Grant Silcock

Grant Silcock

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Brisbane
Born	(1975-05-21) 21 May 1975 (age 50)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$142,184
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 536 (7 July 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record	13–40
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 89 (8 July 2002)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open	2R (2002)
Wimbledon	1R (1999, 2001, 2002)
US Open	1R (1998, 2002)

Grant Silcock (born 21 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Silcock is currently Anglican Church Grammar School head tennis coach.

Career

Silcock was a doubles specialist and won the Hong Kong Open in 1999, partnering James Greenhalgh. The pair upset future Grand Slam winners Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the semi-finals. They won the final in a walkover, as one of their opponents, Andre Agassi, withdrew with a shoulder injury. ^[1]

His next best result on the ATP Tour was reaching the semi-finals of the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia in 2001, with Jordan Kerr.

He made the second round of a Grand Slam on five occasions, once with Paul Kilderry as his partner, once with Dejan Petrovic and three times with Kerr. It was the furthest he would reach in a Grand Slam tournament, although he came close to a third round appearance in the 2002 French Open when he and Kerr lost a second set tiebreak which would have given them a win over Knowles/Nestor. ^[2]

The Australian made the occasional singles appearances on the Challenger and Futures circuit and reached a ranking of 536 in the world. ^[3]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1999	Hong Kong	Hard	James Greenhalgh	Andre Agassi David Wheaton	W/O

Challenger titles

Doubles: (9)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1997	Alpirsbach, Germany	Clay	Mathias Huning	Álex López Morón Fabio Maggi	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
2.	1998	Winnetka, United States	Hard	Myles Wakefield	Geoff Grant Mark Merklein	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
3.	1999	Dallas, United States	Hard	Paul Kilderry	Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
4.	1999	Perth, Australia	Hard	Paul Kilderry	Paul Baccanello Josh Tuckfield	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
5.	2000	Montauban, France	Clay	Lee Pearson	Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher	6–1, 6–4
6.	2001	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Brandon Coupe Tim Crichton	6–3, 6–4
7.	2001	Cordoba, Spain	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Emilio Benfele Álvarez Michaël Llodra	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
8.	2001	Kyiv, Ukraine	Clay	Jordan Kerr	Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Vadim Kutsenko	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
9.	2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Anthony Ross	Federico Browne Rogier Wassen	W/O

References

1. New Straits Times , "Agassi wins first title in Asia", 13 April 1999
2. ITF Tennis Profile
3. ATP World Tour Profile