Kevin Ullyett

Kevin Ullyett

Country (sports)	Zimbabwe
Residence	London, United Kingdom
Born	23 May 1972 Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$$4,138,771
Singles
Career record	21–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 107 (22 May 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
US Open	2R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	502–310
Career titles	34
Highest ranking	No. 4 (31 January 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2005)
French Open	QF (2004, 2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	F (2008)
US Open	W (2001)
Mixed doubles
Career record	53–40
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2002)
French Open	QF (2002, 2005, 2007)
Wimbledon	F (2002)
US Open	SF (2009)
Last updated on: 11 April 2011.

Kevin Ullyett (born 23 May 1972 in Salisbury, now Harare) is a former professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour was in men's doubles.

Ullyett won 34 doubles titles during his career, including two Grand Slams at the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open with countryman Wayne Black. He also competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics,^[1] coming in at fifth place in 2004 with Black. In mixed doubles, Ullyett won the 2002 Australian Open with Daniela Hantuchová. He reached the final of Wimbledon in 2002 with Hantuchová, and the semifinals there in 2003 and 2005 with Hantuchová and Liezel Huber, respectively. He and Huber were also the runners-up at the 2005 Australian Open.

Black, Ullyett's compatriot and long-time doubles partner, retired at the end of 2005. He then played with Paul Hanley for two seasons, then with Jonas Björkman, who retired at the end of 2008, and finally with Brazilian Bruno Soares.

His father, Robert Ullyett, represented Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in cricket and field hockey. He was part of the national team that competed at the 1964 Olympics (they beat New Zealand 2–1 and came 11th out of 15).^[2]

He made his final tennis appearance at the South African Open in February 2010 (partnering with Wesley Moodie)^[3][4] eighteen years after he first appeared there in 1992 competing in his first ATP Tour event. He had over 500 career wins.^[5]

He lives with his wife and two children in London. Their first child, Jemima, was born in 2005.^[6][7] He hopes for a career in property development after tennis.^[8]

Grand Slam doubles titles (3)

Men's doubles (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2001	US Open	Wayne Black	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6^(11–9), 2–6, 6–3
2005	Australian Open	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles (1)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2002	Australian Open	Daniela Hantuchová	Gastón Etlis Paola Suárez	6–3, 6–2

Men's doubles finals (58)

Wins (34)

Legend Grand Slam (2) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (5) ATP International Series Gold (4) ATP Tour (23)

Titles by Surface Hard (21) Clay (6) Grass (3) Carpet (3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	29 April 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kent Kinnear	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	3 February 1997	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Max Mirnyi	Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Winner	2.	27 April 1998	Orlando, Florida, US	Clay	Grant Stafford	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner	3.	11 May 1998	Coral Springs, Florida, US	Clay	Grant Stafford	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	7–5, 6–4
Winner	4.	27 July 1998	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Grant Stafford	Wayne Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 7–5
Winner	5.	21 September 1998	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Neil Broad	Wayne Arthurs Alberto Berasategui	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	12 October 1998	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	11 January 1999	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Piet Norval	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	18 October 1999	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	David Prinosil Sandon Stolle	3–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	25 October 1999	Lyon, France	Carpet	Piet Norval	Wayne Ferreira Sandon Stolle	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	7.	15 November 1999	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–3
Winner	8.	28 August 2000	Long Island, New York, US	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	6–4, 6–4
Winner	9.	9 October 2000	Hong Kong	Hard	Wayne Black	Dominik Hrbatý David Prinosil	6–1, 6–2
Winner	10.	13 November 2000	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Winner	11.	19 February 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
Winner	12.	27 August 2001	Long Island, New York, US	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek	6–1, 6–4
Winner	13.	10 September 2001	US Open, New York City	Hard	Wayne Black	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6^(11–9), 2–6, 6–3
Winner	14.	7 January 2002	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–2
Winner	15.	4 March 2002	San Jose, California, US	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	5.	13 May 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Black	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	5–7, 5–7
Winner	16.	17 June 2002	Queen's Club, London, England	Grass	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Winner	17.	19 August 2002	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Winner	18.	14 October 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet	Wayne Black	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	19.	28 October 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 2–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	6.	3 March 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Wayne Black	Leander Paes David Rikl	3–6, 0–6
Winner	20.	5 May 2003	Munich, Germany	Clay	Wayne Black	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	7.	21 July 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	6 October 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	20 October 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	22 March 2004	Indian Wells, California, US	Hard	Wayne Black	Sébastien Grosjean Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	21.	5 April 2004	Key Biscayne, Florida, US	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–6^(14–12)
Winner	22.	17 May 2004	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	26 July 2004	Indianapolis, Indiana, US	Hard	Wayne Black	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	12.	8 November 2004	Paris, France	Carpet	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	13.	21 November 2004	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, Texas, US	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 2–6
Winner	23.	31 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	4 April 2005	Key Biscayne, Florida, US	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	15.	8 August 2005	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 2–6
Winner	24.	15 August 2005	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up	16.	22 August 2005	Cincinnati, Ohio, US	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	9 January 2006	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(10–12)
Winner	25.	27 February 2006	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	26.	6 March 2006	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Winner	27.	22 May 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–4]
Winner	28.	19 June 2006	Queen's Club, London, England	Grass	Paul Hanley	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	18.	7 August 2006	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Runner-up	19.	14 August 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 1–6
Winner	29.	16 October 2006	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Olivier Rochus Kristof Vliegen	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Winner	30.	15 January 2007	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–6]
Runner-up	20.	12 August 2007	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mahesh Bhupati Pavel Vízner	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	21.	21 April 2008	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Jamie Murray	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Winner	31.	16 June 2008	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Bruno Soares	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	22.	5 July 2008	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–7^(12–14), 7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	23.	17 August 2008	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Bruno Soares	Marc Gicquel Robert Lindstedt	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Winner	32.	12 October 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Johan Brunström Michael Ryderstedt	6–1, 6–3
Winner	33.	2 November 2008	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	24.	29 August 2009	New Haven, USA	Hard	Bruno Soares	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Winner	34.	25 October 2009	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Bruno Soares	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	1R	QF	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	QF	QF	3R	QF	W	SF	SF	3R	3R	A	1 / 15	33–14
French Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	QF	1R	2R	2R	QF	QF	A	0 / 15	19–15
Wimbledon	A	LQ	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	SF	QF	2R	F	QF	1R	0 / 16	24–16
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	W	QF	3R	QF	SF	SF	SF	2R	2R	A	1 / 14	29–13
Grand Slam W-L	0–0	0–0	0–4	3–2	0–1	1–4	3–4	4–4	2–4	11–3	9–4	7–4	12–4	14–3	12–4	10–4	8–4	9–4	0–1	2 / 60	105–58
Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	SF	LQ	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	QF	2R	F	QF	1R	QF	QF	1R	A	0 / 12	16–12
Miami	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	3R	2R	W	F	SF	QF	2R	QF	A	1 / 14	23–13
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	SF	A	A	A	SF	SF	2R	A	0 / 7	7–7
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	F	2R	QF	2R	QF	QF	SF	SF	A	0 / 10	11–10
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	F	A	SF	SF	2R	SF	SF	A	0 / 11	11–11
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	W	F	F	QF	2R	A	1 / 12	14–11
Cincinnati	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	F	2R	QF	2R	2R	A	0 / 13	5–13
Shanghai	Not Held																	2R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	SF	2R	QF	F	SF	1R	QF	W	2R	A	1 / 12	16–11
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	W	2R	W	F	2R	NME		2 / 9	13–7
Masters W-L	0–0	0–0	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–5	4–9	3–7	5–9	9–8	8–9	17–5	17–7	12–7	14–9	13–8	7–9	0–0	5 / 101	116–96
Year End Ranking	235	135	91	158	103	92	35	26	34	13	11	18	9	6	8	10	8	24	–	–

References

1. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/kevin-ullyett–1.html
2. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/robert-ullyett–1.html
3. http://allafrica.com/stories/200912280519.html
4. http://www.satennisopen.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27:match-results-&catid=3:match-results&Itemid=3
5. http://satablog.com/2010/01/28/full-circle-for-ullyett/#more–4713
6. Archived 9 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
7. "Tennis Server ATP/WTA Pro Tennis Showcase – 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Wild Cards and Qualifiers Win in DC". Tennisserver.com.
8. http://doublesonlycourt.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/on-court-with-kevin-ullyett.pdf

External links

• Kevin Ullyett at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Kevin Ullyett at the International Tennis Federation
• Kevin Ullyett at the Davis Cup