Natalie Grainger

Natalie Grainger
	Grainger in 2009
Country	United States
Residence	Greenwich, Connecticut
Born	July 8, 1977; Manchester, England
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)
Women's squash
Representing South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Representing England
World Championships
Representing the United States
World Championships
Pan American Games
	Last updated on: January 6, 2010.

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

Grainger was born in Manchester, United Kingdom but raised in South Africa, which she represented in the 1998 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze medal. She reached the World No. 1 ranking in June 2003. She was runner-up at the World Open in 2002, and at the British Open in 2004. She has represented South Africa, England and her adopted home country the United States (where she moved to when she married her now ex-husband Eddie Pohrer) in international squash. In 2018, she won her third World Masters title.

She served as President of WISPA for many years.

World Open

Finals: 1 (0 title, 1 runner-up)

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

Major World Series final appearances

British Open: 1 finals (0 title, 1 runner-up)

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

Hong Kong Open: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)

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

Qatar Classic: 1 final (0 title, 1 runner-up)

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

External links

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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Carol Owens	World No. 1 June 2003	Succeeded by Carol Owens

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