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Kevin Ullyett

Kevin Ullyett
Personal information
NameKevin Ullyett
CountryZimbabwe
ResidenceLondon, Great Britain
Height1.78 m
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize moneyUS$$4,138,771
Singles
Career record21 � 34
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 107 (22 May 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open2R (2000)
French Open-
Wimbledon-
US Open2R (1993)
Doubles
Career record502 � 310
Career titles34
Highest rankingNo. 4 (31 January 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (2005)
French OpenQF (2004, 2008, 2009)
WimbledonF (2008)
US OpenW (2001)

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Kevin Ullyett (born 23 May 1972 in Salisbury, now Harare) is a former 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. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics in doubles tennis with Wayne Black, coming fifth in 2004.

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, and finally with Brazilian Bruno Soares.

His father, Robert Ullyett, represented Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) at 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).

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

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


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