Wayne Ferreira

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Wayne Ferreira Tennis player
Wayne Ferreira
Nation: South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
Birthday: 15th September 1971
Size: 185 cm
1st professional season: 1989
Resignation: 2005
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer: David Nainkin
Prize money: $ 9,969,617
singles
Career record: 512: 330
Career title: 15th
Highest ranking: 6 (May 8 1995)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 295: 210
Career title: 11
Highest ranking: 9 (March 9, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Wayne Ferreira (born September 15, 1971 in Johannesburg ) is a retired South African tennis player .

Career

In his professional career (from 1989) he won 15 individual titles. At the 1992 Olympic Games , he won the silver medal alongside Piet Norval . In the same year he achieved his best result in a Grand Slam tournament at the Australian Open by moving into the semi-finals ; In 2003 he succeeded again. His best finish in the ATP - World ranking it reached on May 8, 1995 Place 6th

In 2000, Ferreira won the Hopman Cup alongside Amanda Coetzer . After the US Open in 2004 he announced his retirement from professional sport. In 2005 he made a one-off comeback on the occasion of the Davis Cup game between the South Africans and Germany ; he played two games, both of which he lost.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series (2)
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP International Series (12)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. June 14, 1992 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Queen's Club race JapanJapan Shūzō Matsuoka 6: 3, 6: 4
2. August 30, 1992 United StatesUnited States Schenectady Hard court AustraliaAustralia Jamie Morgan 6: 2, 6: 7 3 , 6: 2
3. January 9, 1994 United StatesUnited States Oahu Hard court United StatesUnited States Richey Reneberg 6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 1
4th August 21, 1994 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis Hard court FranceFrance Olivier Delaître 6: 2, 6: 1
5. September 18, 1994 FranceFrance Bordeaux Hard court United StatesUnited States Jeff Tarango 6-0, 7-5
6th October 2, 1994 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Basel Hard court United StatesUnited States Patrick McEnroe 4: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6, 6: 3
7th October 16, 1994 IsraelIsrael Tel Aviv Hard court IsraelIsrael Amos Mansdorf 7: 6, 6: 3
8th. February 12, 1995 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Dubai Hard court ItalyItaly Andrea Gaudenzi 6: 3, 6: 3
9. May 7, 1995 GermanyGermany Munich sand GermanyGermany Michael Stich 7: 5, 7: 6
10. October 15, 1995 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ostrava carpet United StatesUnited States MaliVai Washington 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
11. October 22, 1995 FranceFrance Lyon carpet United StatesUnited States Pete Sampras 7: 6, 5: 7, 6: 3
12. March 10, 1996 United StatesUnited States Scottsdale Hard court ChileChile Marcelo Ríos 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
13. August 25, 1996 CanadaCanada Toronto Hard court AustraliaAustralia Todd Woodbridge 6: 2, 6: 4
14th November 5, 2000 GermanyGermany Stuttgart Hard court AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt 7: 6 6 , 3: 6, 6: 7 5 , 7: 6 2 , 6: 2
15th August 3, 2003 United StatesUnited States los Angeles Hard court AustraliaAustralia Lleyton Hewitt 6: 3, 4: 6, 7: 5

Final participation

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. February 16, 1992 United StatesUnited States Memphis Hard court (i) United StatesUnited States MaliVai Washington 3: 6, 2: 6
2. July 19, 1992 GermanyGermany Stuttgart sand UkraineUkraine Andrij Medvedev 1: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 6: 2, 1: 6
3. March 7, 1993 United StatesUnited States Indian Wells Hard court United StatesUnited States Jim Courier 3: 6, 3: 6, 1: 6
4th June 13, 1993 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Queen's Club race GermanyGermany Michael Stich 3: 6, 4: 6
5. February 27, 1994 NetherlandsNetherlands Rotterdam carpet GermanyGermany Michael Stich 6: 4, 3: 6, 0: 6
6th June 19, 1994 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Manchester race AustraliaAustralia Patrick Rafter 6: 7 5 , 6: 7 4
7th July 21, 1996 United StatesUnited States Washington, DC Hard court United StatesUnited States Michael Chang 2: 6, 4: 6
8th. April 18, 1999 JapanJapan Tokyo Hard court GermanyGermany Nicolas Kiefer 6: 7 5 , 5: 7

Web links

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