Grant Connell

Grant Connell
Nation:	Canada
Birthday:	November 17, 1965
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	82 kg
1st professional season:	1986
Resignation:	1997
Playing hand:	Left
Prize money:	$ 2,911,097
singles
Career record:	75: 100
Highest ranking:	67 (June 17 1991)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	398: 237
Career title:	22nd
Highest ranking:	1 (November 15 1993)
Weeks as No. 1:	17th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Grant Connell (born November 17, 1965 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian tennis player .

Career

The doubles specialist was able to celebrate a total of 22 victories in doubles competitions on the ATP Tour in his active career and only failed 26 more times in the finals. The greatest successes were winning the Masters tournaments in Indian Wells in 1994, Paris 1995 and Rome 1996 and winning the Doubles Championships in 1995. In addition, Connell was able to reach the finals of the Australian Open in 1990 and Wimbledon in 1993, 1994 and 1996, but failed here each.

Connell was number one in the world rankings in doubles for a total of 14 weeks in 1993 and 1994 and ended 1993 in this position. He achieved his highest single placement with rank 67 in June 1991.

For the Canadian Davis Cup team , he played 21 games. He won 15 of his 21 doubles games, in singles he was eight times successful in eleven games.

Tournament victories

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 22, 1988	Livingston	Hard court	Glenn Michibata	Marc Flur Sammy Giammalva	2: 6, 6: 4, 7: 5
2.	April 23, 1990	Seoul	Hard court	Glenn Michibata	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	7: 6, 6: 4
3.	July 23, 1990	Washington, DC	Hard court	Glenn Michibata	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	6: 3, 6: 7, 6: 2
4th	April 29, 1991	Singapore	Hard court	Glenn Michibata	Stefan Kruger Christo van Rensburg	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6
5.	January 18, 1993	Auckland	Hard court	Patrick Galbraith	Alexander Antonitsch Alexander Volkov	6: 3, 7: 6
6th	October 18, 1993	Tokyo Indoor	Carpet (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	7: 5, 6: 3
7th	November 15, 1993	Antwerp	Carpet (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sánchez	6: 3, 7: 6
8th.	March 7, 1994	Indian Wells Masters	Hard court	Patrick Galbraith	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6
9.	July 25, 1994	Washington, DC	Hard court	Patrick Galbraith	Jonas Björkman Jakob Hlasek	6: 2, 6: 3
10.	August 22, 1994	New Haven	Hard court	Patrick Galbraith	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6: 3, 7: 6
11.	17th October 1994	Tokyo Indoor	Carpet (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	4: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
12.	January 16, 1995	Auckland	Hard court	Patrick Galbraith	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	6: 4, 6: 3
13.	February 13, 1995	Dubai	Hard court	Patrick Galbraith	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 3
14th	February 27, 1995	Stuttgart Indoor	Carpet (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6: 2, 6: 2
15th	April 24, 1995	Bermuda	sand	Todd Martin	Brett Steven Jason Stoltenberg	7: 6, 2: 6, 7: 5
16.	November 6, 1995	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Jim Grabb Todd Martin	6: 3, 7: 6
17th	November 25, 1995	Frankfurt	Carpet (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7: 6, 7: 6, 3: 6, 7: 6
18th	February 19, 1996	Dubai	Hard court	Byron Black	Karel Nováček Jiří Novák	6-0, 6-1
19th	May 20, 1996	Rome Masters	sand	Byron Black	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6: 2, 6: 3
20th	June 24, 1996	Hall	race	Byron Black	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek	6: 1, 7: 5
21st	July 22, 1996	Washington, DC	Hard court	Scott Davis	Doug Flat Chris Woodruff	6: 4, 7: 6
22nd	August 19, 1996	New Haven	Hard court	Byron Black	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6: 4, 6: 2

Web links

• ATP profile of Grant Connell (English)
• ITF profile Grant Connell (English)
• Davis Cup Statistics for Grant Connell (English)