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Soviet-Ukrainian professional tennis player
Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva (Ukrainian : Наталія Олегівна Медведєвa , romanized : Nataliya Olehivna Medvedyeva , Наталья Олеговна Медведева ; born 15 November 1971) is a former Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian professional tennis player.
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.
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 .
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
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
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)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam
0
WTA Championships
0
Tier I
0
Tier II
1
Tier III
1
Tier IV & V
8
Titles by surface
Hard
7
Clay
2
Grass
0
Carpet
3
Result
W/L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
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(7–4)
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 Kateřina Kroupová
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
#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Round
Score
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
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: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
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)[ edit ]
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
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