# Annelize Naudé

Annelize Naudé (born 1 January 1977) is a Dutch former professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in January 2006, and won five WISPA tour titles as well as having been the runner-up nine times since 1996. She retired as a professional player in 2010.

## Professional career

Naudé's international squash career began in 1996; her world ranking after her first year was No. 53. She climbed up the rankings to No. 36 two years later, but her rankings then fell to a career low of No. 86 in May 2000. Her ranking rose again to No. 25 in late 2001, and she reached No. 20 a year later. She achieved her career best ranking of No. 13 four years later, in January 2006.
Naudé reached her first final in an international tournament in 1999 in the Danish Open, but she was subsequently defeated by Pamela Nimmo. Naudé won her first professional title in 2002, also in the Danish Open, when she beat Senga Macfie in the final which lasts in five sets 3–9, 4–9, 9–5, 9–3, 9–4. She then had to wait for two years for her second title, this time in the Swiss Open, beating Laura-Jane Lengthorn in the final. Naudé then lost to former world No. 1 Vanessa Atkinson in the final of Mexican Open.
Naudé appeared in her 12th WISPA World Tour final at the Internationaux de Creteil in France; she then won the match by beating England’s Lauren Siddall to her fourth title of her career.

## Personal life

Naudé grew up in South Africa before moving to the Netherlands. She was based at Kempton Park Country Club, and was coached in her early days by Phillip Schelbusch and Jean Grainger, which took her to national titles at various junior levels before she moved to Amsterdam and eventually took on Dutch nationality and become a fixture in their national team.
Annelize is currently busy following her other passion in life, music. Since retiring from squash at the end of 2010, she is a qualified audio engineer and well established dj.

## Career statistics

Listed as the following:-

### Professional Tour Titles (5)

All Results for Annelize Naudé in WISPA World's Tour tournament
* Legend
* WISPA Platinum Series (0)
* WISPA Gold Series (0)
* WISPA Silver Series (0)
* WISPA Tour Series (5)
* Titles by Major Tournaments
* World Open (0)
* British Open (0)
* Hong Kong Open (0)
* Qatar Classic (0)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 20 February 2002 | Danish Open | Senga Macfie | 3–9, 4–9, 9–5, 9–3, 9–4 |
| 2. | 14 March 2004 | Swiss Open | Laura-Jane Lengthorn | 9–6, 9–5, 9–7 |
| 3. | 24 February 2008 | De Creteil | Lauren Siddall | 9–2, 8–10, 9–3, 9–4 |
| 4. | 15 March 2009 | Eindhoven Open | Victoria Lust | 11–2, 11–2, 11–6 |
| 5. | 19 September 2009 | Squashshine Open | Kanzy Emad El Defrawy | 13–15, 11–6, 11–8, 11–6 |

### WISPA Tour Finals (runner-up) (9)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 21 February 1999 | Danish Open | Pamela Nimmo | 5–9, 10–8, 9–2, 9–7 |
| 2. | 29 October 2000 | Springside Open | Carol Owens | 9–1, 9–2, 9–2 |
| 3. | 17 June 2001 | Singapore Open | Shelley Kitchen | 9–7, 9–4, 9–2 |
| 4. | 8 March 2004 | Finnish Open | Tegwen Malik | 9–2, 9–5, 9–6 |
| 5. | 5 September 2004 | Mexican Open | Vanessa Atkinson | 9–4, 9–1, 9–2 |
| 6. | 6 February 2005 | Kuala Lumpur Open | Nicol David | 9–4, 9–2, 9–0 |
| 7. | 16 April 2005 | Irish Open | Madeline Perry | 9–4, 2–9, 7–9, 9–4, 9–6 |
| 8. | 3 July 2007 | NSC Super Satellite No. 2 | Rebecca Chiu | 10–8, 9–2, 9–1 |
| 9. | 16 December 2009 | Flowerbulb Open | Emma Beddoes | 11–8, 11–2, 11–6 |