Ellis Ferreira

Ellis Ferreira

Full name	Ellis Russell Ferreira
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Atlanta, United States
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) 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. Ferreira competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Wayne Ferreira (to whom he is unrelated). He won two 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.

Career finals

Doubles (18 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (1–1) Tennis Masters Cup (1–0) ATP Masters Series (4–6) ATP Championship Series (2–4) ATP Tour (10–4)

Titles by surface Hard (7–11) Clay (4–3) Grass (2–1) Carpet (5–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1994	Sun City, South Africa	Hard	Grant Stafford	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Jul 1995	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Jan Siemerink	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1995	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Jan Siemerink	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–2	Jan 1996	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Jan Siemerink	Patrick McEnroe Sandon Stolle	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–3	Apr 1996	Miami, United States	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	1–6, 3–6
Win	3–3	Apr 1996	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Jan Siemerink	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	4–3	Jan 1997	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Win	5–3	Feb 1997	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	5–4	Mar 1997	Philadelphia, United States	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–4	Jun 1997	Nottingham, England	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win	7–4	Oct 1997	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil	6–3, 6–4
Win	8–4	Oct 1997	Lyon, France	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	8–5	Nov 1997	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Marc-Kevin Goellner Richey Reneberg	3–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss	8–6	Jan 1998	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Rick Leach	Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent	4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	8–7	Feb 1998	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	David Roditi	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	9–7	Mar 1998	Miami, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–2, 6–4
Loss	9–8	Apr 1998	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Rick Leach	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5–7, 0–6
Win	10–8	May 1998	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Alex O'Brien Richey Reneberg	6–3, 0–6, 6–2
Loss	10–9	May 1998	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	11–9	Jun 1998	Halle, Germany	Grass	Rick Leach	John-Laffnie de Jager Marc-Kevin Goellner	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	11–10	Aug 1998	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Rick Leach	Martin Damm Jim Grabb	7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	11–11	Mar 1999	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Wayne Black Sandon Stolle	6–7, 3–6
Win	12–11	May 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	Rick Leach	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	13–11	Jan 2000	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Rick Leach	Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango	7–5, 6–4
Win	14–11	Jan 2000	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	Rick Leach	Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 18–16
Win	15–11	Apr 2000	Atlanta, United States	Clay	Rick Leach	Justin Gimelstob Mark Knowles	6–3, 6–4
Loss	15–12	Jun 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Rick Leach	Donald Johnson Piet Norval	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	15–13	Aug 2000	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 4–6
Loss	15–14	Sep 2000	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Rick Leach	Lleyton Hewitt Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	15–15	Oct 2001	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Jeff Tarango	Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle	6–7, 6–7
Win	16–15	Oct 2001	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7–6, 6–4
Win	17–15	Nov 2001	Paris, France	Carpet	Rick Leach	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	18–15	Feb 2002	ATP Doubles Challenge Cup, Bangalore	Hard	Rick Leach	Petr Pála Pavel Vízner	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	QF	QF	SF	W	2R	QF	2R	1 / 10	23–9
French Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	QF	1R	3R	1R	A	0 / 9	8–9
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	3R	QF	2R	QF	QF	2R	A	0 / 9	18–9
U.S. Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	F	QF	2R	A	0 / 9	12–9
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	1 / 37	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–4	1–4	5–4	6–4	6–4	9–4	14–3	9–4	5–4	1–1	N/A	61–36
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	2R	F	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	8–7
Miami	A	A	A	1R	A	F	2R	W	3R	3R	QF	2R	A	1 / 8	13–7
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	W	QF	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R	A	1 / 7	7–5
Rome	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	2R	F	W	2R	QF	A	A	1 / 7	17–6
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	SF	SF	SF	1R	QF	A	A	0 / 7	8–7
Canada	A	A	A	QF	A	A	2R	F	SF	QF	QF	QF	A	0 / 7	14–7
Cincinnati	A	A	A	QF	QF	SF	QF	2R	2R	F	2R	1R	A	0 / 9	15–9
Stuttgart (Stockholm)	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	QF	F	2R	A	0 / 7	6–7
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	2R	SF	2R	W	SF	A	1 / 7	12–6
Masters Series SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 8	0 / 9	1 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 0	4 / 66	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	3–3	16–7	7–9	15–7	18–8	13–9	18–8	6–7	0–0	N/A	100–61
Year-end ranking	569	407	137	64	68	13	10	10	13	5	15	52	359	N/A

External links

• Ellis Ferreira at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ellis Ferreira at World Tennis
• Ellis Ferreira at the Davis Cup (archived)