# Grant Doyle (tennis)

Grant Doyle (born 9 January 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is the CEO and owner of Advantage Doyle Tennis Academies.

## Junior career

Doyle won four junior Grand Slam titles during his early years. He and partner Joshua Eagle were boys' doubles champions at the 1991 Australian Open. In 1992, he became the number one ranked junior in the world. With new partner Brad Sceney, Doyle won the doubles again in the 1992 Australian Open and was also the singles champion, dropping just two games in his defeat of Brian Dunn in the final. He was a doubles winner at the 1992 French Open, partnering Mexican Enrique Abaroa and won the singles title in that year's Queen's Junior Championships.

## ATP Tour

Doyle was a doubles semi-finalist in the 1993 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships, held in Adelaide, with Eagle as his partner.
As a singles player, he had his best result at the 1997 Sybase Open in San Jose, California, making the quarter-finals, with wins over Brian MacPhie and Jeff Tarango.
Doyle made eight main draw appearances in singles at Grand Slam level. Although he didn't ever proceed past the first round, he came close when he lost 5–7 in the fifth set to Wayne Black at the 1995 Australian Open and also in another five-set loss at the 1996 French Open, to Greg Rusedski, with the same fifth set score.
Every year from 1991 to 1999, Doyle appeared in the men's doubles at the Australian Open. He twice reached the round of 16, with Eagle in 1992 and later partnering Ben Ellwood in the 1999 Australian Open. His run with Ellwood included a win over 12th seeds Donald Johnson and Francisco Montana.

## Coaching

Doyle is currently coaching young American Ryan Harrison and has previously worked as the coach of Sam Querrey.

## Junior Grand Slam finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1992 | Australian Open | Hard | Brian Dunn | 6–2, 6–0 |

### Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partnet | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1991 | Australian Open | Hard | Joshua Eagle | James Holmes Paul Kilderry | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 1992 | Australian Open | Hard | Bradley Sceney | Lex Carrington Jason Thompson | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 1992 | French Open | Clay | Enrique Abaroa | Yevgeny Kafelnikov Alex Rădulescu | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–3 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 2 (0–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–1)
* ITF Futures (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1998 | West Bloomfield, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex O'Brien | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2000 | Ireland F1, Dublin | Futures | Carpet | Kristian Pless | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 11 (5–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (4–5)
* ITF Futures (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–5)
* Clay (2–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1993 | Aptos, United States | Challenger | Hard | Cristiano Caratti | Gilad Bloom Christian Saceanu | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 1993 | Bronx, United States | Challenger | Hard | Wayne Arthurs | Johan de Beer Kevin Ullyett | 6–7, 6–7 |
| Win | 1–2 | May 1994 | Bochum, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Michael Tebbutt | Andrew Florent Aleksandar Kitinov | 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 1994 | Cincinnati, United States | Challenger | Hard | Paul Kilderry | Brian Gyetko Kevin Ullyett | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Dec 1996 | Perth, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Kratzmann | James Holmes Andrew Painter | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jun 1997 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Myles Wakefield | Geoff Grant Mark Merklein | 4–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 1997 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Mark Merklein | Eyal Erlich Lorenzo Manta | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–4 | Sep 1997 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay | Wayne Arthurs | James Holmes Chris Haggard | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Feb 1999 | Amarillo, United States | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Painter | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Apr 2000 | USA F8, Little Rock | Futures | Hard | Frédéric Niemeyer | Pieter Calitz Jeff Williams | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–6 | Apr 2000 | USA F9, Mt. Pleasant | Futures | Hard | James Greenhalgh | Gavin Sontag Jerry Turek | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 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 | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | Q3 | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 8 | 0–8 | 0% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | Q3 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 9 | 7–9 | 44% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | Q2 | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0 / 11 | 7–11 | 39% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |