Rupert Ferdinands

Rupert Ferdinands (born 23 April 1936) is a former tennis player from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Career Ferdinands was born in 1936 and educated at St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. In 1969 he was 2 sets to 1 down in the final against Shambunath Misra, but then "slowed down the tempo of the game" and won in five sets. In 1970 he won the title for the fourth and last time, beating S. N. Misra in the final in four sets. Ferdinands emigrated to Australia in 1972, where he became a project manager at Standards Australia and was also a tennis coach and umpire. He has a wife and three children.