Natalie Grandin

Natalie Grandin

Grandin at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	South Africa
Born	(1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 East London, South Africa
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2015
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$939,025
Singles
Career record	309–291
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 144 (12 September 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2004, 2005, 2006)
French Open	Q3 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2003, 2004, 2007)
US Open	Q3 (2005, 2007)
Doubles
Career record	408–349
Career titles	1 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 22 (14 May 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2011)
French Open	3R (2008, 2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	3R (2012)

Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa.

She has achieved a career-high singles ranking of no. 144 as of 12 September 2005. Career-high doubles ranking of no. 22 as of 14 May 2012. She has won one WTA doubles title, three ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and twenty five doubles titles.

Grandin has yet to compete outside of the qualifying rounds of a Grand Slam singles event. She is known for her variety of play, and volleying ability. Grandin retired from tennis January 2015.

Biography

She was coached by Petra de Jong. Her father, Roy, is a project manager in IT while her mother, Rosamund, is a freight forwarder. She has two sisters. She is a baseliner whose favorite shot is the forehand and her favorite surface is hard court. Grandin started playing tennis at age four. She speaks English and Afrikaans.

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2011	Cincinnati	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 12 (1 title, 11 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2005	Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Jill Craybas	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	11 September 2006	Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	9 October 2006	PTT Bangkok Open, Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Vania King Jelena Kostanić	5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	10 September 2007	Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Jill Craybas	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	4 January 2010	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Laura Granville	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–7(4-7), 2–6
Runner-up	6.	26 September 2010	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Julia Görges Polona Hercog	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	21 May 2011	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Akgul Amanmuradova Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Runner-up	8.	25 April 2011	Barcelona Ladies Open, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up	9.	10 July 2011	Poli-Farbe Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Alicja Rosolska	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	10.	21 August 2011	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner	1.	25 September 2011	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva	7–6(7-5), 6–4
Runner-up	11.	26 May 2012	Internationaux de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

ITF Career Finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	7 February 1999	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Nóra Köves	2–6 2–6
Winner	1.	17 November 2002	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	6–3 6–2
Runner-up	2.	12 October 2003	Lafayette, USA	Clay	Lindsay Lee-Waters	2–6 0–6
Winner	2.	31 July 2005	Lexington, USA	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	6–4 6–3
Runner-up	3.	13 November 2006	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	1–6 4–6
Runner-up	4.	20 November 2006	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	4–6 2–6
Winner	3.	19 October 2008	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Melanie South	7–6(2) 6–4

Doubles: 46 (25–21)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 December 1996	Cape Town, South Africa	Hard	Alicia Pillay	Charlotte Aagaard Maiken Witt Pape	7–5 2–6 3–6
Runner-up	2.	7 March 1999	Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Alicia Pillay	Kerry-Anne Guse Trudi Musgrave	3–6 2–6
Winner	1.	18 July 1999	Frinton, Great Britain	Grass	Nicole Rencken	Leanne Baker Nicole Sewell	6–2 3–6 6–1
Runner-up	3.	12 March 2000	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Nicole Rencken	Jenny Belobrajdic Kristen Van Elden	3–6 4–6
Runner-up	4.	19 March 2000	Benalla, Australia	Grass	Nicole Rencken	Kylie Hunt Mareze Joubert	3–6 2–6
Winner	2.	26 March 2000	Wodonga, Australia	Grass	Nicole Rencken	Kylie Hunt Mareze Joubert	6–4 6–4
Runner-up	5.	2 April 2000	Corona, Australia	Grass	Nicole Rencken	Cindy Watson Christina Wheeler	3–6 6–7(11)
Winner	3.	21 May 2000	Edinburgh, Great Britain	Clay	Nicole Rencken	Selima Sfar Lorna Woodroffe	0–6 6–3 6–4
Winner	4.	28 May 2000	Guimarães, Portugal	Hard	Nicole Rencken	Angela Cardoso Carlota Santos	7–6(7) 2–6 6–2
Winner	5.	11 June 2000	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Nicole Rencken	Chanelle Scheepers Carien Venter	7–6(4) 6–2
Runner-up	6.	18 June 2000	Benoni, South Africa	Hard	Nicole Rencken	Lucinda Gibbs Giselle Swart	6–2 4–6 4–6
Runner-up	7.	13 August 2000	Hechingen, Germany	Clay	Nicole Rencken	Miriam D'Agostini Angelika Roesch	6–7(3) 2–6
Winner	6.	20 August 2000	London, Great Britain	Hard	Nicole Rencken	Susi Bensch Manisha Malhotra	6–2 5–7 7–6(6)
Runner-up	8.	5 November 2000	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Nicole Rencken	Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen	4–6 3–6
Runner-up	9.	15 July 2001	Felixstowe, Great Britain	Grass	Kim Grant	Trudi Musgrave Julie Pullin	5–7 4–6
Winner	7.	20 October 2002	Mackay, Australia	Hard	Nicole Sewell	Sarah Stone Samantha Stosur	6–3 1–6 6–4
Winner	8.	27 April 2003	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Kim Grant	Nicole Remis Delia Sescioreanu	6–2 6–1
Runner-up	10.	26 October 2003	Rockhampton, Australia	Hard	Martina Müller	Trudi Musgrave Abigail Spears	1–6 5–7
Runner-up	11.	1 February 2004	Waikoloa, USA	Hard	Amanda Augustus	Gisela Dulko Patricia Tarabini	6–1 3–6 3–6
Winner	9.	1 August 2004	Lexington, Great Britain	Hard	Claire Curran	Casey Dellacqua Nicole Sewell	7–6(6) 6–4
Runner-up	12.	9 August 2004	Louisville, USA	Hard	Claire Curran	Julie Ditty Edina Gallovits-Hall	6–1 4–6 2–6
Runner-up	13.	11 October 2004	Lafayette, USA	Clay	Arpi Kojian	Julie Ditty Kristen Schlukebir	2–6 5–7
Winner	10.	30 January 2005	Waikoloa, USA	Hard	Kaysie Smashey	Lauren Breadmore Ayami Takase	6–3 6–4
Winner	11.	15 May 2005	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Claire Curran	María José Argeri Leticia Sobral	6–3 6–1
Runner-up	14.	5 March 2006	Clearwater, USA	Hard	Chanelle Scheepers	Kelly Liggan Lina Stančiūtė	3–6 1–6
Runner-up	15.	9 July 2006	College Park, USA	Hard	Chin-Wei Chan	Lindsay Nelson Anne Yelsey	1–6 3–6
Winner	12.	21 August 2006	Bronx, USA	Hard	Julie Ditty	Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková	6–1 7–6(2)
Winner	13.	13 November 2006	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Christina Wheeler	Daniella Jeflea Sophie Ferguson	6–4 4–6 6–4
Winner	14.	20 November 2006	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Christina Horiatopoulos Nicole Kriz	6–2 6–1
Winner	15.	27 November 2006	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Trudi Musgrave Christina Wheeler	6–2 7–6(3)
Winner	16.	28 January 2007	Waikoloa, USA	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Līga Dekmeijere Julie Ditty	6–0 6–3
Runner-up	16.	4 February 2007	Palm Desert, USA	Hard	Raquel Kops-Jones	Julie Ditty Edina Gallovits-Hall	2–6 1–6
Winner	17.	17 July 2007	Boston, USA	Hard	Melinda Czink	Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu	6–1 6–3
Runner-up	17.	20 July 2007	Lexington, USA	Hard	Casey Dellacqua	Melinda Czink Lindsay Lee-Waters	2–6 6–7(8)
Runner-up	18.	5 August 2007	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Julie Ditty	Jorgelina Cravero Betina Jozami	6–1 1–6 2–6
Winner	18.	18 November 2007	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Sophie Ferguson Trudi Musgrave	6–4 7–5
Winner	19.	6 July 2008	Boston, USA	Hard	Chin-Wei Chan	Yulia Fedossova Varvara Lepchenko	6–4 6–3
Runner-up	19.	13 July 2008	Allentown, USA	Hard	Chin-Wei Chan	Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz	2–6 3–6
Winner	20.	12 October 2008	Traralgon, Australia	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Jarmila Gajdošová Jessica Moore	6–4 6–2
Winner	21.	19 October 2008	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Miki Miyamura Erika Sema	6–4 6–2
Winner	22.	26 October 2008	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Robin Stephenson	Lizaan Du Plessis Tiffany Welford	6–2 6–0
Runner-up	20.	23 November 2008	Phoenix, Mauritius	Hard	Kelly Anderson	Teodora Mirčić Lenka Tvarošková	4–6 6–3 4-10
Winner	23.	2 February 2009	Rancho Mirage, United States	Hard	Courtney Nagle	Alina Jidkova Darya Kustova	6–2 7–6
Winner	24.	5 June 2009	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Alexa Glatch	Eleni Daniilidou Rika Fujiwara	6–3 2–6 [10–7]
Runner-up	21.	23 August 2010	The Bronx, United States	Hard	Abigail Spears	Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger	6–1 4–6 [13-15]
Winner	25.	14 March 2011	Nassau, Bahamas	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–4 6–2

Doubles performance timeline

External links

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