Rachael Margaret Grinham[1] (born 22 January 1977 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian former professional squash player.

[2] Since joining the WISPA World Tour during 1994, her array of strokes and strong temperament initially took her steadily towards the top 20, a barrier she finally breached in the middle of 1997.

[citation needed] She won her first tournament in 1998 when she was 22 years old, beating Tracey Shenton for the Open Toulouse Central in France.

At the Commonwealth Games in 1998 her partnership with Robyn Cooper brought them a silver medal in the Women's Doubles.

1 Nicol David and successfully defended her Indian Open title by beating Salma Shabana, the sister of the male current world No.

One month later she took the Credit Suisse Privilege Ladies Open, one of the finest squash tournaments in the world beating Natalie Grainger.

Rachael and Natalie had won a women's doubles bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Arguably, 2003 British Open was the turning point for the 29-year-old, who pulled off a semi-final upset over the top seed, Carol Owens, then the World No.

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

Three months later, she claimed the Hurghada International in Egypt which she lost last year beating the local favourite, Omneya Abdel Kawy.

A month later, she successfully defended her title by defeating local favourite Omneya Abdel Kawy in the Hurghada International final in a 3–2 thriller.

December 2005 saw her reach the final of the 2005 World Open in Hong Kong, only to be beaten by Malaysia's Nicol David.

Nicol David and Vanessa Atkinson pushed her down to number three in the rankings at the start of 2006, but apart from tilting at WISPA Tour titles, she claimed Commonwealth Games Gold in Melbourne early in the year when she teamed up with sister Natalie to win the Women's Doubles title and another family final resulted in a silver medal for her with Natalie taking gold in the singles at the same Games.

In May, she failed to defend her Hurghada International title losing 3–2 to local favourite and 2004 & 2005 finalist, Omneya Abdel Kawy.

Grinham and her girlfriend, Jenny Duncalf were the first two squash players to publicly come out while still active in professional play.

All Results for Rachael Grinham in WISPA World's Tour tournament[7][8][9] Note: (ret) = retired, min = minutes, h = hours