Grant Saacks
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{{Use South African English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Grant Saacks
| image =
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| country_represented = {{RSA|1928}}
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| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa
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| height = 6 ft 3 in
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney =
| singlesrecord = 0–1
| singlestitles =
| highestsinglesranking = No. 427 (15 Aug 1988)
| Wimbledonresult = Q1 (1985, 1989)
| doublesrecord =
| doublestitles =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 738 (14 Jul 1986)
}}
Grant Saacks is a South African former professional tennis player.
Born and raised in Cape Town, Saacks was a junior Wimbledon quarter-finalist and played collegiate tennis for Pepperdine University during the late 1980s.{{cite news |title=Talented Foreign Crop Rises to the Top in Tennis for Loyola |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-05-cb-9775-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=5 June 1986}}
While competing on the professional tour he reached a best singles world ranking of 427 and in 1988 made the main draw of a Grand Prix tournament in Indianapolis, where he lost his first round match in three sets to Jim Pugh.{{cite news |title=Tennis |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1988/08/02/tennis/9c94ffe1-b583-44c3-8df6-749a7d808aee/ |work=Washington Post |date=2 August 1988}}
Earlier in his career he had singles victories over Pete Sampras, Petr Korda and Wayne Ferreira. He was a top 30 Men's player in France and ranked #23 Junior tennis player in the world.{{fact|date=October 2023}}
Saacks has lived in New York City since 1999 and works in real estate.{{fact|date=October 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{ATP|s003}}
- {{ITF profile|grant-saacks/800178875/rsa}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:South African male tennis players
Category:Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players
Category:South African expatriate tennis players in the United States