Paul Kilderry

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

Paul Kilderry

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Orlando, Florida, United States
Born	(1973-04-11)11 April 1973 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$551,195
Singles
Career record	8–21
Career titles	0 1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 138 (17 April 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1994, 1995, 1996)
French Open	Q1 (1993, 1994, 1995)
Wimbledon	2R (1993)
US Open	1R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	77–103
Career titles	3 8 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 67 (22 July 1996)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1994)
French Open	3R (1994)
Wimbledon	2R (1995, 2000, 2001)
US Open	2R (1995, 1997)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2000)
French Open	3R (1996, 1998)
Wimbledon	2R (1998, 2000)
US Open	QF (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

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

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

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

Singles: 2 (1–1)

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)

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

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

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

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

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%

External links

• Paul Kilderry at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Paul Kilderry at the International Tennis Federation