Grant Saacks Explained

Grant Saacks
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Height:6 ft 3 in
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:0–1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 427 (15 Aug 1988)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (1985, 1989)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 738 (14 Jul 1986)

Grant Saacks is a South African former professional tennis player.

Born and raised in Cape Town, Saacks was a junior Wimbledon quarter-finalist and played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University during the late 1980s.[1]

While competing on the professional tour he reached a best singles world ranking of 427 and in 1988 made the main draw of a Grand Prix tournament in Indianapolis, where he lost his first round match in three sets to Jim Pugh.[2]

Earlier in his career he had singles victories over Pete Sampras, Petr Korda and Wayne Ferreira. He was a top 30 Men's player in France and ranked #23 Junior tennis player in the world.

Saacks has lived in New York City since 1999 and works in real estate.

Notes and References

  1. News: Talented Foreign Crop Rises to the Top in Tennis for Loyola . . 5 June 1986.
  2. News: Tennis . . 2 August 1988.