Ellis Ferreira (born 19 February 1970) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. Ferreira competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Wayne Ferreira (to whom he is unrelated). He won two Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Corina Morariu in 2001. Ferreira was named the Senior Assistant Men's and Women's Tennis Head Coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, in July 2007. Ferreira is now the co-owner of the Eagleton/ Ferreira Tennis Academy on Longboat Key in Florida.

Career finals Doubles: 33 (18 titles / 15 runner-ups) Finals by category Grand Slam (1–1) Tennis Masters Cup (1–0) ATP Masters Series (4–6) ATP Championship Series (2–4) ATP Tour (10–4) Finals by surface Hard (7–11) Clay (4–3) Grass (2–1) Carpet (5–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1994 Sun City, South Africa Hard Grant Stafford Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth 3–6, 5–7Loss 0–2 Jul 1995 Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany Clay Jan Siemerink Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win 1–2 Oct 1995 Vienna, Austria Carpet Jan Siemerink Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–4, 7–5Win 2–2 Jan 1996 Sydney Outdoor, Australia Hard Jan Siemerink Patrick McEnroe Sandon Stolle 5–7, 6–4, 6–1Loss 2–3 Apr 1996 Miami, United States Hard Patrick Galbraith Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 1–6, 3–6Win 3–3 Apr 1996 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay Jan Siemerink Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti 2–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 4–3 Jan 1997 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Patrick Galbraith Rick Leach Jonathan Stark 6–4, 4–6, 7–6Win 5–3 Feb 1997 Memphis, United States Hard (i) Patrick Galbraith Rick Leach Jonathan Stark 6–3, 3–6, 6–1Loss 5–4 Mar 1997 Philadelphia, United States Hard (i) Patrick Galbraith Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien 3–6, 3–6Win 6–4 Jun 1997 Nottingham, England Grass Patrick Galbraith Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson 4–6, 7–6, 7–6Win 7–4 Oct 1997 Vienna, Austria Carpet Patrick Galbraith Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil 6–3, 6–4Win 8–4 Oct 1997 Lyon, France Carpet Patrick Galbraith Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro 3–6, 6–2, 6–4Loss 8–5 Nov 1997 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Patrick Galbraith Marc-Kevin Goellner Richey Reneberg 3–6, 6–3, 6–7Loss 8–6 Jan 1998 Adelaide, Australia Hard Rick Leach Joshua Eagle Andrew Florent 4–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss 8–7 Feb 1998 Memphis, United States Hard (i) David Roditi Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 3–6, 4–6Win 9–7 Mar 1998 Miami, United States Hard Rick Leach Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark 6–2, 6–4Loss 9–8 Apr 1998 Barcelona, Spain Clay Rick Leach Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis 5–7, 0–6Win 10–8 May 1998 Atlanta, United States Clay Brent Haygarth Alex O'Brien Richey Reneberg 6–3, 0–6, 6–2Loss 10–9 May 1998 Rome, Italy Clay Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 4–6, 6–4, 6–7Win 11–9 Jun 1998 Halle, Germany Grass Rick Leach John-Laffnie de Jager Marc-Kevin Goellner 4–6, 6–4, 7–6Loss 11–10 Aug 1998 Toronto, Canada Hard Rick Leach Martin Damm Jim Grabb 7–6, 2–6, 6–7Loss 11–11 Mar 1999 Indian Wells, United States Hard Rick Leach Wayne Black Sandon Stolle 6–7, 3–6Win 12–11 May 1999 Rome, Italy Clay Rick Leach David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 6–7, 6–1, 6–2Win 13–11 Jan 2000 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Rick Leach Olivier Delaître Jeff Tarango 7–5, 6–4Win 14–11 Jan 2000 Australian Open, Australia Hard Rick Leach Wayne Black Andrew Kratzmann 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 18–16Win 15–11 Apr 2000 Atlanta, United States Clay Rick Leach Justin Gimelstob Mark Knowles 6–3, 6–4Loss 15–12 Jun 2000 Nottingham, England Grass Rick Leach Donald Johnson Piet Norval 6–1, 4–6, 3–6Loss 15–13 Aug 2000 Cincinnati, United States Hard Rick Leach Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 6–7, 4–6Loss 15–14 Sep 2000 U.S. Open, New York Hard Rick Leach Lleyton Hewitt Max Mirnyi 4–6, 7–5, 6–7Loss 15–15 Oct 2001 Stuttgart Indoor, Germany Hard (i) Jeff Tarango Max Mirnyi Sandon Stolle 6–7, 6–7Win 16–15 Oct 2001 Basel, Switzerland Carpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 7–6, 6–4Win 17–15 Nov 2001 Paris, France Carpet Rick Leach Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 3–6, 6–4, 6–3Win 18–15 Feb 2002 ATP Doubles Challenge Cup, Bangalore Hard Rick Leach Petr Pála Pavel Vízner 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Career SR Career win–loss Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA3R1R1RQFQFSFW2RQF2R1 / 1023–9French OpenAAA2R2R1R2R1RQF1R3R1RA0 / 98–9WimbledonAAA2R1RSF3RQF2RQFQF2RA0 / 918–9U.S. OpenAAA2R1R2R1R1R2RFQF2RA0 / 912–9Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 41 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 11 / 37N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–00–05–41–45–46–46–49–414–39–45–41–1N/A61–36 ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAQF2R2RFQF1R1RA0 / 78–7MiamiAAA1RAF2RW3R3RQF2RA1 / 813–7Monte CarloAAAAAWQF2R2RQF1R1RA1 / 77–5RomeAAAA2RSF2RFW2RQFAA1 / 717–6HamburgAAAA1R2RSFSFSF1RQFAA0 / 78–7CanadaAAAQFAA2RFSFQFQFQFA0 / 714–7CincinnatiAAAQFQFSFQF2R2RF2R1RA0 / 915–9Stuttgart (Stockholm)AAAAA2R2R2R2RQFF2RA0 / 76–7ParisAAAAA2RSF2RSF2RWSFA1 / 712–6Masters Series SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 30 / 31 / 80 / 91 / 91 / 90 / 91 / 90 / 70 / 04 / 66N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–00–04–33–316–77–915–718–813–918–86–70–0N/A100–61 Year-end ranking56940713764681310101351552359N/A

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