Ramiz Akhmerov (born 8 March 1953) is a former tennis player from Azerbaijan who competed for the Soviet Union in the

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at the 1979 Soviet Championships, won three Summer Universiade medals. He earned a bronze medal at the

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event and won both a gold and silver medal at the

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. He made his Davis Cup debut in 1979, at Barcelona, where he lost a singles rubber to Spain's Antonio Munoz.Davis Cup profile
/ref> His only other Davis Cup appearance came in Donetsk three years later. He and partner Vadim Borisov played the doubles rubber against India's Amritraj brothers,

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and Vijay. The Soviet pairing lost the match in four sets.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akhmerov, Ramiz 1953 births Living people Azerbaijani male tennis players Soviet male tennis players Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade