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Princeton University Athletics
Granville to Earn Induction to Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame
October 06, 2014 | Women's Tennis
Princeton women's tennis coach Laura Granville is among eight inductees who will take their place in the Stanford University Athletic Hall of Fame in ceremonies this weekend.
Granville and her seven fellow honorees will be recognized at halftime of Stanford's football game Friday night, Oct. 10, and will be fêted at a reception Saturday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. PT at Stanford's Bing Concert Hall.
From Stanford's announcement of the 2014 Hall of Fame class:
Laura Granville '03, women's tennis: A two-time NCAA singles champion, Granville left Stanford in 2001 after her sophomore year to play professional tennis.
During her two years at Stanford, Granville won a NCAA record 58 consecutive singles matches, two NCAA singles titles, one NCAA team title and two ITA Collegiate Indoor singles titles, while compiling a singles win-loss record of 93-3. Both seasons, the Chicago native was honored as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Player of the Year.
Granville achieved WTA Tour career high rankings of #28 in singles and #47 in doubles. She twice reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon, as well as the third round of the US Open, French Open and Australian Open. She recorded wins over Grand Slam champions Marion Bartoli, Martina Hingis, Mary Pierce and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. After nine years on the Tour, Granville returned to Stanford to earn her diploma in history in June, 2012.
After becoming Princeton's head coach in 2012, Granville led Princeton to its first-ever NCAA tournament match win last season, following a 7-0 Ivy League campaign. Princeton ended the 2014 dual-match season with a No. 36 national ranking, matching the team's final standing in 2010 for the program's best season-ending ranking since 1982. Over her first two seasons, Granville has coached Princeton players to six All-Ivy League honors.