Paul Kilderry (born 11 April 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.[1]

Paul Kilderry
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, United States
Born(1973-04-11)11 April 1973
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$551,195
Singles
Career record8–21
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 138 (17 April 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1994, 1995, 1996)
French OpenQ1 (1993, 1994, 1995)
Wimbledon2R (1993)
US Open1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record77–103
Career titles3
8 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 67 (22 July 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1994)
French Open3R (1994)
Wimbledon2R (1995, 2000, 2001)
US Open2R (1995, 1997)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000)
French Open3R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon2R (1998, 2000)
US OpenQF (1996)
Last updated on: 6 December 2021.

Kilderry enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 67 in 1996.

Paul Kilderry was appointed as the Hopman Cup tournament director in 2013.

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1991 Australian Open Hard   James Holmes   Grant Doyle
  Joshua Eagle
6–7, 4–6

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–2)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1995 Newport, United States World Series Grass   Nuno Marques   Markus Zoecke
  Jörn Renzenbrink
1–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 1996 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass   Pavel Vízner   Anders Järryd
  Daniel Nestor
7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Jul 1996 Newport, United States World Series Grass   Michael Tebbutt   Marius Barnard
  Piet Norval
7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Aug 1997 Amsterdam, Netherlands World Series Clay   Nicolás Lapentti   Andrew Kratzmann
  Libor Pimek
3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Win 3–2 Jul 2000 Los Angeles, United States World Series Hard   Sandon Stolle   Jan-Michael Gambill
  Scott Humphries
walkover

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1999 Australia F2, Frankston Futures Clay   Dejan Petrovic 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Dec 1999 Perth, Australia Challenger Hard   Dejan Petrovic 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 15 (9–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (8–5)
ITF Futures (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1993 Liege, Belgium Challenger Clay   Jan Apell   Brendan Curry
  Kirk Haygarth
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 1–1 Dec 1993 Perth, Australia Challenger Grass   Brent Larkham   Ben Ellwood
  Mark Philippoussis
7–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Apr 1994 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard   Simon Youl   Pablo Albano
  Nicolas Pereira
4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win 2–2 Aug 1994 Cincinnati, United States Challenger Hard   Grant Doyle   Brian Gyetko
  Kevin Ullyett
6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Dec 1997 Perth, Australia Challenger Hard   James Holmes   Lleyton Hewitt
  Luke Smith
6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Win 4–2 Dec 1998 Perth, Australia Challenger Hard   Lleyton Hewitt   Dejan Petrovic
  Grant Silcock
6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Loss 4–3 Apr 1999 Paget, Bermuda Challenger Clay   Patrick Rafter   Doug Flach
  Richey Reneberg
4–6, 4–6
Win 5–3 Oct 1999 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard   Grant Silcock   Mitch Sprengelmeyer
  Jason Weir-Smith
4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–3 Nov 1999 Australia F2, Frankston Futures Clay   Grant Silcock   Chris Rae
  Sebastien Swierk
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 6–4 Nov 1999 Australia F3, Berri Futures Grass   Grant Silcock   Chris Rae
  Sebastien Swierk
3–6, 7–6, 6–7
Win 7–4 Dec 1999 Perth, Australia Challenger Hard   Grant Silcock   Paul Baccanello
  Josh Tuckfield
6–4, 7–6
Win 8–4 May 2000 Birmingham, United States Challenger Clay   Peter Tramacchi   Lee Pearson
  Grant Silcock
6–4, 6–4
Win 9–4 May 2000 Armonk, United States Challenger Clay   Peter Tramacchi   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 9–5 May 2001 Rocky Mount, United States Challenger Clay   Peter Tramacchi   Mitch Sprengelmeyer
  Mark Merklein
5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 9–6 Aug 2001 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard   Jack Waite   John-Laffnie De Jager
  Robbie Koenig
6–7(1–7), 5–7

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q2 A Q2 1R 1R 1R A Q1 A Q2 0 / 3 0–3 0%
French Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A 2R Q1 Q2 Q2 A A A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A A Q3 1R Q2 Q1 A A A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 6 1–6 14%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A Q2 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A A A A Q3 4R Q1 A A A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Canada A A A A A Q3 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A A A A Q3 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 3–1 75%

Doubles

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 3R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 8 5–8 38%
French Open A 3R A 1R 1R 2R A 2R 1R 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A 2R 2R 0 / 7 3–7 30%
US Open A 1R 2R 1R 2R A A 1R Q1 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 1–1 4–4 2–3 0–4 1–3 2–3 0–1 3–4 1–3 0 / 26 14–26 35%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A QF Q1 A Q1 A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Miami A Q1 1R 2R QF 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Hamburg A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canada A A QF A A A A 2R A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A A A Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0 / 11 9–11 45%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A 3R 1R 3R A A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 2R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
US Open A A QF A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 4–3 0–2 3–2 0–0 1–2 0 / 11 8–11 42%

References

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  1. ^ "Paul Kilderry". Eurosport. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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