Joel Ross is an American former professional

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player. His peak rank was #288, in December 1976. Ross was

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singles champion in 1971, and at the

1977 Maccabiah Games At the 10th Maccabiah Games in Israel, more than 2,800 athletes from 34 countries participated in 26 different sports, including chess and bridge. The opening ceremonies were held on July 12, 1977, in Ramat Gan Stadium before a crowd of 50,000 p ...

in Israel he won the men's doubles gold medal.

Biography

A native of

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, he attended Westbury High School. Ross played collegiate tennis for the

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, was captain of the tennis team, and was

singles champion in 1971. His

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appearances included a loss to

Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Vilas was the No. 1 of the Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977, and won four Grand Slam tournaments, one year-end Masters, nine Grand Prix Super Se ...

at the 1976 Stockholm Open, where he took the Argentine to a first set tiebreak. He featured in the men's doubles main draw of the 1977 US Open. At the

in Israel, in which he was player-coach for the Team USA tennis squad, he and partner

Peter Rennert Peter Rennert (born December 26, 1958) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He achieved career-high rankings of World No. 40 in singles (in 1980), and World No. 8 in doubles (in 1983). At the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Isr ...

, who was later world #8 in doubles, won the men's doubles gold medal.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Joel Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male tennis players Jewish American sportspeople Jewish tennis players Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Competitors at the 1977 Maccabiah Games Michigan Wolverines men's tennis players Tennis people from New York (state) People from Westbury, New York