son Roy. He has a brother, Ofer Sela (b. 1972).

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2008	China Open, China	International	Hard	Andy Roddick	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2014	Atlanta Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	John Isner	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2016	Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Flavio Cipolla	Andrés Molteni Diego Schwartzman	6–3, 5–7,

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 42 (30–12)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–1)
ATP Challenger Tour (23–10)
ITF Futures Tour (7–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (28–11)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2003	Australia F1, Burnie	Futures	Hard	Paul Baccanello	4–3 ret.
Loss	1–1	May 2003	Italy F8, Verona	Futures	Clay	Tomas Tenconi	6–4, 0–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	Jul 2003	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	6–2, 6–4
Win	3–1	Feb 2005	Australia F2, Gosford	Futures	Hard	Sadik Kadir	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–1	Jul 2005	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	5–1	Aug 2005	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Paul Baccanello	6–2, 6–3
Win	6–1	Sep 2006	USA F22, Claremont	Futures	Hard	Sascha Klör	5–1 ret.
Win	7–1	Sep 2006	USA F23, Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Robert Yim	7–5, 6–4
Win	8–1	Oct 2006	USA F27, Baton Rouge	Futures	Hard	Izak Van der Merwe	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	9–1	Nov 2006	USA F28, Waikoloa	Futures	Hard	Lesley Joseph	6–1, 6–4
Win	10–1	Nov 2006	USA F29, Honolulu	Futures	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–2	Jul 2007	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	4–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win	11–2	Jul 2007	Togliatti, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Mikhail Ledovskikh	7–6, 6–3
Win	12–2	Oct 2007	Seoul, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Konstantinos Economidis	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12–3	Nov 2007	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	3–6, 3–6
Win	13–3	Nov 2007	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Takao Suzuki	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win	14–3	Aug 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Kim	6–3, 6–0
Win	15–3	May 2010	Rhodes, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	7–6, 6–3
Win	16–3	Aug 2010	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	7–5, 6–2
Win	17–3	May 2011	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Tatsuma Ito	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
Win	18–3	May 2011	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Greg Jones	6–2, 6–1
Win	19–3	Jun 2011	Nottingham, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Jérémy Chardy	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	19–4	Nov 2011	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger Tour Finals	Hard (i)	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	2–6, 4–6
Win	20–4	Sep 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Yūichi Sugita	6–1, 7–5
Win	21–4	May 2013	Busan, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	6–1, 6–4
Loss	21–5	Jul 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Becker	1–6, 6–2, 2–3 ret.
Win	22–5	Jul 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Mikhail Kukushkin	5–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win	23–5	Oct 2013	Taskhent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6–1, 6–2
Loss	23–6	Nov 2014	Helsinki, Finland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jürgen Zopp	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Win	24–6	Apr 2015	Batman, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Blaž Kavčič	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Win	25–6	Aug 2015	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	John-Patrick Smith	6–4, 7–5
Win	26–6	Nov 2015	Suzhou, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Matija Pecotić	6–1, 1–0 ret.
Loss	26–7	Jan 2016	Happy Valley, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Taylor Fritz	6–7, 2–6
Win	27–7	Mar 2016	Shenzhen, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Wu Di	6–4, 6–3
Loss	27–8	May 2016	Karshi, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Marko Tepavac	6–2, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	27–9	Sep 2016	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Malek Jaziri	6–1, 1–6, 0–6
Win	28–9	Jan 2017	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Jan-Lennard Struff	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	29–9	Jun 2017	Nottingham, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Thomas Fabbiano	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	29–10	Feb 2019	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Henri Laaksonen	2–6, 4–6
Loss	29–11	May 2019	Gwangju, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Jason Jung	4–6, 2–6
Win	30–11	Jun 2019	Little Rock, United States	Challenger	Hard	Lee Duck-hee	6–1, 4–3 ret.
Loss	30–12	Sep 2019	Cassis, France	Challenger	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1–6, 0–6

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–5)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2003	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Rodolphe Cadart	Manuel Jorquera Frank Moser	4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Oct 2004	USA F28, Lubbock	Futures	Hard	Lazar Magdinčev	Julien Cassaigne Philip Gubenco	6–2, 6–7, 4–6
Win	1–2	Dec 2005	Israel F2, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Victor Kolik	Oleksandr Nedovyesov Deniss Pavlovs	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Mar 2006	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Jacob Adaktusson	Lee Hyung-taik Cecil Mamiit	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	May 2006	Atlanta, USA	Challenger	Clay	Harel Levy	Hugo Armando André Sá	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	May 2007	Lanzarote, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Noam Okun	Luke Bourgeois Rik de Voest	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–5	Nov 2007	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Hard	Stephen Amritraj	Rik de Voest Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	6–4, 7–6
Win	3–5	Jul 2012	Binghamton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Harel Srugo	Adrien Bossel Michael McClune	6–2, 3–6,
Win	4–5	Mar 2013	Le Gosier, Gouadeloupe	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Wang	Philipp Marx Florin Mergea	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–5	Oct 2015	Ningbo, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Amir Weintraub	Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor	6–3, 3–6,
Loss	5–6	May 2017	Seoul, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Fabbiano	Hsieh Cheng-peng Peng Hsien-yin	1–5 ret.
Win	6–6	Jan 2019	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Lloyd Harris	Mirza Bašić Tomislav Brkić	6–3, 6–7,

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2003	French Open	Clay	György Balázs	Lado Chikhladze Kamil Čapkovič	5–7, 6–1, 6–2

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q2	2R	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	A	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 12	9–12
French Open	A	A	1R	Q2	Q1	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 9	2–9
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	4R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	Q1	NH	Q2	Q1	0 / 10	6–10
US Open	Q3	A	Q1	Q1	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	0 / 10	6–10
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–4	6–4	1–4	2–3	0–3	1–2	1–4	3–4	2–4	4–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 41	23–41
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	3R	A	2R	A	1R	Q1	A	1R	3R	A	NH	A	A	0 / 6	6–6
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	3R	1R	2R	Q1	1R	2R	A	A	A	2R	A	A		A	A	0 / 6	5–6
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	1R	A	A	NH	A	A	0 / 3	0–3
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH			0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–4	3–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 17	11–17
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	Z1	Z1	PO	1R	SF	1R	PO	PO	1R	PO	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	A	A	A	0 / 4	23–25
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	Not Held				A	NH	0 / 1	1–1
Career statistics
	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Career
Tournaments	0	0	1	0	4	22	20	17	13	17	7	19	9	17	15	8	1	0	0	0	170
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	10–5	17–23	18–22	16–20	18–15	12–19	4–10	18–21	8–10	11–18	13–17	7–9	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	143-195
Win %	N/A	N/A	33%	0%	67%	43%	45%	44%	55%	39%	29%	46%	44%	38%	43%	44%	0%	N/A	N/A		42.31%
Year-end ranking	259	308	170	202	64	112	43	75	83	109	73	99	100	96	67	236	142	233	381		42.31%

Held as Hamburg Masters (clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009–present.

Held as Madrid Masters (indoor hardcourt) from 2002 to 2008, Shanghai Masters (outdoor hardcourt) 2009–present.

Doubles

Current as far as the 2018 Australian Open.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	S/R	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A		0 / 4	1–4
French Open	A	1R	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 4	2–4
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	Q1	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	NH	A		0 / 4	1–4
US Open	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	A	A	A	A		0 / 3	4–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 15	8–15
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	A	A		0 / 4	3–5
Career statistics
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Career
Tournaments	1	7	6	6	4	4	2	3	1	6	7	2	0	0	0	0	49
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1
Overall win–loss	1–1	2–7	3–6	4–6	2–4	1–4	1–2	1–3	1–0	6–5	4–8	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	26-48
Year-end ranking	289	487	209	174	382	257	258	808	394	155	176	571	419	1189	1501		35.14%

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	DS Rank
2007
1.	Fernando González	6	Davis Cup, Israel	Hard	RR	4–6, 7–6, 5–7, 7–6, 6–3	105
2008
2.	David Ferrer	5	Beijing, China	Hard	2R	6–3, 6–3	92
2010
3.	Andy Roddick	7	London, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	6–4, 7–6	63

Record vs. No. 1 ranked players

Marat Safin (RUS) 0-1

Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 0-4

Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 0-4

Andy Roddick (USA) 1-1

Roger Federer (SUI) 0-2

Rafael Nadal (ESP) 0-3

Novak Djokovic (SRB) 0-2

Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 0-1

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External links

Dudi Sela at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Dudi Sela at the International Tennis Federation
Dudi Sela at the Davis Cup
Dudi Sela at Tennis-prose.com
Dudi Sela at Olympics.com
Dudi Sela at Olympedia (archive)
Dudi Sela at the Olympic Committee of Israel (archived) (in Hebrew)
Dudi Sela on Facebook

v t e French Open boys' doubles champions
1981: Barry Moir / Michael Robertson 1982: Pat Cash / John Frawley 1983: Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl 1984: Luke Jensen / Patrick McEnroe 1985: Petr Korda / Cyril Suk 1986: Franco Davín / Guillermo Pérez Roldán 1987: Jim Courier / Jonathan Stark 1988: Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge 1989: Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge 1990: Sébastien Lareau / Sébastien Leblanc 1991: Thomas Enqvist / Magnus Martinelle 1992: Enrique Abaroa / Grant Doyle 1993: Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh 1994: Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti 1995: Raemon Sluiter / Peter Wessels 1996: Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis 1997: José de Armas / Luis Horna 1998: José de Armas / Fernando González 1999: Irakli Labadze / Lovro Zovko 2000: Marc López / Tommy Robredo 2001: Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca 2002: Markus Bayer / Philipp Petzschner 2003: Dudi Sela / György Balázs 2004: Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers 2005: Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer 2006: Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori 2007: Andrei Karatchenia / Thomas Fabbiano 2008: Henri Kontinen / Christopher Rungkat 2009: Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan 2010: Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz 2011: Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballés Baena 2012: Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios 2013: Kyle Edmund / Frederico Ferreira Silva 2014: Benjamin Bonzi / Quentin Halys 2015: Álvaro López San Martín / Jaume Munar 2016: Yshai Oliel / Patrik Rikl 2017: Nicola Kuhn / Zsombor Piros 2018: Ondřej Štyler / Naoki Tajima 2019: Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida / Thiago Agustín Tirante 2020: Flavio Cobolli / Dominic Stricker 2021: Arthur Fils / Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 2022: Edas Butvilas / Mili Poljičak 2023: Yaroslav Demin / Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez 2024: Nicolai Budkov Kjær / Joel Schwärzler

French Open boys' doubles champions

1981: Barry Moir / Michael Robertson
1982: Pat Cash / John Frawley
1983: Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl
1984: Luke Jensen / Patrick McEnroe
1985: Petr Korda / Cyril Suk
1986: Franco Davín / Guillermo Pérez Roldán
1987: Jim Courier / Jonathan Stark
1988: Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge
1989: Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge
1990: Sébastien Lareau / Sébastien Leblanc
1991: Thomas Enqvist / Magnus Martinelle
1992: Enrique Abaroa / Grant Doyle
1993: Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh
1994: Gustavo Kuerten / Nicolás Lapentti
1995: Raemon Sluiter / Peter Wessels
1996: Sébastien Grosjean / Olivier Mutis
1997: José de Armas / Luis Horna
1998: José de Armas / Fernando González
1999: Irakli Labadze / Lovro Zovko
2000: Marc López / Tommy Robredo
2001: Alejandro Falla / Carlos Salamanca
2002: Markus Bayer / Philipp Petzschner
2003: Dudi Sela / György Balázs
2004: Pablo Andújar / Marcel Granollers
2005: Emiliano Massa / Leonardo Mayer
2006: Emiliano Massa / Kei Nishikori
2007: Andrei Karatchenia / Thomas Fabbiano
2008: Henri Kontinen / Christopher Rungkat
2009: Marin Draganja / Dino Marcan
2010: Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz
2011: Andrés Artuñedo / Roberto Carballés Baena
2012: Andrew Harris / Nick Kyrgios
2013: Kyle Edmund / Frederico Ferreira Silva
2014: Benjamin Bonzi / Quentin Halys
2015: Álvaro López San Martín / Jaume Munar
2016: Yshai Oliel / Patrik Rikl
2017: Nicola Kuhn / Zsombor Piros
2018: Ondřej Štyler / Naoki Tajima
2019: Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida / Thiago Agustín Tirante
2020: Flavio Cobolli / Dominic Stricker
2021: Arthur Fils / Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
2022: Edas Butvilas / Mili Poljičak
2023: Yaroslav Demin / Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez
2024: Nicolai Budkov Kjær / Joel Schwärzler

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals Top Israeli male singles tennis players
As of Jan 5, 2025
1. Yshai Oliel (520 ) 2. Orel Kimhi (525 ) 3. Daniel Cukierman (528 1) 4. Amit Vales (911 ) 5. Ofek Shimanov (T1,192 )
6. Ron Ellouck (T1,340 2) 7. Aaron Cohen (T1,664 3) 8. Eyal Shumilov (T1,664 3) 9. Ben Weintraub (T1,749 5) 10. Edan Leshem (T1,957 3)

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Latest revision as of 02:20, 19 November 2024

Early life

Juniors: 2000–03

Pro career

2004–06: Top 200

2007: Breaking top 100

2008: Breaking top 60 & first ATP final

2009: Breaking top 30

2010: Challenger tour success

2012–15: 100 wins & second ATP final

2016: Return to top 60 & first doubles title

2017: Wimbledon run, Yom Kippur retirement

2018: Indian Wells run, early end to season

2019: Challenger title and finals

2020: Inactivity due to COVID-19

2021: Wimbledon qualifying draw and positive COVID-19 test

2022: All Majors qualifying draws participation, Retirement

Davis Cup

Playing style

Coaching

Jewish heritage

Personal life

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 42 (30–12)

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

Record vs. No. 1 ranked players

See also

References

External links