Grant Silcock

Grant Silcock (born 21 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Silcock is currently Anglican Church Grammar School head tennis coach.

Grant Silcock
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceBrisbane
Born (1975-05-21) 21 May 1975
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$142,184
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 536 (7 July 1997)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record13–40
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 89 (8 July 2002)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open2R (2002)
Wimbledon1R (1999, 2001, 2002)
US Open1R (1998, 2002)

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.[1]

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.[2]

The Australian made the occasional singles appearances on the Challenger and Futures circuit and reached a ranking of 536 in the world.[3]

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1999 Hong Kong Hard James Greenhalgh Andre Agassi
David Wheaton		 W/O

Challenger titles

Doubles: (9)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1997 Alpirsbach, Germany Clay Mathias Huning Álex López Morón
Fabio Maggi		 5–7, 6–4, 7–5
2. 1998 Winnetka, United States Hard Myles Wakefield Geoff Grant
Mark Merklein		 1–6, 7–6, 7–6
3. 1999 Dallas, United States Hard Paul Kilderry Mitch Sprengelmeyer
Jason Weir-Smith		 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
4. 1999 Perth, Australia Hard Paul Kilderry Paul Baccanello
Josh Tuckfield		 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
5. 2000 Montauban, France Clay Lee Pearson Tim Crichton
Ashley Fisher		 6–1, 6–4
6. 2001 Scheveningen, Netherlands Clay Jordan Kerr Brandon Coupe
Tim Crichton		 6–3, 6–4
7. 2001 Cordoba, Spain Hard Jordan Kerr Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Michaël Llodra		 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
8. 2001 Kiev, Ukraine Clay Jordan Kerr Kirill Ivanov-Smolensky
Vadim Kutsenko		 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
9. 2002 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Anthony Ross Federico Browne
Rogier Wassen		 W/O
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References
  1. New Straits Times, "Agassi wins first title in Asia", 13 April 1999
  2. ITF Tennis Profile
  3. ATP World Tour Profile
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