Ben Ellwood

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.

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

Career

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

Singles: 1 (1 title)

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)

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

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

Singles: 7 (5–2)

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)

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

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

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

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

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