Country (sports) | South Africa |
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Residence | Lafayette, California, U.S. |
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 15 September 1971
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Turned pro | 1989 |
Retired | 2005 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 9,969,617 |
Singles | |
Career record | 512–330 (60.8%) |
Career titles | 15 |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (8 May 1995) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1992, 2003) |
French Open | 4R (1996) |
Wimbledon | QF (1994) |
US Open | QF (1992) |
Other tournaments | |
Tour Finals | RR (1995) |
Grand Slam Cup | QF (1993) |
Olympic Games | QF (1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 295–210 |
Career titles | 11 |
Highest ranking | No. 9 (19 March 2001) |
Team competitions | |
Hopman Cup | W (2000) |
Medal record |
Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player and current tennis coach.
As a junior player, Ferreira was ranked world no. 1 junior doubles player and no. 6 junior singles player. He won the junior doubles title at the US Open in 1989. [1]
Ferreira turned professional in 1989. He won his first ATP doubles title in Adelaide in 1991.
1992 was Ferreira's breakthrough year on the tour. He started out by reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open. In June he won his first ATP singles title at Queen's Club, London. [2] His second singles title came just a few weeks later at Schenectady, New York. He also teamed-up with compatriot Piet Norval to win the men's doubles silver medal for South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [3] Ferreira was defeated in the second round in the Olympic singles that year. [4]
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 then won another four events in 1995. [5] He competed at the Olympics again in 1996, reaching the quarterfinals in both men's singles and men's doubles, with Ellis Ferreira as his partner. [4] (The two Ferreiras are not related. [6] )
The biggest titles of Ferreira's career came at Toronto in 1996 and Stuttgart in 2000 (both Tennis Masters Series events). [7]
Ferreira teamed-up with Amanda Coetzer in 2000 to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa. [8] He played in his third and final Olympic tournament that year; this time, competing only in singles and being defeated in the first round. [4]
Ferreira is the former record-holder for the most consecutive Grand Slam tournament appearances in men's tennis, having participated in 56 consecutive slams between the 1991 Australian Open and the 2004 US Open. [9] [10] Ferreira's best Grand Slam results came at the Australian Open – where he reached the semi-finals twice in 1992 and 2003. [10] [11]
During his career, Ferreira won 15 top-level singles titles and 11 doubles titles. [5] His career-high rankings were world no. 6 in singles (in May 1995) and world n. 9 in doubles (in March 2001). His career prize-money earnings totalled $9,969,617. [1]
Though Ferreira retired from the professional tour in 2005, he still plays on the Outback Champions Series senior tour. He finished both 2006 and 2007 fourth on points in that series. He is now residing in Lafayette, California. Ferreira is currently president and CEO of EcoloBlue, Life and Energy, an environmental and renewable resources corporation based in Miami, Florida, and Lafayette, California.
Ferreira is known for regularly causing upsets against top players. He is one of the few players with a positive record against 20 time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer. [12] Ferreira teamed up with Federer in the men's doubles at Wimbledon in 2001. They got to the third round and were due to face Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer (the eventual champions) before Federer withdrew to focus on his singles campaign. [13] In addition, Ferreira has a 5-6 head-to-head record against 14 time Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras, with Sampras breaking the tie by winning their final match at the 2002 Canadian Masters. He also holds a positive head-to-head record against multiple Grand Slam champions and former world no. 1 ranked players, including Patrick Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Björn Borg.
Starting in 2020, Ferreira was the coach of Frances Tiafoe and became his primary coach, replacing coach Zack Evenden, until the end of the 2023 season when they split. [14]
Ferreira played with and endorsed rackets made by Slazenger early in his career. He switched to Dunlop Sport very early in his career and stayed with them, using the 200G racket, until the end of his ATP career.
Result | Year | Olympics | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Silver | 1992 | Barcelona | Clay | Piet Norval (RSA) | Boris Becker Michael Stich | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1993 | Indian Wells | Hard | Jim Courier | 3–6, 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1996 | Canada | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 2000 | Stuttgart | Hard (i) | Lleyton Hewitt | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1991 | Miami | Hard | Piet Norval | Ken Flach Robert Seguso | 5–7, 7–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 1992 | Rome | Clay | Mark Kratzmann | Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset | 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Loss | 1993 | Rome | Clay | Mark Kratzmann | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 4–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 1994 | Rome | Clay | Javier Sánchez | Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl | 1–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 1994 | Cincinnati | Hard | Mark Kratzmann | Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle | 7–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1995 | Hamburg | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Byron Black Andrei Olhovskiy | 6–1, 7–6 |
Loss | 1999 | Canada | Hard | Byron Black | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 2000 | Rome | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Win | 2000 | Monte Carlo | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle | 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 |
Win | 2001 | Indian Wells | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge | 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 2001 | Rome | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle | 6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 2003 | Indian Wells | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
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Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1992 | Memphis, US | Hard (i) | MaliVai Washington | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 1992 | Queen's Club, UK | Grass | Shuzo Matsuoka | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 1992 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Andrei Medvedev | 1–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 1–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 1992 | Schenectady, US | Hard | Jamie Morgan | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 |
Loss | 2–3 | Mar 1993 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Jim Courier | 3–6, 3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Jun 1993 | Queen's Club, UK | Grass | Michael Stich | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Jan 1994 | Oahu, US | Hard | Richey Reneberg | 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 |
Loss | 3–5 | Feb 1994 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | Michael Stich | 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Jun 1994 | Manchester, UK | Grass | Patrick Rafter | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 4–6 | Aug 1994 | Indianapolis, US | Hard | Olivier Delaître | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 5–6 | Sep 1994 | Bordeaux, France | Hard | Jeff Tarango | 6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 6–6 | Oct 1994 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Patrick McEnroe | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7), 6–3 |
Win | 7–6 | Oct 1994 | Tel-Aviv, Israel | Hard | Amos Mansdorf | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Win | 8–6 | Feb 1995 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | Andrea Gaudenzi | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 9–6 | May 1995 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Michael Stich | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 10–6 | Oct 1995 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Carpet | MaliVai Washington | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 11–6 | Oct 1995 | Lyon, France | Carpet | Pete Sampras | 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3 |
Win | 12–6 | Mar 1996 | Scottsdale, US | Hard | Marcelo Ríos | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 12–7 | Jul 1996 | Washington, D.C., US | Hard | Michael Chang | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 13–7 | Aug 1996 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 13–8 | Apr 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Nicolas Kiefer | 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Win | 14–8 | Nov 2000 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | Lleyton Hewitt | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
Win | 15–8 | Aug 2003 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 4R | SF | 4R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 3R | QF | SF | 3R | 0 / 14 | 39–14 |
French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 0 / 14 | 18–13 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 4R | QF | 4R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 15 | 29–15 |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | QF | 4R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 14 | 18–14 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–4 | 14–4 | 10–4 | 9–4 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 10–3 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 9–4 | 2–4 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 4–4 | 0 / 57 | 104–56 |
Year-end championships | |||||||||||||||||||
Tennis Masters Cup | Did not qualify | RR | Did not qualify | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Cup | NH | DNQ | 1R | QF | 1R | Did not qualify | Not Held | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | ||||||||||
ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | NME | A | 3R | 2R | F | 2R | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 14 | 17–14 | |
Miami | NME | A | 4R | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | 2R | 3R | 4R | 2R | QF | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 14 | 16–14 | |
Monte Carlo | NME | A | A | 3R | A | 2R | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | A | 0 / 7 | 6–7 | |
Rome | NME | A | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | SF | SF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 13 | 21–13 | |
Hamburg | NME | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | QF | QF | 3R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | QF | A | 0 / 12 | 17–12 | |
Canada | NME | A | A | A | 3R | SF | 3R | W | 3R | 1R | 3R | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1 / 11 | 19–10 | |
Cincinnati | NME | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 0 / 13 | 14–13 | |
Stuttgart 1 | NME | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | W | QF | A | 2R | A | 1 / 10 | 13–9 | |
Paris | NME | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | SF | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 11 | 5–11 | |
Win–loss | N/A | 0–0 | 9–6 | 5–8 | 9–8 | 11–8 | 17–8 | 18–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 6–8 | 19–8 | 6–9 | 5–6 | 7–9 | 2–2 | 2 / 105 | 128–103 | |
Year-end ranking | 315 | 229 | 173 | 41 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 26 | 54 | 13 | 62 | 39 | 26 | 128 |
1Held as Stockholm Masters until 1994, Essen Masters in 1995, Stuttgart Masters 1996–2001, Madrid Masters from 2002–08.
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 7 January 1991 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | Stefan Kruger | Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 25 March 1991 | Miami, US | Hard | Piet Norval | Ken Flach Robert Seguso | 5–7, 7–6, 6–2 |
Win | 3. | 13 January 1992 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Jim Grabb | Grant Connell Glenn Michibata | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 1. | 6 April 1992 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Piet Norval | Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2. | 18 May 1992 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Mark Kratzmann | Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset | 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
Loss | 3. | 3 August 1992 | Summer Olympics, Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Piet Norval | Boris Becker Michael Stich | 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 4. | 17 May 1993 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Mark Kratzmann | Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis | 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 4. | 9 August 1993 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Michael Stich | Grant Connell Scott Davis | 7–6, 7–6 |
Loss | 5. | 15 November 1993 | Antwerp, Belgium | Carpet | Javier Sánchez | Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith | 3–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 6. | 16 May 1994 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Javier Sánchez | Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl | 1–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 7. | 15 August 1994 | Cincinnati, US | Hard | Mark Kratzmann | Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle | 7–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 5. | 15 May 1995 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Byron Black Andrei Olhovskiy | 6–1, 7–6 |
Loss | 8. | 23 October 1995 | Lyon, France | Carpet | John-Laffnie de Jager | Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 6. | 23 February 1998 | Antwerp, Belgium | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 9. | 27 July 1998 | Washington, D.C., US | Hard | Patrick Galbraith | Grant Stafford Kevin Ullyett | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 10. | 1 March 1999 | London, UK | Carpet | Byron Black | Tim Henman Greg Rusedski | 3–6, 6–7 |
Win | 7. | 2 August 1999 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Byron Black | Goran Ivanišević Brian MacPhie | 6–2, 7–6 |
Loss | 11. | 9 August 1999 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Byron Black | Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter | 6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 12. | 25 October 1999 | Lyon, France | Carpet | Sandon Stolle | Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett | 6–4, 6–7, 6–7 |
Win | 8. | 24 April 2000 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle | 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 |
Loss | 13. | 15 May 2000 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Martin Damm Dominik Hrbatý | 4–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Win | 9. | 19 March 2001 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge | 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 10. | 14 May 2001 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Daniel Nestor Sandon Stolle | 6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 11. | 17 March 2003 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 10 | 12–10 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 8–7 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 3R | SF | 1R | 3R | SF | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 16–8 |
US Open | A | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | SF | A | A | QF | 1R | A | SF | 2R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 10 | 21–9 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 10–4 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 36 | 57–34 |
ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | NME | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | W | 1R | W | A | 2 / 13 | 20–11 | |
Miami | NME | A | W | SF | 2R | 2R | A | A | QF | QF | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | 1 / 9 | 16–8 | |
Monte Carlo | NME | A | A | QF | A | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | A | W | 1R | A | A | A | 1 / 5 | 7–4 | |
Rome | NME | A | 1R | F | F | F | A | QF | A | 1R | QF | F | W | 2R | QF | A | 1 / 11 | 28–10 | |
Hamburg | NME | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | W | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | SF | A | A | 1 / 10 | 9–9 | |
Canada | NME | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | F | 2R | 1R | QF | A | A | 0 / 7 | 7–7 | |
Cincinnati | NME | A | QF | 1R | 2R | F | QF | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 12–7 | |
Madrid (Stuttgart) | NME | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | QF | A | A | A | 2R | QF | QF | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 7–6 | |
Paris | NME | A | 1R | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | |
Win–loss | N/A | 0–0 | 8–6 | 13–7 | 6–7 | 10–6 | 8–3 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 10–7 | 16–8 | 13–4 | 7–5 | 7–1 | 0–0 | 6 / 75 | 110–66 | |
Year-end ranking | 511 | 357 | 87 | 25 | 31 | 35 | 19 | 59 | 100 | 114 | 66 | 31 | 14 | 31 | 56 | 85 | 495 |
Season | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Total |
Wins | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | FR |
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1991 | |||||||
1. | Andrés Gómez | 10 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | 121 |
2. | Ivan Lendl | 4 | Sydney, Australia | Hard (i) | 3R | 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 | 64 |
1992 | |||||||
3. | Karel Nováček | 10 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | 2R | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(9–7) | 46 |
4. | Pete Sampras | 4 | Memphis, United States | Hard (i) | QF | 6–4, 6–2 | 26 |
5. | Goran Ivanišević | 4 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | QF | 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4 | 16 |
1994 | |||||||
6. | Goran Ivanišević | 6 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | SF | 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 | 17 |
1995 | |||||||
7. | Michael Stich | 8 | Munich, Germany | Clay | F | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) | 12 |
8. | Michael Stich | 8 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | 3R | 7–5, 6–1 | 6 |
9. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | SF | 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 13 |
10. | Pete Sampras | 2 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | F | 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3 | 13 |
11. | Sergi Bruguera | 10 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | 3R | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) | 11 |
12. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | 9 |
13. | Pete Sampras | 1 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, 6–3 | 9 |
1996 | |||||||
14. | Jim Courier | 8 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 | 10 |
15. | Jim Courier | 9 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 3R | 7–6(11–9), 6–7(4–7), 6–2 | 10 |
1997 | |||||||
16. | Thomas Enqvist | 7 | Davis Cup, Växjö, Sweden | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 | 10 |
1998 | |||||||
17. | Patrick Rafter | 3 | London, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–4, 6–4 | 47 |
18. | Pete Sampras | 1 | Miami, United States | Hard | 3R | 0–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3 | 36 |
19. | Marcelo Ríos | 3 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | 2R | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | 32 |
20. | Pete Sampras | 1 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 1R | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | 35 |
21. | Patrick Rafter | 3 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–4, 6–1 | 29 |
1999 | |||||||
22. | Richard Krajicek | 9 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | 3R | 6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 | 26 |
2000 | |||||||
23. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 5 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | QF | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) | 31 |
24. | Thomas Enqvist | 7 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | 2R | 6–2, 7–5 | 19 |
25. | Lleyton Hewitt | 8 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | F | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–2 | 19 |
2001 | |||||||
26. | Sébastien Grosjean | 8 | Stuttgart, Germany | Hard (i) | 3R | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(9–7) | 36 |
2002 | |||||||
27. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 4 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | 44 |
28. | Albert Costa | 7 | Cincinnati, United States | Hard | 2R | 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | 44 |
29. | Albert Costa | 8 | US Open, New York, United States | Hard | 2R | 1–6, 6–7(10–12), 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 | 39 |
2003 | |||||||
30. | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 4 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | QF | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | 39 |
31. | Sébastien Grosjean | 9 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | QF | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–2 | 25 |
32. | Lleyton Hewitt | 5 | Los Angeles, United States | Hard | F | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 | 25 |
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Robert "Bob" Charles Bryan is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won 23 major titles: 16 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Mike, he was the world No. 1 doubles player for several years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003. The brothers were named the ATP Team of the Decade for 2000–2009. They became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam at the 2012 London Olympics.
Fabrice Vetea Santoro is a French former professional tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming towards the end of his career, and he is popular among spectators and other players alike for his winning demeanor and shot-making abilities; he is also one of a rare breed of player who plays two-handed on both the forehand and backhand sides.
The 2003 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2003 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.
The 2002 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2002 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the Tennis Masters Cup, the ATP Masters Series, the International Series Gold and the International Series tournaments.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP. The 2009 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the ATP World Team Championship, the Davis Cup, and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2009 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which does not distribute ranking points, and is organised by the ITF.
This is a list of the main career statistics of Swiss former professional tennis player Roger Federer. All statistics are according to the ATP Tour website. Federer won 103 ATP singles titles including 20 majors, 28 ATP Masters, and six ATP Finals. Federer was also a gold medalist in men's doubles with Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medalist in singles at the 2012 London Olympics.
This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian tennis player, Lleyton Hewitt. To date, Hewitt has won thirty ATP singles titles including two grand slam singles titles, two ATP Masters 1000 singles titles and two year-ending championships. He was also the runner-up at the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, 2004 US Open and 2005 Australian Open. Hewitt was first ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) on November 19, 2001.
Roger Federer's 2010 season was punctuated by his victory at the Australian Open, beating Andy Murray in the final. Federer played in 18 tournaments in 2010 and won five. He was runner-up in the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open to Rafael Nadal. At the French Open, he faced his opponent in the previous year's final, Robin Söderling, at the quarterfinals stage and lost. As defending champion at Wimbledon, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Tomáš Berdych in four sets, thus ending his streak of seven consecutive Wimbledon finals and also falling to world No. 3, his lowest ranking since 2003. During the summer hard-court season, Federer hired Paul Annacone to be his coach and revive his form. At the 2010 US Open, Federer advanced to his seventh straight semifinal appearance, but lost to Novak Djokovic in five sets, despite holding two match points in the final set. Federer's ranking slipped back from No. 2 to No. 3 after the tournament, but he finished the year strong with victories in Stockholm, Basel, and the ATP Tour Finals to pass Djokovic in the rankings and finish the year at world No. 2. By the end of 2010, Federer had earned wide consideration as the greatest male tennis player of all time.
Roger Federer's first ATP Tour-level tournament was the 1998 Gstaad Open, where he faced Lucas Arnold Ker in the round of 32 and lost, 4–6, 4–6. Federer's first final came at the 2000 Marseille Open, where he lost to fellow Swiss Marc Rosset, 6–2, 3–6, 6–7. Federer's first tournament win was at the 2001 Milan Indoor, where he defeated Julien Boutter, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4. The most prestigious finals he contested at this time included the 2002 Miami Masters, where he lost to Andre Agassi, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6. Shortly thereafter, Federer won his first Masters Series event at the Hamburg Masters on clay, 6–1, 6–3, 6–4, over Marat Safin.
This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2012. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.
The 2013 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2013 tennis season. The 2013 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2013 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Frances Tiafoe Jr. is an American professional tennis player. Tiafoe won his first of three ATP titles at the 2018 Delray Beach Open, becoming the youngest American man to win a tournament on the ATP Tour since Andy Roddick in 2002. He won his second title on clay at the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston and his third on grass in 2023 Stuttgart. He reached his career high at world No. 10 in singles on June 19, 2023, and world No. 160 in doubles on November 1, 2021. On June 19, 2023, he became the first Sierra Leonean American and only the third African-American man to be ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), after Arthur Ashe and James Blake.
Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ATP ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022.
The Big Three is a common nickname in tennis for the trio of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, each considered to be among the greatest players of all time. The trio have dominated men's singles tennis for two decades, collectively winning 66 major singles tournaments; Djokovic leads with an all-time record of 24 titles, followed by Nadal with 22 and Federer with 20. They have been ranked as world No. 1s in singles for a total of 936 weeks ; Djokovic for a record 417 weeks, Federer for 310, and Nadal for 209. One of the three finished the season as the year-end No. 1 player every year from 2004 to 2023, with the exceptions of 2016 and 2022. They collectively occupied the top-three positions of the year-end ATP rankings eight times; in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018, and 2019.
The 2021 Novak Djokovic tennis season is considered one of Djokovic's best. It saw him become the second man in tennis history to achieve the Surface Slam following Rafael Nadal in 2010, and repeat his feat from 2015 of reaching all four major finals in a season. He won five tournaments, three of them majors: the Australian Open, the French Open, and the Wimbledon Championships. Djokovic reached the final of the US Open in an attempt to achieve the Grand Slam, but finished runner-up to Daniil Medvedev. He also won the Paris Masters and Belgrade Open, and reached his first final in a doubles tournament since 2010 at the Mallorca Open.