Rafael Moreno (born 16 July 1960) is a Dominican Republic former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player. He is a member of the Dominican Sports Hall of Fame. Born in

Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, formerly known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the List of metropolitan areas in the Caribbean, largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. the Distrito Na ...

, Moreno was the singles champion at the

1986 Central American and Caribbean Games The 15th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Santiago de los Caballeros Santiago de los Caballeros ("James, son of Zebedee, Saint James of the Knights"), often shortened to Santiago, is the second-largest city in the Dominican ...

in Santiago. This was the first ever tennis gold medal achieved by a Dominican player at the Central American and Caribbean Games. He was also the first male from his country to win a tennis medal at the

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, when in 1991 he teamed up with the singles silver medalist

Joelle Schad Joelle Schad (born 13 March 1973) is a former Dominican female tennis player. Playing for Dominican Republic at the Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launche ...

for a bronze medal in the mixed doubles. Moreno competed in 10

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ties for the Dominican Republic from 1989 to 1993, winning nine singles and four doubles rubbers. His best win was a five-set triumph over

Mauricio Hadad Mauricio Hadad (born 7 December 1971) is a former tennis player from Colombia and former captain of the Colombia Davis Cup Team. Hadad is of Lebanese background. The right-hander turned pro in 1988 and reached his highest individual ranking on t ...

of Colombia. In 1996 he began a 25-year tenure as Davis Cup team captain, which included taking the team to a World Group Playoff against Germany in 2015. He retired from the position of Davis Cup captain in 2020.

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