# Paul Kilderry

Paul Kilderry (born 11 April 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Kilderry enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 67 in 1996.
Paul Kilderry was appointed as the Hopman Cup tournament director in 2013.

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1991 | Australian Open | Hard | James Holmes | Grant Doyle Joshua Eagle | 6–7, 4–6 |

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Series (3–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (1–2)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (3–2)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1995 | Newport, United States | World Series | Grass | Nuno Marques | Markus Zoecke Jörn Renzenbrink | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 1996 | Rosmalen, Netherlands | World Series | Grass | Pavel Vízner | Anders Järryd Daniel Nestor | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 1996 | Newport, United States | World Series | Grass | Michael Tebbutt | Marius Barnard Piet Norval | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 1997 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | World Series | Clay | Nicolás Lapentti | Andrew Kratzmann Libor Pimek | 3–6, 7–5, 7–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2000 | Los Angeles, United States | World Series | Hard | Sandon Stolle | Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Humphries | walkover |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
### Singles: 2 (1–1)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–0)
* ITF Futures (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1999 | Australia F2, Frankston | Futures | Clay | Dejan Petrovic | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Dec 1999 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Dejan Petrovic | 6–4, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 15 (9–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (8–5)
* ITF Futures (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (5–2)
* Clay (3–3)
* Grass (1–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 1993 | Liege, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Jan Apell | Brendan Curry Kirk Haygarth | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Dec 1993 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Grass | Brent Larkham | Ben Ellwood Mark Philippoussis | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 1994 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Simon Youl | Pablo Albano Nicolas Pereira | 4–6, 6–3, 6–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 1994 | Cincinnati, United States | Challenger | Hard | Grant Doyle | Brian Gyetko Kevin Ullyett | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Dec 1997 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Hard | James Holmes | Lleyton Hewitt Luke Smith | 6–1, 3–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Dec 1998 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Lleyton Hewitt | Dejan Petrovic Grant Silcock | 6–7, 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Apr 1999 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Patrick Rafter | Doug Flach Richey Reneberg | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Oct 1999 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Grant Silcock | Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–3 | Nov 1999 | Australia F2, Frankston | Futures | Clay | Grant Silcock | Chris Rae Sebastien Swierk | 6–4, 6–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–4 | Nov 1999 | Australia F3, Berri | Futures | Grass | Grant Silcock | Chris Rae Sebastien Swierk | 3–6, 7–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 7–4 | Dec 1999 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Grant Silcock | Paul Baccanello Josh Tuckfield | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 8–4 | May 2000 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Peter Tramacchi | Lee Pearson Grant Silcock | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–4 | May 2000 | Armonk, United States | Challenger | Clay | Peter Tramacchi | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–5 | May 2001 | Rocky Mount, United States | Challenger | Clay | Peter Tramacchi | Mitch Sprengelmeyer Mark Merklein | 5–7, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Loss | 9–6 | Aug 2001 | Lexington, United States | Challenger | Hard | Jack Waite | John-Laffnie De Jager Robbie Koenig | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 5–7 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | 14% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | Q3 | 4R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 8 | 5–8 | 38% |
| French Open | A | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| US Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 4–4 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 0 / 26 | 14–26 | 35% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | QF | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Miami | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 9–11 | 45% |

### Mixed doubles

| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| US Open | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 11 | 8–11 | 42% |