Laura Granville

Granville at the 2009 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Chicago, Illinois
Born	(1981-05-12) May 12, 1981 Chicago
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,327,584
Singles
Career record	249–177 (58.5%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 28 (June 9, 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004, 2006)
French Open	3R (2003)
Wimbledon	4R (2002, 2007)
US Open	3R (2005)
Doubles
Career record	121–98 (55.3%)
Career titles	2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 47 (July 23, 2007)

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]

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

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

External links

• Laura Granville at the Women's Tennis Association
• Laura Granville at the International Tennis Federation
• Laura Granville at ESPN.com