Daniel Cukierman

Cukierman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Galia and businessman Edouard Cukierman (chairman of Cukierman & Co. Investment House). He has two brothers, Michael and Ariel. He was in the Israel Defense Forces for three years. After Cukierman was released from the IDF, Cukierman had a mandatory eight-month break from competition. ==College careeer==

In 2017 Cukierman started his studies at the University of Southern California (USC), where he is playing for the USC Trojans tennis team. He also won the Oracle ITA National Fall Singles Championship. He was the first USC player to be ranked #1 in the nation since Steve Johnson in 2012. He was 26–2 in singles in 2019–20. He and Smith ranked No. 5 in the US in doubles when competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He was the Pac-12 Player of the Week on January 21 and February 18, 2020, and the UTR/ITA Player of the Week on February 18. He was named to the ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament team at No. 2 singles, and at No. 1 doubles with Smith. He was also named a 2020 ITA All-American. ==Professional career==

When he was 18 years of age, Cukierman started training with Israeli Amos Mansdorf, and won an Israel championship. Cukierman reached the singles finals at the 2016 Greece F9 Futures, and the 2016 Israel F14 Futures and F13 Futures, and reached the doubles final at the 2016 Israel F15 Futures. In December 2019, he won the Israel National Championship in singles. In January 2020, partnering with Riley Smith, Cukierman won the M25 Los Angeles doubles championship. ==National representation ==

Davis Cup Cukierman plays for the Israel Davis Cup team in the Davis Cup. He was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup, and played in a match against Portuguese tennis player Frederico Ferreira Silva. In March 2020 he won both singles (defeating Cem Ilkel, ranked #195 in the world, 7–6(4), 6–2 and doubles (with Australian Open doubles champion Jonathan Erlich; defeating Yanki Erel and Ilkel, 6–3, 6–1) matches against Turkey at the Davis Cup Group 1 qualifiers in Antalya, Turkey. ==Performance timeline==

Doubles ==ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals==

Singles: 10 (3–7) Doubles: 37 (21-16) ==References==