Olga Morozova

For the Russian badminton player, see Olga Morozova (badminton).

Olga Morozova
Ольга Морозова

Country (sports)	Soviet Union
Residence	London, England
Born	(1949-02-22) 22 February 1949 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1966
Retired	1977 and 1989
Plays	Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money	no value
Singles
Career record	no value
Career titles	8 WTA, 25 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 7 (3 November 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	QF (1972, 1975)
French Open	F (1974)
Wimbledon	F (1974)
US Open	QF (1972)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	5th place (1975)
Doubles
Career record	no value
Career titles	16 WTA, 26 ITF
Highest ranking	no value
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1975)
French Open	W (1974)
US Open	F (1976)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	F (1968, 1970)
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Tennis Summer Universiade 1973 Moscow Women's Singles 1973 Moscow Women's Doubles 1973 Moscow Mixed Doubles

Olga Vasilyevna Morozova (Template:Lang-ru) (born 22 February 1949) is a retired tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the runner-up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships.

Career

Morozova won the Wimbledon junior's singles title in 1965 at the age of 16. Morozova was the first Soviet tennis player to reach the singles final of a major tournament when she was the runner-up at the 1972 Italian Open. Perhaps the peak of her career occurred in 1974 when she was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon and the French Open, losing to Chris Evert in both tournaments. She rose to No. 3 in the world going into the US Open that year—the highest ranking she achieved in her career.

Morozova became the first Soviet tennis player to win a Grand Slam title when she teamed with Evert to win the women's doubles championship at the French Open in 1974. Earlier, she and Alex Metreveli were the first players from the Soviet Union to reach a Grand Slam final when they teamed at Wimbledon in 1968, losing to Margaret Court and Ken Fletcher. They also reached the final at Wimbledon in 1970, losing to Rosemary Casals and Ilie Năstase.

Morozova also was the runner-up in three Grand Slam women's doubles tournaments. She teamed with Court at the 1975 Australian Open, losing to Evonne Goolagong and Peggy Michel. She played with Julie Anthony at the 1975 French Open, losing to Evert and Martina Navratilova, and with Virginia Wade at the 1976 US Open, losing to Ilana Kloss and Linky Boshoff.

Morozova's playing career was cut short in 1977 because of the Soviet Union's policy against competing with South Africans. At this point, she retired from the professional tour. Morozova then began a highly successful coaching career. She became head coach of the Soviet Union ladies squad through the 1980s leading the Soviets to their first appearance in a Federation Cup Final (1988, losing to Czechoslovakia). Morozova as a player had taken her team to the Federation Cup semifinals (at that point a first) in both 1978 and 1979. Morozova also helped pioneer the creation of the Kremlin Cup.

In 1990, the LTA of the UK hired Morozova as a national coach based at the national performance centre in Bisham Abbey. Morozova was a fixture in UK tennis for much of the 1990s, and in 2003, she began working individually with notable players, including Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sergiy Stakhovsky and Laura Robson. Morozova has been widely credited as one of the few successful female coaches on tour.

In 1998, she was awarded the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Trophy for character, sportsmanship, manners, spirit of cooperation, and contribution to the growth of the game as well as the help she rendered to professional players and junior players.

In 2000, the Russian Tennis Federation awarded Morozova the honour of Russian Tennis Player of the Twentieth Century. Due to her achievements as both player and coach, Morozova often is referred to as the Godmother of Russian tennis.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1974	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1974	Wimbledon	Grass	Chris Evert	6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1974	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	Gail Chanfreau Katja Ebbinghaus	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	1975	Australian Open	Grass	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	7–6, 7–6
Loss	1975	French Open	Clay	Julie Anthony	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1976	US Open	Clay	Virginia Wade	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	6–1, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1968	Wimbledon	Grass	Alex Metreveli	Margaret Court Ken Fletcher	6–1, 14–12
Loss	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Alex Metreveli	Rosemary Casals Ilie Năstase	6–3, 4–6, 9–7

WTA career finals

Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 January 1971	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Margaret Court	2–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	15 February 1971	Moscow, Soviet Union	Carpet (i)	Maria Kull	6–1, 7–5
Winner	3.	26 April 1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Anna-Maria Nasuelli	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	17 January 1972	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Evonne Goolagong	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up	5.	31 January 1972	Perth, Australia	Hard	Evonne Goolagong	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	24 April 1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Linda Tuero	4–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	21 August 1972	New Jersey, United States	Grass	Marina Kroschina	6–2, 6–7, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	19 March 1973	Akron, United States	Hard	Chris Evert	3–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	18 June 1973	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	6–2, 6–3
Winner	10.	22 April 1974	Philadelphia, United States	Hard (i)	Billie Jean King	7–6, 6–1
Runner-up	11.	17 June 1974	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	7 July 1974	Wimbledon	Grass	Chris Evert	0–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	2 December 1974	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	7–6, 2–6, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	9 December 1974	Perth, Australia	Hard	Margaret Court	4–6, 5–7
Winner	15.	18 January 1975	Moscow, Soviet Union	Carpet (i)	Elena Granaturova	6–0, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	16.	7 June 1977	Beckenham, United Kingdom	Grass	Marise Kruger	7–5, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 27 (16 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 January 1971	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Margaret Court	Helen Gourlay Kerry Harris	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	15 February 1971	Moscow, Soviet Union	Carpet (i)	Elena Granaturova	Eugenia Birioukova Marina Kroschina	6–7, 7–5, 5–7
Winner	3.	26 April 1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Betty Stöve	Beatriz Araujo Ines Roget	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	7 June 1971	Beckenham, United Kingdom	Grass	Zaiga Jansone	Christine Truman Nell Truman	3–6, 7–9
Winner	5.	17 January 1972	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Evonne Goolagong	Marilyn Tesch Kerry Hogarth	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	6.	31 January 1972	Perth, Australia	Hard	Janet Young	Evonne Goolagong Barbara Hawcroft	3–6, 0–6
Winner	7.	24 April 1972	Rome, Italy	Clay	Lesley Hunt	Gail Chanfreau Rosalba Vido	6–3, 6–4
Winner	8.	21 August 1972	New Jersey, United States	Grass	Marina Kroschina	Carole Caldwell Patti Hogan	6–7, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	9.	12 March 1973	Hingham, United States	Hard	Marina Kroschina	Evonne Goolagong Janet Young	6–2, 6–4
Winner	10.	4 June 1973	Rome, Italy	Clay	Virginia Wade	Martina Navratilova Renáta Tomanová	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	11.	11 June 1973	Beckenham, United Kingdom	Clay	Marina Kroschina	Jackie Fayter Peggy Michel	8–6, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	18 March 1974	Akron, United States	Hard	Julie Heldman	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	2–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	15 April 1974	St. Petersburg, United States	Hard	Betty Stöve	Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong	6–4, 6–2
Winner	14.	29 April 1974	Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Rosie Casals	Karen Krantzcke Helen Gourlay	6–2, 6–1
Winner	15.	27 May 1974	Rome, Italy	Clay	Chris Evert	Helga Masthoff Heide Orth	w/o
Winner	16.	17 June 1974	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	Gail Chanfreau Katja Ebbinghaus	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Winner	17.	9 December 1974	Perth, Australia	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Lesley Hunt Kazuko Sawamatsu	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	18.	16 December 1974	Perth, Australia	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	7–6, 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	19.	5 December 1975	Australian Open	Grass	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	20.	10 February 1975	Chicago, United States	Hard	Margaret Court	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	21.	21 April 1975	Amelia Island, United States	Hard	Rosie Casals	Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	22.	15 June 1975	French Open	Clay	Julie Anthony	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	3–6, 2–6
Winner	23.	22 June 1975	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Gras	Julie Anthony	Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	6–2, 6–4
Winner	24.	19 January 1976	Washington, United States	Hard	Virginia Wade	Wendy Overton Mona Guerrant	7–6, 6–2
Winner	25.	26 January 1976	Chicago, United States	Hard	Virginia Wade	Evonne Goolagong Martina Navratilova	6–7(4–5), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	26.	12 September 1976	US Open	Clay	Virginia Wade	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	27.	7 June 1977	Beckenham, United Kingdom	Grass	Natasha Chmyreva	Brigitte Cuypers Annette DuPlooy	7–9, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 30 (25–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 January 1967	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Anna Dmitrieva	9-7, 8-6
Winner	2.	27 September 1967	Tbilisi, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Anna Dmitrieva	7-5, 4-6, 6-1
Winner	3.	7 January 1968	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Anna Dmitrieva	7-9, 6-1, 10-8
Winner	4.	18 August 1968	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Marina Chuvyrina	6-1, 6-3
Winner	5.	23 February 1969	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Betty Stöve	6-2, 6-2
Runner-up	6.	16 March 1969	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Lea Pericoli	1-6, 2-6
Runner-up	7.	23 March 1969	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Nell Truman	3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Winner	8.	11 January 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Marina Chuvyrina	6-3, 6-2
Winner	9.	8 February 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Anna Yeremeyeva	6-4, 6-2
Runner-up	10.	22 February 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Helga Niessen	5-7, 6-2, 3-6
Winner	11.	15 March 1970	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Lea Pericoli	6-3, 3-6, 9-7
Winner	12.	22 March 1970	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Marcela Barochová	6-4, 6-0
Runner-up	13.	13 June 1970	Beckenham, United Kingdom	Grass	Patti Hogan	1-6, 3-6
Winner	14.	2 August 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Tiiu Kivi	6-4, 6-4
Winner	15.	26 December 1970	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Kristien Shaw-Kemmer	6-4, 4-6, 9-7
Winner	16.	22 March 1971	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Lea Pericoli	7-5, 6-0
Winner	17.	16 January 1972	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Anne Guerrant	6-3, 6-3
Winner	18.	31 January 1972	Perth, Australia	Grass	Janet Young	6-4, 6-2
Winner	19.	16 April 1972	Tashkent, Soviet Union	Hard	Eugenia Birioukova	6-2, 6-0
Winner	20.	17 June 1972	Beckenham, United Kingdom	Grass	Jill Cooper	6-4, 6-1
Winner	21.	1 August 1972	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Zaiga Jansone	6-1, 6-0
Runner-up	22.	13 August 1972	Bucarest, Romania	Clay	Marina Kroshina	6-4, 2-6, 5-7
Winner	23.	19 August 1972	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Marina Kroshina	8-6, 6-2
Winner	24.	12 February 1973	Baku, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Marina Kroshina	6-1, 6-2
Winner	25.	1 March 1973	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Galina Baksheeva	6-2, 6-3
Winner	26.	15 August 1973	Pescara, Italy	Clay	Éva Szabó	6-0, 1-6, 9-7
Winner	27.	10 February 1974	Salavat, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Elena Granaturova	6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Winner	28.	24 February 1974	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Marina Kroschina	6-3, 6-1
Winner	29.	23 August 1975	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Marina Kroschina	2-6, 7-6, 6-0
Winner	30.	6 August 1979	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Hana Mandlíková	4-6, 7-6, 6-3

Doubles: 36 (26–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 February 1967	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Tatiana Chalko	Galina Baksheeva Anna Dmitrieva	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	4 March 1967	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Tatiana Chalko	Galina Baksheeva Anna Dmitrieva	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	25 February 1968	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Rauza Islanova	Galina Baksheeva Anna Dmitrieva	2–6, 5–7
Winner	4.	7 July 1968	Båstad, Sweden	Hard	Eva Lundqvist	Kathy Harter Julie Heldman	6–2, 6–3
Winner	5.	18 August 1968	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Marina Chuvyrina	Kerry Harris Lesley Hunt	6–0, 6–4
Winner	6.	23 February 1969	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Zaiga Jansone	Tiiu Kivi Maria Kull	6–4, 8–6
Winner	7.	17 August 1969	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard	Zaiga Jansone	Galina Baksheeva Marina Chuvyrina	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	21 September 1969	Turin, Italy	Hard	Zaiga Jansone	Marina Chuvyrina Tiiu Kivi	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	11 January 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Zaiga Jansone	Anna Islanova Eugenia Isopaitis	6–2, 6–2
Winner	10.	8 February 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Zaiga Jansone	Tiiu Kivi Maria Kull	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	22 February 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Zaiga Jansone	Nell Truman Joyce Williams	5–7, 5–7
Winner	12.	2 August 1970	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Tiiu Kivi	Peggy Michel Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–4, 6–3
Winner	13.	10 January 1971	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Patti Hogan	Brenda Kirk Laura Rossouw	6–2, 6–0
Runner-up	14.	16 January 1972	Hobart, Australia	Grass	Barbara Hawcroft	Anne Guerrant Janet Young	3–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	27 February 1972	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Zaiga Jansone	Eugenia Birioukova Marina Kroschina	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	3 April 1972	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Helga Niessen Masthoff	Lucia Bassi Lea Pericoli	4–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	16 April 1972	Tashkent, Soviet Union	Hard	Zaiga Jansone	Eugenia Birioukova Marina Kroschina	5–7, 6–3, 11–9
Winner	18.	17 June 1972	Beckenham, United Kingdom	Grass	Sharon Walsh	Laura DuPont Anne Guerrant	8–6, 6–1
Winner	19.	1 August 1972	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Zaiga Jansone	Galina Baksheeva Anna Yeremeyeva	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	20.	13 August 1972	Bucarest, Romania	Clay	Zaiga Jansone	Eugenia Birioukova Marina Kroschina	6–1, 6–1
Winner	21.	19 August 1972	Moscow, Soviet Union	Clay	Zaiga Jansone	Eugenia Birioukova Marina Kroschina	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	22.	14 January 1973	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Eugenia Isopaitis	Galina Baksheeva Marina Chuvyrina	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	23.	21 January 1973	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard (i)	Marina Chuvrina	Eugenia Birioukova Anna Yeremeyeva	6–0, 7–5
Winner	24.	12 February 1973	Baku, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Zaiga Jansone	Galina Baksheeva Marina Chuvyrina	6–3, 6–1
Winner	25.	22 July 1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Alexandra Ivanova	Janet Young Evonne Goolagong	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	26.	15 August 1973	Pescara, Italy	Clay	Alexandra Ivanova	Eugenia Birioukova Marina Kroschina	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	27.	10 February 1974	Salavat, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Eugenia Birioukova	Rauza Islanova Eugenia Isopaitis	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	28.	24 February 1974	Moscow, Soviet Union	Hard (i)	Eugenia Birioukova	Galina Baksheeva Marina Chuvyrina	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	29.	23 June 1974	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Chris Evert	Helen Gourlay-Cawley Karen Krantzcke	2–6, 0–6
Winner	30.	4 August 1974	Wrocław, Soviet Union	Clay	Marina Kroschina	Natasha Chmyreva Elena Granaturova	6–2, 6–0
Winner	31.	25 July 1975	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Marina Kroschina	Natasha Chmyreva Marina Chuvyrina	6–1, 6–2
Winner	32.	11 August 1975	Vienna, Austria	Clay	Marina Kroschina	Martina Navratilova Renáta Tomanová	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	33.	23 August 1975	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Marina Kroschina	Galina Baksheeva Lydia Zinkevich	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	34.	30 November 1975	Osaka, Japan	Hard (i)	Jeanne Evert	Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals	3–6, 3–6
Winner	35.	8 August 1976	Přerov, Czechoslovakia	Clay	Marina Chuvyrina	Galina Baksheeva Natasha Chmyreva	6–4, 6–4
Winner	36.	6 August 1979	Sopot, Soviet Union	Clay	Natasha Chmyreva	Eugenia Birioukova Natalia Borodina	1–6, 6–0, 6–0

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles (1–0)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1965	Wimbledon	Grass	Raquel Giscafré	6–3, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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.

Tournament	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	QF	A	0 / 2
French Open	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	2R	QF	2R	F	SF	A	0 / 9
Wimbledon	1R	A	1R	4R	2R	3R	4R	QF	F	QF	QF	0 / 10
US Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	QF	3R	A	2R	3R	0 / 5
SR	0 / 1	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 26
Year-end ranking										7	9

Bibliography

Olga Morozova (2000). Only Tennis (in Russian). Moscow: Vagrius. Archived from the original on 26 February 2007.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

External links

• Olga Morozova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olga Morozova at the International Tennis Federation
• Olga Morozova at the Billie Jean King Cup