Wayne Ferreira Explained

Wayne Ferreira
Country:	South Africa
Residence:	Lafayette, California, U.S.
Birth Date:	1971 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Turnedpro:	1989
Retired:	2005
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	US$ 9,969,617
Singlestitles:	15
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 6 (8 May 1995)
Australianopenresult:	SF (1992, 2003)
Frenchopenresult:	4R (1996)
Wimbledonresult:	QF (1994)
Usopenresult:	QF (1992)
Othertournaments:	Yes
Masterscupresult:	RR (1995)
Grandslamcupresult:	QF (1993)
Olympicsresult:	QF (1996)
Doublesrecord:	295–210
Doublestitles:	11
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 9 (19 March 2001)
Team:	yes
Hopmancupresult:	W (2000)
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes

Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African tennis coach and a former professional tennis player.

Junior career

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]

Professional career

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.

Coaching

He is currently coaching Jack Draper on a trial basis.^[14]

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.^[15]

Endorsements

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.

Career statistics

Olympic games

Finals: 1 (1 silver medal)

Masters Series finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Career finals

Singles: 23 (15–8)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (2–1) ATP Championship Series (1–4) ATP Tour (12–3)

Titles by surface Hard (11–4) Grass (1–2) Clay (1–1) Carpet (2–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	4R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	4R	4R	2R	2R	4R	2R	4R	4R	3R	QF	bgcolor=yellow	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
style=text-align:left	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
align=left colspan="20"	Year-end championships
Tennis Masters Cup	Did not qualify							RR	Did not qualify									0 / 1	2–1
align=left style="background:#EFEFEF;"	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	bgcolor=yellow	SF	bgcolor=yellow	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	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	bgcolor=lime	W	3R	1R	3R	bgcolor=yellow	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	bgcolor=lime	W	QF	A	2R	A	1 / 10	13–9
Paris	NME	A	2R	2R	2R	2R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	3R	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 11	5–11
style=text-align:left	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.

Doubles: 24 (11–13)

Result	No.	width=125	Date	width=260	Tournament	Surface	width=200	Partner	width=200	Opponents	width=180	Score
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

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
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	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1R	3R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 9	16–8
US Open	A	A	3R	2R	3R	3R	bgcolor=yellow	SF	A	A	QF	1R	A	bgcolor=yellow	SF	2R	3R	A	A	0 / 10	21–9
style=text-align:left	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	bgcolor=yellow	SF	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	bgcolor=lime	W	A	2 / 13	20–11
Miami	NME	A	bgcolor=lime	W	bgcolor=yellow	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	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	A	A	A	1 / 5	7–4
Rome	NME	A	1R	F	F	F	A	QF	A	1R	QF	F	bgcolor=lime	W	2R	QF	A	1 / 11	28–10
Hamburg	NME	A	1R	A	1R	A	bgcolor=lime	W	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	bgcolor=yellow	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
style=text-align:left	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

Senior Tour championships

• 2007– defeated Jim Courier 2–6, 6–3, [11–9] in the Stanford Championships
• 2007– defeated Aaron Krickstein 6–3, 6–3 in The Oliver Group Champions Cup

Top 10 wins

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

	width=200	Player	Rank	width=250	Event	Surface	Rd	width=200	Score
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	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	bgcolor=yellow	SF	6–2, 3–6, 7–5	17
1995
7.	Michael Stich	8	Munich, Germany	Clay	bgcolor=lime	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	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	bgcolor=yellow	SF	1–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3	13
10.	Pete Sampras	bgcolor=thistle	2	Lyon, France	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	bgcolor=lime	F	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 6–3	13
11.	Sergi Bruguera	10	Paris, France	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	3R	6–2, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)	11
12.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6	ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	RR	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1	9
13.	Pete Sampras	bgcolor=lime	1	ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany	bgcolor=thistle	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	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	RR	6–4, 6–4, 6–4	10
1998
17.	Patrick Rafter	3	London, United Kingdom	bgcolor=thistle	Carpet (i)	QF	6–4, 6–4	47
18.	Pete Sampras	bgcolor=lime	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	bgcolor=lime	1	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	1R	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3	35
21.	Patrick Rafter	3	Lyon, France	bgcolor=thistle	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)	bgcolor=lime	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	bgcolor=lime	F	6–3, 4–6, 7–5	25

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wayne Ferreira: Profile . Association of Tennis Professionals . 24 August 2010.
2. News: Results Plus . The New York Times . 15 June 1992 . 24 August 2010.
3. News: Barcelona; South Africa Wins Medals . The New York Times . 8 August 1992 . 24 August 2010.
4. Web site: Wayne Ferreira . Olympedia.org . . 27 December 2020.
5. Web site: Wayne Ferreira: Career Titles/Finals . Association of Tennis Professionals . 24 August 2010.
6. News: Ferreira Deals with Confusion . 17 August 1996 . 27 December 2020 . The Hartford Courant.
7. News: Plus: Tennis; Ferreira Ends Four-Year Drought . The New York Times . 6 November 2000 . 24 August 2010.
8. News: Thompson . Jack . Capriati Beats Hingis in Hong Kong . Chicago Tribune . 9 January 2000 . 24 August 2010.
9. News: Clarey . Christopher . Ferreira Gets His Own Grand Slam Record: 55 in a Row . The New York Times . 22 June 2004 . 24 August 2010.
10. Web site: Ferreira says goodbye after quick loss to Hewitt . CNN Sports Illustrated. Associated Press . 1 September 2004 . 24 August 2010.
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