Laura Granville

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
ResidenceChicago, Illinois
Born (1981-05-12) May 12, 1981
Chicago
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,327,584
Singles
Career record249–177 (58.5%)
Career titles9 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 (55.3%)
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 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 ITF tournament in Midland, Michigan.

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 Internationaux de Strasbourg Tier III Clay Jelena Kostanić 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 Tier II Hard Abigail Spears Květa Peschke
María Emilia Salerni		 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 2. 5 November 2006 Tournoi de Québec Tier III 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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 19 March 2002 ITF La Cañada, United States Hard Claudine Schaul 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 2. 2 June 2002 Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom Grass Janet Lee 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3. 4 August 2002 Vancouver Open, Canada Hard Maria Sharapova 6–0, 3–6, 1–6
Win 4. 29 September 2002 Albuquerque Championships, U.S. Hard Marie-Ève Pelletier 6–7(2), 6–4, 6–1
Loss 5. 9 February 2003 Midland Tennis Classic, United States Hard (i) Bianka Lamade 3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 6. 17 October 2004 ITF Ashburn, United States Hard Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–2
Win 7. 13 February 2005 Midland Tennis Classic, United States Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(6)
Win 8. 22 February 2005 ITF Saint Paul, United States Hard (i) Akiko Morigami 6–2, 6–7(6), 6–2
Loss 9. 4 June 2005 Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom Grass Kristina Brandi 3–6, 1–6
Win 10. 7 May 2006 Charlottesville Classic, U.S. Clay Dominika Cibulková w/o
Loss 11. 10 June 2006 Surbiton Trophy, United Kingdom Grass Kristina Brandi 5–7, 0–6
Loss 12. 11 February 2007 Midland Tennis Classic, United States Hard Jill Craybas 6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Win 13. 10 February 2008 Midland Tennis Classic, United States Hard (i) Ashley Harkleroad 6–1, 6–1
Win 14. 22 March 2009 ITF Redding, United States Hard Rika Fujiwara 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win 15. 24 May 2009 Landisville Challenge, United States Hard Petra Rampre 6–2, 6–1

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

References
  1. "Stanford Captures Usta". Archived from the original on 2006-05-19. Retrieved 2006-04-17.
  2. "Home of College Tennis". ITA #WeAreCollegeTennis. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. "Rally Leads Women's Tennis to Program's First NCAA Tournament Match Victory". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  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.
  7. "Laura Granville Wins Second Straight NCAA Singles Championship". Pac-12. May 26, 2001. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  8. "Wimbledon: Martina Hingis crashes out on graveyard of champions". The Guardian. 2007-06-29. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-25.


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