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Rachael Margaret Grinham
Career
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Early years
Grinham was the winner of the World Junior title in 1993 aged 16, she had an opportunity to defend in 1995, but was beaten by Jade Wilson from New Zealand in the final. Around that time she was also part of the Australian Institute of Sport squad.[2] Since joining the WISPA World Tour during 1994, her array of strokes and strong temperament initially took her steadily towards the top 20, a barrier she finally breached in the middle of 1997.[citation needed] She won her first tournament in 1998 when she was 22 years old, beating Tracey Shenton for the Open Toulouse Central in France. She also lost to Tracey Shenton in the same year at the Isostar-Beverwijk tournament, Netherlands. At the Commonwealth Games in 1998 her partnership with Robyn Cooper brought them a silver medal in the Women's Doubles.[citation needed]
1999
Rachael had a good year in 1999 winning the Swiss Open, Germering Open and Indian Open beating Claire Waddell, Sabine Schoene and
2000–2001
Rachael finished 2000 by climbing 6 places in the ranking up to No. 12 in the world. She won two tournaments, Milo National Open beating the future world No. 1
2002–2003
The first half of 2002 did not go well for Rachael until she beat England's Tania Bailey for the Singapore Open. One month later she took the Credit Suisse Privilege Ladies Open, one of the finest squash tournaments in the world beating Natalie Grainger. Rachael and Natalie had won a women's doubles bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She climbed to No. 6 in the world by the end of the year. At the beginning of 2003, she claimed the Vassar College Class of 1932 beating Vicky Botwright. She reached two finals in Helioplis Open and Hurghada International in Egypt but lost both to former world No. 1 and retired player, Carol Owens. Arguably, 2003 British Open was the turning point for the 29-year-old, who pulled off a semi-final upset over the top seed, Carol Owens, then the World No. 1, before beating Cassie Jackman in the final to claim the title for the first time. She ended the year ranked No. 3 in the world.
2004
2004 was far the best year in Rachael's career. She has based herself in
2005
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She held on the top ranking at the beginning of the year. In April, she failed to defend her Texas Open title where she lost to
2006
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2007
Rachael won five titles in 2007 – the Hurghada International and the Alexandria Sporting Club Open in
2010
Due to an injury, Rachael missed some of the 2010 season. However, she stayed in the top five, only moving to slot number 6 at the end of 2011.[3] She was also a part of the Australian team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships.[4]
2012
In September, Rachael dropped out of the WSA Top 10 for the first time in a decade. She was also defeated in the first round by Omneya Abdel Kawy at a Malaysian Open.[3]
2013
During this year Rachael was beaten at a semi-final finish by her younger sister Natalie. After that, she appeared in the Cleveland Classic's first round. She lost in the CIMB KL Open first round, had a second-round finish at the Allam British Open, and won her 32nd title at the Victoria Open.[3]
Personal life
Grinham came out as gay in May 2017. Grinham and her girlfriend, Jenny Duncalf were the first two squash players to publicly come out while still active in professional play.[5]
Her younger sister Natalie Grinham is also a former professional squash player.
World Open
Finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Source:[6]
Outcome | Year | Location | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2005 | Hong Kong | Nicol David | 8–10, 9–2, 9–6, 9–7 |
Winner | 2007 | Madrid, Spain | Natalie Grinham | 9–4, 10–8, 9–2 |
Major World Series final appearances
British Open: 5 finals (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 2003 | Cassie Campion |
9–3, 7–9, 9–2, 9–5 |
Winner | 2004 | Natalie Grainger | 6–9, 9–5, 9–0, 9–3 |
Runner-up | 2006 | Nicol David | 9–4, 9–1, 9–4 |
Winner | 2007 | Nicol David | 7–9, 4–9, 9–3, 10–8, 9–1 |
Winner | 2009 | Madeline Perry | 11–6, 11–5, 12–10 |
Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2006 | Nicol David | 14–12, 11–13, 11–8, 11–8 |
Qatar Classic: 3 finals (0 title, 3 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2004 | Vanessa Atkinson | 9–4, 9–7, 9–6 |
Runner-up | 2009 | Jenny Duncalf | 11–5, 11–3, 11–3 |
Runner-up | 2010 | Nicol David | 11–5, 11–8, 11–9 |
Career statistics
Listed below.
WISPA Titles (27)
All Results for Rachael Grinham in WISPA World's Tour tournament[7][8][9]
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No. | Date | Tournament | Opponent in Final | Score in Final | Minutes Played |
1. | 1 March 1998 | Toulouse Open | Tracey Shenton | Unknown | Unknown |
2. | 7 March 1999 | Swiss Open | Claire Waddell | 9–2, 9–6, 9–3 | Unknown |
3. | 25 April 1999 | Germering Open | Sabine Schoene | 9–2, 5–9, 10–8, 9–7 | Unknown |
4. | 2 December 1999 | Indian Open | Claire Nitch | 9–6, 0–9, 9–5, 9–7 | Unknown |
5. | 16 April 2000 | Milo Open | Nicol David | 9–2, 9–4, 9–6 | Unknown |
6. | 6 August 2000 | Indian Open | Salma Shabana | 9–2, 9–2, 9–1 | 16 min[10] |
7. | 11 February 2001 | Kuala Lumpur Open | Natalie Grinham | 7–9, 0–9 (ret) | Unknown |
8. | 16 March 2001 | DMC Open | Nicol David | 9–4, 9–2, 9–4 | Unknown |
9. | 24 August 2002 | Singapore Open | Tania Bailey | 9–4, 9–1, 9–7 | 29 min[11] |
10. | 22 September 2002 | Hong Kong Open | Natalie Grainger | 9–3, 9–5, 9–7 | 30 min[12] |
11. | 2 February 2003 | Vassar College Open | Vicky Botwright | 9–0, 9–2, 9–4 | Unknown |
12. | 5 October 2003 | British Open | Cassie Jackman | 9–3, 7–9, 9–2, 9–5 | 50 min[13] |
13. | 28 January 2004 | Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Open | Cassie Jackman | 2–9, 9–6, 9–2, 9–5 | 53 min[14] |
14. | 4 April 2004 | Texas Open | Cassie Jackman | 9–5, 9–5, 9–5 | 53 min[15] |
15. | 12 July 2004 | Hurghada International Open | Omneya Abdel Kawy | 9–5, 9–1, 9–4 | 41 min[16] |
16. | 16 September 2004 | Bahrain Classic | Cassie Jackman | 5–9, 9–4, 9–4, 9–2 | 55 min[17] |
17. | 6 November 2004 | British Open (2) | Natalie Grainger | 3–9, 9–5, 9–0, 9–3 | 41 min[18] |
18. | 24 April 2005 | Qatar Airways Challenge Open | Natalie Grainger | 2–9, 10–8, 9–2, 9–2 | 51 min[19] |
19. | 15 May 2005 | Hurghada International Open (2) | Omneya Abdel Kawy | 1–9, 2–9, 9–4, 9–3, 10–8 | 1 h 21 min[20] |
20. | 11 September 2005 | Seattle Open | Vanessa Atkinson | 9–2, 9–2, 9–4 | 40 min[21] |
21. | 23 October 2005 | Hedonism II Open | Omneya Abdel Kawy | 7–9, 9–1, 9–2, 9–4 | 38 min[22] |
22. | 14 October 2006 | Carol Weymuller Open | Natalie Grainger | 6–9, 9–6, 9–1, 1–9, 9–4 | 1 h 10 min[23] |
23. | 13 May 2007 | Hurghada International Open (3) | Omneya Abdel Kawy | 9–4, 9–6, 9–4 | 44 min[24] |
24. | 22 August 2007 | Alexandria Open | Engy Kheirallah | 2–9, 9–3, 9–1, 9–4 | Unknown |
25. | 24 September 2007 | British Open (3) | Nicol David | 7–9, 4–9, 9–3, 10–8, 9–1 | 1 h 27 min[25] |
26. | 6 October 2007 | Vassar College Open | Natalie Grainger | 9–7, 10–8, 6–9, 1–9, 9–6 | 1 h 12 min[26] |
27. | 27 October 2007 | World Open | Natalie Grinham | 9–4, 10–8, 9–2 | 47 min[27] |
Note: (ret) = retired, min = minutes, h = hours
WISPA Tour Finals (Runner-Up) (14)
No. | Date | Tournament | Opponent in Final | Score in Final | Minutes Played |
1. | 22 March 1998 | Isostar Circuit | Tracey Shenton | Unknown | Unknown |
2. | 30 April 2000 | Mexican Open | Sarah Fitz-Gerald | 2–9, 4–9, 6–9 | Unknown |
3. | 18 November 2001 | Grasshopper Cup | Vanessa Atkinson | 6–9, 1–9, 7–9 | Unknown |
4. | 2 June 2003 | Heliopolis Open | Carol Owens | 5–9, 5–9, 4–9 | 44 min[28] |
5. | 9 June 2003 | Hurghada International Open | Carol Owens | 5–9, 1–9, 5–9 | 37 min[29] |
6. | 31 July 2004 | Brunei International | Vanessa Atkinson | 8–10, 5–9, 9–3, 9–2, 10–8 | 1 h 16 min[30] |
7. | 3 December 2004 | Qatar Classic Open | Vanessa Atkinson | 4–9, 7–9, 6–9 | 41 min[31] |
8. | 9 April 2005 | Texas Open | Vanessa Atkinson | 10–9, 9–0, 9–4, 9–3, 9–2 | 1 h 1 min[32] |
9. | 4 December 2005 | World Open | Nicol David | 10–8, 2–9, 6–9, 7–9 | 53 min[33] |
10. | 1 June 2006 | Hurghada International Open | Omneya Abdel Kawy | 6–9, 2–9, 9–7, 9–0, 2–9 | 1 h 15 min[34] |
11. | 9 July 2006 | Qatar Airways Challenge Open | Nicol David | 9–4, 5–9, 0–9, 0–9 | 54 min[35] |
12. | 5 August 2006 | Penang Open | Nicol David | 5–9, 9–6, 5–9, 3–9 | 55 min[36] |
13. | 18 September 2006 | British Open | Nicol David | 4–9, 1–9, 4–9 | 41 min[37] |
14. | 2 September 2007 | Dutch Open | Nicol David | 9–4, 9–1, 9–6 | 34 min[38] |
See also
- List of WISPA number 1 ranked players
- Official Women's Squash World Ranking
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External links
- Rachael Grinham at WISPA (archived)
- Rachael Grinham at WSA (archived)
- Rachael Grinham at Squash Info