Jim Grabb

Jim Grabb

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Sagaponack, New York
Born	(1964-04-14) April 14, 1964 Tucson, Arizona
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$3,274,155
Singles
Career record	179–199 (ATP, Grand Prix and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 24 (February 12, 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1988)
French Open	2R (1992)
Wimbledon	3R (1988, 1990)
US Open	4R (1989)
Doubles
Career record	395–237 (ATP, Grand Prix and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	23
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 12, 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1989, 1993, 1996)
French Open	W (1989)
Wimbledon	F (1992)
US Open	W (1992)

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.

Tennis career

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.

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.

Davis Cup

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

Hall of Fame

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

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1989	French Open	Clay	Patrick McEnroe	Mansour Bahrami Eric Winogradsky	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	1992	Wimbledon	Grass	Richey Reneberg	John McEnroe Michael Stich	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 17–19
Win	1992	US Open	Hard	Richey Reneberg	Kelly Jones Rick Leach	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–3

Career finals

Doubles (23–27)

Legend Grand Slam (2) Tennis Masters Cup (1) ATP Masters Series (1) ATP Championship Series (7) ATP World Series (12)

Titles by surface Hard (12) Clay (2) Grass (1) Carpet (8)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Apr 1987	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, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jim Pugh	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Jan 1988	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Sammy Giammalva Jr.	Marty Davis Tim Pawsat	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	5.	Apr 1988	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 Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Christo van Rensburg	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	2–6, 2–6
Win	2.	Nov 1988	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Kevin Curren	Paul Annacone John Fitzgerald	7–5, 6–4
Loss	9.	Apr 1989	Miami, 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	Kiawah Island, U.S.	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Scott Davis David Pate	2–6, 3–6
Loss	13.	Jun 1990	Rosmalen, 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	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–3
Win	9.	Feb 1992	San Francisco, 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	Rosmalen, 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	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	San Jose, 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	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	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Joshua Eagle	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	23.	Aug 1998	Toronto, 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

Grand Prix and ATP Tour finals

Singles (2 wins, 1 loss)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Win	April 27, 1987	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	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Jamie Morgan	6–3, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career SR	Career W-L
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							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							1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	1–4
Hamburg							A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3
Canada							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
Stuttgart (Stockholm)							1R	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 5	4–5
Paris							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

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.

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

• Jim Grabb at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jim Grabb at the International Tennis Federation
• Jim Grabb at the Davis Cup
• NWHC bio