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He reached the semi-finals, with wins over John Feaver, Deon Joubert and Peter Fleming, which ensured he finished the season ranked in the top 100, for the first time.
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David Schneider
David Schneider is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.
Career
A serve and volley specialist, Schneider had his breakthrough performance at the South African Open in 1978. In 1979 he had his best year on tour, making a quarter-finals in Atlanta, Johannesburg and Tel Aviv. The South African again made the second round in the Wimbledon Championships, with a victory over Bob Carmichael.
He lost five set opening round matches to strong opponents at the 1979 United States Open and 1979 Australian Open, to January Kodeš and Geoff Masters respectively.
He also had success with Glickstein on the 1981 Grand Prix season, with the pair finishing runner-up in Johannesburg and at the South Orange Open. While living in Israel, Schneider served in the Israeli military (he had also previously served in the South African military).
Achievements
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Schneider, who is Jewish, won three gold medals at the 1973 Maccabiah Games, in the men"s singles,doubles with Errol Kilov and a gold medal in mixed doubles with Ilana Kloss. Earlier in the year, he won his first Grand Slam singles match, on his sixth attempt, beating Australian Dick Crealy at Wimbledon. Schneider holds an Israeli passport and began playing for the Israel Davis Cup team in 1981.
Over three years, he took part in six ties and played nine matches, of which he won four, a singles rubber over Slobodan Živojinović and three doubles matches, partnering Shlomo Glickstein.
