Andy Ram

Andy Ram was born in 1980 in Montevideo

Andy Ram was born Andreas Ram in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 10, 1980. His father Amiram was an Israeli who had played football for Beitar Jerusalem, and his mother is Uruguayan. The family moved to Jerusalem when he was 5, and he started playing tennis then.

He trained at the Israel Tennis Centers in Jerusalem and at 15 moved to the Wingate Institute, where he met Jonathan Erlich. He later earned a degree in Education and Society from Ono Academic College and studied in an iMBA program.

Ram turned professional in 1996 and focused on doubles, mostly with Erlich. He won mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 2006 and the French Open in 2007, and the men's doubles at the 2008 Australian Open. He reached a doubles ranking of World No. 5 in July 2008 and competed in three Olympics.

He announced his retirement in 2014. In 2015 he became CEO of the startup Pulse Play. He is married to Shiri and lives in Tel Aviv.