Grant Connell

Biography
Grant Connell (born November 17, 1965 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 67 on June 17, 1991 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 1 on November 29, 1993.

Connell won 22 career doubles titles during his eleven seasons on the ATP Tour. He won his first four with fellow Canadian Glenn Michibata. Upon Michibata's retirement from the tour, Connell joined Patrick Galbraith. The Connell-Galbraith tandem won 12 titles together including the 1995 season ending Doubles Championship tournament. Connell's next main partner became Byron Black with whom he won 4 more titles. He also won a title each with Todd Martin and Scott Davis. He was a three-time Wimbledon doubles finalist, twice with Galbraith and once with Black. He also reached the doubles final of the 1990 Australian Open with Michibata. His best tour singles results were reaching the semifinals of the 1991 Chicago, 1991 Singapore, and 1992 Auckland Grand Prix events. Connell's best grand slam singles results were reaching the third round of the 1991 Australian Open and 1994 Wimbledon. In 1993, he was named ATP Doubles Team of the Year with Galbraith. He was also named Tennis Canada male player of the year five times (1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995) and received the Davis Cup Commitment Award in 2012. He retired in 1997.

Upon retiring from the tour in 1997, Connell became High Performance Director at Tennis BC as well as Davis Cup captain. As captain he led the team to the World Group for only the second time. As of the last 10 years Grant has been selling real estate in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he currently resides. He was inducted into the Canadian Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998.

Wins over top-10 opponents
Connell has a 1–9 (10%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.