Noah Rubin (tennis)

Noah Rubin

Rubin at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Merrick, New York
Born (1996-02-21) February 21, 1996
Merrick, New York
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Wake Forest University
Coach(es) Lawrence Kleger & Eric Rubin
Prize money $172,300
Singles
Career record 2–6
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 166 (6 June 2016)
Current ranking No. 181 (11 July 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2016)
French Open Q1 (2016)
US Open 1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record 0–1
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 1381 (November 17, 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open 1R (2014)
Last updated on: July 13, 2016.

Noah Rubin (born February 21, 1996) is an American tennis player.

Rubin won Wimbledon as a junior in July 2014. The following month he won the 2014 U.S. Tennis Association’s Boys 18s National Championships in both singles and doubles.

Rubin played tennis for Wake Forest University Demon Deacons in the 2014–15 season, entering it ranked the no. 1 Division 1 college freshman by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). He was an All-American and was the first player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to be named both men’s tennis ACC Player and Freshman of the Year in his freshman season, losing in the finals of the 2015 NCAA singles championship. He turned pro in June 2015.

Early life

Rubin is Jewish, and his bar mitzvah had a tennis theme.[1][2] He attended the Merrick Jewish Center religious school, and collected donated tennis rackets for the Israel Tennis Centers as his "mitzvah project".[3][4] He said: "I want people to know I’m Jewish and I like to represent the Jewish people."[3]

His father, Eric Rubin, works as a banker, and his mother Melanie is an educator. His father was the top player on the tennis team at Martin Van Buren High School in Queens. He and Lawrence Kleger coach Noah.[2][4][5][6][7] His older sister Jessie was captain of the Binghamton University tennis team, and now works for VH-1.[5][8]

He has lived in Rockville Centre and Merrick, New York.[5][9] He attended Levy-Lakeside Elementary School and Merrick Avenue Middle School, and then went to John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, Long Island for one year, after which he studied via an online program at the Laurel Springs School, graduating in 2014.[4][10][11]

College

Rubin attended and played tennis for Wake Forest University Demon Deacons in North Carolina, where part of his schedule was to play pro events.[3][12] His scholarship there allowed him to leave the university after one year and return at any time to complete his degree.[12] In September 2014, Rubin was ranked the No. 1 Division 1 college freshman by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).[13][14]

Rubin ended his 2014–15 freshman season with a 26–4 record, mostly playing no. 1 singles, and ranked no. 5 in the U.S.[15][16] He was the first player in Atlantic Coast Conference history to be named both men’s tennis ACC Player and Freshman of the Year in his freshman season, and was the first Wake Forest ACC men’s tennis Player of the Year, and the third to win Freshman of the Year.[15][16] He was an All-American, ITA Rookie of the Year, four-time ACC Player of the Week, and ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year.[15][16][17] Playing doubles mostly with Jon Ho at No. 2 doubles, he had a 15–6 record.[15] He lost in the finals of the 2015 NCAA singles championship to Ryan Shane.[18][16]

Juniors

Rubin played for the John McEnroe Tennis Academy on Randalls Island in the borough of Manhattan.[18]

By the age of seven, Rubin was competing in 12-and-under events, and he was winning international competitions by the time he was eleven.[7] In 2010, he made it to the finals at Les Petits As in Tarbes, France.[19] In 2011, when Rubin was 15, John McEnroe called him "the most talented player we've come across".[20] He won the Copa Del Café, a Junior International Tennis Federation tournament in Costa Rica, in 2012.[2][21]

As a junior, Rubin reached as high as no. 6 in the International Tennis Federation’s world junior ranking and no. 1 in the United States in 2014.[20]

He qualified for the boys' singles tournament at Wimbledon in July 2014, and won the tournament in the first all-American final there since 1977.[22] He was the first American boy to win Wimbledon since Donald Young in 2007. He had played only one other event in 2014 before Wimbledon at the French Open, where he lost in the second round.[23]

The month after hoisting the trophy at Wimbledon, Rubin played in and won the 2014 U.S. Tennis Association’s Boys 18s National Championships in both singles and doubles (with close friend Stefan Kozlov).[11] The latter success at Kalamazoo, Michigan came with two big bonuses: US Open main-draw wild cards into the singles and doubles.

Professional career

Rubin turned pro in June 2015 at the age of 19.[18] He made his first final on the ATP Challenger Tour at Charlottesville and won by defeating fellow American teenager Tommy Paul 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, despite being down two breaks in the second set. As the only American to win an event in the Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, Rubin was awarded a wild card into the main draw at the Australian Open.

With his wild card, Rubin entered his second career Grand Slam event as the lowest ranked non-PR player (328th overall[24]) in the main draw of the 2016 Australian Open, where he stunned the 17th-seeded Benoit Paire 7–6, 7–6, 7–6 in the 1st round.

Rubin cracked the Top 200 for the first time by qualifying for the 2016 Indian Wells Masters tournament. He began the 2016 French Open Wild Card Challenge strongly with an upset win over the No. 1 seed and 59th-ranked Denis Kudla at the Sarasota Open. Having missed most of the summer tournaments due to injury, Rubin returned to form in October, reaching his second career Challenger final at Stockton.

Career finals

Singles (1–5)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. July 28, 2013 United States F20 Hard United States Michael Shabaz 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. March 16, 2014 France F6 Hard (i) France David Guez 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. May 25, 2014 Spain F10 Clay Belgium Yannik Reuter 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. November 8, 2015 Charlottesville Hard (i) United States Tommy Paul 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Runner-up 5. February 28, 2016 United States F8 Clay Argentina Andrea Collarini 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up 6. October 9, 2016 Stockton Hard United States Frances Tiafoe 4–6, 2–6

Doubles (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. May 23, 2014 Spain F10 Clay United States Stefan Kozlov Spain Sergio Martos Gornés
Spain Pol Toledo Bagué		 2–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Boys' Singles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2014 Wimbledon Grass United States Stefan Kozlov 6–4, 4–6, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Tournament201420152016SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0 0%
US Open 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Year End Ranking 604 336

Personal life

Rubin's hobbies are photography, soccer, and art.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Open over early for most Jewish players". New Jersey Jewish News.
  2. 1 2 3 "Junior Jamboree: Tennis Is Noah's Ark". TenniShorts.
  3. 1 2 3 "Jewish players, kosher food and kippot hold court at the U.S. Open". Jewish Ledger.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jewish teen tennis star set to play at US Open". The Times of Israel.
  5. 1 2 3 "Noah Rubin wins Wimbledon title". Jewish Ledger.
  6. ↑ "Noah Rubin". ATP World Tour.
  7. 1 2 "Bellmore Student Competes in U.S. Open". Bellmore, New York Patch.
  8. ↑ "US Open – Noah Rubin's tough learning lesson". ESPN.
  9. ↑ "Welcome, Class of 2014!". Tennis Recruiting.
  10. ↑ "Long Island Boy Wins Wimbledon Boys' Singles Title". CBS New York.
  11. 1 2 "Noah Rubin wins national tennis title". LIHerald.com.
  12. 1 2 "Noah Rubin believes he's ready for his U.S. Open test". Newsday.
  13. ↑ "jmta". sportimeny.com.
  14. ↑ "2014 Division I Preseason Men's Newcomer/Freshman Rankings". itatennis.com.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Noah Rubin Bio – The Official Site of Wake Forest Demon Deacon Athletics". wakeforestsports.com.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Wake Forest's Noah Rubin Elects To Turn Pro". wfmynews2.com. June 9, 2015.
  17. ↑ "WFU's Noah Rubin Claims ITA National Rookie Of The Year Award". wfmynews2.com. May 19, 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 "LIer Noah Rubin, Wimbledon's junior champ, has turned pro". Newsday.
  19. ↑ "Junior Player Spotlight: Noah Rubin – Long Island Tennis Magazine". longislandtennismagazine.com.
  20. 1 2 "Wimbledon win for Merrick's Noah Rubin". LIHerald.com.
  21. ↑ "A tennis star is born in Merrick". LIHerald.com.
  22. ↑ "Long Island’s Noah Rubin wins boys’ championship at Wimbledon; Rubin, 18, takes the road less traveled to the All-England Club, where he knocks off No. 6 seed Stefan Kozlov in the first all-American final there since 1977," New York Daily News
  23. ↑ "2014 Wimbledon Championships Website – Qualifier Noah Rubin comes from nowhere to win boys' singles". wimbledon.com.
  24. ↑ "ATP Rankings 01-18-16".
  25. ↑ "itftennis.com profile". itftennis.com.


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