Country (sports) Australia Career titles 1 Highest ranking 89 Career record 13-40 Handed Right-handed | Prize money $142,184 Role Tennis Player Plays Right-handed Name Grant Silcock | |
Born 21 May 1975 (age 48) ( 1975-05-21 ) Australian Open 2R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002) | ||
Grant Silcock (born 21 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Silcock is currently Anglican Church Grammar School head tennis coach.
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.
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.
The Australian made the occasional singles appearances on the Challenger and Futures circuit and reached a ranking of 536 in the world.