Natasha Zvereva

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
	Representing the Unified Team

Natasha Zvereva
Наташа Зверaва
Country (sports)	Soviet Union (1988–1991); Belarus (from 1992)
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	16 April 1971 (age 53); Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
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Turned pro	May 1988
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 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)

Natasha Zvereva, or Zverava, (born Natalla Marataŭna Zvierava; Belarusian: Наталля Маратаўна Зверава; 16 April 1971) 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.^[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 in the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside Fernández.

Playing style

Zvereva used a baseline, counter-punching style centered around topspin and her double-handed backhand. She had great hands,^[4] used a variety of spins, and was willing to rush the net and volley.^[5] 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.^[6]^[7]

Career

As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 2–6, 6–2, 9–7. Zvereva also won the US Open girls singles championship in 1987, beating Sandra Birch in the final 6–0, 6–3.

After turning pro, Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles. Eighteen of them were 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 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 34^[8] ^[9] ^[10] minutes (the shortest and most one-side 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 Weingärtner 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. She played in the invitational doubles event in 2007.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

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

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1988	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	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 Novotná Helena Suková	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 Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 6–0
Winner	1991	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	1991	US Open (1)	Hard	Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	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 Savchenko	6–4, 6–1
Winner	1992	US Open (2)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	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 Savchenko	6–3, 7–5
Winner	1993	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	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	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–4
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	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
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	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 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	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1998	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1998	French Open (4)	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
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 Kournikova	7–5, 6–3

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

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	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1991	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Winner	1995	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Rick Leach	Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(3–7), 6–4

Olympics

Doubles: 1 medal (1 bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	1992	Barcelona	Clay	Leila Meskhi (EUN)	Tied	DNP

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

Year-end Championships finals

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

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

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 19 (4–15)

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)

Titles 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	Little Rock	Carpet (I)	Kathy Rinaldi	6–4, 6–7^(7–9), 6–0
Runner-up	2.	2 November 1987	Little Rock	Hard	Sandra Cecchini	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	9 November 1987	Chicago	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	23 May 1988	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	13 June 1988	Eastbourne	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	15 August 1988	Montreal	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	31 October 1988	Worcester	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	3 April 1989	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	9 October 1989	Moscow	Carpet (I)	Gretchen Magers	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1.	1 January 1990	Brisbane	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	8 January 1990	Sydney	Hard	Barbara Paulus	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	10 June 1991	Birmingham	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Runner-up	11.	11 October 1993	Filderstadt	Hard (I)	Mary Pierce	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	7 February 1994	Chicago	Carpet (I)	Chanda Rubin	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	11 March 1994	Key Biscayne	Hard	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	28 March 1994	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	14.	3 October 1994	Zürich	Hard (I)	Magdalena Maleeva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	27 February 1995	Indian Wells	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	14 June 1999	Eastbourne	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	0–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 129 (80–49)

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)

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

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR
	Soviet Union						Belarus
Australian Open	NH	A	A	A	2R	4R	2R	3R	1R	QF	1R	3R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 11
French Open	A	3R	F	1R	4R	2R	QF	4R	4R	1R	3R	4R	2R	2R	4R	A	A	0 / 14
Wimbledon	LQ	4R	4R	3R	QF	2R	QF	QF	1R	3R	2R	1R	SF	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 15
US Open	A	3R	1R	4R	2R	4R	3R	QF	A	4R	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 12
SR	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 52
Year End Ranking	94	19	7	27	12	21	23	19	10	14	57	25	16	27	79	NR	NR

Doubles

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

NH = tournament not held.

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.

References

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External links

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[1] Zvereva Shows She Can Still Beat the Odds

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

[3] WTA Website: Natasha Zvereva Player Bio"

[4] Zvereva: Half An Elephant's Better

[5] 1997 US Open and Prediction

[6] Zvereva Shows She Can Still Beat The Odds

[7] Zvereva: Half an Elephant's Better

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Open Era	<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> 1968: Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones 1969: Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon-Jones 1970: Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr 1971: Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr 1972: Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve 1973: Margaret Court / Virginia Wade 1974: Chris Evert / Olga Morozova 1975: Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova 1976: Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau 1977: Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden 1978: Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici 1979: Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull 1980: Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith 1981: Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford 1982: Martina Navratilova / Anne Smith 1983: Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds 1984: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1985: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1986: Martina Navratilova / Andrea Temesvári 1987: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1988: Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1989: Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva 1990: Jana Novotná / Helena Suková 1991: Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná 1992: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1993: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1994: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1995: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1996: Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández 1997: Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva 1998: Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná 1999: Serena Williams / Venus Williams 2000: Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce 2001: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2002: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2003: Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama 2004: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2005: Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez 2006: Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur 2007: Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo 2008: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual 2009: Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual 2010: Serena Williams / Venus Williams 2011: Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká 2012: Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci 2013: Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina 2014: Hsieh Su-wei / Peng Shuai 2015: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová 2016: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic 2017: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová 2018: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková 2019: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic 2020: Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic 2021: Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková 2022: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic

Natasha Zvereva

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Playing style

Career

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

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

Olympics

Doubles: 1 medal (1 bronze medal)

Year-end Championships finals

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

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 19 (4–15)

Doubles: 129 (80–49)

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Country (sports)	Soviet Union (1988–1991) Belarus (from 1992)
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	(1971-04-16) 16 April 1971 (age 53) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
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Turned pro	May 1988
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 7,792,503
Int. Tennis HoF	2010 (member page)
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)

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing the Unified Team
	1992 Barcelona	Doubles