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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 Australia  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 Australia  James Sekulov South Africa  Neville Godwin
South Africa  Gareth Williams		 3–6, 3–6
Win 1994 Australian Open Hard Australia  Mark Philippoussis United Kingdom  Jamie Delgado
Slovakia  Roman Kukal		 7–5, 7–6
Win 1994 Wimbledon Grass Australia  Mark Philippoussis Slovakia  Vladimir Platenik
Brazil  Ricardo Schlachter		 6–2, 6–4
Win 1994 US Open Hard Ecuador  Nicolás Lapentti United States  Paul Goldstein
United States  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 South Africa  David Adams Czech Republic  Martin Damm
Czech Republic  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 United Kingdom  Nick Weal 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 1996 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Netherlands  Fernon Wibier 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Nov 1998 Australia F2, Frankston Futures Clay Australia  Toby Mitchell 6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Win 3–1 Nov 1998 Australia F3, Berri Futures Grass Australia  Glenn Knox 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Feb 1999 Great Britain F3, Eastbourne Futures Carpet Germany  Jan Boruszewski 2–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 Oct 1999 Australia F1, Beaumaris Futures Clay Australia  Paul Baccanello 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–2 Nov 1999 Australia F3, Berri Futures Grass Australia  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 Australia  Mark Philippoussis Australia  Paul Kilderry
Australia  Brent Larkham 		6–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 1993 Adelaide, Australia Challenger Grass Australia  Mark Philippoussis Australia  Joshua Eagle
Australia  Andrew Florent 		1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 Dec 1994 Perth, Australia Challenger Grass Australia  Mark Philippoussis Australia  Wayne Arthurs
Australia  Neil Borwick 		7–5, 7–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 1996 Nagoya, Japan Challenger Hard Australia  Peter Tramacchi Japan  Satoshi Iwabuchi
Japan  Takao Suzuki 		6–7, 6–7
Loss 1–4 Jul 1997 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard United States  Chad Clark United States  Michael Sell
South Africa  Myles Wakefield 		3–6, 6–7
Win 2–4 Apr 1998 Great Britain F4, Bournemouth Futures Clay Sweden  Kalle Flygt United Kingdom  James Davidson
United Kingdom  James Fox 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–5 Jul 1998 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Australia  Wayne Arthurs Belarus  Max Mirnyi
Belarus  Vladimir Voltchkov 		4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Loss 2–6 Jul 1998 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Australia  Wayne Arthurs Italy  Mosé Navarra
Italy  Stefano Pescosolido 		1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 3–6 Aug 1998 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Australia  Lleyton Hewitt United States  Paul Goldstein
United States  Jim Thomas 		5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–6 May 1999 Great Britain F6, Newcastle Futures Clay United Kingdom  Miles Maclagan South Africa  Damien Roberts
South Africa  Myles Wakefield 		6–2, 6–4
Win 5–6 May 1999 Great Britain F7, Edinburgh Futures Clay United Kingdom  Miles Maclagan United Kingdom  Martin Lee
United Kingdom  Arvind Parmar 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–7 Oct 1999 Australia F1, Beaumaris Futures Clay Australia  Dejan Petrovic Australia  Tim Crichton
Australia  Domenic Marafiote 		6–7, 3–6
Win 6–7 Apr 2001 Great Britain F3, Bournemouth Futures Clay Australia  Todd Larkham Australia  Luke Bourgeois
Australia  Michael Tebbutt 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win 7–7 May 2001 Great Britain F4, Hatfield Futures Clay Australia  Luke Bourgeois United Kingdom  Simon Dickson
United Kingdom  Mark Hilton 		6–3, 6–3
Win 8–7 Jun 2001 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass South Africa  David Adams South Africa  Jeff Coetzee
South Africa  Marcos Ondruska 		7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 9–7 Jul 2001 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Sweden  Fredrik Lovén South Africa  Wesley Moodie
South Africa  Shaun Rudman 		4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 9–8 Sep 2001 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay Sweden  Kalle Flygt Croatia  Lovro Zovko
Israel  Amir Hadad 		1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 10–8 Nov 2001 Australia F5, Berri Futures Grass Australia  Dejan Petrovic Australia  Peter Luczak
Australia  David Hodge 		7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Loss 10–9 Dec 2001 Australia F6, Barmera Futures Grass Australia  Dejan Petrovic Australia  Joseph Sirianni
Australia  Jaymon Crabb 		2–6, 3–6
Win 11–9 Feb 2002 Brest, France Challenger Hard Australia  Stephen Huss Israel  Jonathan Erlich
Israel  Andy Ram 		6–1, 6–4
Win 12–9 Feb 2002 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard Australia  Stephen Huss North Macedonia  Aleksandar Kitinov
Sweden  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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