Meredith McGrath

Meredith McGrath
Country (sports)	United States
Born	April 28, 1971; Midland, Michigan
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$1,448,132
Singles
Career record	130–98
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 18 (July 22, 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1994)
French Open	2R (1995)
Wimbledon	SF (1996)
US Open	2R (1993, 1994)
Doubles
Career record	255–84
Career titles	25
Highest ranking	No. 5 (October 10, 1994)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1994)
French Open	SF (1996)
Wimbledon	F (1996)
US Open	QF (1994)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1996)
French Open	SF (1994)
Wimbledon	QF (1994)
US Open	W (1995)

Meredith McGrath (born April 28, 1971) is a former professional tennis player.

She was born in Midland, Michigan, and made her debut on the WTA Tour in 1988. In her eight-year professional career, Meredith achieved career-high world rankings of No. 18 in singles and No. 5 in doubles. She notched victories over such players as Martina Navratilova, Martina Hingis, Anna Kournikova, Jana Novotna, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, and Gigi Fernandez, and Mary Jo Fernandez. The pinnacle of her career came in reaching the singles semifinals and doubles finals at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships. In the singles, she defeated Mana Endo, Amanda Coetzer, Nancy Feber, Katarína Studeníková and Mary Joe Fernandez before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. An injury two weeks prior to the 1996 Wimbledon Championships eventually ended her career. Meredith won the 1995 US 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, and 25 doubles titles. 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 was awarded 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 No. 2 in singles and No. 1 in doubles (undefeated). Meredith had maintained No. 1 rankings in both singles and doubles during her freshman year until a loss at the NCAA Championships. Meredith turned professional 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. She is also a member of the USTA Midwest Hall of Fame and the USTA NorCal Hall of Fame.

As the No. 1 ranked junior player in the world, McGrath won a total of 19 national and international junior titles. She captured the US Open Junior Doubles title and Wimbledon Junior Doubles title with Jennifer Capriati in 1989, and won the US Open Junior Doubles title with Kimberly 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.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3–0)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	1
Tier III	2
Tier IV & V	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	February 20, 1994	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard	Brenda Schultz	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	2.	June 18, 1994	Eastbourne, England	Grass	Linda Harvey-Wild	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	June 16, 1996	Birmingham, England	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	2–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 38 (25–13)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
Tier I	2
Tier II	11
Tier III	6
Tier IV & V	6

Titles by surface
Hard	13
Clay	2
Grass	0
Carpet	10

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	June 18, 1989	Birmingham, England	Grass	Pam Shriver	Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	5–7, 7–5, 0–6
Winner	2.	November 12, 1989	Nashville, United States	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi	1–6, 7–6, 7–6
Winner	3.	February 11, 1990	Wichita, United States	Hard (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Mary-Lou Daniels Wendy Prausa	6–0, 6–2
Winner	4.	August 12, 1990	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Anne Smith	Mareen Louie-Harper Wendy Prausa	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	September 16, 1990	Orlando, United States	Carpet (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	November 4, 1990	Oakland, United States	Carpet (i)	Anne Smith	Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Robin White	2–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner	7.	November 11, 1990	Oakland, United States	Hard	Patty Fendick	Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington	6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	February 24, 1991	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard (i)	Anne Smith	Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	March 10, 1991	Boca Raton, United States	Hard	Samantha Smith	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Natalia Zvereva	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	10.	April 18, 1993	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Patty Fendick	Cammy Macgregor Catherine Suire	3–6, 6–7
Winner	11.	April 25, 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia	Hard	Patty Fendick	Nicole Arendt Kristine Radford	6–4, 7–6
Winner	12.	October 17, 1993	Montpellier, France	Carpet (i)	Claudia Porwik	Janette Husárová Dominique Monami	3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner	13.	November 7, 1993	Oakland, United States	Carpet (i)	Patty Fendick	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6–2, 6–0
Winner	14.	January 16, 1994	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Patty Fendick	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	15.	January 30, 1994	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Patty Fendick	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	16.	February 20, 1994	Oklahoma City, United States	Hard (i)	Patty Fendick	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	17.	March 20, 1994	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Patty Fendick	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	3–6, 1–6
Winner	18.	April 17, 1994	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Patty Fendick	Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	19.	April 24, 1994	Singapore	Hard	Patty Fendick	Nicole Arendt Kristine Radford	6–4, 6–1
Winner	20.	August 21, 1994	Rogers Cup, Canada	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Pam Shriver Liz Smylie	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	21.	August 28, 1994	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Pam Shriver Liz Smylie	6–2, 6–2
Winner	22.	October 2, 1994	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (i)	Patty Fendick	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	October 9, 1994	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Patty Fendick	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova	6–7, 1–6
Winner	24.	February 9, 1995	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 6–1
Winner	25.	February 26, 1995	Generali Ladies Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Iva Majoli Petra Schwarz	6–1, 6–2
Winner	26.	May 27, 1995	Edinburgh, Scotland	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 7–6
Winner	27.	September 23, 1995	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Anna Kournikova Aleksandra Olsza	6–1, 6–1
Winner	28.	October 1, 1995	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Caroline Vis	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	29.	October 15, 1995	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Gigi Fernández Natalia Zvereva	7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	30.	October 22, 1995	Brighton, England	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	31.	November 12, 1995	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	32.	February 25, 1996	Essen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	33.	March 3, 1996	Generali Ladies Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Manon Bollegraf	Rennae Stubbs Helena Suková	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	34.	March 30, 1996	Key Biscayne, United States	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	35.	April 14, 1996	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 4–6
Winner	36.	May 19, 1996	Berlin, Germany	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	6–1, 5–7, 7–6
Runner-up	37.	July 7, 1996	Wimbledon, England	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	7–5, 5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	38.	January 17, 1998	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Katrina Adams	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	1–6, 2–6

Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 10, 1989	US Open	Hard	Rick Leach	Shelby Cannon Robin White	6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	September 10, 1995	US Open	Hard	Matt Lucena	Cyril Suk Gigi Fernández	6–4, 6–4

ITF Finals

Singles Finals (1-3)

$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	18 July 1988	Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Tammy Whittington	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	6 February 1989	Midland, United States	Hard	Shaun Stafford	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	28 January 1991	Midland, United States	Hard	Helen Kelesi	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	6 February 1994	Midland, United States	Hard	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	2–6, 0–1 Ret.

Doubles Finals (2-3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 February 1989	Midland, United States	Hard	Shaun Stafford	Kim Il-soon Lee Jeong-myung	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	28 January 1991	Midland, United States	Hard	Anne Smith	Katrina Adams Helen Kelesi	5–7, 5–7
Winner	3.	27 January 1992	Midland, United States	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Helen Kelesi Caroline Vis	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	1 February 1993	Midland, United States	Hard	Patty Fendick	Jean Ceniza Caroline Delisle	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	27 October 1997	Austin, United States	Hard	Debbie Graham	Park Sung-hee Miho Saeki	4–6, 7–5, 2–6

Grand Slam doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	3R	SF	A	1R	0 / 4	11–4
French Open	A	A	A	QF	A	1R	3R	3R	SF	A	A	0 / 5	11–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	A	A	2R	3R	SF	F	A	A	0 / 6	13–6
US Open	1R	2R	1R	A	A	3R	QF	3R	A	A	A	0 / 6	8–6
Win–Loss	0–1	1–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	3–3	12–4	10–4	13–3	0–0	0–1	0 / 21	43–21

External links

Meredith McGrath at the Women's Tennis Association
Meredith McGrath at the International Tennis Federation

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