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Natasha Zvereva
Native name	Наташа Зверaва
Country (sports)	Soviet Union (1988–1991), ; CIS (1992), ; Unified Team (1992), ; Belarus (from 1993)
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	16 April 1971 (age 53); Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	May 1988
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$7,792,503
Int. Tennis HoF	2010 (member page)
Singles
Career record	434–252 (63.3%)
Career titles	4 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 5 (22 May 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1995)
French Open	F (1988)
Wimbledon	SF (1998)
US Open	QF (1993)
Doubles
Career record	714–170
Career titles	80 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (7 October 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (1993, 1994, 1997)
French Open	W (1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997)
Wimbledon	W (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997)
US Open	W (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1993, 1994, 1998)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1990, 1995)
Wimbledon	F (1991)
US Open	F (1990)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	59–21
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing the Unified Team
Olympic Games

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Natalya "Natasha" Maratovna Zvereva^[a] (born 16 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Belarus. She was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings.^[2] Zvereva and her main doubles partner Gigi Fernández are the most successful women's doubles team (measured by WTA Tour and major titles) since Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.^[3]^[4]

On 12 July 2010, Zvereva was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside Fernández.

Personal life

Zvereva was born as Natalya Maratovna Zvereva in Minsk, Belarus to parents Marat Nikolayevich Zverev and Nina Grigoryevna Zvereva.^[5]^[6] She started tennis at the age of seven at the encouragement of her parents, who were both tennis instructors in the Soviet Union.^[7] While her name is sometimes spelled Zverava, in 1994 she officially changed her name to Natasha Zvereva.^[7] At 18, answering the question about her personal symbol of success, she famously replied the following: "A red Mercedes-Benz, a big one".^[8]^[9]

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, 18 of them 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 Olympics in Barcelona.

Although Zvereva was a highly accomplished doubles player, and considered by some to be one of the best doubles players of all time^{[citation needed]}, she had limited success in singles. Nevertheless, in 1988, at the age of 17, she made her sole Grand Slam singles final at the French Open beating Martina Navratilova en route. In a highly publicized final, she lost to Steffi Graf 0–6, 0–6 in only 34 minutes.^[10]^[11] The official time of the match given on the scoresheet was 34 minutes, however just 32 minutes of that was spent on the court, as a rain break split the match into two periods of play, of nine and 23 minutes.^[12] This was the shortest and most one-sided Grand Slam final in the Open Era. (Graf 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, both former world number ones, in the same Grand Slam singles tournament. Ten years later 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, 6–2. This was also notable because it was Zvereva's sole win over Graf in 21 career singles matches.^[13] She lost in the semifinals to Nathalie Tauziat which was to be her second best career Grand Slam singles result. 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, reaching the quarterfinals or better eight times.

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 in the first round to Marlene Weingärtner 6–4, 3–6, 2–6.

Playing style

Zvereva used a baseline, counter-punching style centered around topspin and her double-handed backhand. She had great hands,^[14] used a variety of spins, and was willing to rush the net and volley.^[15] 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.^[16]^[17]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1988	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	0–6, 0–6

Doubles: 31 (18 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	3–6, 6–1, 10–12
Win	1989	French Open (1)	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1989	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1990	French Open (1)	Clay	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1991	French Open (2)	Clay	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 0–6
Win	1991	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	1991	US Open (1)	Hard	Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	1992	French Open (2)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
Win	1992	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–1
Win	1992	US Open (2)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Win	1993	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–3
Win	1993	French Open (3)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	6–3, 7–5
Win	1993	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–7^(9–11), 6–4
Win	1994	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	1994	French Open (4)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Win	1994	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1995	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6
Win	1995	French Open (5)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1995	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1995	US Open (3)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Brenda Schultz Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1996	French Open (3)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	2–6, 1–6
Win	1996	US Open (4)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	1997	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Win	1997	French Open (6)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Mary Joe Fernández Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–3
Win	1997	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Loss	1997	US Open (1)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1998	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	1998	French Open (4)	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	1–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	1998	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	3–6, 6–3, 6–8
Loss	1998	US Open (2)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1999	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	5–7, 3–6

Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1990	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Jim Pugh	Zina Garrison Rick Leach	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	1990	US Open (1)	Hard	Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie Todd Woodbridge	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1991	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald	6–7^(4–7), 2–6
Win	1995	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Rick Leach	Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(3–7), 6–4

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 bronze medal

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	1992	Barcelona	Clay	Leila Meskhi (EUN)	Tied	DNP
4th place	2000	Sydney	Hard	Olga Barabanschikova	Els Callens Dominique Monami	6–4, 4–6, 1–6

Meskhi and Zvereva lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández 4–6, 5–7. In 1992, there was no bronze medal play-off match, both beaten semifinal pairs received bronze medals.

Year-end championships finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	New York	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1989	New York	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Win	1993	New York	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
Win	1994	New York	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
Loss	1995	New York	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 1–6
Win	1998	New York	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, 6–3

WTA career finals

Singles: 19 (4–15)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
Tier I (0–3)
Tier II (2–5)
Tier III (1–1)
Tier IV (1–1)
Tier V (0–1)
Virginia Slims/VS (0–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–6)
Grass (1–2)
Clay (0–3)
Carpet (1–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Nov 1986	VS of Arkansas, Little Rock	Carpet (i)	Kathy Rinaldi	4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 0–6
Loss	2.	Nov 1987	VS of Arkansas, Little Rock	Hard	Sandra Cecchini	6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	Nov 1987	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	May 1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Steffi Graf	0–6, 0–6
Loss	5.	Jun 1988	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	Aug 1988	Canadian Open, Montreal	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	1–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	Oct 1988	VS of New England, Worcester	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	Apr 1989	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Steffi Graf	1–6, 1–6
Loss	9.	Oct 1989	Moscow Ladies Open, Russia	Carpet (i)	Gretchen Magers	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Jan 1990	Hardcourt Championships, Brisbane	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	6–4, 6–0
Win	2.	Jan 1990	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	Barbara Paulus	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	10.	Jun 1991	Birmingham Classic, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	11.	Oct 1993	Stuttgart Open, Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Mary Pierce	3–6, 3–6
Win	3.	Feb 1994	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Chanda Rubin	6–3, 7–5
Loss	12.	Mar 1994	Miami Masters, Key Biscayne	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	13.	Mar 1994	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Conchita Martínez	4–6, 0–6
Loss	14.	Oct 1994	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Magdalena Maleeva	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	15.	Feb 1995	Indian Wells Masters, U.S.	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	Jun 1999	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	0–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 129 (80–49)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (18–13)
Tour Championships (3–3)
Tier I (23–13)
Tier II (26–12)
Tier III (3–3)
Tier IV (1–0)
Tier V (4–1)
Virginia Slims/VS (2–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (27–16)
Grass (12–7)
Clay (21–15)
Carpet (20–11)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Jun 1988	Birmingham Classic	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Leila Meskhi Svetlana Parkhomenko	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1.	Jul 1988	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	3–6, 6–1, 10–12
Win	2.	Oct 1988	VS of Indianapolis	Hard (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	Nov 1988	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	3.	Nov 1988	VS Championships, New York	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	Feb 1989	VS of Washington	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Betsy Nagelsen Pam Shriver	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	Feb 1989	Stanford Classic, Oakland	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Patty Fendick Jill Hetherington	5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win	3.	Apr 1989	Amelia Island Championships	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–1
Loss	6.	May 1989	Swiss Open, Geneva	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Katrina Adams Lori McNeil	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4.	May 1989	French Open, Paris	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	Jun 1989	Birmingham Classic	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Meredith McGrath Pam Shriver	7–5, 5–7, 6–0
Loss	7.	Jun 1989	Wimbledon	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	1–6, 2–6
Win	6.	Oct 1989	Moscow Ladies Open	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire	6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	Nov 1989	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	8.	Nov 1989	VS Championships, New York	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Loss	9.	Jan 1990	Sydney International	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	3–6, 5–7
Loss	10.	Apr 1990	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Martina Navratilova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 2–6
Loss	11.	May 1990	French Open	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	4–6, 5–7
Win	8.	Jun 1990	Birmingham Classic	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win	9.	Jun 1990	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Patty Fendick Zina Garrison	6–4, 6–3
Win	10.	Sep 1990	WTA Doubles Championships, Orlando	Carpet (i)	Larisa Neiland	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath	6–4, 6–1
Loss	12.	Oct 1990	Brighton International	Carpet (i)	Jo Durie	Helena Suková Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 4–6
Win	11.	Mar 1991	VS of Florida, Boca Raton	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Meredith McGrath Anne Smith	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	13.	Mar 1991	WTA Doubles Championships, Tarpon Springs	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Helena Suková	6–4, 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	12.	Apr 1991	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Mary Lou Daniels Lise Gregory	6–4, 6–0
Loss	14.	Apr 1991	Amelia Island Championships	Clay	Mercedes Paz	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win	13.	May 1991	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Nicole Provis Elna Reinach	6–3, 6–3
Loss	15.	May 1991	French Open, Paris	Clay	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 0–6
Win	14.	Jun 1991	Eastbourne International	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	15.	Jun 1991	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Larisa Neiland	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	16.	Aug 1991	Canadian Open, Toronto	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková	1–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	17.	Aug 1991	LA Championships, U.S.	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Gretchen Magers Robin White	6–1, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	16.	Aug 1991	VS of Washington	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	7–5, 1–6, 6–7^(10–12)
Win	18.	Aug 1991	US Open, New York	Hard	Pam Shriver	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–4, 4–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	17.	Oct 1991	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Hard (i)	Pam Shriver	Martina Navratilova Jana Novotná	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	19.	Oct 1991	Brighton International	Carpet (i)	Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Lori McNeil	6–1, 6–2
Win	20.	Mar 1992	VS of Florida, Boca Raton	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Conchita Martínez Linda Wild	6–2, 6–2
Loss	18.	Mar 1992	WTA Doubles Championships, Wesley Chapel	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	4–6, 2–6
Win	21.	Mar 1992	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–4, 6–2
Win	22.	Apr 1992	Amelia Island Championships	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Zina Garrison Jana Novotná	6–1, 6–0
Loss	19.	May 1992	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 5–7
Win	23.	May 1992	French Open	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
Win	24.	Jun 1992	Wimbledon	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–4, 6–1
Loss	20.	Aug 1992	Canadian Open, Montreal	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Lori McNeil Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 5–7, 5–7
Win	25.	Aug 1992	US Open	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Win	26.	Oct 1992	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Helena Suková	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Loss	21.	Oct 1992	Stuttgart Open, Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Pam Shriver	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	4–6, 5–7
Win	27.	Nov 1992	Stanford Classic, Oakland	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer Gretchen Magers	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	28.	Nov 1992	Championships of Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Mary Pierce	6–1, 6–3
Win	29.	Jan 1993	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–3
Win	30.	Mar 1993	Virginia Slims of Florida, Delray Beach	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–2
Win	31.	Mar 1993	WTA Doubles Championships, Wesley Chapel	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 6–3
Win	32.	Mar 1993	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Katrina Adams Manon Bollegraf	6–3, 6–1
Win	33.	May 1993	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz	6–1, 6–3
Win	34.	May 1993	French Open, Paris	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
Win	35.	Jun 1993	Eastbourne International	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	36.	Jun 1993	Wimbledon	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–4, 6–7^(9–11), 6–4
Loss	22.	Aug 1993	LA Women's Tennis Championships, Los Angeles	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Win	37.	Sep 1993	Sparkassen Cup, Leipzig	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–2
Loss	23.	Oct 1993	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Gigi Fernández	Zina Garrison Martina Navratilova	3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	38.	Oct 1993	Stuttgart Open, Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Martina Navratilova	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Win	39.	Nov 1993	VS Championships, New York	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
Win	40.	Jan 1994	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	41.	Feb 1994	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Manon Bollegraf Martina Navratilova	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	42.	Mar 1994	Miami Masters, Key Biscayne	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–3, 6–1
Loss	24.	Mar 1994	WTA Doubles Championships, Wesley Chapel	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 5–7
Loss	25.	Mar 1994	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lori McNeil Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 1–4 ret.
Win	43.	May 1994	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz	6–1, 6–3
Win	44.	May 1994	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	45.	May 1994	French Open, Paris	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Win	46.	Jun 1994	Eastbourne International	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Inés Gorrochategui Helena Suková	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Win	47.	Jun 1994	Wimbledon	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
Win	48.	Oct 1994	Stuttgart Open, Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Gigi Fernández	Manon Bollegraf Larisa Neiland	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	49.	Nov 1994	Championships of Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	50.	Nov 1994	VS Championships	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
Loss	26.	Jan 1995	Australian Open	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6
Win	51.	Feb 1995	Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Rennae Stubbs	6–0, 6–3
Loss	27.	Mar 1995	Miami Masters, Key Biscayne	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	28.	Apr 1995	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Win	52.	May 1995	Italian Open, Rome	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Win	53.	Jun 1995	French Open	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, 7–5
Loss	29.	Jun 1995	Eastbourne International	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	30.	Jul 1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win	54.	Aug 1995	Southern California Open, San Diego	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Alexia Dechaume-Balleret Sandrine Testud	6–2, 6–1
Win	55.	Aug 1995	LA Championships	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Larisa Neiland Gabriela Sabatini	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), 7–5
Win	56.	Sep 1995	US Open	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	57.	Oct 1995	Stuttgart Open, Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Gigi Fernández	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	31.	Nov 1995	WTA Tour Championships, New York	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 1–6
Win	58.	Feb 1996	Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Gigi Fernández	Mariaan de Swardt Irina Spîrlea	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Loss	32.	May 1996	WTA Doubles Championships, Edinburgh	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	3–6, 6–2, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	33.	Jun 1996	French Open	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	2–6, 1–6
Win	59.	Aug 1996	LA Championships	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6–1, 6–4
Win	60.	Sep 1996	US Open	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	34.	Oct 1996	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Nicole Arendt	Martina Hingis Helena Suková	5–7, 4–6
Loss	35.	Jan 1997	Sydney International	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	61.	Feb 1997	Australian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–2
Win	62.	Jan 1997	Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–3
Win	63.	Mar 1997	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Lisa Raymond Nathalie Tauziat	7–5, 6–2
Win	64.	Mar 1997	Miami Masters, Key Biscayne	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6–4, 6–2
Loss	36.	May 1997	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	65.	May 1997	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Clay	Helena Suková	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–1
Win	66.	Jun 1997	French Open	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Mary Joe Fernández Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–3
Win	67.	Jul 1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	37.	Sep 1997	US Open	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	3–6, 4–6
Win	68.	Nov 1997	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	5–3 ret.
Loss	38.	Jan 1998	Australian Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	39.	Feb 1998	Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić	5–7, 4–6
Win	69.	Mar 1998	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	40.	Mar 1998	Miami Masters, Key Biscayne	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	70.	May 1998	German Open, Berlin	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 6–0
Loss	41.	Jun 1998	French Open	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	1–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	42.	Jun 1998	Eastbourne International	Grass	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Mariaan de Swardt Jana Novotná	1–6, 3–6
Loss	43.	Jul 1998	Wimbledon	Grass	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	3–6, 6–3, 6–8
Win	71.	Aug 1998	Stanford Classic	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Larisa Neiland Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–4
Win	72.	Aug 1998	Southern California Open, San Diego	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 6–1
Win	73.	Aug 1998	LA Championships	Hard	Martina Hingis	Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	44.	Sep 1998	US Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	3–6, 3–6
Win	74.	Oct 1998	Stuttgart Open, Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Anna Kournikova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–2
Win	75.	Oct 1998	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 6–4
Loss	45.	Nov 1998	Championships of Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Monica Seles	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win	76.	Nov 1998	WTA Tour Championships	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–7^(6–8), 7–5, 6–3
Loss	46.	Jan 1999	Australian Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	5–7, 3–6
Win	77.	Feb 1999	Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–3
Loss	47.	Jun 1999	Eastbourne International	Grass	Jana Novotná	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	4–6, ret.
Loss	48.	Oct 1999	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 2–6
Win	78.	Feb 2000	Faber Grand Prix, Hanover	Carpet (i)	Åsa Carlsson	Silvia Farina Karina Habšudová	6–3, 6–4
Loss	49.	Mar 2000	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	2–6, 3–6
Win	79.	May 2000	WTA Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Anna Kournikova	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Win	80.	May 2002	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Rossana de los Ríos Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–3

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (3–1)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 May 1986	ITF Sutton, United Kingdom	Clay	Cecilia Dahlman	6–2, 3–6, 6–0
Winner	2.	11 May 1986	ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Clay	Kumiko Okamoto	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	10 October 1986	ITF Bethesda, United States	Hard	Stacey Martin	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	3 May 1987	ITF Taranto, Italy	Clay	Regina Kordová	7–6, 4–6, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 January 1986	ITF El Paso, United States	Clay	Viktoria Milvidskaia	Cammy MacGregor Cynthia MacGregor	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	21 April 1986	ITF Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Regina Kordová Petra Tesarová	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	10 October 1986	ITF Bethesda, United States	Hard	Leila Meskhi	Jane Forman Jenni Goodling	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	3 May 1987	ITF Taranto, Italy	Clay	Leila Meskhi	Simone Schilder Clare Wood	6–3, 6–2

Other finals

Singles (3–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	1986	USSR Tennis National Championship	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR	Leila Meskhi	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	1987	USSR Tennis National Championship	Tallinn, Soviet Union	Viktoria Milvidskaia	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	1988	USSR Winter Tennis National Championship	Moscow, Russian SFSR	Leila Meskhi	6–2, 6–2

Doubles (2–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Location	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1986	USSR Tennis National Championship	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR	Leila Meskhi	Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Savchenko	2–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	1988	USSR Winter Tennis National Championship	Moscow, Russian SFSR	Larisa Savchenko	Natalia Egorova Svetlana Parkhomenko	7–6, 0–6, 6–4
Winner	3.	1989	USSR Winter Tennis National Championship	Moscow, Russian SFSR	Larisa Savchenko	Eugenia Maniokova Elena Pogorelova	6–7, 1–0 ret.

Mixed (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Location	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1987	USSR Tennis National Championship	Tallinn, Soviet Union	Andres Võsand	Natalia Egorova Andrei Olhovskiy	6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR
	Soviet Union						CIS	Belarus
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

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L
	Soviet Union						CIS	Belarus
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 championships
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

Notes

^ Russian: Наталья "Наташа" Маратовна Зверева; Belarusian: Наталля "Наташа" Маратаўна Зверава, romanized: Natallia "Nataša" Marataŭna Zvierava;^[1]

References

^ "Наша история. 5 лет назад не стало легендарного тренера Марата Зверева" [Our History. Five years since the death of the legendary coach Marat Zverev]. tennis.by (in Russian). Belarus Tennis Association. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ Zvereva Shows She Can Still Beat the Odds Retrieved 26 February 2009.
^ "WTA Website: Martina Navratilova Player Bio."
^ WTA Website: Natasha Zvereva Player Bio"
^ Böhm, André; Rakhlei, Maryna (December 2015). Weißrussland: Mit Minsk, Brest, Hrodna, Homel, Mahiljoŭ und Vicebsk. Trescher Verlag. ISBN 9783897942714.
^ "Две чемпионки страны по теннису" [Two country champions in women's tennis]. cnopm.ru. Journal «Sportivnye igry», #7. July 1987. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Not a singles regret". Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ "Natasha. Что мы знаем о самой титулованной белорусской теннисистке?" [Natasha. What do we know about the most titled Belarusian tennis player?]. pressball.by (in Russian). PressBall. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ Friedman, Brian (3 April 1989). "SOVIET INVASION : Spring Thaw for USSR Athletes Looking West". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ "1988". French Open. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^ "1988 French Open Ladies final". YouTube.
^ Pye, Steven (27 May 2014). "The 1988 French Open: how Agassi arrived, Graf ruled and Wilander won". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ "Head to Head | Steffi Graf vs Natalia Zvereva H2H".
^ Zvereva: Half An Elephant's Better
^ 1997 US Open and Prediction
^ Zvereva Shows She Can Still Beat The Odds
^ Ian Thomsen (3 June 1992). "Zvereva: Half an Elephant's Better". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2009.

External links

Natasha Zvereva at the Women's Tennis Association
Natasha Zvereva at the International Tennis Federation
Natasha Zvereva at the Billie Jean King Cup
Natasha Zvereva at ESPN.com
Natasha Zvereva at Olympedia
Natasha Zvereva at Olympics.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Patricia Tarabini	Orange Bowl Girls' Singles Champion Category: 18 and under 1987	Succeeded by Carrie Cunningham

[2] Russian: Наталья "Наташа" Маратовна Зверева; Belarusian: Наталля "Наташа" Маратаўна Зверава, romanized: Natallia "Nataša" Marataŭna Zvierava;^[1]

[1] "Наша история. 5 лет назад не стало легендарного тренера Марата Зверева" [Our History. Five years since the death of the legendary coach Marat Zverev]. tennis.by (in Russian). Belarus Tennis Association. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[3] Zvereva Shows She Can Still Beat the Odds Retrieved 26 February 2009.

[4] "WTA Website: Martina Navratilova Player Bio."

[5] WTA Website: Natasha Zvereva Player Bio"

[6] Böhm, André; Rakhlei, Maryna (December 2015). Weißrussland: Mit Minsk, Brest, Hrodna, Homel, Mahiljoŭ und Vicebsk. Trescher Verlag. ISBN 9783897942714.

[7] "Две чемпионки страны по теннису" [Two country champions in women's tennis]. cnopm.ru. Journal «Sportivnye igry», #7. July 1987. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[regret-8] "Not a singles regret". Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[9] "Natasha. Что мы знаем о самой титулованной белорусской теннисистке?" [Natasha. What do we know about the most titled Belarusian tennis player?]. pressball.by (in Russian). PressBall. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[10] Friedman, Brian (3 April 1989). "SOVIET INVASION : Spring Thaw for USSR Athletes Looking West". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[11] "1988". French Open. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[12] "1988 French Open Ladies final". YouTube.

[13] Pye, Steven (27 May 2014). "The 1988 French Open: how Agassi arrived, Graf ruled and Wilander won". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

[14] "Head to Head | Steffi Graf vs Natalia Zvereva H2H".

[15] Zvereva: Half An Elephant's Better

[16] 1997 US Open and Prediction

[17] Zvereva Shows She Can Still Beat The Odds

[18] Ian Thomsen (3 June 1992). "Zvereva: Half an Elephant's Better". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 1 December 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2009.

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 In addition to her Grand Slam doubles titles, Zvereva teamed with Meskhi to win a bronze medal at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympics in Barcelona]].
-Although Zvereva was a highly accomplished doubles player, and considered by some to be one of the best doubles players of all time{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}, she had limited success in singles. Nevertheless, in 1988, at the age of 17, she made her sole Grand Slam singles final at the French Open beating [[Martina Navratilova]] en route. In a highly publicized final, she lost to [[Steffi Graf]] 0–6, 0–6 in only 34 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/about/history/past_tournaments/1988.html |title=1988|website=[[French Open]] |access-date=2015-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325101912/http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/about/history/past_tournaments/1988.html |archive-date=25 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFEGnPrsZg | title=1988 French Open Ladies final | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> The official time of the match given on the scoresheet was 34 minutes, however just 32 minutes of that was spent on the court, as a rain break split the match into two periods of play, of nine and 23 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2014/may/27/french-open-1988-steffi-graf-andre-agassi-mats-wilander|title=The 1988 French Open: how Agassi arrived, Graf ruled and Wilander won|first=Steven|last=Pye|work=The Guardian|date=27 May 2014|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> This was the shortest and most one-sided Grand Slam final ever. (Graf went on to win all four Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal that year.)
+Although Zvereva was a highly accomplished doubles player, and considered by some to be one of the best doubles players of all time{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}, she had limited success in singles. Nevertheless, in 1988, at the age of 17, she made her sole Grand Slam singles final at the French Open beating [[Martina Navratilova]] en route. In a highly publicized final, she lost to [[Steffi Graf]] 0–6, 0–6 in only 34 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/about/history/past_tournaments/1988.html |title=1988|website=[[French Open]] |access-date=2015-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325101912/http://www.rolandgarros.com/fr_FR/about/history/past_tournaments/1988.html |archive-date=25 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFEGnPrsZg | title=1988 French Open Ladies final | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> The official time of the match given on the scoresheet was 34 minutes, however just 32 minutes of that was spent on the court, as a rain break split the match into two periods of play, of nine and 23 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/that-1980s-sports-blog/2014/may/27/french-open-1988-steffi-graf-andre-agassi-mats-wilander|title=The 1988 French Open: how Agassi arrived, Graf ruled and Wilander won|first=Steven|last=Pye|work=The Guardian|date=27 May 2014|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> This was the shortest and most one-sided Grand Slam final in the Open Era. (Graf 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]], both former world number ones, in the same Grand Slam singles tournament. Ten years later 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, 6–2. This was also notable because it was Zvereva's sole win over Graf in 21 career singles matches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stevegtennis.com/head-to-head/women/Steffi_Graf/Natalia_Zvereva/|title=Head to Head &#124; Steffi Graf vs Natalia Zvereva H2H}}</ref> She lost in the semifinals to [[Nathalie Tauziat]] which was to be her second best career Grand Slam singles result. 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, reaching the quarterfinals or better eight times.