Grant Doyle (tennis)

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Grant Doyle
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Residence Canberra, 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
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 173 (20 October 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1992, 1993, 1995, 1997)
French Open 1R (1996)
Wimbledon 1R (1992, 1993)
US Open 1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record13–22
Career titles0
4 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 165 (15 August 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 3R (1992, 1999)
Wimbledon 1R (1994, 1995)
US Open Q1 (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.

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Junior career

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

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

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1992 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Brian Dunn 6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScore
Win 1991 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Eagle Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Holmes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Kilderry
7–6, 6–4
Win 1992 Australian Open Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bradley Sceney Flag of the United States.svg Lex Carrington
Flag of the United States.svg Jason Thompson
6–4, 6–4
Win 1992 French Open Clay Flag of Mexico.svg Enrique Abaroa Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Flag of Germany.svg Alex Rădulescu
7–6(7–0), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 1998 West Bloomfield, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Jun 2000Ireland F1, Dublin FuturesCarpet Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Pless 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1993 Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Cristiano Caratti Flag of Israel.svg Gilad Bloom
Flag of France.svg Christian Saceanu
5–7, 3–6
Loss0–2Aug 1993 Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Arthurs Flag of South Africa.svg Johan de Beer
Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 6–7
Win1–2May 1994 Bochum, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Tebbutt Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Florent
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Aleksandar Kitinov
4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win2–2Aug 1994 Cincinnati, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Kilderry Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Gyetko
Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–4
Loss2–3Dec 1996 Perth, AustraliaChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Kratzmann Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Holmes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Painter
5–7, 4–6
Loss2–4Jun 1997 Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of South Africa.svg Myles Wakefield Flag of the United States.svg Geoff Grant
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Merklein
4–6, 6–7
Win3–4Jul 1997 Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Merklein Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Erlich
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lorenzo Manta
7–5, 6–3
Win4–4Sep 1997 Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Arthurs Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Holmes
Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Haggard
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss4–5Feb 1999 Amarillo, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Painter Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
Flag of the United States.svg Mike Bryan
4–6, 2–6
Win5–5Apr 2000USA F8, Little Rock FuturesHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frédéric Niemeyer Flag of South Africa.svg Pieter Calitz
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Williams
6–2, 6–2
Loss5–6Apr 2000USA F9, Mt. Pleasant FuturesHard Flag of New Zealand.svg James Greenhalgh Flag of the United States.svg Gavin Sontag
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jerry Turek
6–7(3–7), 5–7

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q1 1R 1R Q1 1R A 1R Q1 Q2 Q3 0 / 40–40%
French Open AAAA Q2 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 AA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon AA 1R 1R Q3 Q2 Q3 Q3 Q3 Q1 A0 / 20–20%
US Open AA Q3 Q2 1R Q3 Q1 Q3 Q1 AA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–20–20–10–10–10–10–00–00–00 / 80–80%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAAA Q1 AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Miami AAAAA Q2 A Q1 AAA0 / 00–0  
Rome AAAA Q3 AAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Cincinnati AAA 1R Q1 AAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 10–10%

Doubles

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 0 / 97–944%
French Open AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon Q2 A Q2 1R 1R Q3 Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 20–20%
US Open AAA Q1 AAAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss1–12–10–11–20–20–10–11–12–10 / 117–1139%
ATP Masters Series
Miami AAAA 2R AAAA0 / 11–150%
Cincinnati AAA 1R AAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–11–10–00–00–00–00 / 21–233%

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References

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  2. "Grant Doyle". ITF Tennis (Juniors). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
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