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

Natalie Grandin
Grandin at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceSouth Africa
Born (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 41)
East London, South Africa
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)

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.

Grandin has yet to compete outside the qualifying rounds of a Grand Slam singles event. She is 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 Championship Surface Partner Opponents 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)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 26 September 2005 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Jill Craybas Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 11 September 2006 Commonwealth Classic, Bali Hard Trudi Musgrave Lindsay Davenport
Corina Morariu
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 9 October 2006 Bangkok Open, Thailand Hard Mariana Díaz Oliva Vania King
Jelena Kostanić
5–7, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 10 September 2007 Commonwealth Classic, Bali Hard Jill Craybas Ji Chunmei
Sun Shengnan
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 4 January 2010 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Laura Granville Cara Black
Liezel Huber
6–7(4–7), 2–6
Runner-up 6. 26 September 2010 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Julia Görges
Polona Hercog
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 21 May 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Akgul Amanmuradova
Chuang Chia-jung
4–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Runner-up 8. 25 April 2011 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová
7–5, 4–6, [9–11]
Runner-up 9. 10 July 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Anabel Medina Garrigues
Alicja Rosolska
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 10. 21 August 2011 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova
4–6, 6–3, [9–11]
Winner 1. 25 September 2011 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Vera Dushevina
Galina Voskoboeva
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 11. 26 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)


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

Doubles: 46 (25–21)


Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 22 December 1996 ITF Cape Town, South Africa Hard Alicia Pillay Charlotte Aagaard
Maiken Pape
7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 7 March 1999 ITF Wodonga, Australia Grass Alicia Pillay Kerry-Anne Guse
Trudi Musgrave
3–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 18 July 1999 ITF Frinton, Great Britain Grass Nicole Rencken Leanne Baker
Nicole Sewell
6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 12 March 2000 ITF Warrnambool, Australia Grass Nicole Rencken Jenny Belobrajdic
Kristen van Elden
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 19 March 2000 ITF 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(11–13)
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(9–7), 2–6, 6–2
Winner 5. 11 June 2000 Pretoria, South Africa Hard Nicole Rencken Chanelle Scheepers
Carien Venter
7–6(7–4), 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 Rösch
6–7(3–7), 2–6
Winner 6. 20 August 2000 London, Great Britain Hard Nicole Rencken Susi Bensch
Manisha Malhotra
6–2, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
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, United States Hard Amanda Augustus Gisela Dulko
Patricia Tarabini
6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 9. 1 August 2004 Lexington, United States Hard Claire Curran Casey Dellacqua
Nicole Sewell
7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up 12. 9 August 2004 Louisville, United States Hard Claire Curran Julie Ditty
Edina Gallovits-Hall
6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 13. 11 October 2004 Lafayette, United States Clay Arpi Kojian Julie Ditty
Kristen Schlukebir
2–6, 5–7
Winner 10. 30 January 2005 Waikoloa, United States 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
Letícia Sobral
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 14. 5 March 2006 Clearwater, United States Hard Chanelle Scheepers Kelly Liggan
Lina Stančiūtė
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 15. 9 July 2006 College Park, United States Hard Chan Chin-wei Lindsey Nelson
Anne Yelsey
1–6, 3–6
Winner 12. 21 August 2006 ITF The Bronx, United States Hard Julie Ditty Lucie Hradecká
Michaela Paštiková
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Winner 13. 13 November 2006 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Christina Wheeler Daniella Jeflea
Sophie Ferguson
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 14. 20 November 2006 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Christina Horiatopoulos
Nicole Kriz
6–2, 6–1
Winner 15. 27 November 2006 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Trudi Musgrave
Christina Wheeler
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 16. 28 January 2007 ITF Waikoloa, United States Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Līga Dekmeijere
Julie Ditty
6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 16. 4 February 2007 ITF Palm Desert, United States Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Julie Ditty
Edina Gallovits-Hall
2–6, 1–6
Winner 17. 17 July 2007 ITF Boston, United States Hard Melinda Czink Līga Dekmeijere
İpek Şenoğlu
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 17. 20 July 2007 ITF Lexington, United States Hard Casey Dellacqua Melinda Czink
Lindsay Lee-Waters
2–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up 18. 5 August 2007 ITF Washington, United States Hard Julie Ditty Jorgelina Cravero
Betina Jozami
6–1, 1–6, 2–6
Winner 18. 18 November 2007 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Sophie Ferguson
Trudi Musgrave
6–4, 7–5
Winner 19. 6 July 2008 ITF Boston, United States Hard Chan Chin-wei Yulia Fedossova
Varvara Lepchenko
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 19. 13 July 2008 ITF Allentown, United States Hard Chan Chin-wei Carly Gullickson
Nicole Kriz
2–6, 3–6
Winner 20. 12 October 2008 ITF Traralgon, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Jarmila Gajdošová
Jessica Moore
6–4, 6–2
Winner 21. 19 October 2008 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Miki Miyamura
Erika Sema
6–4, 6–2
Winner 22. 26 October 2008 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Lizaan du Plessis
Tiffany Welford
6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 20. 23 November 2008 ITF Phoenix, Mauritius Hard Kelly Anderson Teodora Mirčić
Lenka Tvarošková
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Winner 23. 2 February 2009 ITF Rancho Mirage, United States Hard Courtney Nagle Alina Jidkova
Darya Kustova
6–2, 7–6
Winner 24. 5 June 2009 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Alexa Glatch Eleni Daniilidou
Rika Fujiwara
6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
Runner-up 21. 23 August 2010 ITF The Bronx, United States Hard Abigail Spears Kristina Barrois
Yvonne Meusburger
6–1, 4–6, [13–15]
Winner 25. 14 March 2011 ITF Nassau, Bahamas Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline


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.
Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013Career SRCareer 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



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Натали Грандин (англ. Natalie Grandin, родилась 27 февраля 1981 года в Ист-Лондоне, ЮАР) — южноафриканская профессиональная теннисистка; победительница одного турнира WTA в парном разряде; финалистка одного юниорского турнира Большого шлема в парном разряде (Открытый чемпионат Австралии-1999).



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