Amanda Grahame

Amanda Grahame (born 25 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.

Amanda Grahame
Full nameAmanda Grahame
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1979-03-25) 25 March 1979
Canberra, Australia
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$155,971
Singles
Career record164–154
Highest rankingNo. 159 (18 November 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French OpenQ1 (2002)
WimbledonQ1 (2000, 2002)
US OpenQ3 (1998)
Doubles
Career record84–109
Highest rankingNo. 133 (3 May 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1999)
French Open1R (1999)
WimbledonQ1 (2000)
US OpenQ1 (1999)

Biography

Grahame was born in Canberra, one of four daughters of stockbroker Denis and maths teacher Jeanette. Coached by Chris Kachel, Grahame began competing on the professional tour in 1997. She won three ITF Circuit singles titles locally in 1998 as well as the doubles at the $25,000 Lexington event. In 1999 she made the second round of the Australian Open doubles with Bryanne Stewart and played in the main doubles draw of the French Open. At the 2000 Australian Open she competed in the singles draw for the first of three times and lost a close opening round match to Serena Williams.[1] She led the American 4–2 in the first set which she lost, then claimed the second set, but went down 4–6 in the third.[2] Her best performances on the WTA Tour were at the Canberra International. She made the doubles quarter-finals in 2001 with Justine Henin and was a singles semi-finalist as a qualifier in 2002, with wins over Barbara Rittner, Rachel McQuillan and Petra Mandula.[3]

ITF finals
Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (3–6)
Outcome No. Date Location Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 28 September 1997 Tokyo, Japan Hard Japan Ryoko Takemura 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner 1. 8 March 1998 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Australia Melissa Beadman 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner 2. 22 March 1998 Canberra, Australia Grass Czech Republic Eva Krejčová 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 29 March 1998 Bendigo, Australia Grass Czech Republic Eva Krejčová 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 19 April 1998 Benalla, Australia Clay Romania Mira Lorelei Radu 7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up 3. 28 June 1998 Springfield, United States Hard United States Alison Cohen 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 29 November 1998 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard United States Karin Miller 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 19 May 2002 Bromma, Sweden Hard Spain Conchita Martínez Granados 7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 14 October 2002 Mackay, Australia Hard South Africa Chanelle Scheepers 6–7, 5–7

Doubles (3–10)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 24 March 1997 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Australia Evie Dominikovic United Kingdom Lorna Woodroffe
United Kingdom Joanne Ward		 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 5 October 1997 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Shiho Hisamatsu Japan Saori Honda
Japan Aiko Matsuda		 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. 28 June 1998 Springfield, United States Hard Australia Bryanne Stewart United States Amanda Augustus
United States Julie Thu		 0–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 3 August 1998 Lexington, United States Hard Australia Bryanne Stewart India Nirupama Sanjeev
China Yi Jing-Qian		 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up 4. 22 November 1998 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Australia Bryanne Stewart Australia Catherine Barclay
Australia Trudi Musgrave		 7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Winner 2. 12 April 1999 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Hard United Kingdom Karen Cross Australia Louise Pleming
France Catherine Tanvier		 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 3. 28 February 2000 Bendigo, Australia Hard Australia Evie Dominikovic Australia Trudi Musgrave
Australia Bryanne Stewart		 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 23 April 2000 Fresno, United States Hard Australia Evie Dominikovic Australia Rachel McQuillan
Australia Lisa McShea		 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 30 April 2000 Sarasota, United States Hard Australia Evie Dominikovic United States Sandra Cacic
United States Meghann Shaughnessy		 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 3 December 2000 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Australia Evie Dominikovic South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Australia Annabel Ellwood		 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 10 December 2000 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Australia Evie Dominikovic South Africa Nannie de Villiers
Australia Annabel Ellwood		 6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 3 July 2001 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Hungary Gréta Arn Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová
Czech Republic Eva Martincová		 6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 10. 2 December 2001 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Australia Cindy Watson Australia Evie Dominikovic
Australia Samantha Stosur		 4–6, 4–6

References
  1. Dwyre, Bill (19 January 2000). "Serena Williams Survives Against Unheralded Aussie". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  2. "Williams survives scare". BBC News. 18 January 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Canberra - 06 January - 12 January 2002". ITF. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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