Yshai Oliel (Hebrew: ישי עוליאל; born 5 January 2000) is an Israeli tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 305 achieved on 8 August 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 809 achieved on 27 June 2022.

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Yshai Oliel

Country (sports)	Israel
Residence	Ramla, Israel
Born	(2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24) Ramla, Israel
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Yoav Ben Zvi
Prize money	$86,572
Singles
Career record	5–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 305 (8 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 415 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	F (2017)
French Open Junior	2R (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2017)
US Open Junior	3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 809 (27 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 1057 (8 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2017)
French Open Junior	W (2016)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2017)
US Open Junior	SF (2016
Medal record Representing  Israel European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 Tbilisi Singles 2015 Tbilisi Doubles Junior Orange Bowl 2012 Coral Gables Singles 2014 Coral Gables Singles
Last updated on: 15 January 2024.

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He was the No. 1 Israeli from October 4, 2021, until October 3, 2022.^[1]

Oliel is a two-time Junior Orange Bowl champion, having won in 2012 and 2014. He also won the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles title, with Patrik Rikl. He also reached the final in the boys' singles at the 2017 Australian Open.

Oliel is originally from Ramla, Israel.^[2] He is Jewish and his parents, Avraham and Floret Oliel, are of Moroccan Jewish descent.^[3][4][5][6] He is the youngest of their five children.^[7]

As a teenager he grew long, shoulder-length hair. However, his sister told him it was getting to be too much and that it was time "to be a man", so he cut his hair and donated it to children undergoing cancer treatment.^[8][9]

Oliel is currently in a relationship with Israeli tennis player Roni Lior.^[10]

Oliel started playing tennis at the age of 5.^[5] From the age of 9 he was a member of the David Squad, a non-profit tennis academy, which identifies the most talented Israeli players and develops them all the way to professional level. Oliel was supported by the David Squad until he turned professional at the age of 19.

He won the Junior Orange Bowl in the 12-and-under singles category in 2012, while Oliel was in 7th grade.^[11][12] He returned at 13 years of age, ranked first in the tournament, to win the 2014 Junior Orange Bowl in the 14-and-under singles category.^[13] That made him one of only nine tennis players to win the Junior Orange Bowl championship twice in its 70-year history, which list includes Andy Murray, Jimmy Connors, Jennifer Capriati, and Monica Seles.^{[14][15][2][6][13]}

As a 15-year-old in 2015, Oliel was ranked No. 48 among players 18-and-younger.^[2]

Oliel, at age 16, won the 2016 French Open Boys' Doubles title with Patrik Rikl of the Czech Republic, defeating Chung Yun-seong and Orlando Luz in the final 6–3, 6–4.^[16] Oliel said: "It helped that there were hundreds of Israelis and members of the Jewish community that came along to Roland Garros to cheer me along. I feel very proud to be out there representing Israel."^[16] He became the fourth Israeli to win a junior grand slam title, joining Dudi Sela (who won the same title in 2003), Anna Smashnova, and Shahar Pe'er, all of whom went on to become top-30 players.^[16][17]

At the 2016 Junior Boys' singles tournament at the US Open at age 16, after beating No. 2 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in the second round 4–6, 6–2, 7–6⁽²⁾, Oliel lost to No. 13 seed Nicola Kuhn of Spain.^[18][7] At the 2016 Junior Boys' doubles tournament at the US Open, Oliel and Zizou Bergs of Belgium made it to the semi-finals, where they lost to ultimate champions Juan Carlos Aguilar and Felipe Meligeni 4–6, 7–6⁽¹⁾, 10–2.^[19][20]

As a 16-year-old in September 2016, Oliel was ranked No. 39 among players 18-and-younger.^[18]

He lost to Hungarian Zsombor Piros in the boys' singles final at the 2017 Australian Open, which Oliel reached after beating top seed Yibing Wu 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 in the semifinals.^[21] Oliel had hoped to follow in the footsteps of Israeli junior champions Shahar Pe'er, who won the girls' Australian Open in 2004, and Anna Smashnova, who won the girls' French Open in 1991.^[21] He became the second Israeli to reach a final at a boys' Grand Slam event, following Noam Behr who lost in the final of the boys' US Open in 1992.^[21] The result allowed him to reach the No. 4 place in the Junior rankings.^[22]

Oliel has been noted for his grace, timing, and tenacity.^[6] He has a forehand with a good deal of spin, a stable two-handed backhand, a good volley with excellent touch, and he moves well on the court and reads situations well.^[8] Former French Open and Wimbledon women's doubles champion Angela Buxton compared his style to that of Roger Federer, noting that he does not "force or muscle the ball".^[9]

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