Wayne Ferreira

Wayne Richard Ferreira is a South African tennis coach and former professional player, born on 15 September 1971. He won 15 ATP singles titles and 11 doubles titles, and reached career-high rankings of world number six in singles in May 1995 and world number nine in doubles in March 2001. As a junior he was the world number one in doubles and won the 1989 US Open junior doubles title. His breakthrough came in 1992, when he reached the Australian Open semifinals, won his first two singles titles and, with compatriot Piet Norval, took the men's doubles silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics. His biggest titles were the Masters Series events at Toronto in 1996 and Stuttgart in 2000. He won the 2000 Hopman Cup with Amanda Coetzer and once held the record of 56 consecutive Grand Slam appearances.