Today in history: South African tennis player is born
Wayne partnered up with fellow tennis star Amanda Coetzer in 2000 to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa.
Wayne Richard Ferreira was born on 15 September 1971 in Johannesburg. He and his tennis partner, Pietie Norval, won a silver medal in the men’s tennis doubles at the Barcelona Olympic Games of 1992.
Wayne reached his best career ranking ever when he was placed 6th in the world in May 1995 and competed in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, reaching the quarterfinals in the singles and doubles.
He currently resides in Lafayette, California in the United States of America and is married to an American by the name of Liesl, and the couple shares a son named Marcus William.
Wayne partnered up with fellow tennis star Amanda Coetzer in 2000 to win the Hopman Cup for South Africa.
He has also represented South Africa at the Davis Cup and he is the founder of the Wayne Ferreira Trust Fund, which financially supports young South African tennis players with the travelling costs involved with becoming an up-and-coming professional tennis player.
Information sourced from: South African History Online.
