Natalie Grainger

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

Natalie Grainger

Grainger in 2009
Personal information
Born	(1977-07-08) July 8, 1977 Manchester, England
Sport
Country	United States
Handedness	Right Handed
Turned pro	1996
Coached by	Peter Briggs
Retired	December 2010
Racquet used	Harrow
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 2003)
Medal record Women's squash 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 Representing the 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

Grainger was born in Manchester, United Kingdom but raised in South Africa, which she represented in the 1998 Commonwealth Games, winning 2 bronze medals. 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. Her 14-year squash career came to an end when the then United States number one Grainger announced she was retiring in December 2010.

In 2018, she won her third World Masters title.

She served as President of WISPA for many years.

Her mother was British squash champion Jean Grainger.

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

See also

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

External links

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