Ramiz Akhmerov

{{short description|Azerbaijani tennis player}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's Tennis}}

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{{MedalGold|1979 Mexico City|Men's Doubles}}

{{MedalSilver|1979 Mexico City|Mixed Doubles}}

{{MedalBronze|1977 Sofia|Mixed Doubles}}

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Ramiz Akhmerov (born 8 March 1953) is a former tennis player from Azerbaijan who competed for the Soviet Union in the Davis Cup.[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002997 ITF Pro Circuit profile][https://web.archive.org/web/20061030004631/https://www.itftennis.com/development/news/newsarticle.asp?id=17016 ITF Tennis: Summer Surprise for Azerbaijan Tennis Fans]

Akhmerov, who was runner-up to Alexander Zverev at the 1979 Soviet Championships, won three Summer Universiade medals. He earned a bronze medal at the 1977 event and won both a gold and silver medal at the 1979 Summer Universiade.

He made his Davis Cup debut in 1979, at Barcelona, where he lost a singles rubber to Spain's Antonio Munoz.[http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800178144 Davis Cup profile] His only other Davis Cup appearance came in Donetsk three years later. He and partner Vadim Borisov played the doubles rubber against India's Amritraj brothers, Anand and Vijay. The Soviet pairing lost the match in four sets.

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