Natasha Zvereva
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Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus
. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. 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 the team of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver
. Navratilova, speaking of the abilities of the two teams, said that she and Shriver were better, but "We were power. They are finesse. It would have been close."
Zvereva is currently the captain of the Belarussian Fed Cup
team.
On 12 July 2010, Zvereva was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside Fernandez.
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. Eighteen of them were Grand Slam
doubles titles: 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.
In addition to her Grand Slam doubles titles, Zvereva teamed with Meskhi to win a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
in Barcelona, Spain.
Zvereva's best achievement in singles was in 1988 when, at age of 17, she beat second ranked Navratilova in the fourth round and sixth seeded Helena Suková
in the quarterfinals en route to the final of the French Open. In the semifinals, Zvereva saved two match points against Nicole Bradtke
before winning 6–3, 6–7, 7–5. In the final, she lost to Steffi Graf
6–0, 6–0 in only 32 minutes (the shortest Grand Slam final ever), who 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
in the same Grand Slam singles tournament. 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(4), 6–2. 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 during that period.
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 on the first round to Marlene Weingartner 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. She played in the invitational doubles event in 2007.
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. The team of Zvereva and Gigi Fernández
Gigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
won more women's doubles titles and Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
women's doubles championships than any other team since the team of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
. Navratilova, speaking of the abilities of the two teams, said that she and Shriver were better, but "We were power. They are finesse. It would have been close."
Zvereva is currently the captain of the Belarussian Fed Cup
Fed Cup
Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
team.
On 12 July 2010, Zvereva was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside Fernandez.
Playing style
Zvereva used a baseline, counter-punching style centered around topspin and her double-handed backhand. She had great hands, used a variety of spins, and was willing to rush the net and volley. 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.Career
As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila MeskhiLeila Meskhi
Leila Meskhi is a retired Georgian professional female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 12 on 5 August 1991.She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union.-Singles :-Singles finalist :...
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
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles. Eighteen of them were Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
doubles titles: 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
Gigi Fernández
Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
, Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
, Pam Shriver
Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
, and Larisa Savchenko Neiland.
In addition to her Grand Slam doubles titles, Zvereva teamed with Meskhi to win a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona, Spain.
Zvereva's best achievement in singles was in 1988 when, at age of 17, she beat second ranked Navratilova in the fourth round and sixth seeded Helena Suková
Helena Suková
Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
in the quarterfinals en route to the final of the French Open. In the semifinals, Zvereva saved two match points against Nicole Bradtke
Nicole Bradtke
Nicole Bradtke is a retired professional tennis player from Australia.Bradtke won three singles and nine doubles on the WTA Tour in her career. She reached the semifinals of the 1988 French Open, and won a bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Summer Olympics, partnering Rachel McQuillan...
before winning 6–3, 6–7, 7–5. In the final, she lost to Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
6–0, 6–0 in only 32 minutes (the shortest Grand Slam final ever), who 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
Monica Seles
Monica Seles is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
in the same Grand Slam singles tournament. 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(4), 6–2. 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 during that period.
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
Jim Pugh
Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No...
to win the title in 1990 and with Rick Leach
Rick Leach
----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No...
in 1995.
Zvereva retired from professional tennis in 2003. Her last appearance in a Grand Slam Tournament was in Wimbledon 2002, where she lost on the first round to Marlene Weingartner 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. She played in the invitational doubles event in 2007.
Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in final | Score in final |
| Runner-up | 1988 1988 French Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and she successfully defended her title by defeating Natalia Zvereva, 6–0, 6–0, in the final. The match lasted only 32 minutes, the shortest ever Grand Slam final, and the only ever double bagel.... |
French Open | Clay |  Steffi GrafSteffi Graf Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24... |
6–0, 6–0 |
Doubles: 31 (18 titles, 13 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
| Runner-up | 1988 | Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... (1) |
Grass |  Larisa Savchenko |
 Steffi GrafSteffi Graf Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...  Gabriela SabatiniGabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s... |
6–3, 1–6, 12–10 |
| 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 NovotnáJana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments... Helena SukováHelena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles... |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1990 | French Open (1) | Clay | Larisa Savchenko |
Jana Novotná Helena Suková |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1991 | French Open (2) | Clay | Larisa Savchenko |
 Gigi FernándezGigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand... Jana Novotná |
6–4, 6–0 |
| Winner | 1991 | Wimbledon (1) | Grass | Larisa Savchenko |
Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná |
6–4, 3–6, 8–6 |
| Winner | 1991 | US Open (1) | Hard | Pam Shriver Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments... |
Jana Novotná  Larisa Savchenko |
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(5) |
| Winner | 1992 | French Open (2) | Clay | Gigi Fernández |
 Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 1992 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Gigi Fernández |
Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 1992 | US Open (2) | Hard | Gigi Fernández |
Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
7–6(4), 6–1 |
| Winner | 1993 | Australian Open (1) | Hard | Gigi Fernández |
Pam Shriver Elizabeth SmylieElizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993.... |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 1993 | French Open (3) | Clay | Gigi Fernández |
 Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1993 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Gigi Fernández |
Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko |
6–4, 6–7(9), 6–4 |
| Winner | 1994 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Gigi Fernández |
Patty Fendick Patty Fendick Patty Fendick is a former professional women's tennis player and is the current head women's tennis coach at the University of Texas.She was born on March 31, 1965 in Sacramento, California and played collegiately at Stanford University, where the team won the NCAA title three times... Meredith McGrathMeredith McGrath Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988. She won three singles titles in a ten year career, at Oklahoma City and Eastbourne in 1994 and Birmingham in 1996. ... |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1994 | French Open (4) | Clay | Gigi Fernández |
Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years... Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond Lisa Raymond is an American professional tennis player who has achieved notable success in doubles tennis. On June 12, 2000, she reached the world number one ranking in doubles... |
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 |
6–3, 6–7(3), 6–4 |
| Winner | 1995 | French Open (5) | Clay | Gigi Fernández |
Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
6–7(6), 6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1995 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Gigi Fernández |
Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1995 | US Open (3) | Hard | Gigi Fernández |
 Brenda Schultz Rennae StubbsRennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs is an Australian tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.... |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1996 | French Open (3) | Clay | Gigi Fernández |
Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years... Mary Joe FernandezMary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 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 HingisMartina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles... |
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 Nicole Arendt Nicole J. Arendt is an American professional tennis player. Arendt won sixteen doubles titles in her career. The left-hander reached her highest singles ranking on the WTA Tour on June 16, 1997, when she was ranked forty-ninth in the world... Manon BollegrafManon Bollegraf Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-History:... |
7–6(4), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1997 | US Open (1) | Hard | Gigi Fernández |
Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1998 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Lindsay Davenport |
Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...  Mirjana LučićMirjana Lucic Mirjana Lučić is a Croatian professional tennis player. She enjoyed a promising career on the WTA Tour in the late 1990s, during which she set several "youngest-ever" records, won one Grand Slam women's doubles title at the Australian Open in 1998 when she was only 15 years old, partnering Martina... |
6–4, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1998 | French Open (4) | Clay | Lindsay Davenport |
Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6–1, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 1998 | Wimbledon (4) | Grass | Lindsay Davenport |
Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6–3, 3–6, 8–6 |
| Runner-up | 1998 | US Open (2) | Hard | Lindsay Davenport |
Martina Hingis Jana Novotná |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1999 | Australian Open (3) | Hard | Lindsay Davenport |
Martina Hingis Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name... |
7–5, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in final | Score in final |
| Winner | 1990 | Australian Open (1) | Hard | Jim Pugh Jim Pugh Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No... |
Zina Garrison Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American... Rick LeachRick Leach ----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No... |
4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1990 | US Open (1) | Hard | Jim Pugh |
Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993.... Todd WoodbridgeTodd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman... |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1991 | Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... (1) |
Grass | Jim Pugh |
Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald John Fitzgerald (tennis player) John Basil Fitzgerald OAM is a former professional tennis player from Australia who played right-handed with a single-handed backhand.-Playing career:... |
7–6(4), 6–2 |
| Winner | 1995 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Rick Leach |
Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand... Cyril SukCyril Suk Cyril Suk III is a former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk has won one Grand Slam men's doubles title and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles during his career.... |
7–6(4), 6–7(3), 6–4 |
Singles (4)
| Legend |
| Tier II (2) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 7 January 1990 | Brisbane, Australia Danone Hardcourt Championships The Danone Hardcourt Championships is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1994. It was held at the Milton Tennis Centre in Brisbane in Australia and played on grass courts from 1987 to 1988 and on outdoor hard courts from 1989 to 1994.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... |
Hard | Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan Rachel McQuillan is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. She won 5 WTA Tour doubles titles, as well as 14 singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 1995 and 1998 French Opens and at the 1996 US Open, each time... |
6–4, 6–0 |
| 2. | 14 January 1990 | Sydney, Australia | Hard |  Barbara PaulusBarbara Paulus Barbara Paulus is a former professional top 10 female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments... |
4–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 3. | 13 February 1994 | Chicago, USA | Carpet (i) | Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No... |
6–3, 7–5 |
| 4. | 20 June 1999 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass |  Nathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000.... |
0–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Doubles (80)
Grand slam events in boldface.- 1988: Birmingham (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1988: Indianapolis VS of Indianapolis (Larisa Savchenko)
- 1989: Amelia Island (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1989: French Open (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1989: Birmingham (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1989: Moscow (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1989: Chicago (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1990: Birmingham (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1990: Eastbourne (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1990: Orlando (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1991: Boca Raton (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1991: Hilton Head Island (with Claudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-KilschClaudia Kohde-Kilsch is a former German tennis player. During her career, she won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won 10 singles titles and 26 doubles titles.-Career:...
) - 1991: Berlin (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1991: Eastbourne (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1991: Wimbledon (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1991: Toronto (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1991: Manhattan Beach (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1991: US Open (with Pam ShriverPam ShriverPamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and is currently a sports broadcaster from the United States for ESPN2. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and one mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
) - 1991: Brighton (with Pam Shriver)
- 1992: Boca Raton (with Larisa Savchenko)
- 1992: Hilton Head Island (with Arantxa Sánchez VicarioArantxa Sánchez VicarioAránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...
) - 1992: Amelia Island (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
- 1992: French Open (with Gigi FernándezGigi FernándezBeatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
) - 1992: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1992: US Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1992: Zürich (with Helena SukováHelena SukováHelena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
) - 1992: Oakland (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1992: Philadelphia (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Australian Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Delray Beach (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Wesley Chapel (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Hilton Head Island (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Berlin (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Eastbourne (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Leipzig (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Filderstadt (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1993: Virginia Slims Championships (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Australian Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Chicago (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Key Biscayne (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Rome (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Berlin (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Eastbourne (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Filderstadt (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Philadelphia (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1994: Virginia Slims Championships (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1995: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1995: Rome (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1995: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1995: San Diego (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1995: Manhattan Beach (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1995: US Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1995: Filderstadt (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1996: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1996: Manhattan Beach (with Lindsay DavenportLindsay DavenportLindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
) - 1996: US Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1997: Australian Open (with Martina HingisMartina HingisMartina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
) - 1997: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1997: Indian Wells (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1997: Key Biscayne (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
- 1997: Strasbourg (with Helena Suková)
- 1997: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1997: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
- 1997: Moscow (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
- 1998: Indian Wells (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1998: Berlin (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1998: Stanford (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1998: San Diego (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1998: Los Angeles (with Martina Hingis)
- 1998: Filderstadt (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1998: Moscow (with Mary PierceMary PierceMary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles...
) - 1998: Chase Championships (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 1999: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Lindsay Davenport)
- 2000: Hanover (with Åsa SvenssonÅsa SvenssonÅsa Svensson is a female tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1992. She won two singles and seven doubles titles in her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 1 April 1996, when she became the number 28 of the world.-Singles :-Won :-...
) - 2000: Hamburg (with Anna KournikovaAnna KournikovaAnna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name...
) - 2002: Madrid (with Martina Navratilova)
Singles runner-ups (15)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (1) |
| Tier I (3) |
| Tier II (5) |
| Tier III (1) |
| Tier IV (1) |
| Tier V (1) |
| VS (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 9 November 1986 | Little Rock, USA | Carpet (i) | Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel is a former professional American tennis player, who retired in September 1997. She won three singles and two doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour, and reached the semifinals of the 1985 Wimbledon Championships.-Career:Rinaldi reached her highest career ranking on... |
6–4, 6–7(7), 6–0 |
| 2. | 8 November 1987 | Little Rock, USA | Carpet (i) |  Sandra CecchiniSandra Cecchini Anna-Maria Cecchini is a former Italian professional tennis player.Cecchini or Sandra as she was known on the WTA tour, played from 1981 to 1998 and won 11 singles titles. Her most notable Grand Slam performance came in her first appearance at Roland Garros in 1984, when she reached the quarter... |
0–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 3. | 15 November 1987 | Chicago, USA | Carpet (i) | Martina Navratilova |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 4. | 5 June 1988 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24... |
6–0, 6–0 |
| 5. | 19 June 1988 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass | Martina Navratilova |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 6. | 21 August 1988 | Montreal, Canada Canada Masters The Canada Masters , currently sponsored as the Rogers Cup, is an annual tennis tournament held in Canada. The men's competition is a Masters 1000 event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour. The women's competition is a Premier 5 tournament on the Women's Tennis Association tour... |
Hard | Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s... |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 7. | 6 November 1988 | Worchester, US Virginia Slims of New England The Virginia Slims of New England is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1986 to 1990. It was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States and played on indoor carpet courts.... |
Carpet (i) | Martina Navratilova |
6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3 |
| 8. | 9 April 1989 | Hilton Head Island, USA Family Circle Cup The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, USA... |
Clay | Steffi Graf |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 9. | 15 October 1989 | Moscow, USSR Moscow Ladies Open The Moscow Ladies Open is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1989 to 1995. It was held in Moscow in Russia from 1989 to 1990 and again from 1994 to 1995 and in St. Petersburg in Russia in 1991... |
Carpet (i) | Gretchen Magers Gretchen Magers Gretchen Anne Magers is a former professional tennis player from the United States.... |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 10. | 16 June 1991 | Birmingham, UK | Grass | Martina Navratilova |
6–4, 7–6(6) |
| 11. | 17 October 1993 | Filderstadt, Germany Porsche Tennis Grand Prix The Porsche Tennis Grand Prix is a tennis tournament held in Stuttgart, Germany . Held since 1978, the tournament is the oldest women's indoor tournament in Europe. Currently it is a Tier II tournament on the WTA Tour. The singles champion also receives a Porsche 911 Carrera sports car in addition... |
Carpet (i) | Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles... |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 12. | 20 March 1994 | Key Biscayne, USA Miami Masters The Miami Masters is an annual tennis tournament for men and women held in Key Biscayne, Miami, Florida. It is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the men's tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the women's tour and is played on hard courts at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park... |
Hard | Steffi Graf |
4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 13. | 3 April 1994 | Hilton Head Island, USA | Clay | Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... |
6–4, 6–0 |
| 14. | 9 October 1994 | Zürich, Switzerland Zurich Open The Zurich Open was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, formerly held every winter in Zurich, Switzerland. It was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament from 1993 until 2007. In its final year, 2008, it was downgraded to a Tier II event.The Open was held at... |
Carpet (i) |  Magdalena MaleevaMagdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva is a Bulgarian former tennis player. She played on the WTA tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to June 2007. Her best position in the WTA Tour was no. 4 between January 29 to February 4, 1996.... |
7–5, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 15. | 5 March 1995 | Indian Wells, USA | Hard | Mary Joe Fernandez Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... |
6–4, 6–3 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Career SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 3R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 11 |
| French Open | 3R | F | 1R | 4R | 2R | QF | 4R | 4R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 2R | 4R | A | A | 0 / 14 |
| Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
4R | 4R | 3R | QF | 2R | QF | QF | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | SF | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 15 |
| US Open | 3R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 4R | 3R | QF | A | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 12 |
| SR | 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 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.