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Laura Granville (born May 12, 1981) is a former American professional tennis player. During the two years she spent at Stanford University, she set the record for most consecutive singles victories with 58 and finished with an overall record of 93–3.[1] Granville won the NCAA Championship in singles as well as the ITA Player of the Year in both 2000 and 2001.[2]

Laura Granville

Granville at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Born	(1981-05-12) May 12, 1981 (age 41) Chicago, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,327,584
Singles
Career record	249–177 (58.5%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 28 (June 9, 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004, 2006)
French Open	3R (2003)
Wimbledon	4R (2002, 2007)
US Open	3R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	121–98 (55.3%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (July 23, 2007)

In 2001, Stanford won the women's tennis national team championship, and Granville was also a doubles finalist. She retired in 2010 after seven full years on the WTA Tour and returned to Stanford, where she completed her studies and graduated in 2012. She was inducted into the Stanford University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

Granville is now in her sixth season as the head coach of the Princeton University women's tennis team. In 2014, the Princeton women's tennis program won the Ivy League title and defeated Arizona State 4–3 to win its first-ever NCAA tournament match.[3]

Career highlights

1996—Won the Illinois girl's high school tennis state singles championships as a sophomore at The Latin School of Chicago.

1998—Claimed the USTA National Girls' 18 Singles and earned a wildcard into the US Open main draw, losing in the second round (defeating world No. 96 Paola Suárez en route.)

1999—Repeated as the USTA National Girls' 18 Singles and earned a wildcard into the US Open main draw.

2000—Won the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) women's singles championship as a freshman at Stanford University.[4]

2001—Won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player[5][6]

2001—Won her second consecutive NCAA singles championship as a sophomore at Stanford University.[7]

2001—Turned professional after her sophomore year and reached three ITF Circuit semifinals.

2002—Won two ITF tournaments, was the runner-up in two ITF tournaments, reached her first-ever WTA Tour quarterfinals in New Haven, U.S. and Luxembourg (beating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the first round), won three singles matches at Wimbledon (including a defeat of Mary Pierce), reached the third round at the tournament in Montreal, and made her top 100 and top 50 debuts.

2007—Defeated former world No. 1, Martina Hingis, in the third round at Wimbledon to match her career best showing there. Defeated 2013 Wimbledon Champion Marion Bartoli indoors at Memphis.[8]

2008—Won the Midland, Michigan, U.S. ITF tournament.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	15 August 2004	Vancouver Open	Tier V	Hard	Nicole Vaidišová	6–2, 4–6, 2–6

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	19 May 2003	Strasbourg International		Clay	Jelena Kostanić Tošić	Sonya Jeyaseelan Maja Matevžič	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	19 February 2005	Memphis Cup	Tier III	Hard (i)	Abigail Spears	Yuka Yoshida Miho Saeki	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	24 July 2005	Cincinnati Open		Hard	Abigail Spears	Květa Peschke María Emilia Salerni	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	5 November 2006	Tournoi de Québec		Carpet (i)	Carly Gullickson	Jill Craybas Alina Jidkova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3.	4 January 2010	Auckland Open	International	Hard	Natalie Grandin	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6–7(4–7), 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 15 (9–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	19 March 2002	La Cañada, United States	Hard	Claudine Schaul	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	2 June 2002	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Janet Lee	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	4 August 2002	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6–0, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	29 September 2002	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–7(2), 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	9 February 2003	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Bianka Lamade	3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Winner	6.	17 October 2004	Ashburn, United States	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	13 February 2005	Midland, United States	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	6–3, 3–6, 7–6(6)
Winner	8.	22 February 2005	Saint Paul, United States	Hard (i)	Akiko Morigami	6–2, 6–7(6), 6–2
Runner-up	9.	4 June 2005	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Kristina Brandi	3–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	7 May 2006	Charlottesville, U.S.	Clay	Dominika Cibulková	w/o
Runner-up	11.	10 June 2006	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Grass	Kristina Brandi	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	12.	11 February 2007	Midland, United States	Hard	Jill Craybas	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	13.	10 February 2008	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Ashley Harkleroad	6–1, 6–1
Winner	14.	22 March 2009	Redding, United States	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	15.	24 May 2009	Landisville, United States	Hard	Petra Rampre	6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (6–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 October 2004	Troy, United States	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Shenay Perry	2–6, 3–0 ret.
Winner	2.	14 November 2004	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard	Teryn Ashley	Els Callens Samantha Stosur	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	10 October 2006	San Francisco, United States	Hard	Carly Gullickson	Christina Fusano Aleke Tsoubanos	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	22 October 2006	Houston, United States	Hard	Carly Gullickson	Julie Ditty Tetiana Luzhanska	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	5.	11 February 2007	Midland, United States	Hard	Abigail Spears	Maureen Drake Stéphanie Dubois	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	6 April 2009	Jackson County, United States	Clay	Riza Zalameda	Monique Adamczak Arina Rodionova	3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	31 May 2009	Carson, United States	Hard	Riza Zalameda	Monique Adamczak Nicole Kriz	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	12 October 2009	Kansas City, United States	Hard	Julia Boserup	Lilia Osterloh Anna Tatishvili	0–6, 3–6
Winner	9.	14 February 2010	Midland, United States	Hard	Lucie Hradecká	Anna Tatishvili Lilia Osterloh	7–6(3), 3–6, [12–10]

References

External links

• Laura Granville at the Women's Tennis Association
• Laura Granville at the International Tennis Federation

На других языках

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[de] Laura Granville

Laura Granville (* 12. Mai 1981 in Chicago) ist eine ehemalige US-amerikanische Tennisspielerin. Während ihrer Zeit auf der Stanford University stellte sie mit 58 Einzelsiegen in Folge einen Rekord auf.[1]

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[ru] Гренвилл, Лора

Лора Гренвилл (англ. Laura Granville; родилась 12 мая 1981 года в Чикаго, США) — американская теннисистка; победительница двух турниров WTA в парном разряде; полуфиналистка одного юниорского турнира Большого шлема в парном разряде (Уимблдон-1999).

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