Natalie Grandin

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Country(sports) South Africa
ResidenceSouth Africa
Born (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 44)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Natalie Grandin
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceSouth Africa
Born (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 44)
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2015
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$939,023
Singles
Career record309–291
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 144 (12 September 2005)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2004, 2005, 2006)
French OpenQ3 (2006)
WimbledonQ2 (2003, 2004, 2007)
US OpenQ3 (2005, 2007)
Doubles
Career record408–349
Career titles1 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 22 (14 May 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2011)
French Open3R (2008, 2011)
Wimbledon3R (2012)
US Open3R (2012)

Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981) is a retired tennis player from South Africa. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 144 as of 12 September 2005. On 14 May 2012, she peaked at No. 22 in the doubles rankings.

In her career, she won one WTA doubles title as well as three singles and 25 ITF doubles titles. She was known for her variety of play and volleying ability. Grandin retired from professional tennis in January 2015.

She was coached by Petra de Jong. Her father, Roy, is a project manager in IT while her mother, Rosamund, is a freight forwarder. Natalie 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 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2011 Cincinnati Open Hard Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]

WTA career finals

Doubles: 12 (1 title, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (1–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–7)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–4)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Sep 2005 Korea Open, Seoul Hard United States Jill Craybas Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2. Sep 2006 Commonwealth Classic, Bali Hard Australia Trudi Musgrave United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Corina Morariu
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3. Oct 2006 Bangkok Open, Thailand Hard Argentina Mariana Díaz Oliva United States Vania King
Croatia Jelena Kostanić
5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss 4. Sep 2007 Commonwealth Classic, Bali Hard United States Jill Craybas China Ji Chunmei
China Sun Shengnan
3–6, 2–6
Loss 5. Jan 2010 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard United States Laura Granville Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss 6. Sep 2010 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Germany Julia Görges
Slovenia Polona Hercog
3–6, 4–6
Loss 7. May 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
4–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Loss 8. Apr 2011 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss 9. Jul 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Poland Alicja Rosolska
2–6, 2–6
Loss 10. Aug 2011 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová United States Vania King
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win 1. Sep 2011 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Russia Vera Dushevina
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 11. May 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Czech Republic Vladimíra Uhlířová Belarus Olga Govortsova
Poland Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

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