Age: 53
Natasha Zvereva
Age: 53
Natasha Zvereva, or Zverava, (born Natalla Marataŭna Zvierava; Belarusian: Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; 16 April 1971) is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. The team of Zvereva and Gigi Fernández won more women's doubles titles and Grand Slam women's doubles championships than any other team since that of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.
On 12 July 2010, Zvereva was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside Fernández.
Playing style
Zvereva used a baseline, counter-punching style centered around topspin and her double-handed backhand. She had great hands, used a variety of spins, and was willing to rush the net and volley. Though Zvereva's talent was never in doubt, she often suffered from lapses in concentration during matches and in her confidence as a singles player.
Career
As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 2-6, 6-2, 9-7. Zvereva also won the US Open girls singles championship in 1987, beating Sandra Birch in the final 6-0, 6-3.
After turning pro, Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles. Eighteen of them were in Grand Slam tournaments: five at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, five at the French Open, and four at the Australian Open. She won those Grand Slam doubles titles with four different partners: Gigi Fernández, Martina Hingis, Pam Shriver, and Larisa Savchenko Neiland. She achieved non-calendar year Grand Slams twice: in 1992-93 with Fernández and in 1996-97 with Fernández (three tournaments) and Hingis (Australia).
In addition to her Grand Slam doubles titles, Zvereva teamed with Meskhi to win a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Zvereva's best achievement in singles was in 1988 when, at age of 17, she beat second ranked Navratilova in the fourth round and sixth seeded Helena Suková in the quarterfinals en route to the final of the French Open. In the semifinals, Zvereva saved two match points against Nicole Bradtke before winning 6-3, 6-7, 7-5. In the final, she lost to Steffi Graf 6-0, 6-0 in only 34 minutes (the shortest and most one-side Grand Slam final ever), who went on to win all four Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal that year. Zvereva is one of the few players to have beaten both Graf and Monica Seles in the same Grand Slam singles tournament. At Wimbledon in 1998, Zvereva defeated the fourth seeded Graf in the third round 6-4, 7-5 and the sixth seeded Seles in a quarterfinal 7-6(4), 6-2. Starting with the French Open in 1987 and extending through Wimbledon in 2000, Zvereva played in 51 of the 54 Grand Slam singles tournaments held during that period.
In addition to her Grand Slam women's doubles titles, Zvereva twice won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. She partnered with Jim Pugh to win the title in 1990 and with Rick Leach in 1995.
Zvereva retired from professional tennis in 2003. Her last appearance in a Grand Slam Tournament was in Wimbledon 2002, where she lost on the first round to Marlene Weingärtner 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. She played in the invitational doubles event in 2007.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1988 | French Open | Clay | Steffi Graf | 6-0, 6-0 |
Doubles: 31 (18 titles, 13 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini |
6-3, 1-6, 12-10 |
Winner | 1989 | French Open | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini |
6-4, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 1989 | Wimbledon | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Jana Novotná Helena Suková |
6-1, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 1990 | French Open | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Jana Novotná Helena Suková |
6-4, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 1991 | French Open | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná |
6-4, 6-0 |
Winner | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná |
6-4, 3-6, 6-4 |
Winner | 1991 | US Open | Hard | Pam Shriver | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
6-4, 4-6, 7-6(7-5) |
Winner | 1992 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-3, 6-2 |
Winner | 1992 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
6-4, 6-1 |
Winner | 1992 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
7-6(7-4), 6-1 |
Winner | 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie |
6-4, 6-3 |
Winner | 1993 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
6-3, 7-5 |
Winner | 1993 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
6-4, 6-7(9-11), 6-4 |
Winner | 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath |
6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
Winner | 1994 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond |
6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 1994 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-4, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 1995 | Australian Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-3, 6-7(3-7), 6-4 |
Winner | 1995 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-7(6-8), 6-4, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 1995 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
5-7, 7-5, 6-4 |
Winner | 1995 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Brenda Schultz Rennae Stubbs |
7-5, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 1996 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernandez |
6-2, 6-1 |
Winner | 1996 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
1-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
Winner | 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | Martina Hingis | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond |
6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 1997 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Mary Joe Fernandez Lisa Raymond |
6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 1997 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf |
7-6(7-4), 6-4 |
Runner-up | 1997 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 1998 | Australian Open | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić |
6-4, 2-6, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 1998 | French Open | Clay | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-1, 7-6(7-4) |
Runner-up | 1998 | Wimbledon | Grass | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-3, 3-6, 8-6 |
Runner-up | 1998 | US Open | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-3, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 1999 | Australian Open | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova |
7-5, 6-3 |
Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1990 | Australian Open | Hard | Jim Pugh | Zina Garrison Rick Leach |
4-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 1990 | US Open | Hard | Jim Pugh | Elizabeth Smylie Todd Woodbridge |
6-4, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jim Pugh | Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald |
7-6(7-4), 6-2 |
Winner | 1995 | Australian Open | Hard | Rick Leach | Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk |
7-6(7-4), 6-7(3-7), 6-4 |
Olympics
Doubles: 1 medal (1 bronze medal)
Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 1992 | Barcelona | Clay | Leila Meskhi (EUN) | Tied | DNP |
Meskhi and Zvereva lost in the semi-finals to Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández 6-4, 7-5. In 1992, there was no bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semi-final pairs received bronze medals.
Year-end Championships finals
Doubles: 6 finals (3 titles, 3 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1988 | New York City | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 1989 | New York City | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
6-3, 6-2 |
Winner | 1993 | New York City | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-3, 7-5 |
Winner | 1994 | New York City | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-3, 6-7(4-7), 6-3 |
Runner-up | 1995 | New York City | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-2, 6-1 |
Winner | 1998 | New York City | Carpet (I) | Lindsay Davenport | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
6-7(6-8), 7-5, 6-3 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 19 (4-15)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 3 November 1986 | Little Rock | Carpet (I) | Kathy Rinaldi | 6-4, 6-7(7-9), 6-0 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2 November 1987 | Little Rock | Hard | Sandra Cecchini | 0-6, 6-1, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 9 November 1987 | Chicago | Carpet (I) | Martina Navratilova | 6-1, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 23 May 1988 | French Open | Clay | Steffi Graf | 6-0, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 5. | 13 June 1988 | Eastbourne | Grass | Martina Navratilova | 6-2, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 6. | 15 August 1988 | Montreal | Hard | Gabriela Sabatini | 6-1, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 31 October 1988 | Worcester | Carpet (I) | Martina Navratilova | 6-7(4-7), 6-4, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 3 April 1989 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Steffi Graf | 6-1, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 9. | 9 October 1989 | Moscow | Carpet (I) | Gretchen Magers | 6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 1. | 1 January 1990 | Brisbane | Hard | Rachel McQuillan | 6-4, 6-0 |
Winner | 2. | 8 January 1990 | Sydney | Hard | Barbara Paulus | 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 10. | 10 June 1991 | Birmingham | Grass | Martina Navratilova | 6-4, 7-6(8-6) |
Runner-up | 11. | 11 October 1993 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | Mary Pierce | 6-3, 6-3 |
Winner | 3. | 7 February 1994 | Chicago | Carpet (I) | Chanda Rubin | 6-3, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 12. | 11 March 1994 | Key Biscayne | Hard | Steffi Graf | 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 13. | 28 March 1994 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Conchita Martínez | 6-4, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 14. | 3 October 1994 | Zürich | Hard (I) | Magdalena Maleeva | 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 15. | 27 February 1995 | Indian Wells | Hard | Mary Joe Fernández | 6-4, 6-3 |
Winner | 4. | 14 June 1999 | Eastbourne | Grass | Nathalie Tauziat | 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 |
Doubles: 129 (80-49)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 6 June 1988 | Birmingham | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Leila Meskhi Svetlana Parkhomenko |
6-4, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 1. | 20 June 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini |
6-3, 1-6, 12-10 |
Winner | 2. | 24 October 1988 | Indianapolis | Hard (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Katrina Adams Zina Garrison |
6-2, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 2. | 7 November 1988 | Chicago | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen |
6-4, 3-6, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 3. | 14 November 1988 | Virginia Slims Championships | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 13 February 1989 | Washington, D.C. | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Betsy Nagelsen Pam Shriver |
6-2, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 5. | 20 February 1989 | Oakland | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington |
7-5, 3-6, 6-2 |
Winner | 3. | 10 April 1989 | Amelia Island | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
7-6(7-4), 2-6, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 6. | 22 May 1989 | Geneva | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil |
2-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 4. | 29 May 1989 | French Open | Clay | Larisa Savchenko | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini |
6-4, 6-4 |
Winner | 5. | 12 June 1989 | Birmingham | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Meredith McGrath Pam Shriver |
7-5, 5-7, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 7. | 26 June 1989 | Wimbledon | Grass | Larisa Savchenko | Jana Novotná Helena Suková |
6-1, 6-2 |
Winner | 6. | 9 October 1989 | Moscow | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 7. | 6 November 1989 | Chicago | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Jana Novotná Helena Suková |
6-3, 2-6, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 13 November 1989 | Virginia Slims Championships | Carpet (I) | Larisa Savchenko | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
6-3, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 9. | 8 January 1990 | Sydney | Hard | Larisa Neiland | Jana Novotná Helena Suková |
6-3, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 10. | 2 April 1990 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Mercedes Paz | Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-2, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 11. | 28 May 1990 | French Open | Clay | Larisa Neiland | Jana Novotná Helena Suková |
6-4, 7-5 |
Winner | 8. | 11 June 1990 | Birmingham | Grass | Larisa Neiland | Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers |
3-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
Winner | 9. | 18 June 1990 | Eastbourne | Grass | Larisa Neiland | Patty Fendick Zina Garrison |
6-4, 6-3 |
Winner | 10. | 12 September 1990 | Orlando | Carpet (I) | Larisa Neiland | Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath |
6-4, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 12. | 22 October 1990 | Brighton | Carpet (I) | Jo Durie | Helena Suková Nathalie Tauziat |
6-1, 6-4 |
Winner | 11. | 4 March 1991 | Boca Raton | Hard | Larisa Neiland | Meredith McGrath Anne Smith |
6-4, 7-6(7-3) |
Runner-up | 13. | 28 March 1991 | Tarpon Springs | Clay | Larisa Neiland | Gigi Fernández Helena Suková |
4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7-3) |
Winner | 12. | 1 April 1991 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | Mary-Lou Daniels Lise Gregory |
6-4, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 14. | 8 April 1991 | Amelia Island | Clay | Mercedes Paz | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková |
4-6, 6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 13. | 13 May 1991 | Berlin | Clay | Larisa Neiland | Nicole Provis Elna Reinach |
6-3, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 15. | 27 May 1991 | French Open | Clay | Larisa Neiland | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná |
6-4, 6-0 |
Winner | 14. | 17 June 1991 | Eastbourne | Grass | Larisa Neiland | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná |
2-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
Winner | 15. | 24 June 1991 | Wimbledon | Grass | Larisa Neiland | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná |
6-4, 3-6, 6-4 |
Winner | 16. | 5 August 1991 | Toronto | Hard | Larisa Neiland | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková |
1-6, 7-5, 6-2 |
Winner | 17. | 12 August 1991 | Los Angeles | Hard | Larisa Neiland | Gretchen Magers Robin White |
6-1, 2-6, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 16. | 19 August 1991 | Washington, D.C. | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
5-7, 6-1, 7-6(12-10) |
Winner | 18. | 26 August 1991 | US Open | Hard | Pam Shriver | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-4, 4-6, 7-6(7-5) |
Runner-up | 17. | 14 October 1991 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | Pam Shriver | Martina Navratilova Jana Novotná |
6-2, 5-7, 6-4 |
Winner | 19. | 22 October 1991 | Brighton | Carpet (I) | Pam Shriver | Zina Garrison Lori McNeil |
6-1, 6-2 |
Winner | 20. | 2 March 1992 | Boca Raton | Hard | Larisa Neiland | Conchita Martínez Linda Wild |
6-2, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 18. | 26 March 1992 | Wesley Chapel | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-4, 6-2 |
Winner | 21. | 30 March 1992 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-4, 6-2 |
Winner | 22. | 6 April 1992 | Amelia Island | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Zina Garrison Jana Novotná |
6-1, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 19. | 11 May 1992 | Berlin | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
7-6(7-5), 4-6, 7-5 |
Winner | 23. | 25 May 1992 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-3, 6-2 |
Winner | 24. | 22 June 1992 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-4, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 20. | 17 August 1992 | Montreal | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs |
3-6, 7-5, 7-5 |
Winner | 25. | 31 August 1992 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
7-6(7-4), 6-1 |
Winner | 26. | 5 October 1992 | Zürich | Hard (I) | Helena Suková | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
7-6(7-5), 6-4 |
Runner-up | 21. | 12 October 1992 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | Pam Shriver | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková |
6-4, 7-5 |
Winner | 27. | 2 November 1992 | Oakland | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Gretchen Magers |
3-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
Winner | 28. | 9 November 1992 | Philadelphia | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Conchita Martínez Mary Pierce |
6-1, 6-3 |
Winner | 29. | 18 January 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie |
6-4, 6-3 |
Winner | 30. | 1 March 1993 | Delray Beach | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 31. | 25 March 1993 | Wesley Chapel | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
7-5, 6-3 |
Winner | 32. | 29 March 1993 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf |
6-3, 6-1 |
Winner | 33. | 10 May 1993 | Berlin | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz |
6-1, 6-3 |
Winner | 34. | 24 May 1993 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-3, 7-5 |
Winner | 35. | 14 June 1993 | Eastbourne | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
2-6, 7-5, 6-1 |
Winner | 36. | 21 June 1993 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-4, 6-7(9-11), 6-4 |
Runner-up | 22. | 9 August 1993 | Los Angeles | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková |
7-6(7-3), 6-3 |
Winner | 37. | 27 September 1993 | Leipzig | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-3, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 23. | 4 October 1993 | Zürich | Hard (I) | Gigi Fernández | Zina Garrison Martina Navratilova |
6-3, 5-7, 6-3 |
Winner | 38. | 11 October 1993 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | Gigi Fernández | Patty Fendick Martina Navratilova |
7-6(8-6), 6-4 |
Winner | 39. | 15 November 1993 | Virginia Slims Championships | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-3, 7-5 |
Winner | 40. | 17 January 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath |
6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
Winner | 41. | 7 February 1994 | Chicago | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova |
6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
Winner | 42. | 11 March 1994 | Key Biscayne | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath |
6-3, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 24. | 24 March 1994 | Wesley Chapel | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-2, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 25. | 28 March 1994 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Lori McNeil Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-4, 4-1 ret. |
Winner | 43. | 2 May 1994 | Rome | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz |
6-1, 6-3 |
Winner | 44. | 9 May 1994 | Berlin | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-3, 7-6(7-2) |
Winner | 45. | 23 May 1994 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond |
6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 46. | 13 June 1994 | Eastbourne | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Inés Gorrochategui Helena Suková |
6-7(4-7), 6-4, 6-3 |
Winner | 47. | 20 June 1994 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-4, 6-1 |
Winner | 48. | 10 October 1994 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | Gigi Fernández | Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland |
7-6(7-5), 6-4 |
Winner | 49. | 7 November 1994 | Philadelphia | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz |
4-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
Winner | 50. | 14 November 1994 | Virginia Slims Championships | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná |
6-3, 6-7(4-7), 6-3 |
Runner-up | 26. | 16 January 1995 | Australian Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-3, 6-7(3-7), 6-4 |
Winner | 51. | 31 January 1995 | Tokyo | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Rennae Stubbs |
6-0, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 27. | 17 March 1995 | Key Biscayne | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
7-5, 2-6, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 28. | 27 March 1995 | Hilton Head Island | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf |
0-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 52. | 8 May 1995 | Rome | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini |
3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-4 |
Winner | 53. | 29 May 1995 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-7(6-8), 6-4, 7-5 |
Runner-up | 29. | 19 June 1995 | Eastbourne | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
0-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 30. | 26 June 1995 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
5-7, 7-5, 6-4 |
Winner | 54. | 31 July 1995 | San Diego | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Sandrine Testud |
6-2, 6-1 |
Winner | 55. | 7 August 1995 | Los Angeles | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Larisa Neiland Gabriela Sabatini |
7-5, 6-7(2-7), 7-5 |
Winner | 56. | 28 August 1995 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Rennae Stubbs |
6-4, 7-6(8-6) |
Winner | 57. | 9 October 1995 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | Gigi Fernández | Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland |
5-7, 6-1, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 31. | 13 November 1995 | WTA Tour Championships | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-2, 6-1 |
Winner | 58. | 30 January 1996 | Tokyo | Carpet (I) | Gigi Fernández | Mariaan de Swardt Irina Spîrlea |
7-6(9-7), 6-3 |
Runner-up | 32. | 20 May 1996 | Edinburgh | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf |
6-3, 2-6, 7-6(8-6) |
Runner-up | 33. | 27 May 1996 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández |
6-2, 6-1 |
Winner | 59. | 12 August 1996 | Los Angeles | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Amy Frazier Kimberly Po |
6-1, 6-4 |
Winner | 60. | 26 August 1996 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
1-6, 6-1, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 34. | 14 October 1996 | Zürich | Hard (I) | Nicole Arendt | Martina Hingis Helena Suková |
7-5, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 35. | 6 January 1997 | Sydney | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Gigi Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-0, 7-6(7-5) |
Winner | 61. | 13 January 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | Martina Hingis | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 62. | 27 January 1997 | Tokyo | Carpet (I) | Lindsay Davenport | Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis |
6-4, 6-3 |
Winner | 63. | 7 March 1997 | Indian Wells | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat |
7-5, 6-2 |
Winner | 64. | 20 March 1997 | Key Biscayne | Hard | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans |
6-4, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 36. | 12 May 1997 | Berlin | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
6-2, 3-6, 6-2 |
Winner | 65. | 19 May 1997 | Strasbourg | Clay | Helena Suková | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama |
6-1, 6-1 |
Winner | 66. | 26 May 1997 | French Open | Clay | Gigi Fernández | Mary Joe Fernández Lisa Raymond |
6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 67. | 23 June 1997 | Wimbledon | Grass | Gigi Fernández | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf |
6-2, 3-6, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 37. | 25 August 1997 | US Open | Hard | Gigi Fernández | Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
6-3, 6-4 |
Winner | 68. | 27 October 1997 | Moscow | Carpet (I) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis |
5-3 ret. |
Runner-up | 38. | 19 January 1998 | Australian Open | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić |
6-4, 2-6, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 39. | 2 February 1998 | Tokyo | Carpet (I) | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić |
7-5, 6-4 |
Winner | 69. | 5 March 1998 | Indian Wells | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
6-4, 2-6, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 40. | 19 March 1998 | Key Biscayne | Hard | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-2, 3-6, 6-3 |
Winner | 70. | 11 May 1998 | Berlin | Clay | Lindsay Davenport | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
6-3, 6-0 |
Runner-up | 41. | 25 May 1998 | French Open | Clay | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-1, 7-6(7-4) |
Runner-up | 42. | 15 June 1998 | Eastbourne | Grass | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná |
6-1, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 43. | 22 June 1998 | Wimbledon | Grass | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-3, 3-6, 8-6 |
Winner | 71. | 27 July 1998 | Stanford | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova |
6-4, 6-4 |
Winner | 72. | 3 August 1998 | San Diego | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
6-2, 6-1 |
Winner | 73. | 10 August 1998 | Los Angeles | Hard | Martina Hingis | Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova |
6-4, 6-2 |
Runner-up | 44. | 31 August 1998 | US Open | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-3, 6-3 |
Winner | 74. | 5 October 1998 | Filderstadt | Hard (I) | Lindsay Davenport | Anna Kournikova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-4, 6-2 |
Winner | 75. | 19 October 1998 | Moscow | Carpet (I) | Mary Pierce | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6-2, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 45. | 9 November 1998 | Philadelphia | Carpet (I) | Monica Seles | Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama |
7-5, 4-6, 6-2 |
Winner | 76. | 16 November 1998 | Chase Championships | Carpet (I) | Lindsay Davenport | Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat |
6-7(6-8), 7-5, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 46. | 18 January 1999 | Australian Open | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova |
7-5, 6-3 |
Winner | 77. | 1 February 1999 | Tokyo | Carpet (I) | Lindsay Davenport | Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6-2, 6-3 |
Runner-up | 47. | 14 June 1999 | Eastbourne | Grass | Jana Novotná | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova |
6-4 ret. |
Runner-up | 48. | 11 October 1999 | Zürich | Hard (I) | Nathalie Tauziat | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6-2, 6-2 |
Winner | 78. | 14 February 2000 | Hanover | Carpet (I) | Åsa Carlsson | Silvia Farina Karina Habšudová |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runner-up | 49. | 9 March 2000 | Indian Wells | Hard | Anna Kournikova | Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu |
6-2, 6-3 |
Winner | 79. | 1 May 2000 | Hamburg | Clay | Anna Kournikova | Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf |
6-7(5-7), 6-2, 6-4 |
Winner | 80. | 20 May 2002 | Madrid | Clay | Martina Navratilova | Rossana de los Ríos Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6-2, 6-3 |
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Soviet Union | Belarus | |||||||||||||||||
Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Career SR |
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Australian Open | NH | A | A | A | 2R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 11 |
French Open | A | 3R | F | 1R | 4R | 2R | QF | 4R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 4R | A | A | 0 / 14 |
Wimbledon | LQ | 4R | 4R | 3R | QF | 2R | QF | QF | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 15 |
US Open | A | 3R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 3R | QF | A | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 12 |
SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 52 |
Year End Ranking | 94 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 57 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 79 | NR | NR |
Doubles
Soviet Union | Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W-L | ||||||||||
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Australian Open | NH | A | A | A | QF | QF | SF | W | W | F | QF | W | F | F | 2R | A | A | 3 / 11 | 47-8 | ||||||||||
French Open | A | A | 3R | W | F | F | W | W | W | W | F | W | F | QF | 3R | A | 1R | 6 / 14 | 63-8 | ||||||||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | F | F | SF | W | W | W | W | F | SF | W | F | SF | SF | A | 2R | 5 / 15 | 66-10 | ||||||||||
US Open | A | 1R | 2R | QF | SF | W | W | SF | SF | W | W | F | F | 3R | A | A | 3R | 4 / 13 | 54-10 | ||||||||||
Win-Loss | 0-0 | 0-2 | 8-3 | 14-2 | 16-4 | 20-2 | 22-1 | 22-1 | 22-1 | 22-2 | 18-3 | 23-1 | 20-4 | 13-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 18 / 53 | 230-36 | ||||||||||
Year-End Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championships | A | A | F | F | QF | QF | SF | W | W | F | SF | QF | W | A | A | A | A | 3 / 11 | 17-8 | ||||||||||
Tier I Tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tokyo | Not Tier I | SF | A | W | W | W | F | W | QF | A | A | 4 / 7 | 22-3 | ||||||||||||||||
Chicago | Not Tier I | SF | Not Tier I | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 2-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Boca Raton | Not Tier I | W | W | Not Tier I | Not Held | 2 / 2 | 8-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | Not Held | Not Tier I | A | W | W | QF | F | A | 1R | 2 / 5 | 13-3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Miami | Not Tier I | A | 3R | QF | QF | W | F | A | W | F | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | 2 / 10 | 26-7 | |||||||||||||
Charleston | Not Tier I | F | W | W | W | F | F | A | A | QF | SF | A | A | A | 3 / 8 | 24-5 | |||||||||||||
Rome | NH | Not Tier I | A | A | SF | QF | W | W | A | A | A | SF | SF | A | QF | 2 / 7 | 19-5 | ||||||||||||
Berlin | Not Tier I | QF | W | F | W | W | QF | 1R | F | W | A | A | A | 2R | 4 / 10 | 23-6 | |||||||||||||
Montreal / Toronto | Not Tier I | 2R | W | F | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1 / 5 | 10-2 | |||||||||||||
Zürich | Not Tier I | F | 1R | 1R | F | QF | 1R | F | A | A | QF | 0 / 8 | 11-7 | ||||||||||||||||
Philadelphia | Not Held | Not Tier I | SF | W | QF | Not Tier I | Not Held | 1 / 3 | 7-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Moscow | Not Held | NTI | W | W | QF | A | A | 1R | 2 / 4 | 10-2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year-End Ranking | 111 | 94 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 25 | NR | 46 |
NH = tournament not held.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.