Grant Silcock (born 21 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Silcock is currently Anglican Church Grammar School head tennis coach.
Career 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.New Straits Times, "Agassi wins first title in Asia", 13 April 1999
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.ITF Tennis Profile
The Australian made the occasional singles appearances on the Challenger and Futures circuit and reached a ranking of 536 in the world.ATP World Tour Profile
ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0 Apr 1999Hong KongHard James Greenhalgh Andre Agassi David WheatonW/O
Challenger titles Doubles: (9) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1. 1997Alpirsbach, GermanyClay Mathias Huning Álex López Morón Fabio Maggi5–7, 6–4, 7–52.1998Winnetka, United StatesHard Myles Wakefield Geoff Grant Mark Merklein1–6, 7–6, 7–6 3.1999Dallas, United StatesHard Paul Kilderry Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith4–6, 6–3, 6–14. 1999Perth, AustraliaHard Paul Kilderry Paul Baccanello Josh Tuckfield6–4, 7–6(7–5)5. 2000Montauban, FranceClay Lee Pearson Tim Crichton Ashley Fisher6–1, 6–46.2001Scheveningen, NetherlandsClay Jordan Kerr Brandon Coupe Tim Crichton6–3, 6–47. 2001Cordoba, SpainHard Jordan Kerr Emilio Benfele Álvarez Michaël Llodra6–3, 5–7, 6–38.2001Kyiv, UkraineClay Jordan Kerr Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky Vadim Kutsenko6–1, 7–6(7–3)9. 2002Bangkok, ThailandHard Anthony Ross Federico Browne Rogier WassenW/O
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