Wayne Richard
Ferreira
Male
South Africa
1971-09-15
Johannesburg, South Africa
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 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[3]
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.[4]
The biggest titles of Ferreira's career came at Toronto in 1996 and Stuttgart in 2000 (both Tennis Masters Series events).[5]
Ferreira teamed-up with Amanda Coetzer in 2000 to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa.[6]
Ferreira is second (to Roger Federer's record 61) for the most consecutive Grand Slam tournament appearances in men's tennis. He participated in 56 consecutive Grand Slams between the 1991 Australian Open and the 2004 US Open.[7][8] Ferreira's best Grand Slam results came at the Australian Open ? where he reached the semi-finals twice in 1992 and 2003.[8][9]
During his career, Ferreira won 15 top-level singles titles and 11 doubles titles.[4] 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.
He is one of few players with a positive record against Roger Federer.[10] 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.[11]
1990 - 2003
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89
56
1996 - Canadian International Championships ()
Round 4
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Sargis Sargsian
6-3
6-4
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Juan Carlos Ferrero
7-6(4)
7-6(5)
6-1
Semifinals
Andre Kirk Agassi 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Alberto Costa
4-6
6-4
6-4
6-7(4)
9-7
Quarterfinals
Marat Safin 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
5-2
ret.
Round 4
Younes El Aynaoui 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
3-6
7-5
7-5
7-6(3)
Quarterfinals
Juan Carlos Ferrero 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-0
6-2
Round 4
Nicholas Kiefer 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Wayne Sean Arthurs
6-7(6)
6-3
7-6(5)
6-1
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Richard Krajicek
5-7
6-3
6-3
7-6(3)
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Andrei Pavel
3-6
7-6(3)
7-5
6-3
Round 4
Vladimir Voltchkov 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-4
7-6(0)
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Andrew Ilie
6-3
2-6
6-4
6-1
Round 2
Hicham Arazi 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-3
6-7(5)
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Yevgenni Kafelnikov
6-3
7-6(1)
Semifinals
Marat Safin 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-2
5-7
6-4
Round 4
Karol Kucera 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-1
7-5
Round 1
Andrew Ilie 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
7-6(13)
7-5
6-7(10)
6-1
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Arnaud Clément
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Alberto Costa
3-6
7-5
6-3
6-3
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Chris Wilkinson
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-1
Round 4
Richard Krajicek 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-3
7-5
Round 4
Alberto Costa 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-2
3-2
ret.
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Scott Draper
6-7(5)
3-6
6-4
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Rodolphe Gilbert
7-6(5)
4-6
6-3
3-6
9-7
Round 3
Cedric Adrien Pioline 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 4
Magnus Larsson 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
7-6(5)
6-3
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
David Prinosil
7-6(6)
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Andrea Gaudenzi
7-5
7-5
6-4
Round 3
Magnus Gustafsson 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
7-6(4)
7-5
1-6
5-7
6-1
Round 4
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
4-6
6-1
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Karl Johan Thomas Enqvist
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Todd Christopher Martin
4-6
6-3
7-5
Final
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Todd Andrew Woodbridge
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Daniel Vacek
6-2
6-4
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Jonas Lars Björkman
6-2
6-4
6-3
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Mark Woodforde
6-1
1-6
6-4
6-7(5)
6-2
Round 4
Jacco Folkert Eltingh 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-4
4-6
7-6(4)
6-3
Round 4
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Mauricio Hadad
6-4
3-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Marc Rosset
6-7
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Chris Wilkinson
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Jonas Lars Björkman
6-3
6-7
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Todd Christopher Martin 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-2
3-6
5-7
7-5
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Todd Christopher Martin
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Bernd Karbacher
6-3
4-6
6-2
7-5
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-2
3-6
6-1
7-6(8)
Round 4
Christian Bergstrom 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-4
7-5
2-6
6-4
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Roberto Azar
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Carlos Costa
2-6
6-2
6-7
7-6
8-6
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Henrik Holm
6-4
6-3
7-6
Round 4
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
4-6
7-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Johannes Martinus (Jan) Siemerink
6-3
7-6
6-4
Round 2
Paul Vincent Haarhuis 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
4-6
6-3
6-0
7-6
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Petr Korda
7-6(2)
4-6
7-6(7)
3-6
6-2
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Martin Damm
6-4
6-4
5-7
3-6
6-3
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Marc-Kevin Goellner
6-4
6-7(1)
3-6
6-4
6-3
Round 4
Michael Chang 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-4
6-3
6-4
Final
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
6-3
6-1
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Leonardo Lavalle
6-2
6-4
1-6
6-3
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Karel Novacek
3-6
6-3
7-6(6)
7-6(7)
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Mark Woodforde
4-6
6-3
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
David Wheaton
6-7(3)
6-4
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
John McEnroe
6-4
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Stefan Edberg 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
7-6(2)
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
John Fitzgerald
6-2
6-2
6-7(2)
7-5
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Christo Jensen Van Rensburg
6-3
6-3
6-7(3)
6-3
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Luis Enrique Herrera
7-6(4)
6-1
4-6
6-0
Round 4
Boris Becker 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
3-6
6-3
6-4
6-7(6)
6-1
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Arne Thoms
7-5
6-2
7-6
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Richard Fromberg
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 3
Carlos Costa 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
2-6
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Jordi Arrese
3-6
7-5
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Sergi Bruguera
6-7
6-2
3-6
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Wally Masur
6-4
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Emilio Angel Sanchez
6-2
6-4
2-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Michael Chang 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
7-5
2-6
6-3
6-7
6-1
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Fernando Luna
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Lars Anders Wahlgren
6-2
6-4
7-6(8)
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Jacco Folkert Eltingh
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Boris Becker 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-4
7-6(5)
6-4
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Juan Aguilera
6-4
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Christo Jensen Van Rensburg 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-4
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Carl Uwe Steeb
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 2
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Cedric Adrien Pioline
7-6(5)
4-6
6-2
2-6
6-3
Round 2
Pete Sampras 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-1
6-2
2-2
ret.
Round 1
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Yannick Noah
6-4
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Juan Aguilera 1 *
Wayne Richard Ferreira
6-3
7-6
7-5