Natalie Grandin


Natalie Grandin is a retired tennis player from South Africa. 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. She was 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.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 12 (1 title, 11 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Sep 2005Korea Open, SeoulHard

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013Career SRCareer W–L
Australian OpenA3R1RA1RA1RA2R2RQF2R3R0 / 910–9
French OpenA1R1RAAA2R3R1R1R3R2R1R1 / 96–9
Wimbledon2R1R2R1R1R2R1R1R1R1R2R3R2R0 / 137–13
US OpenA1R1RAAA1R1R1R1R1R3R1R0 / 92–9
Grand Slam SR0 / 10 / 40 / 40 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 40 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 40N/A
Win–loss1–12–41–40–10–21–11–42–31–41–46–46–43–4N/A25–40