Laura Granville

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Laura Granville Tennis player
Laura Granville
Laura Granville at the 2007 Acura Classic
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: May 12, 1981
Size: 175 cm
1st professional season: 2001
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 1,327,584
singles
Career record: 249: 177
Career title: 0 WTA , 9 ITF
Highest ranking: 28 (June 9, 2003)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 3R (2004, 2006)
French Open 3R (2003)
Wimbledon AF (2002, 2007)
US Open 3R (2005)
Double
Career record: 121: 98
Career title: 2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking: 47 (July 23, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2004, 2008)
French Open 2R (2007)
Wimbledon AF (2003, 2007)
US Open AF (2004)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Laura Granville (born May 12, 1981 in Chicago ) is a former American tennis player . During her time at Stanford University , she set a record with 58 individual victories in a row.

Career

In 1996 she won the Illinois Girl's High School Tennis State Championships in singles as a 10th grade student at the Latin School of Chicago . The following year in Sedona she made her debut at an ITF tournament, where she could not qualify for the main draw. At the US Open in 1998 she came into the main field via a wildcard and defeated Paola Suárez , then number 96 in the world rankings , in the opening round . Also in 1999 she received a wildcard for the US Open.

In 2000, a freshman at Stanford University , she won the singles at the NCAA Women's Tennis Championships and defended the title the following year. In 2001 she started her professional career. In 2005 and 2006 she won a WTA title in doubles. She played her last professional tournament in March 2010 in Monterrey .

Tournament victories

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. July 24, 2005 United StatesUnited States Cincinnati WTA
Tier III 		Hard court United StatesUnited States Abigail Spears Czech RepublicCzech Republic Květa Peschke María Emilia Salerni
ArgentinaArgentina  		3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
2. November 5, 2006 CanadaCanada Quebec WTA
Tier III 		Hard court (hall) United StatesUnited States Carly Gullickson United StatesUnited States Jill Craybas Alina Shidkova
RussiaRussia  		6: 3, 6: 4

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open - - - - - 1 3 1 3 2 1 - 5: 6 3
French Open - - - - - 3 1 - 1 1 - - 2: 4 3
Wimbledon - - - - AF 3 1 2 2 AF - - 10: 6 AF
US Open 2 1 - 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 - 1 5:10 3

Double

competition 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Balance sheet Career
Australian Open - - - 2 1 1 1 2 - 2: 5 2
French Open - - 1 1 1 1 2 - - 1: 5 2
Wimbledon - - AF 1 2 1 AF - - 5: 5 AF
US Open 1 2 2 AF 1 2 1 - 1 5: 8 AF

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Granville's University Successes ( Memento from May 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Laura Granville  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Granville, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , United States