Laura Granville
Laura Granville 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. Granville won the NCAA singles championship as well as the ITA Player of the Year in both 2000 and 2001.
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.
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 United States Tennis Association national girls' 18 singles and earned a wildcard into the US Open main draw, losing in the second round
1999—Repeated as the United States Tennis Association national girls' 18 singles and earned a wildcard into the US Open main draw.
2000—Won the National Collegiate Athletics Association women's tennis singles championships as a freshman at Stanford University.
2001—Won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female tennis player
2001—Won her second consecutive NCAA women's tennis singles championships as a sophomore at Stanford University.
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, Connecticut, U.S. and Luxembourg, won three singles matches at Wimbledon, 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.
2008—Won the Midland, Michigan, U.S. ITF tournament.
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (0-1)
| Winner — Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| WTA Tour Championships |
| Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 |
| Tier II / Premier |
| Tier III, IV & V / International |
Doubles: 5 (2-3)
| Winner — Legend |
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| WTA Tour Championships |
| Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 |
| Tier II / Premier |
| Tier III, IV & V / International |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 19 May 2003 | Strasbourg | Clay |  Jelena Kostanić Tošić |  Sonya Jeyaseelan Maja Matevžič | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 19 February 2005 | Memphis | Hard |  Abigail Spears |  Yuka Yoshida Miho Saeki | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1. | 24 July 2005 | Cincinnati | Hard | Abigail Spears |  Květa Peschke  María Emilia Salerni | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 5 November 2006 | Quebec City | Carpet | Carly Gullickson | Jill Craybas  Alina Jidkova | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | 4 January 2010 | Auckland | Hard |  Natalie Grandin |  Cara Black Liezel Huber | 6–7, 2–6 |