Daniel Cukierman (Hebrew: דניאל צוקרמן; born 9 July 1995) is an Israeli tennis player.
During his junior year at the University of Southern California from November 13, 2019, until the close of competition in 2020, Cukierman was ranked No.
[1] As of January 15, 2024, he was ranked 486 in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
[7][8] When he was 18 years of age, Cukierman started training with Israeli Amos Mansdorf, and won an Israel championship.
[11] In January 2020, partnering with Riley Smith, Cukierman won the M25 Los Angeles doubles championship.
"[7] He began as an international relations major, and switched to real estate development.
[3] While team captain during his junior year, from November 13, 2019, until the close of competition in 2020, Cukierman was ranked No.
[15] He won the singles title and the doubles title (with Riley Smith) at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup in Thousand Oaks, California, and also won the Oracle Pro Series ITA Masters championships in singles and doubles (also with Smith).
[18] 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.