Mark Ferreira

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Mark Ferreira
Full nameMark Ferreira
Country (sports)Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Born (1967-03-01) 1 March 1967 (age 55)
Bombay, India
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 527 (22 April 1991)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Highest rankingNo. 193 (7 November 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1988)

Mark Ferreira (born 1 March 1967) is a former professional tennis player from India. He is the son of former Indian billiards player Michael Ferreira.

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Biography

Born in Bombay, he did his schooling from St Andrew's High School Bandra. He studied economics at UCLA and played on the collegiate tennis team. [1]

At the 1988 Wimbledon Championships, Ferreira and partner Zeeshan Ali made the main draw as lucky losers and reached the second round. [2]

Ferreira competed in the doubles main draws of Grand Prix tournaments at Seoul and Singapore in 1989.

He represented both India and Hong Kong in Davis Cup competition. In 1989 he featured in a tie for India against South Korea, appearing in the doubles rubber with Zeeshan Ali, which they lost in four sets. [3] Due to his business career he was later based in Hong Kong and in 1997 played two Davis Cup ties for his adopted country, against both Thailand and Saudi Arabia. [4]

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References

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  2. "At Wimbledon, England". Detroit Free Press . 25 June 1988. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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