Grant Stafford

South African tennis player

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Grant StaffordCountry (sports)|  South Africa

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Residence| Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Born|  (1971-05-27) 27 May 1971 (age 54)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height| 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro| 1990
Retired| 2000
Plays| Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money| $1,307,208
Singles
Career record| 83-117
Career titles| 0
Highest ranking| No. 53 (31 January 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open| 4R (1994)
French Open| 1R (1994, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledon| 3R (1992)
US Open| 2R (1991, 1997)
Doubles
Career record| 109–109
Career titles| 5
Highest ranking| No. 42 (14 September 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open| QF (1995)
French Open| 2R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledon| 2R (1997, 1998, 1999)
US Open| QF (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open| SF (1999)
Wimbledon| 2R (1998, 2001)
Last updated on: 12 December 2021.

Grant Stafford (born 27 May 1971) is a former tennis player from South Africa.

Turning professional in 1990, Stafford won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his career-high singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 53 in January 1994.

## Junior Grand Slam finals

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### Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Result  | Year  | Tournament  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Win | 1989 | US Open | Hard |  Wayne Ferreira |  Martin Damm
Jan Kodeš | 6–3, 6–4

## ATP career finals

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### Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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| Legend

Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–3)
| Finals by surface

Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
| Finals by setting

Outdoors (0–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1 | Apr 1993 | Durban, South Africa  | World Series  | Hard  |  Aaron Krickstein | 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss  | 0–2 | Jul 1996 | Newport, United States  | World Series  | Grass  |  Nicolás Pereira | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss  | 0–3 | Apr 1997 | Orlando, United States  | World Series  | Clay  |  Michael Chang | 6–4, 2–6, 1–6

### Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

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| Legend

Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (4–1)
| Finals by surface

Hard (3–1)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
| Finals by setting

Outdoors (5–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1 | Apr 1994 | Sun City, South Africa  | World Series  | Hard  |  Ellis Ferreira |  Marius Barnard
Brent Haygarth | 3–6, 5–7
Win  | 1–1 | Oct 1996 | Tel Aviv Open, Israel  | World Series  | Hard  |  Marcos Ondruska |  Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich | 6–3, 6–2
Win  | 2–1 | Apr 1998 | Orlando, United States  | World Series  | Clay  |  Kevin Ullyett |  Michael Tebbutt
Mikael Tillström | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win  | 3–1 | May 1998 | Coral Springs, United States  | World Series  | Clay  |  Kevin Ullyett |  Mark Merklein
Vince Spadea | 7–5, 6–4
Win  | 4–1 | Jul 1998 | Washington, United States  | Championship Series  | Hard  |  Kevin Ullyett |  Wayne Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith | 6–3, 7–5
Win  | 5–1 | Jan 2001 | Adelaide, Australia  | World Series  | Hard  |  David Macpherson |  Wayne Arthurs
Todd Woodbridge | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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### Singles: 5 (3–2)

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| Legend

ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
| Finals by surface

Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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Loss  | 0–1 | Apr 1990 | Durban, South Africa  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Jeremy Bates | 4–6, 1–6
Win  | 1–1 | Apr 1996 | West Bloomfield, United States  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Sargis Sargsian | 6–4, 6–2
Win  | 2–1 | May 1996 | Andijan, Uzbekistan  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Stéphane Simian | 6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win  | 3–1 | May 1996 | Jerusalem, Israel  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Chris Haggard | 6–4, 6–3
Loss  | 3–2 | Sep 1996 | Aruba, Aruba  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Vince Spadea | 3–6, 5–7

### Doubles: 12 (6–6)

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| Legend

ATP Challenger (6–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
| Finals by surface

Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result  | W–L  |  Date | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Partner  | Opponents  | Score

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Win  | 1–0 | May 1992 | São Paulo, Brazil  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Kevin Ullyett |  Gerardo Martinez
Tom Mercer | 7–6, 6–4
Win  | 2–0 | May 1992 | Itu, Brazil  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Kevin Ullyett |  Bertrand Madsen
Tom Mercer | 6–1, 6–3
Win  | 3–0 | Nov 1992 | Aachen, Germany  | Challenger  | Carpet  |  Christo van Rensburg |  Michael Mortensen
Christian Saceanu | 6–1, 6–3
Loss  | 3–1 | Nov 1992 | Munich, Germany  | Challenger  | Carpet  |  Marcos Ondruska |  Sander Groen
Arne Thoms | 4–6, 6–7
Win  | 4–1 | May 1993 | Rome, Italy  | Challenger  | Clay  |  David Nainkin |  Danilo Marcelino
Fernando Meligeni | 6–0, 6–1
Loss  | 4–2 | Sep 1993 | Singapore, Singapore  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Sander Groen |  Jeremy Bates
Christo van Rensburg | 3–6, 4–6
Win  | 5–2 | Oct 1993 | Brest, France  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Ellis Ferreira |  Mike Briggs
Trevor Kronemann | 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss  | 5–3 | Dec 1994 | Naples, United States  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Marcos Ondruska |  David Macpherson
Trevor Kronemann | 3–6, 6–7
Win  | 6–3 | Aug 1996 | Lexington, United States  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Geoff Grant |  Chad Clark
Tamer El Sawy | 7–5, 6–1
Loss  | 6–4 | Sep 1996 | Aruba, Aruba  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Sébastien Leblanc |  Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes | 2–6, 2–6
Loss  | 6–5 | Aug 2000 | Lexington, United States  | Challenger  | Hard  |  Wesley Whitehouse |  Lorenzo Manta
Laurence Tieleman | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss  | 6–6 | Apr 2001 | Paget, Bermuda  | Challenger  | Clay  |  Thomas Shimada |  Paul Goldstein
Andy Roddick | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

## Performance timelines

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Key  W |  F | SF  | QF  | #R  | RR | Q#  | DNQ  | A  | NH

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(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.

### Singles

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Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | SR | W–L | Win %

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Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open | A  | A  | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | Q3 | 2R | 1R | A  | 2R | 0 / 7  | 5–7  | 42%
French Open | A  | A  | A  | Q1 | 1R | A  | A  | 1R | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 3  | 0–3  | 0%
Wimbledon | Q1 | A  | 3R | 1R | 1R | A  | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A  | 0 / 7  | 3–7  | 30%
US Open | A  | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | Q3 | A  | A  | 0 / 5  | 2–5  | 29%
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 0–3  | 3–4  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–4  | 0–3  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0 / 22  | 10–22  | 31%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells | A  | A  | A  | 2R | A  | Q1 | 1R | A  | 1R | Q1 | A  | 0 / 3  | 1–3  | 25%
Miami | A  | A  | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | A  | A  | 0 / 6  | 5–6  | 45%
Canada | A  | A  | A  | 2R | 1R | A  | A  | 1R | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 4  | 1–4  | 20%
Cincinnati | A  | 2R | A  | A  | A  | A  | Q2 | 1R | A  | A  | A  | 0 / 2  | 1–2  | 33%
Stuttgart1 | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | Q1 | A  | A  | 0 / 0  | 0–0  |  –
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1  | 3–3  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–2  | 1–3  | 1–3  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0 / 15  | 8–15  | 35%

### Doubles

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Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | SR | W–L | Win %

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Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | QF | A  | 2R | 1R | A  | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6  | 5–6  | 45%
French Open | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | 2R | 2R | A  | 1R | 0 / 4  | 2–4  | 33%
Wimbledon | Q1 | A  | Q2 | Q1 | A  | A  | A  | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5  | 3–5  | 38%
US Open | A  | A  | A  | A  | 3R | Q1 | A  | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 0 / 6  | 8–6  | 57%
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 2–4  | 3–4  | 3–3  | 4–3  | 1–4  | 0 / 21  | 18–21  | 46%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 2  | 0–2  | 0%
Miami | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 2R | A  | 2R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6  | 7–6  | 54%
Rome | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 1  | 0–1  | 0%
Hamburg | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | 0 / 1  | 0–1  | 0%
Canada | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | A  | A  | 1R | 1R | A  | A  | 1R | 0 / 4  | 0–4  | 0%
Cincinnati | A  | 2R | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 0 / 1  | 1–1  | 50%
Win–loss  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 4–4  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 0 / 15  | 8–15  | 35%

## External links

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* Grant Stafford at the Association of Tennis Professionals
* Grant Stafford at the International Tennis Federation
* Grant Stafford at the Davis Cup

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US Open boys' doubles champions

* 1982: Jonathan Canter / Michael Kures
* 1983: Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl
* 1984: Leonardo Lavalle / Mihnea-Ion Năstase
* 1985: Joey Blake / Darren Yates
* 1986: Tomas Carbonell / Javier Sánchez
* 1987: Goran Ivanišević / Diego Nargiso
* 1988: Jonathan Stark / John Yancey
* 1989: Wayne Ferreira / Grant Stafford
* 1990: Sébastien Leblanc / Greg Rusedski
* 1991: Karim Alami / John-Laffnie de Jager
* 1992: Jimmy Jackson / Eric Taino
* 1993: Neville Godwin / Gareth Williams
* 1994: Ben Ellwood / Nicolás Lapentti
* 1995: Lee Jong-min / Jocelyn Robichaud
* 1996: Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
* 1997: Nicolás Massú / Fernando González
* 1998: K. J. Hippensteel / David Martin
* 1999: Julien Benneteau / Nicolas Mahut
* 2000: Lee Childs / James Nelson
* 2001: Stéphane Bohli / Tomáš Berdych
* 2002: Michel Koning / Bas van der Valk
* 2004: Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema
* 2005: Alex Clayton / Donald Young
* 2006: Nathaniel Schnugg / Jamie Hunt
* 2007: Jonathan Eysseric / Jérôme Inzerillo
* 2008: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe / Nikolaus Moser
* 2009: Márton Fucsovics / Hsieh Cheng-peng
* 2010: Duilio Beretta / Roberto Quiroz
* 2011: Robin Kern / Julian Lenz
* 2012: Kyle Edmund / Frederico Ferreira Silva
* 2013: Kamil Majchrzak / Martin Redlicki
* 2014: Omar Jasika / Naoki Nakagawa
* 2015: Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov
* 2016: Juan Carlos Aguilar / Felipe Meligeni Alves
* 2017: Hsu Yu-hsiou / Wu Yibing
* 2018: Adrian Andreev / Anton Matusevich
* 2019: Eliot Spizzirri / Tyler Zink
* 2020: No competition (COVID-19 pandemic)
* 2021: Max Westphal / Coleman Wong
* 2022: Ozan Baris / Nishesh Basavareddy
* 2023: Max Dahlin / Oliver Ojakäär
* 2024: Maxim Mrva / Rei Sakamoto
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