Maurice Ruah (born 19 February 1971) is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player. 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.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 2 (1 win, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Armação dos Búzios, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Mario Tabares Mark Keil Tom Mercer7–6, 6–7, 6–4 Loss1–1Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Karim Alami Luis Lobo Fernando Meligeni1–6, 3–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (1–8) LegendATP Challenger (1–8)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–8)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Fortaleza, BrazilChallengerClay Joao Cunha-Silva6–4, 3–6, 6–4Loss1–1São Luiz do Paraitinga, BrazilChallengerHard Luiz Mattar4–6, 4–6Loss1–2Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Gilad Bloom6–7, 4–6Loss1–3Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Kevin Ullyett3–6, 2–6Loss1–4Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Jean-Philippe Fleurian6–7, 6–3, 2–6Loss1–5Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Jaime Oncins4–6, 3–6Loss1–6Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Wayne Black2–6, 1–6Loss1–7Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Daniel Nestor6–3, 6–7, 3–6Loss1–8Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Cecil Mamiit5–7, 3–6
1989 - 1999 AO - Q2 (91), 1R (94) FO - Q1 (93, 97, 98). Q2 (99), 1R (94) WC - Q1 (92, 93), Q2 (99), 1R (91, 94) UO - Q1 (92, 96, 97, 99), Q2 (93, 98). 2R (94)
Indian Wells - Q2 (93), 1R (91) Miami - Q1 (96, 98), Q2 (99), Q3 (93), 1R (94, 95) Cincinnati - 1R (89) Paris - Q3 (95)
Doubles: 28 (13–15) LegendATP Challenger (13–15)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (9–7)Clay (4–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Marcos Górriz Jamie Morgan Sandon Stolle6–2, 6–4Win2–0Ribeirão Preto, BrazilChallengerClay Christer Allgardh Lan Bale Brendan Curry2–6, 7–5, 6–4Loss2–1Fortaleza, BrazilChallengerClay Christer Allgardh Andrew Kratzmann Roger Rasheed6–7, 4–6Loss2–2Guaruja, BrazilChallengerHard Mario Tabares Danilo Marcelino Fernando MeligeniwalkoverLoss2–3São Luiz do Paraitinga, BrazilChallengerHard Mario Tabares Luiz Mattar Jaime Oncins3–6, 5–7Loss2–4Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Mario Tabares Jordi Burillo Sergio Casal2–6, 6–4, 1–6Win3–4Riemerling, GermanyChallengerClay Mario Tabares Sander Groen Arne Thoms6–3, 6–3Loss3–5Montebello, CanadaChallengerHard Lan Bale David Di Lucia Doug Flach3–6, 2–6Loss3–6Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Roger Smith Juan-Ignacio Carrasco Mark Petchey2–6, 5–7Loss3–7Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Christer Allgardh Tom Kempers Jack Waite2–6, 4–6Loss3–8Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Laurence Tieleman Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor6–2, 1–6, 4–6Win4–8Caracas, VenezuelaChallengerHard Laurence Tieleman Mark Knowles Alex O'Brien5–7, 6–4, 7–6Loss4–9Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Nicolas Pereira Mark Knowles Jared Palmer1–6, 3–6Win5–9Taipei, TaiwanChallengerHard Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt6–2, 6–0Win6–9Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerClay Juan-Ignacio Garat Kelly Jones David Pate6–2, 6–2Loss6–10Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Leander Paes Wayne Black Laszlo Markovits5–7, 4–6Loss6–11Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Geoff Grant Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi3–6, 6–7Win7–11Andijan, UzbekistanChallengerHard Geoff Grant Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi6–4, 6–3Loss7–12Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Eyal Ran Pablo Campana Tamer El Sawy5–7, 1–6Win8–12Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Leonardo Lavalle Luis-Enrique Herrera Gabriel Trifu5–7, 6–4, 6–4Loss8–13Olbia, ItalyChallengerHard Geoff Grant Nicola Bruno Stephane Simian5–7, 4–6Win9–13Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Leonardo Lavalle Bill Behrens Steve Campbell7–5, 6–2Win10–13Olbia, ItalyChallengerHard Geoff Grant Mose Navarra Stefano Pescosolido3–6, 6–2, 7–5Win11–13Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Tamer El Sawy Massimo Ardinghi Vincenzo Santopadre7–6, 7–5Win12–13Ixtapa, MexicoChallengerHard Chris Haggard Bernardo Martinez Rogier Wassen6–4, 7–6Loss12–14Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Oscar Ortiz Takao Suzuki Kevin Ullyett6–4, 1–6, 4–6Win13–14Caracas, VenezuelaChallengerHard Geoff Grant Gouichi Motomura Andre Sa4–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss13–15Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Adriano Ferreira Karsten Braasch Dirk Dierwalkover
1989 - AO - 1R (94) FO - 1R (93), 2R (94) WC - Q1 (91, 92, 99), 1R (93, 94, 98) UO - Q1 (97), 1R (93, 94, 99), 2R (96, 98)
Indian Wells - Q1 (93) Miami - Q1 (97), Q2 (99), 1R (95), 2R (93, 94, 98) Cincinnati - 1R (89) Paris - 1R (95)
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