Natalie Grandin Explained

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.

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. 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	width=160	Partner	width=160	Opponents	width=110 class="unsortable"	Score
Loss	2011	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Vania King 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	width=30	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 2005	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Jill Craybas	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	Sep 2006	Commonwealth Classic, Bali	Hard	Trudi Musgrave	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	Oct 2006	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Hard	Mariana Díaz Oliva	Vania King Jelena Kostanić	5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	4.	Sep 2007	Commonwealth Classic, Bali	Hard	Jill Craybas	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	Jan 2010	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Laura Granville	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss	6.	Sep 2010	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Julia Görges Polona Hercog	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	May 2011	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Akgul Amanmuradova Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Loss	8.	Apr 2011	Barcelona Open, Spain	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	9.	Jul 2011	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Anabel Medina Garrigues Alicja Rosolska	2–6, 2–6
Loss	10.	Aug 2011	Cincinnati Open, United States	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Win	1.	Sep 2011	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	11.	May 2012	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Vladimíra Uhlířová	Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 7 (3–4)

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

Doubles: 46 (25–21)

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

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

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Tournament														Career SR	Career W–L
Australian Open	A	3R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	2R	QF	2R	3R	0 / 9	10–9
French Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	3R	2R	1R	1 / 9	6–9
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	2R	0 / 13	7–13
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 9	2–9
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 40	N/A
Win–loss	1–1	2–4	1–4	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–4	2–3	1–4	1–4	6–4	6–4	3–4	N/A	25–40