Natalia Medvedeva (tennis)
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Country (sports) |
Soviet Union
CIS Ukraine |
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Born |
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15 November 1971
(age
51)
Kiev , Ukrainian SSR |
Turned pro | 1987 |
Retired | 1998 |
Prize money | $906,455 |
Singles | |
Career record | 186–128 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 23 (15 November 1993) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R ( 1990 , 1994 , 1995 , 1997 ) |
French Open | 3R ( 1989 ) |
Wimbledon | 3R ( 1993 , 1996 ) |
US Open | 3R ( 1994 ) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 174–98 |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 21 (4 July 1994) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF ( 1990 ) |
French Open | QF ( 1994 ) |
Wimbledon | QF ( 1994 ) |
US Open | QF ( 1990 ) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF ( 1990 ) |
Olympic Games | 1R ( 1996 ) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF ( 1994 ) |
French Open | SF ( 1990 ) |
Wimbledon | 1R ( 1993 ) |
US Open | 2R ( 1990 , 1992 , 1994 ) |
Team competitions | |
Hopman Cup | F ( 1995 ) |
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Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva ( Ukrainian : Наталія Олегівна Медведєвa , romanized : Nataliya Olehivna Medvedyeva , Russian : Наталья Олеговна Медведева , romanized : Natalya Olegovna Medvedeva ; born 15 November 1971) is a former Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian professional tennis player.
Career
She played on the WTA tour from 1987 to 1998. Her four singles titles were won in Nashville, Tennessee in 1990, Linz in 1992, and Prague and Essen in 1993. In Essen, she beat Conchita Martínez , Arantrxa Sánchez , and Anke Huber .
She also won 12 doubles titles. She also won the girls' doubles title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships , partnering Natalia Zvereva . She reached four Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles: twice, with Leila Meskhi , in 1990, at the Australian and US Opens . She did it twice again in 1994, with Larisa Savchenko , at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships .
Medvedeva competed 16 times for the Ukraine Fed Cup team , with an 8–8 win–loss record. She came out of retirement for the 2000 Fed Cup because the team was struggling for players.
Personal
Medvedeva's younger brother is Andriy Medvedev , the 1999 French Open finalist. They competed together at the 1995 Hopman Cup , losing in the final to the German team of Anke Huber and Boris Becker .
WTA career finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 1 |
Tier III | 1 |
Tier IV | 2 |
Tier V | 1 |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 1990 | Nashville , United States | Hard | Susan Sloane | 6–3, 7–6 (7–3) |
Win | 2–0 | Feb 1992 | Linz , Austria | Hard | Pascale Paradis-Mangon | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Jul 1993 | Prague , Czech Republic | Clay | Meike Babel | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–1 | Aug 1993 | Schenectady , United States | Hard | Larisa Neiland | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 4–1 | Oct 1993 | Essen , Germany | Carpet | Conchita Martínez | 6–7 (4–7) , 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | Apr 1988 | Singapore | Hard | Natalia Bykova |
Leila Meskhi
Svetlana Cherneva |
7–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 1. | Nov 1989 | Nashville , Tennessee, US | Hard | Leila Meskhi |
Manon Bollegraf
Meredith McGrath |
6–1, 6–7, 6–7 |
Win | 2. | Feb 1990 | Auckland , New Zealand | Hard | Leila Meskhi |
Jill Hetherington
Robin White |
3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Win | 3. | Feb 1990 | Wellington , New Zealand | Hard | Leila Meskhi |
Michelle Jaggard
Julie Richardson |
6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Win | 4. | Oct 1990 | Dorado , Puerto Rico | Hard | Elena Brioukhovets |
Amy Frazier
Julie Richardson |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 5. | Sep 1991 | St. Petersburg , USSR | Carpet | Elena Brioukhovets |
Isabelle Demongeot
Jo Durie |
7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 6. | Apr 1992 | Pattaya , Thailand | Hard | Isabelle Demongeot |
Pascale Paradis-Mangon
Sandrine Testud |
6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 7. | Apr 1992 | Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia | Hard | Isabelle Demongeot |
Rika Hiraki
Petra Langrová |
2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 8. | Jul 1993 | Palermo , Italy | Clay | Karin Kschwendt |
Silvia Farina
Brenda Schultz |
6–4, 7–6 |
Win | 9. | Oct 1993 | Brighton , England | Carpet | Laura Golarsa |
Anke Huber
Larisa Savchenko |
6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
Win | 10. | Jan 1994 | Brisbane , Australia | Hard | Laura Golarsa |
Jenny Byrne
Rachel McQuillan |
6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 11. | Aug 1996 | Maria Lankowitz , Austria | Clay | Janette Husárová |
Lenka Cenková
Katerina Kroupova |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 12. | Nov 1996 | Moscow , Russia | Carpet | Larisa Savchenko |
Silvia Farina
Barbara Schett |
7–6 (7–5) , 4–6, 6–1 |
Team
Outcome | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 8 January 1995 | Hopman Cup | Hard | Andriy Medvedev |
Anke Huber
Boris Becker |
0–2 |
Top 10 wins
Season | 1993 | 1994 | Total |
Wins | 3 | 1 | 4 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | NMR |
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1993 | |||||||
1. | Anke Huber | No. 10 | Faber Grand Prix , Essen, Germany | Carpet | 2nd round | 6–4, 6–2 | No. 40 |
2. | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | No. 2 | Faber Grand Prix, Essen | Carpet | Semifinals | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 | No. 40 |
3. | Conchita Martínez | No. 5 | Faber Grand Prix, Essen | Carpet | Final | 6–7 (4–7) , 7–5, 6–4 | No. 40 |
1994 | |||||||
4. | Conchita Martínez | No. 3 | Faber Grand Prix, Essen | Carpet | 1st round | 7–5, 6–4 | No. 43 |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
French Open | A | Q2 | 3R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
Wimbledon | 1R | Q1 | A | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 |
US Open | A | A | Q1 | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 5–6 |
Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0 / 25 | 18–25 |
Doubles
Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 |
French Open | A | A | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 |
Wimbledon | 1R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 7–6 |
US Open | A | 2R | QF | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 8–6 |
Year-end championships | |||||||||||||
WTA Championships | DNQ | SF | Did not qualify | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||
Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 9–5 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 10–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 25 | 28–25 |
Mixed doubles
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | SF | A | A | QF | A | 0 / 3 | 5–3 |
French Open | SF | A | 2R | 2R | QF | QF | A | A | 1R | 0 / 6 | 10–6 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
US Open | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
Win–loss | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 14 | 18–14 |
ITF finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1. | 20 April 1987 | Monte Viso , Italy | Clay | Linda Ferrando | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 2. | 2 November 1987 | Telford , United Kingdom | Hard | Sarah Loosemore | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 3. | 9 November 1987 | Eastbourne , United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova | 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 4. | 16 November 1987 | Croydon , United Kingdom | Carpet | Teresa Catlin | 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 1. | 24 April 1989 | Monte Viso, Italy | Clay | Rachel McQuillan | 6–7, 1–6 |
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 6 April 1987 | Caserta , Italy | Clay | Eugenia Maniokova |
Heike Thoms
Olga Tsarbopoulou |
6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 2. | 26 October 1987 | Cheshire , United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova |
Paulette Moreno
Maria Strandlund |
6–2, 7–6 |
Win | 3. | 2 November 1987 | Telford , United Kingdom | Hard | Eugenia Maniokova |
Sabine Hack
Ingrid Peltzer |
6–0, 6–2 |
Win | 4. | 9 November 1987 | Eastbourne , United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova |
Pascale Etchemendy
Joy Tacon |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 1. | 12 October 1987 | Croydon , United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova |
Viktoria Milvidskaia
Paulette Moreno |
6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5. | 17 April 1989 | Caserta, Italy | Hard | Eugenia Maniokova |
Nanne Dahlman
Kate McDonald |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 2. | 26 August 1996 | Kyiv , Ukraine | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova |
Anna-Karin Svensson
Réka Vidáts |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 6. | 28 September 1996 | Limoges , France | Hard (i) | Larisa Neiland |
Caroline Dhenin
Dominique Monami |
6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 3. | 8 September 1997 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Angelina Zdorovitskaia |
Annica Lindstedt
Caroline Schneider |
1–6, 2–6 |
References
External links
- Natalia Medvedeva at the Women's Tennis Association
- Natalia Medvedeva at the International Tennis Federation
- Natalia Medvedeva at the Billie Jean King Cup