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Amir Weintraub (; born 16 September 1986) is an Israelis professional tennis player. In 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship.
He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 161 in May 2012.
In December 2009, Weintraub made it to the finals of the Israeli Tennis Championship, losing to Dudi Sela in three sets. In December 2010, he won the Israeli Tennis Championship, winning against Sela Defeated Peer Keeps Climbing, "The Jewish Chronicle Online", 6 January 2011 7–6, 3–6, 7–6.
In January 2011 Weintraub participated for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, but lost in the first qualifying round. Profile on the Australian Open website In the same month, it was decided that he would play in the Israeli Davis Cup team as the second singles player in their tie against Poland.
In March 2011 Weintraub won his first Davis Cup match, against Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in 5 sets. On 16 September 2011, he defeated Milos Raonic in four sets to square Israel's Davis Cup tie with Canada at 1–1 but then he lost the decisive tie to Vasek Pospisil, on 18 September.
Weintraub made the finals of the 2012 Fergana Challenger which would push him to his career-high ranking of 161 on May 21, 2012.
In September 2012, Weintraub participated in a Davis Cup tie against the Japan Davis Cup team and won his first match against Tatsuma Ito in straight sets, and won the decisive match against Go Soeda who ranked 170 places above him in four sets. Because of this match Israel qualified for the 2013 Davis Cup World Group after a two-year absence.
Weintraub qualified for singles main draw play at the 2013 Australian Open where he defeated Guido Pella in the first round and lost in the second round to 17th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Weintraub sustained a severe groin injury at the 2014 Davis Cup and was inactive for nine months after he failed to qualify for 2014 Wimbledon. His ranking dropped to a low of 623 in June 2015.
2016 saw a return to form for Weintraub as he surged back into the top 200 in March. He won two more ITF titles within the year.
Weintraub suffered another injury at the beginning of 2017 and was inactive for the rest of 2017, all of 2018, and the first few months of 2019. He dropped out of the ATP rankings in January 2018.
Weintraub returned to tennis by using a protected ranking at the 2019 French Open Qualifying where he lost to 19th seed Lukáš Rosol in the first round. Throughout 2019 he would continuously receive protected ranking spots into the qualifying draws of ATP tournaments which also included a main draw appearance at the 2019 Winston-Salem Open where he was doubles bageled in the first round by qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo.
Weintraub played his last match to date at the 2020 Australian Open qualifying where he lost to Lorenzo Musetti in the first round. He has not played a match since.
| ATP Challenger Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Challengers (0–4) |
| ITF Futures (18–6) |
| Win | 1. | 12 August 2006 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard | Valentin Sanon | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | 18 August 2007 | Bukhara, Uzbekistan | Hard | Denis Istomin | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 31 October 2009 | Binh Duong, Vietnam | Hard | Jose Statham | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
| Loss | 3. | 22 May 2010 | Durban, South Africa | Hard | Andrew Anderson | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(7–3) |
| Loss | 4. | 10 July 2010 | Bakio, Spain | Hard | Fabrice Martin | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 23 October 2010 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Karan Rastogi | 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 28 November 2010 | Traralgon, Australia | Hard | Samuel Groth | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 21 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | David Rice | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 5. | 28 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | David Rice | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 6. | 4 June 2011 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Federico Gaio | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | 3 September 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 7. | 30 January 2012 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Claudio Grassi | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8. | 1 April 2012 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Axel Michon | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 9. | 5 May 2012 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Yu Chang | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | 20 May 2012 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Yuki Bhambri | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 10. | 20 January 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Martin Vaïsse | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 11. | 27 January 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Mate Delić | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7. | 16 March 2014 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Louk Sorensen | 7–5, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 12. | 27 April 2015 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 13. | 4 May 2015 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Toby Martin | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 14. | 1 June 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Maxime Janvier | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | 13 June 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Sebastian Boltz | 3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Win | 15. | 20 June 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Sebastian Boltz | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9. | 22 August 2015 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Sebastian Boltz | 6–2, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 10. | 20 October 2015 | Nanchang, China | Hard | Peter Gojowczyk | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 16. | 13 December 2015 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Dekel Bar | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 17. | 21 February 2016 | Ramat Gan, Israel | Hard | Yannick Jankovits | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 18. | October 9, 2016 | Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Hard | Peter Kobelt | 6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| ATP Challengers (3–3) |
| ITF Futures (13–9) |
| Win | 1. | 11 March 2006 | Haifa, Israel | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Sergei Krotiouk Alexei Milner | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 8 July 2006 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Matthew Ebden Aidan Fitzgerald | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 5 August 2006 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard | Amit Inbar | Komlavi Loglo Valentin Sanon | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 12 August 2006 | Dakar, Senegal | Hard | Amit Inbar | Amadeus Fulford-Jones Benjamin Janse van Rensburg | W/O |
| Loss | 1. | 24 March 2007 | Ra'anana, Israel | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Laurent Vigne Pierrick Ysern | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5. | 9 June 2007 | Ankara, Turkey | Clay | Dekel Valtzer | Alex Satschko Marc-Andre Stratling | 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 6. | 16 June 2007 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli Marcio Torres | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 7. | 23 June 2007 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Dekel Valtzer | Guy Kubi Alexei Milner | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | 15 December 2007 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Idan Mark | Navdeep Singh Alexander Slabinsky | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 7–10 |
| Loss | 3. | 16 March 2008 | Albufeira, Portugal | Hard | Chris Eaton | Neil Bamford Josh Goodall | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | 19 July 2008 | Aptos Challenger, United States | Hard | Noam Okun | Todd Widom Michael Yani | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4. | 29 November 2008 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Sebastian Rieschick | Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Amir Hadad | 3–6 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 29 August 2009 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Ludovic Walter | John Paul Fruttero G.D. Jones | 2–6, 6–4, 5–10 |
| Win | 9. | 12 September 2009 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Marcus Daniell | John Paul Fruttero G.D. Jones | 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 10–5 |
| Loss | 6. | 4 December 2009 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Hard | Alexander Slabinsky | Adam El Mihdawy Blake Strode | 3–6, 6–2, 7–10 |
| Win | 10. | 23 October 2010 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Boy Westerhof | Niels Desein Laurent Rochette | W/O |
| Win | 11. | 30 October 2010 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | Boy Westerhof | Raven Klaasen Ruan Roelofse | 5–7, 6–4, 10–6 |
| Win | 12. | 29 January 2011 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Tal Eros | Alon Faiman Tomer Hodorov | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 7. | 21 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | Tal Eros | David Rice Sean Thornley | 6–3, 3–6, 9–11 |
| Win | 13. | 28 May 2011 | Ramat HaSharon, Israel | Hard | John Paul Fruttero | David Rice Sean Thornley | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 13–11 |
| Win | 14. | 4 March 2012 | Singapore, Singapore | Hard | Kamil Čapkovič | Hsieh Cheng-peng Lee Hsin-han | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | 5 May 2012 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Saar Steele | Yu Chang Li Zhe | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 9. | 10 February 2013 | Bergamo, Italy | Hard | Claudio Grassi | Karol Beck Andrej Martin | 3–6, 6–3, 8–10 |
| Win | 15. | 25 January 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Huang Liang-chi | Marcus Willis Lewis Burton | 6–3, 7–6(11–9) |
| Loss | 10. | 1 February 2014 | Eilat, Israel | Hard | Claudio Grassi | Marcus Willis Lewis Burton | 3–6 5–7 |
| Loss | 11. | 2 March 2014 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Lee Hsin-han | Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12. | 19 September 2015 | Nanchang, China | Hard | Lee Hsin-han | Jonathan Eysseric Jürgen Zopp | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 16. | 25 October 2015 | Ningbo, China | Hard | Dudi Sela | Nikola Mektić Franko Škugor | 6–3, 3–6, 10–6 |
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