Jim Grabb

 ( 1964 Births ) 

Jim Grabb (born April 14, 1964) is an American former professional tennis player. In doubles, he won the 1989 French Open and the 1992 US Open. He was ranked the world No. 1 doubles player in both 1989 and 1993. His best singles ranking of world No. 24, he achieved in 1990.

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Tennis career

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Early years Grabb is Jewish, and he attended Tucson High Magnet School. Grabb was from 1984 to 1986 a three-time doubles and two-time singles all-American, helping Stanford University win the NCAA title in 1986 and finish runner-up in 1984.

In 1986, he won the annual Rafael Osuna Award, presented by college coaches for good sportsmanship and valuable contributions to the sport.

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Professional career Grabb defeated Andre Agassi at a singles tournament in Seoul, Korea in 1987 for his first career victory. He won two doubles Grand Slam events: the 1989 French Open (with Patrick McEnroe) and the 1992 US Open (with Richey Reneberg). He won 23 doubles tour titles, with 26 finals appearances. He won two tour singles titles, in 1987 at Seoul and in 1992 at Taipei. His best showing in a Grand Slam event was fourth-round appearance in the 1989 US Open.

Grabb won the men's 35 senior doubles with his tennis partner Richey Reneberg at the 2002 and 2003 US Open.

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Davis Cup

He was a member of the United States Davis Cup team in 1993.

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Hall of Fame

The Northern California section of the USTA inducted Grabb into its Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Grand Slam finals

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Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)

7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 17–19

3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–3

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Career finals

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Doubles (23–27)

{ class="wikitable" ! Legend

Grand Slam (2)

Tennis Masters Cup (1)

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP Championship Series (7)

ATP World Series (12)

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Hard (12)

Clay (2)

Grass (1)

Carpet (8)

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Loss	1.	Apr 1987	ATP Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Ken Flach	Eric Korita Mike Leach	7–6, 1–6, 5–7
Win	1.	Oct 1987	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Patrick McEnroe	Glenn Layendecker Todd Witsken	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	Oct 1987	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Broderick Dyke Tom Nijssen	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	Nov 1987	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jim Pugh	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Jan 1988	ATP Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Marty Davis Tim Pawsat	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	5.	Apr 1988	ATP Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Gary Donnelly	Andrew Castle Roberto Saad	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	Aug 1988	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	2–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	Sep 1988	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Peter Doohan	John McEnroe Mark Woodforde	4–6, 4–6
Loss	8.	Oct 1988	Paris Masters, France	Carpet (i)	Christo van Rensburg	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Nov 1988	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Kevin Curren	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–4
Loss	9.	Apr 1989	Miami Masters, U.S.	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Jakob Hlasek Anders Järryd	3–6, ret.
Win	3.	Jun 1989	French Open, Paris	Clay	Patrick McEnroe	Mansour Bahrami Eric Winogradsky	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	10.	Jul 1989	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Neil Broad Gary Muller	7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win	4.	Dec 1989	Masters Cup, London	Carpet (i)	Patrick McEnroe	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	11.	Mar 1990	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Boris Becker Guy Forget	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	12.	May 1990	ATP Houston, U.S.	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Scott Davis David Pate	2–6, 3–6
Loss	13.	Jun 1990	Ordina Open, Netherlands	Grass	Patrick McEnroe	Jakob Hlasek Michael Stich	6–7, 3–6
Loss	14.	Oct 1990	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	David Pate	Patrick Galbraith Kelly Jones	6–7, 4–6
Win	5.	Nov 1990	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win	6.	Oct 1991	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Richey Reneberg	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	6–4, 6–4
Win	7.	Oct 1991	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Richey Reneberg	Scott Davis David Pate	7–5, 2–6, 7–6
Win	8.	Jan 1992	ATP Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–3
Win	9.	Feb 1992	SAP Open, U.S.	Hard (i)	Richey Reneberg	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–4, 7–5
Loss	15.	Feb 1992	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Richey Reneberg	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–7
Win	10.	Apr 1992	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Brad Gilbert	Byron Black Byron Talbot	6–2, 6–1
Win	11.	Jun 1992	Ordina Open, Netherlands	Grass	Richey Reneberg	John McEnroe Michael Stich	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	16.	Jul 1992	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Richey Reneberg	John McEnroe Michael Stich	7–5, 6–7, 6–3, 6–7, 17–19
Win	12.	Aug 1992	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–2
Win	13.	Sep 1992	US Open, New York	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	17.	Oct 1992	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Richey Reneberg	Patrick McEnroe Jonathan Stark	2–6, 3–6
Loss	18.	Oct 1992	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Carpet (i)	Richey Reneberg	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 4–6
Win	14.	Feb 1993	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Richey Reneberg	Marcos Ondruska Brad Pearce	6–7, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	19.	Feb 1994	ATP Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Byron Black Jonathan Stark	6–7, 4–6
Loss	20.	Feb 1994	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jared Palmer	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 4–6
Win	15.	Apr 1994	Hong Kong, U.K.	Hard	Brett Steven	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	w/o
Loss	21.	Aug 1994	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 4–6
Win	16.	Feb 1995	SAP Open, U.S.	Hard (i)	Patrick McEnroe	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	3–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win	17.	Feb 1995	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	22.	Mar 1995	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Patrick McEnroe	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 6–7
Win	18.	Oct 1995	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Jared Palmer	Kent Kinnear David Wheaton	6–4, 7–5
Loss	23.	Nov 1995	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Todd Martin	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	2–6, 2–6
Loss	24.	Feb 1996	ATP Shanghai, China	Carpet (i)	Michael Tebbutt	Mark Knowles Roger Smith	6–4, 2–6, 6–7
Win	19.	Aug 1996	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Petr Korda Cyril Suk	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win	20.	Oct 1996	Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Richey Reneberg	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–2, 6–1
Loss	25.	Oct 1997	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Karsten Braasch	Tim Henman Marc Rosset	6–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win	21.	Mar 1998	London, England	Carpet (i)	Martin Damm	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–4, 7–5
Win	22.	May 1998	St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	David Macpherson	David Adams Wayne Black	6–4, 6–4
Loss	26.	Jul 1998	Mercedes Cup, Germany	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	23.	Aug 1998	Canada Masters, Canada	Hard	Martin Damm	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	27.	Feb 2000	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Richey Reneberg	Justin Gimelstob Sébastien Lareau	2–6, 4–6

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Grand Prix and ATP Tour finals

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Singles (2 wins, 1 loss)

Win	April 27, 1987	ATP Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Andre Agassi	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	July 23, 1990	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Hard	Andre Agassi	1–6, 4–6
Win	October 26, 1992	ATP Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Jamie Morgan	6–3, 6–3

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Doubles performance timeline

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open

A

A

NH

A

1R

QF

A

A

2R

QF

1R

A

QF

3R

2R

1R

A

0 / 9

11–9

French Open

A

A

A

A

A

W

SF

1R

QF

A

1R

QF

3R

3R

3R

1R

A

1 / 10

22–9

Wimbledon

A

A

A

1R

SF

3R

3R

1R

F

A

A

1R

3R

SF

3R

2R

A

0 / 11

21–11

US Open

2R

A

A

1R

3R

2R

A

1R

W

A

1R

1R

A

SF

QF

2R

A

1 / 11

18–10

Grand Slam SR

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 0

2 / 41

N/A

Annual win–loss

1–1

0–0

0–0

0–2

5–3

11–3

6–2

0–3

15–3

3–1

0–3

3–3

6–3

12–4

8–4

2–4

0–0

N/A

72–39

ATP Masters Series

Indian Wells

These tournaments were not Masters Series events before 1990.

F

SF

A

QF

2R

1R

QF

2R

2R

2R

A

0 / 9

13–9

Miami Masters

A

2R

A

A

2R

F

QF

A

3R

2R

1R

0 / 7

9–7

Monte Carlo

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

1R

A

A

0 / 1

0–1

Rome Masters

1R

A

A

A

A

A

A

2R

1R

1R

A

0 / 4

1–4

Hamburg Masters

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

1R

2R

1R

A

0 / 3

0–3

Canada Masters

A

2R

QF

A

2R

2R

A

A

W

QF

A

1 / 6

9–5

Cincinnati

A

2R

QF

A

2R

1R

2R

1R

2R

1R

A

0 / 8

5–8

Eurocard Open

1R

A

A

A

A

2R

SF

2R

2R

A

A

0 / 5

4–5

Paris Masters

QF

1R

SF

A

1R

F

2R

1R

2R

A

A

0 / 8

9–8

Masters Series SR

N/A

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 1

1 / 51

N/A

Annual win–loss

N/A

5–4

5–5

4–3

1–1

4–5

8–6

9–5

3–6

8–8

3–6

0–1

N/A

50–50

Year-end ranking

167

406

268

28

13

9

24

22

3

116

36

15

25

32

15

85

208

N/A

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Miscellaneous

Grabb was ranked 17th on Sports Illustrated's list of Arizona's 50 Greatest Sports Figures of the 20th century. He served as vice president of the ATP Tour Player Council in 1998–99.

Grabb married Sarah Stenn in 2002 in California. While on tour he resided, at least for a time, in Hermosa Beach, California.

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See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

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External links

• NWHC bio

Categories: 1964 Births, Living People, American Male Tennis Players, French Open Champions, Jewish American Tennis Players, Sportspeople From Hermosa Beach, California, Sportspeople From Tucson, Arizona, Stanford Cardinal Men's Tennis Players, Tennis Players From Arizona, Tennis Players From Los Angeles County, California, Us Open Champions, Grand Slam Champions In Men's Doubles, International Jewish Sports Hall Of Fame Inductees, Tucson High School Alumni, 21st-century American Jews, Atp Number 1 Ranked Doubles Tennis Players, Jews From Arizona, Jews From California, 20th-century American Sportsmen

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