Laura Granville
In 2001, Stanford won the women's tennis national team championship, and Granville was also a doubles finalist. She retired in 2010 after seven full years on the WTA Tour and returned to Stanford, where she completed her studies and graduated in 2012. She was inducted into the Stanford University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014. Granville is now in her sixth season as the head coach of the Princeton University women's tennis team. In 2014, the Princeton women's tennis program won the Ivy League title and defeated Arizona State 4–3 to win its first-ever  NCAA tournament match. Career highlights. 1996—Won the Illinois girl's high school tennis state singles championships as a sophomore at The Latin School of Chicago. 1998—Claimed the USTA National Girls' 18 Singles and earned a wildcard into the US Open main draw, losing in the second round (defeating world No. 96 Paola Suárez en route.) 1999—Repeated as the USTA National Girls' 18 Singles and earned a wildcard into the US Open main draw. 2000—Won the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) women's singles championship as a freshman at Stanford University. 2001—Won the Honda Sports Award  as the nation's best female tennis player 2001—Won her second consecutive NCAA singles championship as a sophomore at Stanford University. 2001—Turned professional after her sophomore year and reached three ITF Circuit semifinals. 2002—Won two ITF tournaments, was the runner-up in two ITF tournaments, reached her first-ever WTA Tour quarterfinals in New Haven, U.S. and Luxembourg (beating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the first round), won three singles matches at Wimbledon (including a defeat of Mary Pierce), reached the third round at the tournament in Montreal, and made her top 100 and top 50 debuts. 2007 —Defeated former world No. 1, Martina Hingis, in the third round at Wimbledon to match her career best showing there. Defeated 2013 Wimbledon Champion Marion Bartoli indoors at Memphis. 2008—Won the Midland, Michigan, U.S. ITF tournament.