Ellis Ferreira (born 19 February 1970) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa. He played collegiately at the University of Alabama, earning all-SEC and all-American honors. Ferreira competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Wayne Ferreira (to whom he is unrelated). He won two Grand Slam doubles titles, the Men's title at the 2000 Australian Open with Rick Leach and the mixed doubles at the Australian Open with Corina Morariu in 2001. Ferreira was named the Senior Assistant Men's and Women's Tennis Head Coach at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, in July 2007. Ferreira is now the co-owner of the Eagleton/ Ferreira Tennis Academy on Longboat Key in Florida. Career finals Doubles (18 titles, 15 runner-ups) Doubles performance timeline References External links 1970 births Living people South African male tennis players Alabama Crimson Tide men's tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles South African people of Portuguese descent White South African people Olympic tennis players of South Africa