Grant Stafford Explained

Grant Stafford
Residence:Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Birth Date:1971 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Turnedpro:1990
Retired:2000
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$1,307,208
Singlesrecord:83-117
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 53 (31 January 1994)
Australianopenresult:4R (1994)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1994, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledonresult:3R (1992)
Usopenresult:2R (1991, 1997)
Doublesrecord:109–109
Doublestitles:5
Highestdoublesranking:No. 42 (14 September 1998)
Australianopendoublesresult:QF (1995)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1997, 1998, 1999)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (2000)
Frenchopenmixedresult:SF (1999)
Wimbledonmixedresult:2R (1998, 2001)
Updated: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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Durban, South AfricaWorld SeriesHard Aaron Krickstein3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss0–2Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Nicolás Pereira6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss0–3Orlando, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Michael Chang6–4, 2–6, 1–6

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sun City, South AfricaWorld SeriesHard Ellis Ferreira Marius Barnard
Brent Haygarth		3–6, 5–7
Win1–1Tel Aviv Open, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Marcos Ondruska Noam Behr
Eyal Erlich		6–3, 6–2
Win2–1Orlando, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Kevin Ullyett Michael Tebbutt
Mikael Tillström		4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win3–1Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Kevin Ullyett Mark Merklein
Vince Spadea		7–5, 6–4
Win4–1Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Kevin Ullyett Wayne Ferreira
Patrick Galbraith		6–3, 7–5
Win5–1Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard David Macpherson Wayne Arthurs
Todd Woodbridge		6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Durban, South AfricaChallengerHard Jeremy Bates4–6, 1–6
Win1–1West Bloomfield, United StatesChallengerHard Sargis Sargsian6–4, 6–2
Win2–1Andijan, UzbekistanChallengerHard Stéphane Simian6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win3–1Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Chris Haggard6–4, 6–3
Loss3–2Aruba, ArubaChallengerHard Vince Spadea3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Kevin Ullyett Gerardo Martinez
Tom Mercer		7–6, 6–4
Win2–0Itu, BrazilChallengerHard Kevin Ullyett Bertrand Madsen
Tom Mercer		6–1, 6–3
Win3–0Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Christo van Rensburg Michael Mortensen
Christian Saceanu		6–1, 6–3
Loss3–1Munich, GermanyChallengerCarpet Marcos Ondruska Sander Groen
Arne Thoms		4–6, 6–7
Win4–1Rome, ItalyChallengerClay David Nainkin Danilo Marcelino
Fernando Meligeni		6–0, 6–1
Loss4–2Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Sander Groen Jeremy Bates
Christo van Rensburg		3–6, 4–6
Win5–2Brest, FranceChallengerHard Ellis Ferreira Mike Briggs
Trevor Kronemann		2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss5–3Naples, United StatesChallengerClay Marcos Ondruska David Macpherson
Trevor Kronemann		3–6, 6–7
Win6–3Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Geoff Grant Chad Clark
Tamer El Sawy		7–5, 6–1
Loss6–4Aruba, ArubaChallengerHard Sébastien Leblanc Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		2–6, 2–6
Loss6–5Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Wesley Whitehouse Lorenzo Manta
Laurence Tieleman		6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss6–6Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Thomas Shimada Paul Goldstein
Andy Roddick		6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA1R1R4R1RQ32R1RA2R0 / 75–7
French OpenAAAQ11RAA1R1RAA0 / 30–3
WimbledonQ1A3R1R1RA2R1R1R1RA0 / 73–7
US OpenA2RQ11R1RQ21R2RQ3AA0 / 52–5
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–12–20–33–40–11–22–40–30–11–10 / 2210–22
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAA2RAQ11RA1RQ1A0 / 31–3
MiamiAA2R2R2RQ21R2R2RAA0 / 65–6
CanadaAAA2R1RAA1R1RAA0 / 41–4
CincinnatiA2RAAAAQ21RAAA0 / 21–2
Stuttgart1AAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–11–13–31–20–00–21–31–30–00–00 / 158–15

Doubles

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Tournament199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1RQFA2R1RA2R1R0 / 65–6
French OpenAAAAAAA1R2R2RA1R0 / 42–4
WimbledonQ1AQ2Q1AAA2R2R2R1R1R0 / 53–5
US OpenAAAA3RQ1A1R2R2RQF2R0 / 68–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–02–23–10–02–43–43–34–31–40 / 2118–21
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAAA1RAAA1RAA0 / 20–2
MiamiAAAAA2RA2R2Rbgcolor=yellowSF1R1R0 / 67–6
RomeAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1
HamburgAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1
CanadaAAAA1RAA1R1RAA1R0 / 40–4
CincinnatiA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–10–00–00–11–20–01–21–24–40–10–20 / 158–15