Mark Ferreira (born 1 March 1967) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player from India. He is the son of former Indian billiards player

Michael Ferreira Michael Ferreira (born 1 October 1938 in Bombay [now Mumbai]), nicknamed "the Bombay Tiger", is notable amateur player of English billiards from India, and a three-time Amateur World Champion. He participated in the Indian National Billi ...

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Born in Bombay, he did his schooling from St Andrew's High School Bandra. He studied economics at UCLA and played on the collegiate tennis team. At the 1988 Wimbledon Championships, Ferreira and partner

Zeeshan Ali Zeeshan Ali (born 1 January 1970) is a former Indian Davis Cup player who also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 12 December 1988, when he became the number 126 of th ...

made the main draw as lucky losers and reached the second round. Ferreira competed in the doubles main draws of Grand Prix tournaments at Seoul and Singapore in 1989. He represented both India and Hong Kong in Davis Cup competition. In 1989 he featured in a tie for India against South Korea, appearing in the doubles rubber with Zeeshan Ali, which they lost in four sets. Due to his business career he was later based in Hong Kong and in 1997 played two Davis Cup ties for his adopted country, against both Thailand and Saudi Arabia.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreira, Mark 1967 births Living people Indian male tennis players Hong Kong male tennis players UCLA Bruins men's tennis players Indian expatriate tennis players in the United States Indian expatriates in Hong Kong Racket sportspeople from Mumbai

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