Australian tennis player
Grant Doyle Country (sports) AustraliaResidence Canberra , AustraliaBorn (1974-01-09 ) 9 January 1974 (age 50) Sydney , AustraliaHeight 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) Turned pro 1990 Plays Right-handed Prize money $318,037 Career record 5–26 Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 173 (20 October 1997) Australian Open 1R (1992 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 ) French Open 1R (1996 ) Wimbledon 1R (1992 , 1993 ) US Open 1R (1994 ) Career record 13–22 Career titles 0 4 Challenger , 1 Futures Highest ranking No. 165 (15 August 1994) 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.
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]
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]
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 ]
Doubles: 3 (3 titles)[ edit ]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ 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)
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
Cristiano Caratti
Gilad Bloom Christian Saceanu
5–7, 3–6
Loss
0–2
Aug 1993
Bronx , United States
Challenger
Hard
Wayne Arthurs
Johan de Beer Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 6–7
Win
1–2
May 1994
Bochum , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Michael Tebbutt
Andrew Florent Aleksandar Kitinov
4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win
2–2
Aug 1994
Cincinnati , United States
Challenger
Hard
Paul Kilderry
Brian Gyetko Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–4
Loss
2–3
Dec 1996
Perth , Australia
Challenger
Hard
Andrew Kratzmann
James Holmes Andrew Painter
5–7, 4–6
Loss
2–4
Jun 1997
Weiden , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Myles Wakefield
Geoff Grant Mark Merklein
4–6, 6–7
Win
3–4
Jul 1997
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Mark Merklein
Eyal Erlich Lorenzo Manta
7–5, 6–3
Win
4–4
Sep 1997
Edinburgh , United Kingdom
Challenger
Clay
Wayne Arthurs
James Holmes Chris Haggard
4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss
4–5
Feb 1999
Amarillo , United States
Challenger
Hard
Andrew Painter
Bob Bryan Mike Bryan
4–6, 2–6
Win
5–5
Apr 2000
USA F8, Little Rock
Futures
Hard
Frédéric Niemeyer
Pieter Calitz Jeff Williams
6–2, 6–2
Loss
5–6
Apr 2000
USA F9, Mt. Pleasant
Futures
Hard
James Greenhalgh
Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek
6–7(3–7) , 5–7
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.