Grant Connell

 

Grant Connell

Country	Canada
Residence	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of birth	November 17 1965 (1965--) (age 41)
Place of birth	Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [1]
Weight	180 lb (81 kg)[2]
Turned Pro	1986
Retired	-
Plays	Left-handed
Career Prize Money	US$2,911,097
Singles
Career record:	75-100
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	67
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (1990)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	F (1993, 1994, 1996)
U.S. Open	-
Doubles
Career record:	398-237
Career titles:	22
Highest ranking:	1
Infobox last updated on: 15:06, 21 January 2007 (GMT-05:00).

Grant Connell (Pronounced: KAHN-nell^[3])(born November 17, 1965 in Regina) is a former professional tennis player from Canada who became the world's number one doubles tennis player in November 1995.

As a college player

Growing up in North Vancouver, Connell was an All-American in doubles in 1984 and in singles in 1985 at Texas A&M University. In '85 he lost in the quarterfinals of the NCAA individual tennis championships to fellow future pro Mikael Pernfors.

As a pro doubles player

Connell won 22 career doubles titles during his eleven seasons on the ATP tour (1986 to 1997). He won his first four with fellow Canadian Glenn Michibata. Upon Michibata's retirement from the tour, Connell joined Patrick Galbraith. The Connell-Galbraith tandem won 12 titles together including the 1995 season ending Doubles Championship tournament. Connell's next main partner became Byron Black with whom he won 4 more titles. He also won a title each with Todd Martin and Scott Davis. He was a three-time Wimbledon doubles finalist, once each with Michibata, Galbraith, and Black.

Titles (22)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (3) ATP Tour (18)

Titles by Surface Hard (13) Clay (2) Grass (1) Carpet (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	22 August, 1988	Livingston, U.S.	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Marc Flur Sammy Giammalva Jr.	2-6, 6-4, 7-5
2.	23 April, 1990	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	7-6, 6-4
3.	23 July, 1990	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	2-6, 6-4, 6-2
4.	29 April, 1991	Singapore	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Stefan Kruger Christo Van Rensburg	6-4, 5-7, 7-6
5.	18 January, 1993	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Alex Antonitsch Alexander Volkov	6-3, 7-6
6.	18 October, 1993	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	7-5, 6-3
7.	15 November, 1993	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Wayne Ferreira Javier Sanchez	6-3, 7-6
8.	7 March, 1994	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	3-6, 6-1, 7-6
9.	25 July, 1994	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Jonas Bjorkman Jakob Hlasek	6-2, 6-3
10.	22 August, 1994	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6-3, 7-6
11.	17 October, 1994	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	4-6, 7-6, 7-6
12.	16 January, 1995	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Luis Lobo Javier Sanchez	6-4, 6-3
13.	13 February, 1995	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Tomas Carbonell Francisco Roig	6-2, 4-6, 6-3
14.	27 February, 1995	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek	6-2, 6-2
15.	24 April, 1995	Bermuda	Clay	Todd Martin	Brett Steven Jason Stoltenberg	7-6, 2-6, 7-5
16.	6 November, 1995	Paris, France	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Jim Grabb Todd Martin	6-3, 7-6
17.	25 November, 1995	Doubles Championships, Eindhoven	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6
18.	19 February, 1996	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Byron Black	Karel Nováček Jiří Novák	6-0, 6-1
19.	20 May, 1996	Rome, Italy	Clay	Byron Black	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6-2, 6-3
20.	24 June, 1996	Halle, Germany	Grass	Byron Black	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6-1, 7-5
21.	22 July, 1996	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	Doug Flach Chris Woodruff	6-4, 7-6
22.	19 August, 1996	New Haven, U.S.	Hard	Byron Black	Jonas Bjorkman Nicklas Kulti	6-4, 6-2

Runner-ups (26)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	30 March, 1987	Nancy, France	Carpet	Larry Scott	Ramesh Krishnan Claudio Mezzadri	6-4, 6-4
2.	10 October, 1988	Brisbane, Australia	Hard (i)	Glenn Michibata	Eric Jelen Carl-Uwe Steeb	6-4, 6-1
3.	29 January, 1990	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
4.	26 February, 1990	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Glenn Michibata	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6-4, 6-2
5.	20 August, 1990	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Scott Davis David Pate	4-6, 6-2, 6-2
6.	14 January, 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Sergio Casal Emilio Sanchez	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
7.	4 March, 1991	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Glenn Michibata	Scott Davis David Pate	6-4, 5-7, 7-6
8.	17 June, 1991	London, England	Grass	Glenn Michibata	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7-6, 6-4
9.	29 July, 1991	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Patrick Galbraith Todd Witsken	6-7, 6-4, 6-4
10.	12 August, 1991	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6-3, 6-4
11.	13 January, 1992	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Wayne Ferreira Jim Grabb	6-4, 6-3
12.	6 April, 1992	Singapore	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6-7, 6-2, 6-4
13.	24 August, 1992	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Glenn Michibata	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	4-6, 6-2, 7-6
14.	8 February, 1993	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	John Fitzgerald Anders Jarryd	6-2, 6-1
15.	14 January, 1993	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Patrick Galbraith	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7-6, 6-4
16.	5 July, 1993	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7-6, 6-3, 7-6
17.	26 July, 1993	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Byron Black Rick Leach	6-4, 7-6
18.	14 January, 1993	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Scott Davis	Wayne Ferreira Michael Stich	7-6, 7-6
19.	17 January, 1994	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Patrick Galbraith	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
20.	21 February, 1994	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6-7, 6-4, 7-6
21.	4 July, 1994	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Patrick Galbraith	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7-6, 6-3, 6-1
22.	9 January, 1995	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Byron Black	Jim Courier Patrick Rafter	7-6, 6-4
23.	9 October, 1995	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Carpet	Patrick Galbraith	Patrick McEnroe Mark Philippoussis	7-5, 6-4
24.	13 November, 1995	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Patrick Galbraith	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3-6, 6-2, 7-6
25.	4 March, 1996	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Byron Black	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7-6, 6-2
26.	8 July, 1996	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Byron Black	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

As a singles pro player

A lefthander, Connell best singles ranking was World No. 67, which he reached in June 1991. His best tour singles results were reaching the semi-finals of the 1991 Chicago, 1991 Singapore, and 1992 Auckland Grand Prix events. A solid grass-court player, Connell in 1991 at Wimbledon played a five-set first round match on Centre Court against Andre Agassi, where Connell went up two sets to one on a second serve ace in a third set tie-breaker. Agassi however won the final two sets to win the match. The following year at Wimbledon saw Agassi win his first Grand Slam event and Connell reach the third round to equal his best ever Grand Slam event showing. He also reached the third round of Wimbledon 1994 and the 1991 Australian Open.

As a Davis Cup player

Connell played Davis Cup for Canada on numerous occasions posting a career 15 and 6 win-loss record in doubles and an equally impressive 8 and 3 record in singles. He was a member of Canada's 1991 and 1992 teams, its first ever to qualify for the World Group.

After retiring as a player

Upon retiring from the tour in 1997, Connell became High Performance Director with Tennis BC and real estate agent with a Prudential Financial subsidiary. From February 2001 to June 2004 he also captained Canada's Davis Cup team, as the team in September 2003 won promotion to the World Group for only the second time.

References

External links

• ATPtennis.com player profile page for Connell
• DavisCup.com Connell play record page

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