Meredith McGrath Biography

Meredith McGrath (born April 28, 1971) is a former professional tennis player. She was born 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. In the singles she defeated Mana Endo, Amanda Coetzer, Nancy Feber, Katarna Studenkov and Mary Joe Fernandez before losing to Arantxa Snchez Vicario. 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.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 3 (3-0)

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	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, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Brenda Schultz	7-6, 7-6
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 (26-12)

Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 3 Tier II 7 Tier III 5 Tier IV & V 5

Titles by Surface Hard 14 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, Tennessee, USA	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Natalia Medvedeva Leila Meskhi	1-6, 7-6, 7-6
Winner	3.	February 11, 1990	Wichita, Kansas, USA	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	Mary-Lou Daniels Wendy Prausa	6-0, 6-2
Winner	4.	August 12, 1990	Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA	Hard	Anne Smith	Mareen Louie-Harper Wendy Prausa	7-6, 6-4
Runner-up	5.	September 16, 1990	Light 'n' Lively Doubles, USA	Carpet	Manon Bollegraf	Larisa Savchenko Natalia Zvereva	4-6, 1-6
Winner	6.	November 4, 1990	Oakland, California, USA	Carpet	Anne Smith	Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Robin White	2-6, 6-0, 6-4
Winner	7.	November 11, 1990	Oakland, California, USA	Hard	Patty Fendick	Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington	6-1, 6-1
Winner	8.	February 24, 1991	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Anne Smith	Katrina Adams Jill Hetherington	6-1, 6-1
Winner	9.	March 10, 1991	Boca Raton, Florida, USA	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	Claudia Porwik	Janette Husrov Dominique Monami	3-6, 6-2, 7-6
Winner	13.	November 7, 1993	Oakland, California, USA	Carpet	Patty Fendick	Amanda Coetzer Ins Gorrochategui	6-2, 6-0
Winner	14.	January 16, 1994	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Patty Fendick	Jana Novotn Arantxa Snchez Vicario	6-2, 6-3
Runner-up	15.	January 30, 1994	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	Patty Fendick	Gigi Fernndez Natalia Zvereva	3-6, 6-4, 4-6
Winner	16.	February 20, 1994	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Patty Fendick	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	7-6, 6-2
Runner-up	17.	March 20, 1994	Key Biscayne, Florida, USA	Hard	Patty Fendick	Gigi Fernndez 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 Krisine Radford	6-4, 6-1
Winner	20.	August 21, 1994	Canadian Open, Canada	Hard	Arantxa Snchez Vicario	Pam Shriver Liz Smylie	2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Winner	21.	August 28, 1994	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Pam Shriver Liz Smylie	6-2, 6-2
Winner	22.	October 2, 1994	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Patty Fendick	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Savchenko	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	23.	October 9, 1994	Zurich, Switzerland	Carpet	Patty Fendick	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova	6-7, 1-6
Winner	24.	February 9, 1995	Paris, France	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs	6-4, 6-1
Winner	25.	February 26, 1995	Linz, Austria	Carpet	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	Larisa Savchenko	Anna Kournikova Aleksandra Olsza	6-1, 6-1
Winner	28.	October 1, 1995	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Larisa Savchenko	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Caroline Vis	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	29.	October 15, 1995	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Gigi Fernndez Natalia Zvereva	7-5, 1-6 4-6
Winner	30.	October 22, 1995	Brighton, England	Carpet	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Helena Sukov	7-5, 6-1
Runner-up	31.	November 12, 1995	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Carpet	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Helena Sukov	6-4, 3-6, 4-6
Winner	32.	February 25, 1996	Essen, Germany	Carpet	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Helena Sukov	6-4, 3-6, 4-6
Winner	33.	March 3, 1996	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Manon Bollegraf	Rennae Stubbs Helena Sukov	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	34.	March 30, 1996	Key Biscayne, Florida, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Jana Novotn Arantxa Snchez Vicario	4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	35.	April 14, 1996	Amelia Island, Florida, USA	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Snchez Vicario	4-6, 4-6
Winner	36.	May 19, 1996	WTA German Open, Berlin, Germany	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Hingis Helena Sukov	6-1, 5-7, 7-6
Runner-up	37.	July 7, 1996	Wimbledon, England	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Hingis Helena Sukov	7-5, 5-7, 1-6
Runner-up	38.	January 17, 1998	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Katrina Adams	Martina Hingis Helena Sukov	1-6, 2-6

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

Titles by Surface Hard 1 Clay 0 Grass 0 Carpet 0

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

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
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