A New York native, Rubin played on the boys' team at Rye Neck High School.

She represented the U.S. at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, where she won a silver medal in doubles with Jodi Appelbaum-Steinbauer.

She played collegiate tennis for Stanford University and won the deciding doubles match which secured the 1978 AIAW championships.

[2][3] At the 1981 Maccabiah Games, she and Dana Gilbert won a gold medal in the women's doubles.

In 1984 she featured in the women's doubles main draw of the French Open with Mary-Ann Colville.