Grant Connell

Grant Connell (Pronounced: KAHN-nell[1]) (born November 17, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Canada, who retired in 1997 and in 1999 started working as a real estate agent in Vancouver.

The Connell-Galbraith tandem won 12 titles together, including the 1995 season ending Doubles Championships tournament.

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.

A solid grass-court player, Connell had Andre Agassi on the ropes in their first round encounter at Wimbledon in 1991.

While still an amateur, Connell played the Player's International twice as a wild card entry, losing in the first round of the main draw each time.

Connell played the San Luis Potosí Challenger in March, reaching the second round in both singles and doubles.

The following week at Bergen Challenger, he reached the second round of both, falling to Dan Goldie in three sets in singles and partnering Chamberlin in doubles.

Connell finished 1986 on tour with a bang, reaching the semifinals at the Valkenswaard Challenger in both singles and doubles, again partnering Chamberlin.

Connell began the year at the AAMI Classic in Sydney, Australia where he lost in the first round to Pete Sampras, 4–6, 7–5, 4–6.

[3] Upon retiring from the tour in 1997, Connell became High Performance Director at Tennis BC as well as Davis Cup Captain.

He was also the Tournament Director for Rogers Cup in Toronto in 2006 [4] As of the last 14 years Grant has been selling real estate in Vancouver, BC.