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Maurice Ruah

Country (sports)	Venezuela
Born	(1971-02-19) February 19, 1971 (age 53) Caracas, Venezuela
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$542,546
Singles
Career record	31–55
Highest ranking	No. 90 (2 May 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1994)
French Open	1R (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1991, 1994)
US Open	2R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	40–61
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 82 (12 Sep 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1994)
French Open	2R (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1993, 1994, 1998)
US Open	2R (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.

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

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

References

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

External links

• Maurice Ruah at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Maurice Ruah at the International Tennis Federation
• Maurice Ruah at the Davis Cup

• Tennis players from Caracas
• Venezuelan male tennis players
• Living people
• 1971 births
• Venezuelan Jews
• Jewish tennis players
• Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games medalists in tennis
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela
• Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
• 20th-century Venezuelan people
• 21st-century Venezuelan people