Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African former professional tennis player and current tennis coach.
Country (sports) | South Africa | |||||||
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Residence | Lafayette, California, U.S. | |||||||
Born | (1971-09-15) 15 September 1971 (age 51) 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 (60.8%) | |||||||
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) | |||||||
Medal record
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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 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.
Since 2020, Ferreira has been the coach of Frances Tiafoe and became his primary coach after Tiafoe parted ways with former coach Zack Evenden.[14]
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.
Result | Year | Olympics | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Silver | 1992 | Barcelona | Clay | Piet Norval (RSA) | Boris Becker Michael Stich |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |
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Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | Feb 1992 | Memphis, US | Hard (i) | MaliVai Washington | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1. | Jun 1992 | Queen's Club, UK | Grass | Shuzo Matsuoka | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | Jul 1992 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Andrei Medvedev | 1–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–2, 1–6 |
Win | 2. | Aug 1992 | Schenectady, US | Hard | Jamie Morgan | 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 |
Loss | 3. | Mar 1993 | Indian Wells, US | Hard | Jim Courier | 3–6, 3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4. | Jun 1993 | Queen's Club, UK | Grass | Michael Stich | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3. | Jan 1994 | Oahu, US | Hard | Richey Reneberg | 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–1 |
Loss | 5. | Feb 1994 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet | Michael Stich | 6–4, 3–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 6. | Jun 1994 | Manchester, UK | Grass | Patrick Rafter | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 4. | Aug 1994 | Indianapolis, US | Hard | Olivier Delaître | 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 5. | Sep 1994 | Bordeaux, France | Hard | Jeff Tarango | 6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 6. | Oct 1994 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Patrick McEnroe | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7), 6–3 |
Win | 7. | Oct 1994 | Tel-Aviv, Israel | Hard | Amos Mansdorf | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Win | 8. | Feb 1995 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | Andrea Gaudenzi | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 9. | May 1995 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Michael Stich | 7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
Win | 10. | Oct 1995 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Carpet | MaliVai Washington | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 11. | Oct 1995 | Lyon, France | Carpet | Pete Sampras | 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3 |
Win | 12. | Mar 1996 | Scottsdale, US | Hard | Marcelo Ríos | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 7. | Jul 1996 | Washington, D.C., US | Hard | Michael Chang | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 13. | Aug 1996 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | Todd Woodbridge | 6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 8. | Apr 1999 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Nicolas Kiefer | 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
Win | 14. | 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. | Aug 2003 | Los Angeles, US | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | P | NH |
Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 4R | SF | 4R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 4R | 3R | QF | 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 |
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 |
Year-end championships | |||||||||||||||||||
Tennis Masters Cup | Did Not Qualify | RR | Did Not Qualify | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
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 | SF | 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 | SF | 3R | W | 3R | 1R | 3R | 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 | |
Stuttgart1 | NME | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | W | QF | A | 2R | A | 1 / 10 | 13–9 | |
Paris | NME | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | SF | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 11 | 5–11 | |
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.
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |
Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | SR | W–L |
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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 | SF | 1R | 3R | SF | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 16–8 |
US Open | A | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | 3R | SF | A | A | QF | 1R | A | SF | 2R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 10 | 21–9 |
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 | SF | W | 1R | W | A | 2 / 13 | 20–11 | |
Miami | NME | A | W | 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 | W | 1R | A | A | A | 1 / 5 | 7–4 | |
Rome | NME | A | 1R | F | F | F | A | QF | A | 1R | QF | F | W | 2R | QF | A | 1 / 11 | 28–10 | |
Hamburg | NME | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | W | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 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 | |
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 |
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 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | FR |
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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 | Carpet (i) | SF | 6–2, 3–6, 7–5 | 17 |
1995 | |||||||
7. | Michael Stich | 8 | Munich, Germany | Clay | 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 | Carpet (i) | SF | 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | 13 |
10. | Pete Sampras | 2 | Lyon, France | Carpet (i) | F | 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–3 | 13 |
11. | Sergi Bruguera | 10 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | 3R | 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) | 11 |
12. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | Carpet (i) | RR | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | 9 |
13. | Pete Sampras | 1 | ATP Tour World Championships, Frankfurt, Germany | 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 | Carpet (i) | RR | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 | 10 |
1998 | |||||||
17. | Patrick Rafter | 3 | London, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | QF | 6–4, 6–4 | 47 |
18. | Pete Sampras | 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 | 1 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | 1R | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | 35 |
21. | Patrick Rafter | 3 | Lyon, France | 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) | 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 | F | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 | 25 |