Ben Ellwood
Country (sports) | Australia |
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Residence | South Melbourne.Australia |
Born | Canberra,Australia | 12 March 1976
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
Turned pro | 1994 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $388,461 |
Singles | |
Career record | 4–14 |
Career titles | 0 2Challenger,3Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 140 (28 October 1996) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1996) |
French Open | Q2 (1996,1998) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1997) |
US Open | 1R (1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 32–50 |
Career titles | 0 6Challenger,6Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 66 (18 March 2002) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1999,2000) |
French Open | 2R (2001) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2000) |
US Open | QF (1999) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2002 |
Wimbledon | 2R (2002) |
Last updated on: 1 February 2022. |
Ben Ellwood(born 12 March 1976) is a former professionaltennisplayer from Australia.
Career
[edit]An outstanding junior, Ellwood won the boys' singles at the1994 Australian Open,defeatingAndrew Iliein the final. He was the boys' doubles champion as well (withMark Philippoussis) and also went on to win the boys' doubles at the1994 Wimbledon Championshipsand1994 US Open(with Philippousssis andNicolás Lapentti,respectively). This made Ellwood the first ever player to win the boys' doubles at the Australian Open,Wimbledon ChampionshipsandUS Openin the same year.
Ellwood made hisGrand Slamdebut in the1995 Australian Openand came close to upsetting world number 46Fabrice Santoroin 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 beatOlivier Delaître.As a doubles player he had much more success, with his best result being a quarter-finals berth at the1999 US Open,withMichael Tebbuttas his partner. The pair defeated 10th seedsYevgeny KafelnikovandDaniel Vacekalong the way. He also competed in the mixed doubles and made the second round of two Grand Slams in 2002, at theAustralian OpenandWimbledon,both times withEvie 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 the1998 Australian Openand1999 Wimbledon Championships.[1]
On theATP Tour,Ellwood made his only final when he andDavid Adamswere doubles runners-up in the2002 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.Previously he had been a doubles quarter-finalist inQueen'swithMichael Hilland made doubles semi-finals atHong Kongin 1999 andBucharestin 2001.[2]
Junior Grand Slam finals
[edit]Singles: 1 (1 title)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | Andrew Ilie | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
[edit]Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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
[edit]Singles: 7 (5–2)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 | Le xing ton,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
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
[edit]Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
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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
[edit]Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||||||
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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
[edit]External links
[edit]- 1976 births
- Living people
- Australian male tennis players
- Tennis players from the Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
- Wimbledon junior champions
- US Open (tennis) junior champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
- Sportspeople from Canberra