Maurice Ruah (born 19 February 1971) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
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
Yohny Romero (born 30 November 1978) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Romero, who was born in Caracas, represented Venezuela in the Davis Cup from 1999 to 2010, featuring in a total of 16 ties. He won eight singles ...
won a bronze medal at the
1999 Pan American Games
The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns and ...
.
Ruah participated in 19
Davis Cup
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ties for
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
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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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