# 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)

| 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)

* Legend
* Grand 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 surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (0–3)
* Indoors (0–0)
| 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$^{(7–9)}$ |
| 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)

* Legend
* Grand 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 surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (2–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (5–1)
* Indoors (0–0)
| 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$^{(5–7)}$, 6–4, 6–4 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals
### Singles: 5 (3–2)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–2)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–2)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| 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)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (6–6)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–3)
* Clay (1–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–1)
| 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$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 6–6 | Apr 2001 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Thomas Shimada | Paul Goldstein Andy Roddick | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |

## 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 | A | A | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | Q3 | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| US Open | A | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | Q3 | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 22 | 10–22 | 31% |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | 2R | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Miami | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| Canada | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| Cincinnati | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Stuttgart$^1$ | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 15 | 8–15 | 35% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | 45% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | Q1 | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | 57% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 0 / 21 | 18–21 | 46% |
| ATP Masters Series ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Rome | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0 / 15 | 8–15 | 35% |