Kevin Ullyett


Kevin Ullyett 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, coming in at fifth place in [Tennis at the Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|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 in cricket and field hockey. He was part of the national team that competed at the 1964 Olympics.
He made his final tennis appearance at the South African Open in February 2010 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.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1[1999 Nottingham Open – Singles|]Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass

Doubles: 59 (34 titles, 25 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1[1996 KAL Cup Korea Open – Doubles|]Seoul, South KoreaWorld SeriesHard

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (5–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHarddts|Oct 1994

Doubles: 22 (15–7)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard

Wins over top 10 players

Doubles

  • He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Type19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010Total
Wins101102271061060000046