Wayne Ferreira
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| Country (sports) |
 South Africa
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| Residence | Lafayette, CA, United States |
| Born |
15 September 1971 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1989 |
| Retired | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 9,969,617 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 512–330 |
| Career titles | 15 |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (8 May 1995) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1992, 2003) |
| French Open | 4R (1996) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1994) |
| US Open | QF (1992) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | RR (1995) |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1993) |
| Olympic Games | QF (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 295–210 |
| Career titles | 11 |
| Highest ranking | No. 9 (19 March 2001) |
| Team competitions | |
| Hopman Cup | W (2000) |
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Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a former professional tennis player from 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.
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. 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.
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.
The biggest titles of Ferreira's career came at Toronto in 1996 and Stuttgart in 2000 (both Tennis Masters Series events).
Ferreira teamed-up with Amanda Coetzer in 2000 to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa.
Ferreira is third (to Roger Federer's record 65 and Feliciano López's 60 as of 2017 Australian Open) 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. Ferreira's best Grand Slam results came at the Australian Open – where he reached the semi-finals twice in 1992 and 2003.
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