Jesse Levine country of citizenship United States of America
Early life
Levine was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and grew up in Ottawa's Centrepointe neighbourhood. 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 plays with a Star of David on his chain.  He can read and write Hebrew. Levine, along with Dudi Sela, Shahar Pe'er, Sharon Fichman, and Camila Giorgi is one of a number of young Jewish tennis players who are highly ranked.   "I have a lot of contact with the Israeli players, like Ram, Erlich, Sela, and Levy.  They sometimes ask me when I will play for Israel in the Davis Cup", he said.  He also appreciates the Jewish fans who cheer for him.  At one tournament, they cheered and shouted out encouragement such as:  "Come on, man, your opponent hasn't even had his bar mitzvah yet!"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.  Levine currently resides in Boca Raton, Florida. He said in 2009 that he at that point considered himself "100% American", saying that if he were to play Davis Cup, it would be for the US.
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