Highlights

In 11 years of professional tennis, Grant Connell has aced his way through many international tennis championships, competing in both singles and doubles play with incredible success.

Active in sport since he was a teenager, Grant attended school on a tennis scholarship and joined the professional circuit in 1986. During his 11-year career, he captured a series of titles in the sport’s most prestigious games and amassed career prize money totaling over $2.8 million. In 1991 Grant won the Canadian National Championships in singles and in 1993, he became the only Canadian male to reach No. 1 world ranking, which he accomplished in doubles.

Of the 48 career doubles finals, he captured 22 professional doubles titles including seven national doubles titles and the coveted World Doubles Championships (with Patrick Galbraith of the United States) in 1995. The world championship title automatically granted him membership into the Hall of Fame of Canadian Tennis. Other professional highlights include reaching the doubles finals in grand slam tournaments at the Australian Open (1990) and Wimbledon (1993, 1994 and 1996).

When he retired from the Davis Cup competition in September 1997, Grant held the all-time record of 22 wins in singles and doubles. He won his doubles match (with Daniel Nestor) with a memorable ace to win the match.

Induction Year
1999

Sport
Tennis

Category
Athlete