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| Residence | Playa del Rey, California |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Plays | Right |
| Prize money | US$326,187 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6-13 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 137 (August 6 2007) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2nd (2007) |
| French Open | - |
| Wimbledon | 1st (2007) |
| US Open | - |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1-3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 254 (June 24 2002) |
| Last updated on: August 20 2007. | |
Zachary Rodin "Zack" Fleishman (born March 17 1980) is a right-handed professional tennis player from the United States.
Tennis career
Fleishman began playing tennis at the age of 8.
Ranked No. 2 nationally in Boys 18 and under in 1998, and the top-ranked player in Southern California in Boys 10, 12, 14, and 18s, he was listed No. 5 nationally in Boys 14 and unders at age 13. He competed in numerous Junior Grand Slam events, including Wimbledon and the French Open.
Fleishman played one year of high school tennis at Crossroads School in 9th grade for coach Martin Hershey. He went undefeated for that season and won Delphic League Championship.
At the age of 18, he began playing collegiate tennis at UCLA, and played one season in 1998-99 at the No. 2 position. Soon after, he became the highest ranked American in the year-end world junior rankings (at # 18 in the world). After one year of competing on the collegiate level, Fleishman opted to turn professional in 2000.
For the next 6 years, Fleishman competed mostly in Futures, Challengers, and Satellite level events, never able to break into the top 200 in the ATP rankings.
2006
In 2006, however, Fleishman qualified for his first Grand Slam event: the Australian Open. In his first round match against Dick Norman of Belgium, Fleishman rallied from 2 sets down to force a fifth set. However, Fleishman was unable to capitalize on his momentum, and lost the fifth set and the match.
2007
In 2007, Fleishman again qualified for the Australian Open. This time, he was able to defeat then 26th-ranked Agustín Calleri of Argentina in the first round, before falling to Australian Wayne Arthurs in the second. On July 17, 2007, Fleishman achieved his first victory over a top ten player, defeating World No. 6 Fernando González 7-6(5), 6-4, in the first round of the Los Angeles Tennis Center's Countrywide Classic on the grounds of UCLA. He proceeded to beat fellow American Robert Kendrick 7-6(4), 6-3, in the second round, compiling his first ever back-to-back wins in an ATP event. In the quarterfinals, however, Fleishman fell to the eventual tournament champion Radek Štěpánek, 6-4, 6-2.
Best surface and best stroke
- Prefers hard courts, and his forehand is his best stroke.
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