Kevin Ullyett

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

Kevin Ullyett

Country (sports)	Zimbabwe
Residence	London, United Kingdom
Born	(1972-05-23) 23 May 1972 Salisbury, Rhodesia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$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)

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 finals

Doubles (2 wins)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2001	US Open	Hard	Wayne Black	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6^(11–9), 2–6, 6–3
Win	2005	Australian Open	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4

Mixed doubles (1 win)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2002	Australian Open	Hard	Daniela Hantuchová	Gastón Etlis Paola Suárez	6–3, 6–2

ATP career finals

Doubles (34–24)

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

Titles by surface Hard (22) Clay (6) Grass (3) Carpet (3)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kent Kinnear	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Feb 1997	Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Max Mirnyi	Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
Win	2.	Apr 1998	Orlando, United States	Clay	Grant Stafford	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	3.	May 1998	Coral Springs, United States	Clay	Grant Stafford	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	7–5, 6–4
Win	4.	Jul 1998	Washington DC., United States	Hard	Grant Stafford	Wayne Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 7–5
Win	5.	Sep 1998	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Neil Broad	Wayne Arthurs Alberto Berasategui	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	Oct 1998	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–7
Loss	3.	Jan 1999	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Piet Norval	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Oct 1999	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	David Prinosil Sandon Stolle	3–6, 4–6
Win	6.	Oct 1999	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Piet Norval	Wayne Ferreira Sandon Stolle	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	7.	Nov 1999	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–3
Win	8.	Aug 2000	Long Island, United States	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	6–4, 6–4
Win	9.	Oct 2000	Hong Kong, China	Hard	Wayne Black	Dominik Hrbatý David Prinosil	6–1, 6–2
Win	10.	Nov 2000	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Win	11.	Feb 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
Win	12.	Aug 2001	Long Island, United States	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek	6–1, 6–4
Win	13.	Sep 2001	US Open, New York	Hard	Wayne Black	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6^(11–9), 2–6, 6–3
Win	14.	Jan 2002	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–2
Win	15.	Mar 2002	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	5.	May 2002	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Wayne Black	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	5–7, 5–7
Win	16.	Jun 2002	Queen's Club, England	Grass	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Win	17.	Aug 2002	Washington DC., United States	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Win	18.	Oct 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Wayne Black	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	19.	Oct 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 2–6, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	6.	Mar 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Wayne Black	Leander Paes David Rikl	3–6, 0–6
Win	20.	May 2003	Munich, Germany	Clay	Wayne Black	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7.	Jul 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	Oct 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	3–6, 5–7
Loss	9.	Oct 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	10.	Mar 2004	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Wayne Black	Sébastien Grosjean Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	21.	Apr 2004	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–6^(14–12)
Win	22.	May 2004	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–2
Loss	11.	Jul 2004	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Wayne Black	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Loss	12.	Nov 2004	Paris Masters, France	Carpet (i)	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Loss	13.	Nov 2004	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 2–6
Win	23.	Jan 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
Loss	14.	Apr 2005	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	1–6, 2–6
Loss	15.	Aug 2005	Washington DC., United States	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 2–6
Win	24.	Aug 2005	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Loss	16.	Aug 2005	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	17.	Jan 2006	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(10–12)
Win	25.	Feb 2006	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–2)
Win	26.	Mar 2006	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–2, [10–1]
Win	27.	May 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–4]
Win	28.	Jun 2006	Queen's Club, England	Grass	Paul Hanley	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	18.	Aug 2006	Washington DC., United States	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Loss	19.	Aug 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 1–6
Win	29.	Oct 2006	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Olivier Rochus Kristof Vliegen	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	30.	Jan 2007	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–6]
Loss	20.	Aug 2007	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mahesh Bhupati Pavel Vízner	4–6, 4–6
Loss	21.	Apr 2008	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Jamie Murray	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win	31.	Jun 2008	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Bruno Soares	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	22.	Jul 2008	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–7^(12–14), 7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 3–6
Loss	23.	Aug 2008	Washington DC., United States	Hard	Bruno Soares	Marc Gicquel Robert Lindstedt	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Win	32.	Oct 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Johan Brunström Michael Ryderstedt	6–1, 6–3
Win	33.	Nov 2008	Paris Masters, France	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–2, 6–2
Loss	24.	Aug 2009	New Haven, United States	Hard	Bruno Soares	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	34.	Oct 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 Slam tournaments
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
Win-Loss	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. Kevin at Sports Reference
2. Robert at Sports Reference
3. http://allafrica.com/stories/200912280519.html
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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