Grant Stafford

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) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1989US OpenHard Wayne Ferreira Martin Damm Jan Kodeš6–3, 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–3)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Durban, South AfricaWorld SeriesHard Aaron Krickstein3–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss0–2Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Nicolás Pereira6–4, 4–6, 4–6Loss0–3Orlando, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Michael Chang6–4, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (5–1)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Sun City, South AfricaWorld SeriesHard Ellis Ferreira Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth3–6, 5–7Win1–1Tel Aviv Open, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Marcos Ondruska Noam Behr Eyal Erlich6–3, 6–2Win2–1Orlando, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Kevin Ullyett Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström4–6, 6–4, 7–5Win3–1Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Kevin Ullyett Mark Merklein Vince Spadea7–5, 6–4Win4–1Washington, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Kevin Ullyett Wayne Ferreira Patrick Galbraith6–3, 7–5Win5–1Adelaide, AustraliaWorld SeriesHard David Macpherson Wayne Arthurs Todd Woodbridge6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 5 (3–2) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Durban, South AfricaChallengerHard Jeremy Bates4–6, 1–6Win1–1West Bloomfield, United StatesChallengerHard Sargis Sargsian6–4, 6–2Win2–1Andijan, UzbekistanChallengerHard Stéphane Simian6–2, 6–7, 6–4Win3–1Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Chris Haggard6–4, 6–3Loss3–2Aruba, ArubaChallengerHard Vince Spadea3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 12 (6–6) LegendATP Challenger (6–6)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Kevin Ullyett Gerardo Martinez Tom Mercer7–6, 6–4Win2–0Itu, BrazilChallengerHard Kevin Ullyett Bertrand Madsen Tom Mercer6–1, 6–3Win3–0Aachen, GermanyChallengerCarpet Christo van Rensburg Michael Mortensen Christian Saceanu6–1, 6–3Loss3–1Munich, GermanyChallengerCarpet Marcos Ondruska Sander Groen Arne Thoms4–6, 6–7Win4–1Rome, ItalyChallengerClay David Nainkin Danilo Marcelino Fernando Meligeni6–0, 6–1Loss4–2Singapore, SingaporeChallengerHard Sander Groen Jeremy Bates Christo van Rensburg3–6, 4–6Win5–2Brest, FranceChallengerHard Ellis Ferreira Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann2–6, 7–5, 7–5Loss5–3Naples, United StatesChallengerClay Marcos Ondruska David Macpherson Trevor Kronemann3–6, 6–7Win6–3Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Geoff Grant Chad Clark Tamer El Sawy7–5, 6–1Loss6–4Aruba, ArubaChallengerHard Sébastien Leblanc Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes2–6, 2–6Loss6–5Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Wesley Whitehouse Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)Loss6–6Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Thomas Shimada Paul Goldstein Andy Roddick6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R1R4R1RQ32R1RA2R0 / 75–7French OpenAAAQ11RAA1R1RAA0 / 30–3WimbledonQ1A3R1R1RA2R1R1R1RA0 / 73–7US OpenA2RQ11R1RQ21R2RQ3AA0 / 52–5Win–loss0–01–12–20–33–40–11–22–40–30–11–10 / 2210–22ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAA2RAQ11RA1RQ1A0 / 31–3MiamiAA2R2R2RQ21R2R2RAA0 / 65–6CanadaAAA2R1RAA1R1RAA0 / 41–4CincinnatiA2RAAAAQ21RAAA0 / 21–2Stuttgart1AAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–01–11–13–31–20–00–21–31–30–00–00 / 158–15

Doubles Tournament199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1RQFA2R1RA2R1R0 / 65–6French OpenAAAAAAA1R2R2RA1R0 / 42–4WimbledonQ1AQ2Q1AAA2R2R2R1R1R0 / 53–5US OpenAAAA3RQ1A1R2R2RQF2R0 / 68–6Win–loss0–00–00–00–02–23–10–02–43–43–34–31–40 / 2118–21ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAA1RAAA1RAA0 / 20–2MiamiAAAAA2RA2R2RSF1R1R0 / 67–6RomeAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1HamburgAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAA1RAA1R1RAA1R0 / 40–4CincinnatiA2RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–01–10–00–00–11–20–01–21–24–40–10–20 / 158–15

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