Meredith McGrath
Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988. In her eight year professional career Meredith achieved career-high world rankings of #18 in singles and #4 in doubles. She notched victories over such players as Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova, Jana Novotna, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, and Gigi Fernandez. The pinnacle of her career came in reaching the singles semi-finals and doubles finals at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. An injury the week prior to the 1996 Wimbledon Championships eventually ended her career. Meredith won the 1995 U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Championship (she was runner-up in 1989) and was the runner-up in the 1994 Australian Open Doubles Championship. Meredith won three WTA singles titles: Oklahoma City and Eastbourne in 1994 and Birmingham in 1996, 25 doubles titles. She retired with a 140–83 record in singles and a 189–40 record in doubles. Meredith was recognized by Tennis Magazine as the WTA Comeback Player of the Year as she overcame near career-ending injuries to having her most successful competitive season in 1996. In 1994 she received the WTA Tour Comeback Player of the Year.
Meredith played her collegiate tennis at Stanford University where she, during her only collegiate season, earned All-American honors in both singles and doubles after having achieved year-end rankings of #2 in singles and #1 in doubles (undefeated). Meredith had maintained #1 rankings in both singles and doubles during her freshman year until a loss at the NCAA Championships. Meredith turned pro after her freshman year, but returned to Stanford to earn her degree in 2000 after injuries forced her early retirement. In 1990, Meredith was awarded the Block S Award for the Most Outstanding Freshman Athlete at Stanford and with her doubles partner, Teri Whitlinger, was named the Volvo Tennis/Tennis Magazine Doubles Team of the Year. Meredith is also a 2012 inductee into the prestigious Stanford Hall of Fame.
Meredith is also a member of the USTA Midwest Hall of Fame and the USTA NorCal Hall of Fame.
As the #1 ranked junior player in the world, McGrath won a total of 19 national and international junior titles. She captured the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Title and Wimbledon Junior Doubles Title with Jennifer Capriati in 1989, and won the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Title with Kim Po in 1987 and 1988. Meredith was the runner-up in the 1988 Wimbledon Junior Singles championship. A three-time national All-American in high school, Meredith won three Michigan High School Division A State Championships. She also received six USTA National Championship Sportsmanship Awards.
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[edit] WTA Tour finals
[edit] Singles 3 (3–0)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 1 |
Tier III | 2 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 20 February 1994 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | Hard | Brenda Schultz | 7–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 2. | 18 June 1994 | Eastbourne, England | Grass | Linda Harvey-Wild | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 16 June 1996 | Birmingham, England | Grass | Nathalie Tauziat | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
[edit] Doubles 38 (26–12)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 3 |
Tier II | 7 |
Tier III | 5 |
Tier IV & V | 5 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 14 |
Clay | 2 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 10 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
Runner-up | 1. | 18 June 1989 | Birmingham, England | Grass | Pam Shriver | Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva |
5–7, 7–5, 0–6 |
Winner | 2. | 12 November 1989 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | Hard | Manon Bollegraf | Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi |
1–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
Winner | 3. | 11 February 1990 | Wichita, Kansas, USA | Hard | Manon Bollegraf | Mary-Lou Daniels Wendy Prausa |
6–0, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 12 August 1990 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA | Hard | Anne Smith | Mareen Louie-Harper Wendy Prausa |
7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 5. | 16 September 1990 | Light 'n' Lively Doubles, USA | Carpet | Manon Bollegraf | Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 4 November 1990 | Oakland, California, USA | Carpet | Anne Smith | Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Robin White |
2–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
Winner | 7. | 11 November 1990 | Oakland, California, USA | Hard | Patty Fendick | Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 24 February 1991 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | Hard | Anne Smith | Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 9. | 10 March 1991 | Boca Raton, Florida, USA | Hard | Samantha Smith | Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Natalia Zvereva |
4–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up | 10. | 18 April 1993 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Patty Fendick | Cammy Macgregor Catherine Suire |
3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 11. | 25 April 1993 | Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia | Hard | Patty Fendick | Nicole Arendt Kristine Radford |
6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 12. | 17 October 1993 | Montpellier, France | Carpet | Claudia Porwik | Janette Husárová Dominique Monami |
3–6, 6–2, 7–6 |
Winner | 13. | 7 November 1993 | Oakland, California, USA | Carpet | Patty Fendick | Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui |
6–2, 6–0 |
Winner | 14. | 16 January 1994 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Patty Fendick | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 30 January 1994 | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | Patty Fendick | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
Winner | 16. | 20 February 1994 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA | Hard | Patty Fendick | Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf |
7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 17. | 20 March 1994 | Key Biscayne, Florida, USA | Hard | Patty Fendick | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 18. | 17 April 1994 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Patty Fendick | Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi |
7–6, 3–6, 6–3 |
Winner | 19. | 24 April 1994 | Singapore | Hard | Patty Fendick | Nicole Arendt Krisine Radford |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 20. | 21 August 1994 | Canadian Open, Canada | Hard | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Pam Shriver Liz Smylie |
2–6, 6–2, 64 |
Winner | 21. | 28 August 1994 | Schenectady, New York, USA | Hard | Larisa Savchenko | Pam Shriver Liz Smylie |
6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 22. | 2 October 1994 | Leipzig, Germany | Carpet | Patty Fendick | Manon Bollegraf Larisa Savchenko |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 23. | 9 October 1994 | Zurich, Switzerland | Carpet | Patty Fendick | Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova |
6–7, 1–6 |
Winner | 24. | l9 February 1995 | Paris, France | Hard | Larisa Savchenko | Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs |
6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 25. | 26 February 1995 | Linz, Austria | Carpet | Nathalie Tauziat | Iva Majoli Petra Schwarz |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 26. | 27 May 1995 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs |
6–2, 7–6 |
Winner | 27. | 23 September 1995 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet | Larisa Savchenko | Anna Kournikova Aleksandra Olsza |
6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 28. | 1 October 1995 | Leipzig, Germany | Carpet | Larisa Savchenko | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Caroline Vis |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 29. | 15 October 1995 | Filderstadt, Germany | Hard | Larisa Savchenko | Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva |
7–5, 1–6 4–6 |
Winner | 30. | 22 October 1995 | Brighton, England | Carpet | Larisa Savchenko | Lori McNeil Helena Suková |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 31. | 12 November 1995 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Carpet | Larisa Savchenko | Lori McNeil Helena Suková |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 32. | 25 February 1996 | Essen, Germany | Carpet | Larisa Savchenko | Lori McNeil Helena Suková |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 33. | 3 March 1996 | Linz, Austria | Carpet | Manon Bollegraf | Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 34. | 30 March 1996 | Key Biscayne, Florida, USA | Hard | Larisa Savchenko | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 35. | 14 April 1996 | Amelia Island, Florida, USA | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 36. | 19 May 1996 | WTA German Open, Berlin, Germany | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Martina Hingis Helena Suková |
6–1, 5–7, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 37. | 7 July 1996 | Wimbledon, England | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Martina Hingis Helena Suková |
7–5, 5–7, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 38. | 17 January 1998 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Katrina Adams | Martina Hingis Helena Suková |
1–6, 2–6 |
[edit] Mixed doubles 2 (1–1)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 1 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 1 |
Clay | 0 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in Final | Score in Final |
Runner-up | 1. | 10 September 1989 | US Open, USA | Hard | Rick Leach | Shelby Cannon Robin White |
6–3, 2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 2. | 10 September 1995 | US Open, USA | Hard | Matt Lucena | Cyril Suk Gigi Fernández |
6–4, 6–4 |
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