Natalie Grinham

Natalie Marie Grinham (born 16 March 1978 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) is a professional squash player. During her career, she has won three Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, and finished runner-up at both the World Open and the British Open. She reached the World No. 2 ranking in 2007. She represented Australia in international squash competitions up to 2006. She is married to the Dutch squash player Tommy Berden, and took up Dutch citizenship in February 2008. Both Tommy and Natalie became the first husband and wife team to win a joint championship in squash after winning the respective trophies at the inaugural edition of the Tranzparanz Open in June 2006 which was held in Almere, Netherlands.[2]

Natalie Grinham

Full name	Natalie Marie Grinham[1]
Country	Netherlands  Australia (until February 2008)
Residence	Almere, Netherlands
Born	(1978-03-16) 16 March 1978 Toowoomba, Australia
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Turned Pro	1995
Retired	2014
Plays	Right Handed
Coached by	Allistair McCaw
Racquet used	Dunlop
Women's singles
Highest ranking	No. 2 (February, 2007)
Title(s)	15
Tour final(s)	36
World Open	F (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009)
Medal record Women's squash Representing  Australia World Championships 2004 Kuala Lumpur Singles 2006 Belfast Singles 2007 Madrid Singles 2009 Amsterdam Singles 2005 Hong Kong Singles 2011 Rotterdam Singles World Team Championships 2002 Odense Team 2004 Amsterdam Team 2000 Sheffield Team Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Singles 2006 Melbourne Doubles 2006 Melbourne Mixed doubles 2002 Manchester Doubles Representing  Netherlands World Games 2009 Kaohsiung Singles 2013 Cali Singles
Last updated on: June 2014.

Natalie's older sister Rachael Grinham is also one of the world's leading professional squash players.

Natalie's most significant tournament victory to date came at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, where she represented Australia. She defeated World No. 1 Nicol David in the semi-finals, before going on to beat her sister Rachael in the women's singles final 2–9, 9–6, 9–1, 9–6 to claim the gold medal. She then went on to claim two more gold medals in the doubles competitions – partnering Rachael in the women's doubles, and Joe Kneipp in the mixed doubles. Natalie and Rachael had previously won a women's doubles bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The sisters also won the women's doubles title at the 2004 World Doubles Squash Championships.

Natalie has finished runner-up at the World Open three times. In 2004, she lost in the final to Vanessa Atkinson 9–1, 9–1, 9–5; in 2006 she lost to Nicol David 1–9, 9–7, 3–9, 9–5, 9–2; and in 2007 she lost to sister Rachael 9–4, 10–8, 9–2. She was runner-up at the British Open in 2005, losing in the final to Nicol David 9–6, 9–7, 9–6.

Natalie is married to the Dutch squash player Tommy Berden and has lived in the Netherlands since 1999. She became a Dutch citizen in February 2008. She last represented Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Under the World Squash Federation's current rules, players must wait for three years before becoming eligible to represent a different country. Accordingly, she has represented the Netherlands from 2009 onwards.[3]

Natalie gave birth to her first child, a boy named Kieran, in May 2010. She however made a quick comeback to the game winning the Women's Atwater Cup in Canada, upsetting third seed Joelle King in the final of the WISPA World Tour Silver 20 event in March 2011, less than a year after the birth of her son.[4]