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Natalie Grainger

Grainger in 2009
Country	United States
Born	(1977-07-08)July 8, 1977 (age 47) Manchester, England
Residence	Greenwich, Connecticut
Turned pro	1996
Retired	December 2010
Plays	Right Handed
Coached by	Peter Briggs
Racquet used	Harrow
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 2003)
Medal record Women'ssquash Representing South Africa Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Doubles 1998 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles Representing England World Championships 2002 Doha Singles 1999 Seattle Singles 2000 Edinburgh Singles Representingthe United States World Championships 2006 Belfast Singles 2007 Madrid Singles Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Singles 2015 Toronto Doubles 2015 Toronto Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Updated on January 6, 2010.

Natalie Grainger (born 8 July 1977), also known for a period by her former married nameNatalie Pohrer, is a former professional femalesquash player.

Grainger was born inManchester,United Kingdom but raised in South Africa, which she represented in the1998 Commonwealth Games, winning 2 bronze medals. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in June 2003. She was runner-up at theWorld Open in 2002, and at theBritish Open in 2004. She has represented South Africa, England and her adopted home country theUnited States (where she moved to when she married her now ex-husband Eddie Pohrer) in international squash. Her 14-year squash career came to an end when the then United States number one Grainger announced she was retiring in December 2010.^[1]

In 2018, she won her thirdWorld Masters title.

She served as President ofWISPA for many years.

Her mother was British squash champion Jean Grainger.^[1]

Outcome	Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2002	Doha, Qatar	Sarah Fitz-Gerald	10–8, 9–3, 7–9, 9–7

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2004	Rachael Grinham	6–9, 9–5, 9–0, 9–3

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2010	Rachael Grinham	9–3, 9–5, 9–7

Outcome	Year	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2007	Nicol David	9–6, 9–4, 10–9

• List of WISPA number 1 ranked players
• Official Women's Squash World Ranking

• Natalie Grainger atWISPA (archived)
• Natalie Grainger at Squash Info
• Article at Squashtalk.com (February 2002)

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