Maurice Ruah

Maurice Ruah
Country (sports)	Venezuela
Born	February 19, 1971; Caracas, Venezuela
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$542,546
Singles
Career record	31–55 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 ; 1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 90 (2 May 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1994)
French Open	1R (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1991, 1994)
US Open	2R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	40–61 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1 ; 13 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 82 (12 Sep 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1994)
French Open	2R (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1993, 1994, 1998)
US Open	2R (1996, 1998)
	Last updated on: 20 April 2026.

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.^[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.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 win, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1992	Armação dos Búzios, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Mario Tabares	Mark Keil Tom Mercer	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Nov 1997	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	Karim Alami	Luis Lobo Fernando Meligeni	1–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (1–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–8)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1992	Fortaleza, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Joao Cunha-Silva	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Nov 1992	São Luiz do Paraitinga, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Luiz Mattar	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	May 1993	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Gilad Bloom	6–7, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 1993	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–4	Oct 1993	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Aug 1996	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Jaime Oncins	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–6	May 1997	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Wayne Black	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–7	Sep 1998	Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	1–8	Nov 1998	Las Vegas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	5–7, 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)

Legend
ATP Challenger (13–15)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (9–7)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1991	Fürth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Marcos Górriz	Jamie Morgan Sandon Stolle	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 1992	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Christer Allgardh	Lan Bale Brendan Curry	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Aug 1992	Fortaleza, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Christer Allgardh	Andrew Kratzmann Roger Rasheed	6–7, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Sep 1992	Guaruja, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Mario Tabares	Danilo Marcelino Fernando Meligeni	walkover
Loss	2–3	Nov 1992	São Luiz do Paraitinga, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Mario Tabares	Luiz Mattar Jaime Oncins	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Apr 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Mario Tabares	Jordi Burillo Sergio Casal	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	3–4	Apr 1993	Riemerling, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Mario Tabares	Sander Groen Arne Thoms	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Jul 1993	Montebello, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Lan Bale	David Di Lucia Doug Flach	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–6	Aug 1993	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Roger Smith	Juan-Ignacio Carrasco Mark Petchey	2–6, 5–7
Loss	3–7	Oct 1993	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Christer Allgardh	Tom Kempers Jack Waite	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–8	Oct 1993	Ponte Vedra, United States	Challenger	Hard	Laurence Tieleman	Sebastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Win	4–8	Oct 1993	Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Laurence Tieleman	Mark Knowles Alex O'Brien	5–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	4–9	Dec 1993	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Pereira	Mark Knowles Jared Palmer	1–6, 3–6
Win	5–9	May 1994	Taipei, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Nestor	Sandon Stolle Michael Tebbutt	6–2, 6–0
Win	6–9	Nov 1994	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Ignacio Garat	Kelly Jones David Pate	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–10	Jun 1995	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Leander Paes	Wayne Black Laszlo Markovits	5–7, 4–6
Loss	6–11	Apr 1996	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Geoff Grant	Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi	3–6, 6–7
Win	7–11	May 1996	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Geoff Grant	Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–12	Jun 1996	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Eyal Ran	Pablo Campana Tamer El Sawy	5–7, 1–6
Win	8–12	Aug 1996	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	Luis-Enrique Herrera Gabriel Trifu	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–13	Sep 1996	Olbia, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Geoff Grant	Nicola Bruno Stephane Simian	5–7, 4–6
Win	9–13	Nov 1996	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	Bill Behrens Steve Campbell	7–5, 6–2
Win	10–13	Aug 1997	Olbia, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Geoff Grant	Mose Navarra Stefano Pescosolido	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	11–13	Nov 1997	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Tamer El Sawy	Massimo Ardinghi Vincenzo Santopadre	7–6, 7–5
Win	12–13	Nov 1997	Ixtapa, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Chris Haggard	Bernardo Martinez Rogier Wassen	6–4, 7–6
Loss	12–14	Mar 1998	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Oscar Ortiz	Takao Suzuki Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	13–14	Oct 1998	Caracas, Venezuela	Challenger	Hard	Geoff Grant	Gouichi Motomura Andre Sa	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	13–15	Feb 1999	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Adriano Ferreira	Karsten Braasch Dirk Dier	walkover