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Kevin Ullyett
Country	Zimbabwe
Residence	Harare, Zimbabwe; London
Date of birth	23 May 1972 (age 37)
Place of birth	Zimbabwe
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$4,122,539
Singles
Career record	21–34
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 107 (22 May 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	2R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	501–305
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)
	Last updated on: 26 October 2009.

Kevin Ullyett (born on 23 May 1972 in Harare is a professional tennis player from Zimbabwe. His primary success on the tour has been in men's doubles. He has won 24 doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open, both with Wayne 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 of Wimbledon in 2003 and 2005 with Hantuchová and Liezel Huber, respectively. He and Huber were 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 Jonas Björkman, who retired at the end of 2008. He's currently partnering Brazilian Bruno Soares.

His father, Robert Ullyett, represented Rhodesia at cricket and field hockey.

[edit] Grand Slam doubles titles (3)

[edit] Men's doubles (2)

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Men's doubles finals (58)

[edit] 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)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	3 February 1997	Shanghai, China	Carpet	Max Mirnyi	Tomas Nydahl Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 6–7, 7–5
2.	27 April 1998	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Grant Stafford	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
3.	11 May 1998	Coral Springs, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Grant Stafford	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	7–5, 6–4
4.	27 July 1998	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Grant Stafford	Wayne Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 7–5
5.	21 September 1998	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Neil Broad	Wayne Arthurs Alberto Berasategui	7–6, 6–3
6.	25 October 1999	Lyon, France	Carpet	Piet Norval	Wayne Ferreira Sandon Stolle	4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(4)
7.	15 November 1999	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	7–5, 6–3
8.	28 August 2000	Long Island, New York, U.S.	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries	6–4, 6–4
9.	9 October 2000	Hong Kong	Hard	Wayne Black	Dominik Hrbatý David Prinosil	6–1, 6–2
10.	13 November 2000	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor	Thomas Shimada Myles Wakefield	7–6(5), 7–5
11.	19 February 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
12.	27 August 2001	Long Island, New York, U.S.	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Leoš Friedl Radek Štěpánek	6–1, 6–4
13.	10 September 2001	US Open, New York City	Hard	Wayne Black	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6(9), 2–6, 6–3
14.	7 January 2002	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–2
15.	4 March 2002	San Jose, California, U.S.	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6–3, 4–6, [10-5]
16.	17 June 2002	Queen's Club Championships, London	Grass	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
17.	19 August 2002	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3
18.	14 October 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet	Wayne Black	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(3)
19.	28 October 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(4)
20.	5 May 2003	Munich, Germany	Clay	Wayne Black	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	6–3, 7–5
21.	5 April 2004	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–6(12)
22.	17 May 2004	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–2
23.	31 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
24.	15 August 2005	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(2), 6–4
25.	27 February 2006	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(4), 7–6(2)
26.	6 March 2006	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	1–6, 6–2, [10-1]
27.	22 May 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6(5), [10-4]
28.	19 June 2006	Queen's Club Championships, London	Grass	Paul Hanley	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 7–6(5)
29.	16 October 2006	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Paul Hanley	Olivier Rochus Kristof Vliegen	7–6(2), 6–4
30.	15 January 2007	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–7(3), [10-6]
31.	16 June 2008	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Bruno Soares	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6(5)
32.	12 October 2008	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Johan Brunstrom Michael Ryderstedt	6–1, 6–3
33.	2 November 2008	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–2, 6–2
34.	25 October 2009	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Bruno Soares	Simon Aspelin Paul Hanley	6–4, 7–6(4)

[edit] Runner-ups (24)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	29 April 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kent Kinnear	Rick Leach Jonathan Stark	6–4, 6–4
2.	12 October 1998	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	6–3, 7–6
3.	11 January 1999	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Piet Norval	Alex O'Brien Jared Palmer	6–3, 6–4
4.	18 October 1999	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Piet Norval	David Prinosil Sandon Stolle	6–3, 6–4
5.	13 May 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Black	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–5, 7–5
6.	3 March 2003	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Wayne Black	Leander Paes David Rikl	6–3, 6–0
7.	21 July 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Tomáš Cibulec Pavel Vízner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
8.	6 October 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 7–5
9.	20 October 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Wayne Black	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
10.	22 March 2004	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Black	Sébastien Grosjean Arnaud Clément	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
11.	26 July 2004	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Black	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	6–7(7), 7–6(3), 6–3
12.	8 November 2004	Paris, France	Carpet	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–4
13.	21 November 2004	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, Texas, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
14.	4 April 2005	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–1, 6–2
15.	8 August 2005	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Wayne Black	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–2
16.	22 August 2005	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Hard	Wayne Black	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
17.	9 January 2006	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Paul Hanley	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(4), 7–6(10)
18.	7 August 2006	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 5–7, [10-3]
19.	14 August 2006	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Paul Hanley	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–1
20.	12 August 2007	Montréal, Canada	Hard	Paul Hanley	Mahesh Bhupati Pavel Vízner	6–4, 6–4
21.	21 April 2008	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Jamie Murray	Jeff Coetzee Wesley Moodie	6–2, 4–6, [10-8]
22.	5 July 2008	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Jonas Björkman	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjic	7–6, 6–7, 6–3, 6–3
23.	17 August 2008	Washington, D.C.	Hard	Bruno Soares	Marc Gicquel Robert Lindstedt	7–6, 6–3
24.	29 August 2009	New Haven, USA	Hard	Bruno Soares	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 7–6(3)

[edit] Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	QF	QF	3R	QF	W	SF	SF	3R	3R	1 / 15
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	3R	3R	3R	3R	2R	QF	1R	2R	2R	QF	QF	0 / 15
Wimbledon	A	A	A	LQ	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	SF	QF	2R	F	QF	0 / 15
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	W	QF	3R	QF	SF	SF	SF	2R	2R	1 / 14
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 59
Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	SF	LQ	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	QF	2R	F	QF	1R	QF	QF	1R	0 / 12
Miami	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	2R	3R	3R	3R	2R	W	F	SF	QF	2R	QF	1 / 15
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	SF	A	A	A	SF	SF	2R	0 / 7
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	F	2R	QF	2R	QF	QF	SF	SF	0 / 10
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	F	A	SF	SF	2R	SF	SF	0 / 11
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	W	F	F	QF	2R	1 / 12
Cincinnati	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	F	2R	QF	2R	2R	0 / 13
Shanghai	Not Held																			2R	0 / 1
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	SF	2R	QF	F	SF	1R	QF	W	2R	1 / 12
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	2R	W	2R	W	F	2R	NME	2 / 9
Masters Series SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 5	0 / 9	0 / 7	0 / 9	0 / 8	0 / 9	2 / 7	1 / 8	1 / 8	0 / 9	1 / 9	0 / 9	5 / 102
Year End Ranking	934	339	235	135	91	158	103	92	35	26	34	13	11	18	9	6	8	10	8		N/A

A = did not attend tournament
LQ = lost in the qualifying draw

[edit] External links

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

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