Maurice Ruah Explained
| Maurice Ruah |
| Birth Date: | 19 February 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Height: | 1.78m |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | $542,546 |
| Singlesrecord: | 31–55 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 90 (2 May 1994) |
| Australianopenresult: | 1R (1994) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1994) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1991, 1994) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1994) |
| Doublesrecord: | 40–61 |
| Doublestitles: | 1 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 82 (12 Sep 1994) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 1R (1994) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1994) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1993, 1994, 1998) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 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.[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
| 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 |  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
- Web site: Maurice Ruah | Bio | ATP Tour | Tennis.
