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Grant Connell (born November 17, 1965 in Regina,
Saskatchewan|Regina) is a former professional
tennis player from Canada who became the world's
number doubles tennis player in November 1995.


==As a college player==
Growing up in North Vancouver, Connell was an
All-American in doubles in 1984 and in singles in
1985 at Texas A&M University.  In '85 he lost in
the quarterfinals of the NCAA individual tennis
championships to fellow further pro Mikael
Pernfors.


==As a pro doubles player==
Connell won 22 career doubles titles during his
eleven seasons on the ATP tour (1986 to 1997).  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 (tennis player)|Scott Davis.  He
was a three-time Wimbledon championships|Wimbledon
doubles finalist, once each with Michibata,
Galbraith, and Black.


==As a singles pro player==
A left-hander, Connell best singles ranking was
World No. 67, which he reached in June 1991.  His
best tour singles results were reaching the
semi-finals of the 1991 Chicago, 1991 Singapore,
and 1992 Auckland Grand Prix events.  A solid
grass-court player, Connell in 1991 at Wimbledon
played a five-set first round match on Centre
Court against Andre Agassi, where Connell went up
two sets to one on a second serve ace in a third
set tie-breaker.  Agassi however won the final two
sets to win the match.  The following year at
Wimbledon saw Agassi win his first Grand Slam
event and Connell reach the third round to equal
his best ever Grand Slam event showing.  He also
reached the third round of Wimbledon 1994 and the
1991 Australian Open.  


==As a Davis Cup player==
Connell played Davis Cup for Canada on numerous
occasions posting a career 15 and 6 win-loss
record in doubles and an equally impressive 8 and
3 record in singles.  He was a member of Canada's
1991 and 1992 teams, its first ever to qualify for
the World Group.                    

====External link====
*http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=1
0000288 DavisCup.com Connell play record page


==After retiring as a player==
Upon retiring from the tour in 1997, Connell
became High Performance Director with Tennis BC
and real estate agent with a Prudential Financial
subsidiary.  From Februrary 2001 to June 2004 he
also captained Canada's Davis Cup team, as the
team in September 2003 won promotion to the World
Group for only the second time.

==External links==
http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/playerprofiles
/default2.asp?playersearch=connell&x=12&y=7
ATPtennis.com player profile page for Connell