Grant Silcock | |
Residence: | Brisbane |
Birth Date: | 1975 5, df=yes |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $142,184 |
Singlesrecord: | 0–0 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 536 (7 July 1997) |
Australianopenresult: | Q1 (1997, 1998) |
Doublesrecord: | 13–40 |
Doublestitles: | 1 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 89 (8 July 2002) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (2002) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1999, 2001, 2002) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 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.
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]
width=20 | No. | width=30 | Year | width=180 | Tournament | width=55 | Surface | width=180 | Partner | width=180 | Opponents | width=100 | Score |
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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 |