Until April 2013 he played the men's doubles together with Dave Khodabux (highest achieved world ranking 32).

From that moment on he only played the mixed doubles with Samantha Barning who was his partner in this discipline since 2012 and with whom he achieved world ranking 24 in about a year’s time.

In February 2014 they started to play international tournaments again and came in third place at the European Championships in Kazan, Russia.

He was chairman of the athletes council of the Dutch Badminton Association and he has a bachelor's degree in sports marketing at Johan Cruyff University in Amsterdam.

A year later de Ruiter is present again when his club also wins the final of the premier league season 2018-2019.