Natasha Zvereva

Natasha Zvereva
Наташа Зверaва
Country (sports)	Soviet Union (1988–1991), ; CIS (1992), ; Unified Team (1992), ; Belarus (from 1993)
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	16 April 1971 (age 49); 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
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)
Olympic Games	Bronze medal (1992)
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
Women's tennis
Representing the Unified Team
Olympic Games

Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava (Belarusian: Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; 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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

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

Personal[edit]

Zvereva was born as Natalya Marataŭna Zvereva in Minsk, Belarus, to parents Marat Zverev and Nina Zvereva.^[4] She started tennis at the age of seven at the encouragement of her parents, who were both tennis instructors in the Soviet Union.^[5] While her name is sometimes spelled Zverava, in 1994 she officially changed her name to Natasha Zvereva.^[5]

Career[edit]

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.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8] 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.)

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 finally defeated the fourth seeded Graf in the third round 6–4, 7–5 and also 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.^[9] 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. She played in the invitational doubles event in 2007.

Playing style[edit]

Zvereva used a baseline, counter-punching style centered around topspin and her double-handed backhand. She had great hands,^[10] used a variety of spins, and was willing to rush the net and volley.^[11] 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.^[12]^[13]

Major finals[edit]

Grand Slam finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1988	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	0–6, 0–6

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

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

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

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

Olympic Games[edit]

Doubles: 1 bronze medal[edit]

Outcome	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[edit]

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)[edit]

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

WTA career finals[edit]

Singles: 19 (4–15)[edit]

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–3)
Tier II (2–5)
Tier III (1–1)
Tier IV (1–1)
Tier V (0–1)
Virginia Slims (0–3)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 November 1986	Virginia Slims of Arkansas, Little Rock	Carpet (i)	Kathy Rinaldi	4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 0–6
Runner-up	2.	2 November 1987	Virginia Slims of Arkansas, Little Rock	Hard	Sandra Cecchini	6–0, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	9 November 1987	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	23 May 1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Steffi Graf	0–6, 0–6
Runner-up	5.	13 June 1988	Eastbourne International	Grass	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	15 August 1988	Canadian Open, Montreal	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	31 October 1988	Virginia Slims of New England, Worcester	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	3 April 1989	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Steffi Graf	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	9 October 1989	Moscow Ladies Open	Carpet (i)	Gretchen Magers	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1 January 1990	Danone Hardcourt Championships, Brisbane	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	8 January 1990	Sydney International	Hard	Barbara Paulus	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	10 June 1991	Birmingham Classic	Grass	Martina Navratilova	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Runner-up	11.	11 October 1993	Women's Stuttgart Open, Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Mary Pierce	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	7 February 1994	Ameritech Cup, Chicago	Carpet (i)	Chanda Rubin	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	11 March 1994	Miami Masters, Key Biscayne	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	13.	28 March 1994	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Clay	Conchita Martínez	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	14.	3 October 1994	Zurich Open	Hard (i)	Magdalena Maleeva	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	15.	27 February 1995	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	14 June 1999	Eastbourne International	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	0–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 129 (80–49)[edit]

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (18–13)
WTA 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 (2–4)

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

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

ITF finals[edit]

Singles: 4 (3–1)[edit]

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

Doubles: 4 (3–1)[edit]

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

Other Finals[edit]

Singles (3–0)[edit]

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)[edit]

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)[edit]

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[edit]

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

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles[edit]

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[edit]

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

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

References[edit]

^ 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. ISBN 9783897942714.
^ ^a ^b "Not a singles regret". Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFEGnPrsZg
^ Pye, Steven (27 May 2014). "The 1988 French Open: how Agassi arrived, Graf ruled and Wilander won". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
^ http://www.stevegtennis.com/head-to-head/women/Steffi_Graf/Natalia_Zvereva/
^ 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[edit]

Natasha Zvereva at the Women's Tennis Association
Natasha Zvereva at the International Tennis Federation
Natasha Zvereva at the Billie Jean King Cup

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

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

[3] WTA Website: Natasha Zvereva Player Bio"

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

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

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEFEGnPrsZg

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

[9] ttp://www.stevegtennis.com/head-to-head/women/Steffi_Graf/Natalia_Zvereva/

[10] Zvereva: Half An Elephant's Better

[11] 1997 US Open and Prediction

[12] Zvereva Shows She Can Still Beat The Odds

[13] 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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