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Ben Ellwood

Ben Ellwood (born 12 March 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Ben Ellwood
Country (sports)Australia Australia
ResidenceSouth Melbourne. Australia
Born (1976-03-12) 12 March 1976 (age 48)
Canberra, Australia
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Turned pro1994
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$388,461
Singles
Career record4–14
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 140 (28 October 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1996)
French OpenQ2 (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon1R (1997)
US Open1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record32–50
Career titles0
6 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 66 (18 March 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1999, 2000)
French Open2R (2001)
Wimbledon3R (2000)
US OpenQF (1999)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2002
Wimbledon2R (2002)
Last updated on: 1 February 2022.

Career

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An outstanding junior, Ellwood won the boys' singles at the 1994 Australian Open, defeating Andrew Ilie in the final. He was the boys' doubles champion as well (with Mark Philippoussis) and also went on to win the boys' doubles at the 1994 Wimbledon Championships and 1994 US Open (with Philippousssis and Nicolás Lapentti, respectively). This made Ellwood the first ever player to win the boys' doubles at the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open in the same year.

Ellwood made his Grand Slam debut in the 1995 Australian Open and came close to upsetting world number 46 Fabrice Santoro in the opening round. He lost the encounter in five sets, but had a chance to win the match in a fourth set tiebreak, which the Frenchman won 9–7. His only Grand Slam singles win came in Australia a year later, when he beat Olivier Delaître. As a doubles player he had much more success, with his best result being a quarter-finals berth at the 1999 US Open, with Michael Tebbutt as his partner. The pair defeated 10th seeds Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek along the way. He also competed in the mixed doubles and made the second round of two Grand Slams in 2002, at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, both times with Evie Dominikovic. These would be the only two occasions he won a Grand Slam mixed doubles match but he only twice played with his younger sister, Annabel Ellwood, in the 1998 Australian Open and 1999 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

On the ATP Tour, Ellwood made his only final when he and David Adams were doubles runners-up in the 2002 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. Previously he had been a doubles quarter-finalist in Queen's with Michael Hill and made doubles semi-finals at Hong Kong in 1999 and Bucharest in 2001.[2]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1994 Australian Open Hard   Andrew Ilie 5–7, 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1993 US Open Hard   James Sekulov   Neville Godwin
  Gareth Williams		 3–6, 3–6
Win 1994 Australian Open Hard   Mark Philippoussis   Jamie Delgado
  Roman Kukal		 7–5, 7–6
Win 1994 Wimbledon Grass   Mark Philippoussis   Vladimir Platenik
  Ricardo Schlachter		 6–2, 6–4
Win 1994 US Open Hard   Nicolás Lapentti   Paul Goldstein
  Scott Humphries		 6–0, 6–2

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2002 Delray Beach, United States International Series Hard   David Adams   Martin Damm
  Cyril Suk 		4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (5–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (4–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1996 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Nick Weal 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 1996 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Fernon Wibier 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Nov 1998 Australia F2, Frankston Futures Clay   Toby Mitchell 6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Win 3–1 Nov 1998 Australia F3, Berri Futures Grass   Glenn Knox 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Feb 1999 Great Britain F3, Eastbourne Futures Carpet   Jan Boruszewski 2–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Oct 1999 Australia F1, Beaumaris Futures Clay   Paul Baccanello 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–2 Nov 1999 Australia F3, Berri Futures Grass   Dejan Petrovic 7–6, 6–1

Doubles: 21 (12–9)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (6–7)
ITF Futures (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (4–5)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1993 Perth, Australia Challenger Grass   Mark Philippoussis   Paul Kilderry
  Brent Larkham 		6–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 1993 Adelaide, Australia Challenger Grass   Mark Philippoussis   Joshua Eagle
  Andrew Florent 		1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Dec 1994 Perth, Australia Challenger Grass   Mark Philippoussis   Wayne Arthurs
  Neil Borwick 		7–5, 7–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 1996 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard   Peter Tramacchi   Satoshi Iwabuchi
  Takao Suzuki 		6–7, 6–7
Loss 1–4 Jul 1997 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard   Chad Clark   Michael Sell
  Myles Wakefield 		3–6, 6–7
Win 2–4 Apr 1998 Great Britain F4, Bournemouth Futures Clay   Kalle Flygt   James Davidson
  James Fox 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–5 Jul 1998 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Wayne Arthurs   Max Mirnyi
  Vladimir Voltchkov 		4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 2–6 Jul 1998 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Wayne Arthurs   Mosé Navarra
  Stefano Pescosolido 		1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 3–6 Aug 1998 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard   Lleyton Hewitt   Paul Goldstein
  Jim Thomas 		5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–6 May 1999 Great Britain F6, Newcastle Futures Clay   Miles Maclagan   Damien Roberts
  Myles Wakefield 		6–2, 6–4
Win 5–6 May 1999 Great Britain F7, Edinburgh Futures Clay   Miles Maclagan   Martin Lee
  Arvind Parmar 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–7 Oct 1999 Australia F1, Beaumaris Futures Clay   Dejan Petrovic   Tim Crichton
  Domenic Marafiote 		6–7, 3–6
Win 6–7 Apr 2001 Great Britain F3, Bournemouth Futures Clay   Todd Larkham   Luke Bourgeois
  Michael Tebbutt 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win 7–7 May 2001 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay   Luke Bourgeois   Simon Dickson
  Mark Hilton 		6–3, 6–3
Win 8–7 Jun 2001 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   David Adams   Jeff Coetzee
  Marcos Ondruska 		7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 9–7 Jul 2001 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Fredrik Lovén   Wesley Moodie
  Shaun Rudman 		4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 9–8 Sep 2001 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay   Kalle Flygt   Lovro Zovko
  Amir Hadad 		1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 10–8 Nov 2001 Australia F5, Berri Futures Grass   Dejan Petrovic   Peter Luczak
  David Hodge 		7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Loss 10–9 Dec 2001 Australia F6, Barmera Futures Grass   Dejan Petrovic   Joseph Sirianni
  Jaymon Crabb 		2–6, 3–6
Win 11–9 Feb 2002 Brest, France Challenger Hard   Stephen Huss   Jonathan Erlich
  Andy Ram 		6–1, 6–4
Win 12–9 Feb 2002 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard   Stephen Huss   Aleksandar Kitinov
  Johan Landsberg 		6–7(3–7), 7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 Q1 1R 2R 1R Q3 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A Q2 A Q2 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q1 Q3 Q2 1R Q3 Q3 A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A 1R Q1 Q2 A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 5 1–5 17%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A Q1 A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A Q2 A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

Doubles

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Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 8 4–8 33%
French Open A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon Q1 Q2 1R Q1 Q2 3R 2R 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
US Open A Q1 A A QF A 2R 2R 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 5–2 4–3 3–4 1–4 0 / 18 13–18 42%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%

References

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  1. ^ ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ^ ATP World Tour Profile
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