32 Facts About Rachael Grinham

Rachael Grinham won the World Open in 2007, and the British Open in 2003,2004,2007 and 2009.

Rachael Grinham reached the World No 1 ranking in August 2004 and held it for 16 consecutive months.

Rachael Grinham won her first tournament in 1998 when she was 22 years old, beating Tracey Shenton for the Open Toulouse Central in France.

Rachael Grinham lost to Tracey Shenton in the same year at the Isostar-Beverwijk tournament, Netherlands.

Rachael Grinham had a good year in 1999 winning the Swiss Open, Germering Open and Indian Open beating Claire Waddell, Sabine Schoene and Claire Nitch respectively.

Rachael Grinham ended the year ranked No 18 on the WISPA Tour.

Rachael Grinham finished 2000 by climbing 6 places in the ranking up to No 12 in the world.

Rachael Grinham won two tournaments, Milo National Open beating the future world No 1 Nicol David and successfully defended her Indian Open title by beating Salma Shabana, the sister of the male current world No 1 Amr Shabana.

Rachael Grinham climbed 4 places in 2001 to No 8 in the world.

Rachael Grinham climbed to No 6 in the world by the end of the year.

Rachael Grinham reached two finals in Helioplis Open and Hurghada International in Egypt but lost both to former world No 1 and retired player, Carol Owens.

Rachael Grinham ended the year ranked No 3 in the world.

Rachael Grinham has based herself in Cairo for a few years and it had proved to be a great place to hone her game.

Rachael Grinham may be slight in stature, but there is no doubting her tenaciousness, which saw her become world number one in August 2004.

Rachael Grinham started the year by claiming the Kuwait Open, the richest squash event in the world, by beating top seed Cassie Jackman.

Rachael Grinham reached the final of Brunei International but lost to Vanessa Atkinson.

Rachael Grinham continued her run by beating Cassie Jackman again for the Bahrain Classic Title.

Rachael Grinham retained her British Open title by beating Natalie Grainger.

Rachael Grinham lost again to Vanessa Atkinson in the final of the Qatar Classic Open.

At the World Doubles Squash Championships, Rachael Grinham won the women's doubles title in 2004, and the mixed doubles title in 2004.

Rachael Grinham held on the top ranking at the beginning of the year.

Rachael Grinham took sweet revenge from Vanessa Atkinson beating her for the PMI Women's Open title.

Rachael Grinham lost her British Open title suffering a loss to Nicol David in semi-finals.

Rachael Grinham beat Omneya Abdel Kawy again for the Hedonism title in Jamaica.

Rachael Grinham finished the year at No 2 ahead of Vanessa Atkinson.

At the World Doubles Squash Championships, Rachael Grinham won the mixed doubles title 2006.

Finally, in October 2006 Rachael Grinham broke her run of being beaten in WISPA Tour finals when after a run of four defeats she triumphed at the Weymuller US Open beating Natalie Grainger.

Rachael Grinham suffered another two losses to Nicol David in the semi-finals of the CPS Hong Kong Open and the World Open.

Rachael Grinham was a part of the Australian team that won the gold medal at the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships.

Rachael Grinham was defeated in the first round by Omneya Abdel Kawy at a Malaysian Open.

Rachael Grinham lost in the CIMB KL Open first round, had a second-round finish at the Allam British Open, and won her 32nd title at the Victoria Open.

Rachael Grinham's younger sister Natalie Grinham is a former professional squash player.