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Natalie Grandin

RSA Age 45 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Left-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2001–2011

Natalie Grandin represented South Africa on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 144. In TennisDB's records, Natalie Grandin finished with a career record of 1–14 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

144 (Sep 12, 2005)

Elo peak

1500 (5th percentile)

Career record

1–14 (6.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$939,023

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Natalie Grandin's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Polona Hercog #40	6-7(1) 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 3, 2011*	R64	San Diego	WTA 500	Hard
Jill Craybas #106	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2010*	R32	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Hard
Sara Errani #41	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2008*	R32	Bali	WTA 250	Hard
Angelique Widjaja #253	6-4 3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 28, 2006*	R32	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Akiko Morigami #104	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2006*	R32	Bali	WTA 250	Hard

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Natalie Grandin's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Shuai Peng	2	2	Sep 30, 2004	H2H
Polona Hercog	1	1	Aug 3, 2011	H2H
Jill Craybas	1	1	Oct 14, 2010	H2H
Sara Errani	1	1	Sep 11, 2008	H2H
Angelique Widjaja	1	1	Sep 28, 2006	H2H

Career Results

Natalie Grandin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2001	20	0	3	3	0.0%	278	264
2004	23	0	2	2	0.0%	170	196
2005	24	1	2	3	33.3%	196	163
2006	25	0	4	4	0.0%	163	194
2008	27	0	1	1	0.0%	241	259
2010	29	0	1	1	0.0%	393	545
2011	30	0	1	1	0.0%	545	771
Career		1	14	15	6.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Natalie Grandin career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2001	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2004	23	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2005	24	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2006	25	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
2008	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2010	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	30	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	0	10	10	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	14	15	6.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Natalie Grandin career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2001	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2004	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2005	24	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2006	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2008	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2010	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	7	7	0.0%	1	14	15	6.7%

Performance Stats

Natalie Grandin performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2005	24	2/3	2.5	4.5	59.9%	70.5%	49.9%	64.3%	33.8%	62.1%	43.9%
2006	25	1/4	1.0	6.0	61.6%	60.4%	27.3%	42.9%	71.4%	47.7%	45.7%
2008	27	1/1	0.0	2.0	65.8%	40.0%	15.4%	40.0%	25.0%	31.6%	41.8%
2010	29	1/1	1.0	0.0	76.9%	55.0%	50.0%	42.9%	100.0%	53.8%	30.8%
2011	30	1/1	1.0	4.0	71.3%	47.8%	59.3%	53.3%	53.3%	51.1%	50.5%
Career		6/15	1.3	3.5	65.9%	57.3%	42.0%	51.3%	52.9%	51.4%	42.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 6/15 (40.0%) of Natalie Grandin's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Natalie Grandin advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2001	20	1459	96.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25.0%	-2.12	0–2	—	—	+0.14
2004	23	1429	90.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-3.60	0–1	—	—	+0.27
2005	24	1436	104.9	+1.19	-0.66	1.158	52.5%	—	—	—	42.9%	+0.57	0–1	0–1	—	-0.15
2006	25	1396	90.9	-2.96	-0.91	0.873	46.7%	+5	—	—	20.0%	-2.50	0–2	0–1	—	+0.05
2008	27	1392	98.7	-1.14	-2.14	0.611	37.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.13
2010	29	1383	98.2	-2.31	-4.38	0.667	42.3%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.08
2011	30	1379	101.1	-2.30	+1.90	1.031	50.7%	—	—	—	33.3%	+0.33	0–1	0–1	—	-0.10
Career		1500	93.2	-1.06	-1.14	0.879	47.1%	+5	—	—	24.3%	-1.89	0–7 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	—	+1.07

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 500

Natalie Grandin WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	W-L Win %
2011	30	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 250

Natalie Grandin WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	KOR	BAL	BAS	BIR	GUA	JAP	PRA	QUE	VAN	WAI	W-L Win %
2001	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	0–3 (0%)
2004	23	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
2005	24	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2006	25	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
2008	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2010	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–13 (7%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

144

Career-high date

Sep 12, 2005

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Natalie Grandin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1999	18	—	—	577	557	556	559	572	503	503	512	514	508
2000	19	511	564	529	449	404	384	374	374	376	366	337	279
2001	20	275	274	289	289	252	249	252	236	226	226	238	264
2002	21	259	260	246	258	281	287	271	317	349	290	230	225
2003	22	203	189	195	200	196	173	174	168	166	155	163	170
2004	23	164	174	176	169	158	162	163	158	159	170	195	196
2005	24	198	190	189	181	198	185	202	157	148	156	161	163
2006	25	175	174	182	190	183	183	200	241	257	245	212	194
2007	26	188	184	182	188	198	222	208	211	205	202	227	241
2008	27	245	281	276	263	256	263	290	285	309	252	253	259
2009	28	258	243	241	250	235	235	240	242	262	346	392	393
2010	29	395	426	415	436	505	525	584	564	600	529	544	545
2011	30	542	582	586	595	645	683	691	670	644	772	770	771
2012	31	786	773	778	780	783	779	779	936	1066	1058	1067	1056
2013	32	1057	1092	1102	1093	1103	1149	736	735	736	739	759	768
2014	33	761	765	760	765	763	761	898	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Natalie Grandin's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Christina Wheeler	AUS	147	1,523	15	2	13	13.3%	2001–2008	Match log
Ryoko Fuda	JPN	143	1,500	12	2	10	16.7%	2003–2011	Match log
Monique Adamczak	AUS	138	1,500	16	3	13	18.8%	2004–2010	Match log
Kyra Nagy	HUN	122	1,500	15	1	14	6.7%	2000–2008	Match log
Stephanie Gehrlein	GER	121	1,514	10	1	9	10.0%	2003–2009	Match log
Maria Fernanda Alves	BRA	132	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2002–2016	Match log
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	THA	149	1,500	23	3	20	13.0%	2007–2012	Match log
Neuza Silva	POR	133	1,500	11	2	9	18.2%	2002–2009	Match log
Joanna Sakowicz-Kostecka	POL	138	1,500	6	1	5	16.7%	2001–2003	Match log
Suchanun Viratprasert	THA	172	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2002–2010	Match log
Kelly Liggan	IRL	181	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	2001–2007	Match log
Carly Gullickson	USA	123	1,546	26	4	22	15.4%	2003–2010	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Natalie Grandin?: Natalie Grandin is 45 years old, born on February 27, 1981.
Which country does Natalie Grandin represent?: Natalie Grandin represents South Africa in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Natalie Grandin?: Natalie Grandin is 175 cm / 5'9".
Does Natalie Grandin use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Natalie Grandin uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Natalie Grandin left-handed or right-handed?: Natalie Grandin plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Natalie Grandin won?: Natalie Grandin has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Natalie Grandin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Natalie Grandin's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Natalie Grandin's highest WTA ranking?: Natalie Grandin's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 144, first achieved on September 12, 2005.
What is Natalie Grandin's career win-loss record?: Natalie Grandin has a career WTA singles record of 1 wins and 14 losses (6.7%).
How much career prize money has Natalie Grandin earned?: Natalie Grandin has earned at least $939,023 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Natalie Grandin's career appear in TennisDB?: Natalie Grandin appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2001 through 2011.
Who has Natalie Grandin faced most often?: Natalie Grandin's most frequent opponent is Shuai Peng, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.