Jesse Levine (born October 15, 1987) is a
left-handed Canadian-born American 5' 9", 145 pound,
professional tennis player. He achieved his
career-high rank of # 137 on June 23, 2008.
Levine's father played tennis for Penn State.
Levine, who is Jewish, was born in Nepean, Ontario,
in Canada, grew up in the Centrepointe neighborhood
in Ottawa, and attended Hillel Academy of Ottawa. He
and his family moved to the US at age 13, because
his younger brother suffers from ulcerative colitis
and the year-round warm weather was much better for
him, and Levine currently resides in Boca Raton,
Florida.
In 2001 he had stunned Donald Young in the final of
the U.S. Clay Court 14s, at the Jimmy Evert Tennis
Center in Fort Lauderdale.
In 2003 he and partner Jean Yves Aubone won the USTA
boys 16s doubles championship.
In 2005 he was ranked 23rd in the final USTA
national junior rankings. At the 2005 USTA Junior
National, where he lost in the singles semifinals
and doubles finals, both 7–6 in the third set, he
was judged to have the best service return.
His highest International Tennis Federation World
Junior Ranking was No. 14.
Along with Michael Shabaz, an Assyrian-American, he
won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship.
He also reached the quarterfinals of the Jr.
Wimbledon boys' singles tournament that year.
He finished as the runner-up at the 2006 U.S. Junior
National Championship to World No. 1 Junior, Donald
Young, forfeiting in the finals due to food
poisoning. He was voted as having the best backhand.
He attended the University of Miami Online High
School, and was class of 2007. The school offers an
academic program for athletes who are too busy to
attend bricks-and-mortar high schools.
Levine did most of his junior training at the Chris
Evert Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, and the
Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Florida, but
decided at least a year or two of college was a
better choice than turning professional.
