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{{Infobox player
|image = JesseLevine.png
|birthdate = October 15, 1987
|birthplace = Nepean, Ontario, Canada
|dateofdeath =
|placeofdeath =
|from = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|residence = Boca Raton, Florida, United States
|height = 5’9” (1,75m)
|styleofplay = Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 2007
|retired = 2014
|bestatpsinglesranking = No. 69 (October 1, 2012)
|bestatpdoublesranking = No. 119 (July 22, 2013)
|bestitfjuniorranking =
|canadiantennishalloffame =
|cdntennisprofile = [http://www.cdntennis.ca/jesselevine Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
}}
 
==Biography==
'''Jesse Levine''' (born October 15, 1987 in OttawaNepean, Ontario, Canada) is an American-Canadian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 69 on October 1, 2012 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 119 on July 22, 2013.
 
Levine represented the United States from 2007 to 2012 and Canada afterstarting in 2013. He won the 2005 Wimbledon boys' doubles championship with Michael Shabaz. Playing one year of No. 1 singles as a freshman for the University of Florida in 2007, he lost only one match, finishing his career with a 24–1 record. In 2009, he reached his first ATP doubles final at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, losing to the Bryan brothers. He retired in 2014 due to an elbow injury.
 
Levine was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in Ottawa's Centrepointe neighborhood. His father Nathan had played tennis for Penn State. Jesse attended Hillel Academy of Ottawa. Off the court Levine, who is Jewish, keeps kosher at home, and he played with a Star of David on his chain. He can read and write Hebrew. As a youth, Levine took tennis lessons at the Ottawa Athletic Club. He and his family moved to Florida in the US when he was 13 years old, because his younger brother Daniel suffers from ulcerative colitis and the year-round warm weather was much better for him. He currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida. Levine is a tennis analyst for Sportsnet, a sports television network in Canada. He was the coach of Madison Keys from December 2015 to May 2016 and hethe iscoach currently coachingof Jessica Pegula sincefrom July 2017 to July 2019.
 
==ATP career finals==
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|<small>2–1</small>
|Aug 2010
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Odlum Brown VanOpen|Vancouver]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
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==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)===
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|<small>2–0</small>
|Sep 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F5, Toronto
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Jordan Cox (USA)
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|<small>3–0</small>
|Sep 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F6, Toronto
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Rhyne Williams (USA)
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|<small>3–1</small>
|Sep 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F7, Markham
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
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|<small>4–1</small>
|Oct 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F27, Mansfield
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
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===Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)===
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|<small>1–2</small>
|Mar 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F2, Sherbrooke
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Brett Joelson (USA)
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==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/jesselevine Jesse LevineProfile on CdnTennis.ca]
 
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[[Category:Canadian male tennis players]]
[[Category:Canadian retired tennis players]]