Laura Granville

Laura Granville (born May 12, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) 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 singles championship 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
ResidenceChicago, Illinois, USA
Born (1981-05-12) May 12, 1981
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,327,584
Singles
Career record249–177
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 28 (June 9, 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2004, 2006)
French Open3R (2003)
Wimbledon4R (2002, 2007)
US Open3R (2005)
Doubles
Career record121–98
Career titles2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 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 United States Tennis Association 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 United States Tennis Association national girls' 18 singles and earned a wildcard into the US Open main draw.

2000—Won the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) women's tennis singles championships 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 women's tennis singles championships 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, Connecticut, 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 (0-1)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponents Score
Loss 1. 15 August 2004 Vancouver Hard Nicole Vaidišová 6–2, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (2-3)
Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier II / Premier (0–0)
Tier III, IV & V / International (2–3)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 19 May 2003 Strasbourg Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić Sonya Jeyaseelan
Maja Matevžič		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 19 February 2005 Memphis Hard Abigail Spears Yuka Yoshida
Miho Saeki		 3–6, 4–6
Win 1. 24 July 2005 Cincinnati Hard Abigail Spears Květa Peschke
María Emilia Salerni		 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 2. 5 November 2006 Quebec City Carpet (i) Carly Gullickson Jill Craybas
Alina Jidkova		 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3. 4 January 2010 Auckland Hard Natalie Grandin Cara Black
Liezel Huber		 6–7(4–7), 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (9–6)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 19 March 2002 La Canada, 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, United States Clay Dominika Cibulková walkover
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 (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
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  2. "Home of College Tennis". ITA #WeAreCollegeTennis. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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  4. "Granville Captures NCAA Singles Title". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  5. "Laura Granville Named Honda Sports Award Winner". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  6. "Tennis". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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  8. Staff; agencies (2007-06-29). "Wimbledon: Martina Hingis crashes out on graveyard of champions". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-25.


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