Maurice Ruah

Maurice Ruah
Country (sports) Venezuela
Born (1971-02-19) February 19, 1971 (age 53)
Caracas, Venezuela
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$542,546
Singles
Career record31–55
Highest rankingNo. 90 (2 May 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1994)
French Open1R (1994)
Wimbledon1R (1991, 1994)
US Open2R (1994)
Doubles
Career record40–61
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 82 (12 Sep 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1994)
French Open2R (1994)
Wimbledon1R (1993, 1994, 1998)
US Open2R (1996, 1998)

Maurice Ruah (born 19 February 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 82 in 1994.

His father Luis works in medical supplies and in the shoe industry, and his mother Claire assists her husband in medical supplies.[1]

He and his doubles partner Yohny Romero won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

Ruah participated in 19 Davis Cup ties for Venezuela from 1989 to 2000, posting a 17–17 record in singles and an 8–5 record in doubles.

In July 2019, he becomes captain of the Davis Cup.

Doubles titles

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Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (15)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1991 Furth, Germany Clay Spain Marcos Aurelio Gorriz Australia Jamie Morgan
Australia Sandon Stolle
6–2, 6–4
2. 1992 Ribeirão, Brazil Clay Sweden Christer Allgårdh South Africa Lan Bale
South Africa Brendan Curry
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
3. 1992 Guaruja, Brazil Hard Cuba Mario Tabares Brazil Danilo Marcelino
Brazil Fernando Meligeni
W/O
4. 1992 Búzios, Brazil Hard Cuba Mario Tabares United States Mark Keil
United States Tom Mercer
7–6, 6–7, 6–4
5. 1993 Riemerling, Germany Clay (i) Cuba Mario Tabares Netherlands Sander Groen
Germany Arne Thoms
6–3, 6–3
6. 1993 Caracas-3, Venezuela Hard Italy Laurence Tieleman The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Alex O'Brien
5–7, 6–4, 7–6
7. 1994 Taipei, Taiwan Hard Canada Daniel Nestor Australia Sandon Stolle
Australia Michael Tebbutt
6–2, 6–0
8. 1994 Guadalajara, Mexico Clay Argentina Juan Garat United States Kelly Jones
United States David Pate
6–2, 6–2
9. 1996 Andijan, Uzbekistan Hard United States Geoff Grant India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–4, 6–3
10. 1996 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Mexico Leonardo Lavalle Mexico Luis Herrera
Romania Gabriel Trifu
5–7, 6–4, 6–4
11. 1996 Puebla, Mexico Hard Mexico Leonardo Lavalle United States Bill Behrens
United States Steve Campbell
7–5, 6–2
12. 1997 Olbia, Italy Hard United States Geoff Grant Italy Mosé Navarra
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
3–6, 6–4, 7–5
13. 1997 Puebla, Mexico Hard Egypt Tamer El Sawy Italy Massimo Ardinghi
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
7–6, 7–5
14. 1997 Ixtapa, Mexico Hard South Africa Chris Haggard Mexico Bernardo Martínez
Netherlands Rogier Wassen
6–4, 7–6
15. 1998 Caracas, Venezuela Hard United States Geoff Grant Japan Gouichi Motomura
Brazil André Sá
4–6, 6–1, 6–2
16. 1999 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet Brazil Adriano Ferreira Germany Karsten Braasch
Germany Dirk Dier
W/O

References

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  1. ^ "Maurice Ruah | Bio | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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