Wayne Richard Ferreira (born 15 September 1971) is a South African tennis coach and a former professional player.
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.
[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.
He is one of the few players with a positive record against 20 time Grand Slam champion, Roger Federer.
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.
1 ranked players, including Patrick Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Björn Borg.