Grant Doyle (tennis)

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Grant Doyle
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceCanberra, Australia
Born (1974-01-09) 9 January 1974 (age 50)
Sydney, Australia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$318,037
Singles
Career record5–26 (16.1%)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 173 (20 October 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1992, 1993, 1995, 1997)
French Open1R (1996)
Wimbledon1R (1992, 1993)
US Open1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record13–22 (37.1%)
Career titles0
4 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 165 (15 August 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1992, 1999)
Wimbledon1R (1994, 1995)
US OpenQ1 (1994)

Grant Doyle (born 9 January 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.[1] He is the CEO and owner of Advantage Doyle Tennis Academies.

Junior career[edit]

Doyle won four junior Grand Slam titles during his early years. He and partner Joshua Eagle were boys' doubles champions at the 1991 Australian Open. In 1992, he became the number one ranked junior in the world. With new partner Brad Sceney, Doyle won the doubles again in the 1992 Australian Open and was also the singles champion, dropping just two games in his defeat of Brian Dunn in the final. He was a doubles winner at the 1992 French Open, partnering Mexican Enrique Abaroa and won the singles title in that year's Queen's Junior Championships.[2]

ATP Tour[edit]

Doyle was a doubles semi-finalist in the 1993 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships, held in Adelaide, with Eagle as his partner.[3]

As a singles player, he had his best result at the 1997 Sybase Open in San Jose, California, making the quarter-finals, with wins over Brian MacPhie and Jeff Tarango.[3]

Doyle made eight main draw appearances in singles at Grand Slam level.[3] Although he didn't ever proceed past the first round, he came close when he lost 5–7 in the fifth set to Wayne Black at the 1995 Australian Open and also in another five-set loss at the 1996 French Open, to Greg Rusedski, with the same fifth set score.[3]

Every year from 1991 to 1999, Doyle appeared in the men's doubles at the Australian Open.[3] He twice reached the round of 16, with Eagle in 1992 and later partnering Ben Ellwood in the 1999 Australian Open.[3] His run with Ellwood included a win over 12th seeds Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana.[3]

Coaching[edit]

Doyle is currently coaching young American Ryan Harrison and has previously worked as the coach of Sam Querrey.

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1992 Australian Open Hard United States Brian Dunn 6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)[edit]

Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1991 Australian Open Hard Australia Joshua Eagle Australia James Holmes
Australia Paul Kilderry
7–6, 6–4
Win 1992 Australian Open Hard Australia Bradley Sceney United States Lex Carrington
United States Jason Thompson
6–4, 6–4
Win 1992 French Open Clay Mexico Enrique Abaroa Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Germany Alex Rădulescu
7–6(7–0), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (0–2)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1998 West Bloomfield, United States Challenger Hard United States Alex O'Brien 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2000 Ireland F1, Dublin Futures Carpet Denmark Kristian Pless 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1993 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Italy Cristiano Caratti Israel Gilad Bloom
France Christian Saceanu
5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1993 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard Australia Wayne Arthurs South Africa Johan de Beer
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 6–7
Win 1–2 May 1994 Bochum, Germany Challenger Clay Australia Michael Tebbutt Australia Andrew Florent
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win 2–2 Aug 1994 Cincinnati, United States Challenger Hard Australia Paul Kilderry Canada Brian Gyetko
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Dec 1996 Perth, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Andrew Kratzmann Australia James Holmes
Australia Andrew Painter
5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Jun 1997 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay South Africa Myles Wakefield United States Geoff Grant
The Bahamas Mark Merklein
4–6, 6–7
Win 3–4 Jul 1997 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard The Bahamas Mark Merklein Israel Eyal Erlich
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
7–5, 6–3
Win 4–4 Sep 1997 Edinburgh, United Kingdom Challenger Clay Australia Wayne Arthurs Australia James Holmes
South Africa Chris Haggard
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–5 Feb 1999 Amarillo, United States Challenger Hard Australia Andrew Painter United States Bob Bryan
United States Mike Bryan
4–6, 2–6
Win 5–5 Apr 2000 USA F8, Little Rock Futures Hard Canada Frédéric Niemeyer South Africa Pieter Calitz
United States Jeff Williams
6–2, 6–2
Loss 5–6 Apr 2000 USA F9, Mt. Pleasant Futures Hard New Zealand James Greenhalgh United States Gavin Sontag
Canada Jerry Turek
6–7(3–7), 5–7

Performance timelines[edit]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles[edit]

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q1 1R 1R Q1 1R A 1R Q1 Q2 Q3 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A A A A Q2 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R Q3 Q2 Q3 Q3 Q3 Q1 A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A Q3 Q2 1R Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 0–8 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A A A Q2 A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome A A A A Q3 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A 1R Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles[edit]

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 0 / 9 7–9 44%
French Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q2 A Q2 1R 1R Q3 Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0 / 11 7–11 39%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A 2R A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grant Doyle". ITF Tennis (Pro Circuit). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Grant Doyle". ITF Tennis (Juniors). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Grant Doyle". ATP. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

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