Amanda Grahame

Amanda Grahame
Full name	Amanda Grahame
Country (sports)	Australia
Born	25 March 1979 (age 45); Canberra, Australia
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$155,971
Singles
Career record	164–154
Highest ranking	No. 159 (18 November 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open	Q1 (2002)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2000, 2002)
US Open	Q3 (1998)
Doubles
Career record	84–109
Highest ranking	No. 133 (3 May 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1999)
French Open	1R (1999)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2000)
US Open	Q1 (1999)

Last updated August 15, 2024

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

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	Ryoko Takemura	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	1.	8 March 1998	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Melissa Beadman	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	22 March 1998	Canberra, Australia	Grass	Eva Krejčová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	29 March 1998	Bendigo, Australia	Grass	Eva Krejčová	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	19 April 1998	Benalla, Australia	Clay	Mira Lorelei Radu	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	3.	28 June 1998	Springfield, United States	Hard	Alison Cohen	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	29 November 1998	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Karin Miller	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	19 May 2002	Bromma, Sweden	Hard	Conchita Martínez Granados	7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	14 October 2002	Mackay, Australia	Hard	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	Evie Dominikovic	Lorna Woodroffe Joanne Ward	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	5 October 1997	Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Shiho Hisamatsu	Saori Honda Aiko Matsuda	6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	28 June 1998	Springfield, United States	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	Amanda Augustus Julie Thu	0–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	3 August 1998	Lexington, United States	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	Nirupama Sanjeev Yi Jing-Qian	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	22 November 1998	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Bryanne Stewart	Catherine Barclay Trudi Musgrave	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	12 April 1999	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Hard	Karen Cross	Louise Pleming Catherine Tanvier	6–4, 3–6, 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	3.	28 February 2000	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	Trudi Musgrave Bryanne Stewart	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	23 April 2000	Fresno, United States	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	30 April 2000	Sarasota, United States	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	Sandra Cacic Meghann Shaughnessy	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	3 December 2000	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	8.	10 December 2000	Port Pirie, Australia	Hard	Evie Dominikovic	Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	3 July 2001	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Gréta Arn	Dája Bedáňová Eva Martincová	6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	2 December 2001	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Cindy Watson	Evie Dominikovic Samantha Stosur	4–6, 4–6

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References

↑ 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.
↑ "Williams survives scare". BBC News . 18 January 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
↑ "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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[latimes_2000-01-19-1] 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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