Amanda Grahame

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. 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. 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.

ITF finals Legend $75,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments Singles (3–6) OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 28 September 1997 Tokyo, Japan Hard Ryoko Takemura 3–6, 7–5, 4–6Winner 1. 8 March 1998 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Melissa Beadman 4–6, 6–2, 6–1Winner 2. 22 March 1998 Canberra, Australia Grass Eva Krejčová 6–3, 6–4Winner 3. 29 March 1998 Bendigo, Australia Grass Eva Krejčová 6–3, 6–2Runner-up 2. 19 April 1998 Benalla, Australia Clay Mira Lorelei Radu 7–5, 6–7, 6–7Runner-up 3. 28 June 1998 Springfield, United States Hard Alison Cohen 2–6, 3–6Runner-up 4. 29 November 1998 Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Karin Miller 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 5. 19 May 2002 Bromma, Sweden Hard Conchita Martínez Granados 7–6, 3–6, 2–6Runner-up 6. 14 October 2002 Mackay, Australia Hard Chanelle Scheepers 6–7, 5–7 Doubles (3–10) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. Warrnambool, Australia Grass Evie Dominikovic Lorna Woodroffe Joanne Ward 6–4, 4–6, 2–6Runner-up 2. 5 October 1997 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Shiho Hisamatsu Saori Honda Aiko Matsuda 6–2, 1–6, 3–6Runner-up 3. 28 June 1998 Springfield, United States Hard Bryanne Stewart Amanda Augustus Julie Thu 0–6, 0–6Winner 1. 3 August 1998 Lexington, United States Hard Bryanne Stewart Nirupama Sanjeev Yi Jing-Qian 6–4, 1–6, 6–3Runner-up 4. 22 November 1998 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Bryanne Stewart Catherine Barclay Trudi Musgrave 7–5, 5–7, 2–6Winner 2. 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, 6–1Runner-up 5. 23 April 2000 Fresno, United States Hard Evie Dominikovic Rachel McQuillan Lisa McShea 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 6. 30 April 2000 Sarasota, United States Hard Evie Dominikovic Sandra Cacic Meghann Shaughnessy 4–6, 2–6Runner-up 7. 3 December 2000 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Evie Dominikovic Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 8. 10 December 2000 Port Pirie, Australia Hard Evie Dominikovic Nannie de Villiers Annabel Ellwood 6–3, 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 9. 3 July 2001 Vaihingen, Germany Clay Gréta Arn Dája Bedáňová Eva Martincová 6–0, 3–6, 3–6Runner-up 10. 2 December 2001 Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Cindy Watson Evie Dominikovic Samantha Stosur 4–6, 4–6