Grant Doyle (tennis) explained

Grant Doyle
Residence:Canberra, Australia
Birth Date:1974 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Turnedpro:1990
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$318,037
Singlestitles:0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 173 (20 October 1997)
Australianopenresult:1R (1992, 1993, 1995, 1997)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1996)
Wimbledonresult:1R (1992, 1993)
Usopenresult:1R (1994)
Doublestitles:0
4 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 165 (15 August 1994)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (1992, 1999)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (1994, 1995)
Usopendoublesresult: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.

Junior career

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]

ATP Tour

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]

Coaching

Doyle is currently coaching young American Ryan Harrison and has previously worked as the coach of Sam Querrey.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScore
Win1991Australian OpenHard Joshua Eagle James Holmes
Paul Kilderry		7–6, 6–4
Win1992Australian OpenHard Bradley Sceney Lex Carrington
Jason Thompson		6–4, 6–4
Win1992French OpenClay Enrique Abaroa Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Alex Rădulescu		7–6(7–0), 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1West Bloomfield, United StatesChallengerHard Alex O'Brien6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Kristian Pless3–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Cristiano Caratti Gilad Bloom
Christian Saceanu		5–7, 3–6
Loss0–2Bronx, United StatesChallengerHard Wayne Arthurs Johan de Beer
Kevin Ullyett		6–7, 6–7
Win1–2Bochum, GermanyChallengerClay Michael Tebbutt Andrew Florent
Aleksandar Kitinov		4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win2–2Cincinnati, United StatesChallengerHard Paul Kilderry Brian Gyetko
Kevin Ullyett		6–3, 6–4
Loss2–3Perth, AustraliaChallengerHard Andrew Kratzmann James Holmes
Andrew Painter		5–7, 4–6
Loss2–4Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Myles Wakefield Geoff Grant
Mark Merklein		4–6, 6–7
Win3–4Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Mark Merklein Eyal Erlich
Lorenzo Manta		7–5, 6–3
Win4–4Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Wayne Arthurs James Holmes
Chris Haggard		4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss4–5Amarillo, United StatesChallengerHard Andrew Painter Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		4–6, 2–6
Win5–5USA F8, Little RockFuturesHard Frédéric Niemeyer Pieter Calitz
Jeff Williams		6–2, 6–2
Loss5–6USA F9, Mt. PleasantFuturesHard James Greenhalgh Gavin Sontag
Jerry Turek		6–7(3–7), 5–7

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenQ3Q11R1RQ11RA1RQ1Q2Q30 / 40–4
French OpenAAAAQ2Q11RQ1Q1AA0 / 10–1
WimbledonAA1R1RQ3Q2Q3Q3Q3Q1A0 / 20–2
US OpenAAQ3Q21RQ3Q1Q3Q1AA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–20–20–10–10–10–10–00–00–00 / 80–8
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0
MiamiAAAAAQ2AQ1AAA0 / 00–0
RomeAAAAQ3AAAAAA0 / 00–0
CincinnatiAAA1RQ1AAAAAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 10–1

Doubles

Tournament199119921993199419951996199719981999SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open2R3R1R2R1R1R1R2R3R0 / 97–9
French OpenAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
WimbledonQ2AQ21R1RQ3Q2Q1Q10 / 20–2
US OpenAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss1–12–10–11–20–20–10–11–12–10 / 117–11
ATP Masters Series
MiamiAAAA2RAAAA0 / 11–1
CincinnatiAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–11–10–00–00–00–00 / 21–2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grant Doyle. ITF Tennis (Pro Circuit). 18 March 2012 .
  2. Web site: Grant Doyle. ITF Tennis (Juniors). 18 March 2012 .
  3. Web site: Grant Doyle. ATP. 13 April 2016.

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