Ellis Ferreira

Ellis Ferreira

Full name	Ellis Russell Ferreira
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Atlanta, Georgia
Born	(1970-02-19) 19 February 1970 Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1992
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$2,378,295
Singles
Career record	4–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 210 (3 October 1994)
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon	1R (1994)
US Open	2R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	314–201
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 2 (31 January 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2000)
French Open	QF (1999)
Wimbledon	SF (1996)
US Open	F (2000)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2001)
French Open	3R (1997, 1999)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	SF (2001)

Ellis Ferreira (born 19 February 1970 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. He won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Corina Morariu in 2001. Ferreira was named the Senior Assistant Men's and Women's Tennis Head Coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, in July 2007. Ferreira is now the co-owner of the Eagleton/ Ferreira Tennis Academy on Longboat Key in Florida (www.eftennis.com).^[1]

Doubles titles (18)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	4 April 1994	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Grant Stafford	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	24 July 1995	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Jan Siemerink	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	23 October 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 7–5
Winner	2.	15 January 1996	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Jan Siemerink	Patrick McEnroe Sandon Stolle	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	1 April 1996	Miami, United States	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	1–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	29 April 1996	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jan Siemerink	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	13 January 1997	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner	5.	24 February 1997	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	3 March 1997	Philadelphia, United States	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	23 June 1997	Nottingham, England	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	7.	13 October 1997	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	6–3, 6–4
Winner	8.	20 October 1997	Lyon, France	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	10 November 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Marc-Kevin Goellner Richey Reneberg	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	12 January 1998	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Rick Leach	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	23 February 1998	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	David Roditi	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	30 March 1998	Miami, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	20 April 1998	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Rick Leach	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5–7, 0–6
Winner	10.	4 May 1998	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Alex O'Brien Richey Reneberg	6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	18 May 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	11.	15 June 1998	Halle, Germany	Grass	Rick Leach	John-Laffnie de Jager Marc-Kevin Goellner	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up	10.	10 August 1998	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Rick Leach	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Runner-up	11.	15 March 1999	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Wayne Black Sandon Stolle	6–7, 3–6
Winner	12.	17 May 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rick Leach	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	13.	17 January 2000	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Rick Leach	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	7–5, 6–4
Winner	14.	31 January 2000	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	Rick Leach	Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 18–16
Winner	15.	17 April 2000	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Rick Leach	Justin Gimelstob Mark Knowles	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	26 June 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Rick Leach	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	14 August 2000	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	14.	11 September 2000	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Rick Leach	Lleyton Hewitt Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Runner-up	15.	22 October 2001	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Jeff Tarango	Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle	6–7, 6–7
Winner	16.	29 October 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–4
Winner	17.	5 November 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	18.	2 February 2002	ATP Doubles Challenge Cup, Bangalore	Hard	Rick Leach	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–7(6), 7–6(2), 6–4, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Ellis Ferreira at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ellis Ferreira at the International Tennis Federation
• Ellis Ferreira at the Davis Cup