Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Ferreira

Country	South Africa
Residence	Berkeley, CA
Date of birth	September 15 1971 (1971--) (age 36)
Place of birth	Johannesburg
Height	m ()
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Turned Pro	1989
Retired	2005
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	US$9,969,617
Singles
Career record:	512-330
Career titles:	15
Highest ranking:	No. 6 (May 8, 1995)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1992, 2003)
French Open	4th (1996)
Wimbledon	QF (1994)
U.S. Open	QF (1992)
Doubles
Career record:	295-210
Career titles:	11
Highest ranking:	No. 9 (March 19, 2001)
Infobox last updated on: August 17, 2007.

Wayne Richard Ferreira (born September 15, 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former tennis player from South Africa.

As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked the world's No. 1 junior doubles player and No. 6 junior singles player. He won the junior doubles title at the US Open in 1989.

Ferreira turned professional in 1989. He won his first top-level doubles title in Adelaide in 1991.

1992 was Ferreira's breakthourgh year on the tour. He started out by reaching the semi-finals of the Australian Open. He then won his first top-level singles title at Queen's Club, London. His second singles title came just a few weeks later at Schenectady, New York. He also teamed-up with Piet Norval to win the men's doubles Silver Medal for South Africa at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.

After a quieter year in 1993 in which he didn't win any singles titles, Ferreira came back strongly in 1994 to win a career-best five singles titles. He the won another four events in 1995.

The biggest titles of Ferreira's career came at Toronto in 1996 and Stuttgart in 2000 (both Tennis Masters Series events).

Ferreira teamed-up with Amanda Coetzer in 2000 to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa.

Ferreira holds the record for the most consecutive Grand Slam tournament appearances in men's tennis. He participated in 56 consecutive Grand Slams between 1991 and 2004. (Stefan Edberg held the previous record of 54.) Ferreira's best Grand Slam results came at the Australian Open – where he reached the semi-finals twice in 1992 and 2003.

During his career, Ferreira won 15 top-level singles titles and 11 doubles titles. His career-high world rankings were No. 6 in singles (in 1995) and No. 9 in doubles (in 2001). His career prize-money earnings totalled US$9,969,617.

Ferreira retired from the professional tour in 2005. He is now residing in Berkeley, California.

Trivia

Ferreria played with and endorsed racquets made by Slazenger throughout his career

Singles finals

Singles titles (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 June, 1992	London, England	Grass	Shuzo Matsuoka	6-3, 6-4
2.	31 August, 1992	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Jamie Morgan	6-2, 6-7, 6-2
3.	10 January, 1994	Oahu, U.S.	Hard	Richey Reneberg	6-4, 6-7, 6-1
4.	22 August, 1994	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Olivier Delaitre	6-2, 6-1
5.	19 September, 1994	Bordeaux, France	Hard	Jeff Tarango	6-0, 7-5
6.	3 October, 1994	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-3
7.	17 October, 1994	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Hard	Amos Mansdorf	7-6, 6-3
8.	13 February, 1995	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Andrea Gaudenzi	6-3, 6-3
9.	8 May, 1995	Munich, Germany	Clay	Michael Stich	7-5, 7-6
10.	16 October, 1995	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Carpet	MaliVai Washington	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
11.	23 October, 1995	Lyon, France	Carpet	Pete Sampras	7-6, 5-7, 6-3
12.	11 March, 1996	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Marcelo Rios	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
13.	26 August, 1996	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	6-2, 6-4
14.	6 November, 2000	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2
15.	4 August, 2003	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3, 4-6, 7-5

Singles runner-ups (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 February, 1992	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	MaliVai Washington	6-3, 6-2
2.	20 July, 1992	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Andrei Medvedev	6-1, 6-4, 6-7, 2-6, 6-1
3.	8 March, 1993	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Jim Courier	6-3, 6-3, 6-1
4.	14 June, 1993	London, England	Grass	Michael Stich	6-3, 6-4
5.	28 February, 1994	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Michael Stich	4-6, 6-3, 6-0
6.	20 June, 1994	Manchester, England	Grass	Patrick Rafter	7-6, 7-6
7.	22 July, 1996	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Michael Chang	6-2, 6-4
8.	19 April, 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6, 7-5

Doubles finals

Doubles titles (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	7 January, 1991	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Stefan Kruger	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
2.	25 March, 1991	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Piet Norval	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6-0, 7-6
3.	13 January, 1992	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jim Grabb	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6-4, 6-3
4.	9 August, 1993	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Michael Stich	Grant Connell Scott Davis	7-6, 7-6
5.	15 May, 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Byron Black Andrei Olhovskiy	7-6, 6-0
6.	23 February, 1998	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tomas Carbonell Francisco Roig	7-5, 3-6, 6-2
7.	2 August, 1999	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Byron Black	Goran Ivanisevic Brian MacPhie	6-2, 7-6
8.	24 April, 2000	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	6-3, 2-6, 6-1
9.	19 March, 2001	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Jonas Bjorkman Todd Woodbridge	6-2, 7-5
10.	14 May, 2001	Rome, Italy	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle	6-4, 7-6
11.	17 March, 2003	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6-1, 6-4

Doubles runner-ups (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	6 April, 1992	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Piet Norval	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6-4, 6-4
2.	18 May, 1992	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mark Kratzmann	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	6-4, 3-6, 6-1
3.	3 August, 1992	Barcelona Olympics, Spain	Clay	Piet Norval	Boris Becker Michael Stich	7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
4.	17 May, 1993	Rome, Italy	Clay	Mark Kratzmann	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6-4, 7-6
5.	15 November, 1993	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Javier Sanchez	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6-3, 7-6
6.	16 May, 1994	Rome, Italy	Clay	Javier Sanchez	Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl	6-1, 7-5
7.	15 August, 1994	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Mark Kratzmann	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	7-6, 3-6, 6-3
8.	23 October, 1995	Lyon, France	Carpet	John-Laffnie De Jager	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-3, 6-3
9.	27 July, 1998	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett	6-3, 7-5
10.	1 March, 1999	London, England	Carpet	Byron Black	Tim Henman Greg Rusedski	6-3, 7-6
11.	9 August, 1999	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Byron Black	Jonas Bjorkman Patrick Rafter	6-4, 6-3
12.	25 October, 1999	Lyon, France	Carpet	Sandon Stolle	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	4-6, 7-6, 7-6
13.	15 May, 2000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Dominik Hrbaty	6-4, 4-6, 6-3

External links

• Official ATP Profile

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