Joel Ross is an American former professional tennis player.

[2] Ross was Big Ten singles champion in 1971, and at the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel he won the men's doubles gold medal.

[3][4][5] His Grand Prix appearances included a loss to Guillermo Vilas at the 1976 Stockholm Open, where he took the Argentine to a first set tiebreak.

[6] He featured in the men's doubles main draw of the 1977 US Open.

[7] At the 1977 Maccabiah Games in Israel, in which he was player-coach for the Team USA tennis squad, he and partner Peter Rennert, who was later world No.