Eyal Ran

Eyal Ran was born in 1972 in Kiryat Ono

Eyal Ran was born on 21 November 1972 in Kiryat Ono, Israel. He is Jewish, and his father immigrated to Israel from Romania.

Ran trained at Israel Tennis Centers and turned professional in 1992. In 1993 he beat Jonas Svensson of Sweden, then ranked 37 in the world. He reached the second round of the Australian Open in singles in 1996 and 1997.

From 1999 he played doubles at Grand Slam events, and in 2000 he won a clay court doubles tournament in Bucharest with Alberto Martin. His highest ranking was 138 in singles in 1997 and 71 in doubles in 1999. He also played for the Israel Davis Cup team.

In 2005, during a dispute between the Davis Cup players and the Israel Tennis Association, Ran became team captain and resolved the crisis. In July 2009 Israel beat Russia 4-1 in a quarterfinal in Tel Aviv and reached its first Davis Cup semifinal, where it lost to Spain. He retired as captain in 2017.