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Grant Stafford

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Born	(1971-05-27) 27 May 1971 (age 53) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,307,208
Singles
Career record	83-117
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 53 (31 January 1994)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1994)
French Open	1R (1994, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1992)
US Open	2R (1991, 1997)
Doubles
Career record	109–109
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 42 (14 September 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1995)
French Open	2R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1997, 1998, 1999)
US Open	QF (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	SF (1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1998, 2001)
Last updated on: 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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1989	US Open	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Martin Damm Jan Kodeš	6–3, 6–4

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1993	Durban, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Aaron Krickstein	3–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Jul 1996	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Nicolás Pereira	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Apr 1997	Orlando, United States	World Series	Clay	Michael Chang	6–4, 2–6, 1–6

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1994	Sun City, South Africa	World Series	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Oct 1996	Tel Aviv Open, Israel	World Series	Hard	Marcos Ondruska	Noam Behr Eyal Erlich	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Apr 1998	Orlando, United States	World Series	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Michael Tebbutt Mikael Tillström	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win	3–1	May 1998	Coral Springs, United States	World Series	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Mark Merklein Vince Spadea	7–5, 6–4
Win	4–1	Jul 1998	Washington, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 7–5
Win	5–1	Jan 2001	Adelaide, Australia	World Series	Hard	David Macpherson	Wayne Arthurs Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1990	Durban, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Jeremy Bates	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Apr 1996	West Bloomfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	Sargis Sargsian	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–1	May 1996	Andijan, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Stéphane Simian	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win	3–1	May 1996	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Chris Haggard	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Sep 1996	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	Vince Spadea	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 12 (6–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 1992	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Gerardo Martinez Tom Mercer	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 1992	Itu, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bertrand Madsen Tom Mercer	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–0	Nov 1992	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Christo van Rensburg	Michael Mortensen Christian Saceanu	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Nov 1992	Munich, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Marcos Ondruska	Sander Groen Arne Thoms	4–6, 6–7
Win	4–1	May 1993	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	David Nainkin	Danilo Marcelino Fernando Meligeni	6–0, 6–1
Loss	4–2	Sep 1993	Singapore, Singapore	Challenger	Hard	Sander Groen	Jeremy Bates Christo van Rensburg	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–2	Oct 1993	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard	Ellis Ferreira	Mike Briggs Trevor Kronemann	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	5–3	Dec 1994	Naples, United States	Challenger	Clay	Marcos Ondruska	David Macpherson Trevor Kronemann	3–6, 6–7
Win	6–3	Aug 1996	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Geoff Grant	Chad Clark Tamer El Sawy	7–5, 6–1
Loss	6–4	Sep 1996	Aruba, Aruba	Challenger	Hard	Sébastien Leblanc	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	2–6, 2–6
Loss	6–5	Aug 2000	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Wesley Whitehouse	Lorenzo Manta Laurence Tieleman	6–7, 6–7
Loss	6–6	Apr 2001	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Thomas Shimada	Paul Goldstein Andy Roddick	6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

External links

• Grant Stafford at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Grant Stafford at the International Tennis Federation
• Grant Stafford at the Davis Cup

• 1971 births
• Living people
• South African people of British descent
• Tennis players from Johannesburg
• South African male tennis players
• South African people of English descent
• US Open (tennis) junior champions
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
• African Games medalists in tennis
• African Games gold medalists for South Africa
• Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games