Natalia Medvedeva (tennis)

Natalia Medvedeva
Наталія Медведєвa
Country (sports) Soviet Union
 CIS
 Ukraine
Born (1971-11-15) 15 November 1971
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Turned pro1987
Retired1998
Prize money$906,455
Singles
Career record186–128
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 23 (15 November 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1990, 1994, 1995, 1997)
French Open3R (1989)
Wimbledon3R (1993, 1996)
US Open3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record174–98
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 21 (4 July 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1990)
French OpenQF (1994)
WimbledonQF (1994)
US OpenQF (1990)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (1990)
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1994)
French OpenSF (1990)
Wimbledon1R (1993)
US Open2R (1990, 1992, 1994)
Team competitions
Hopman CupF (1995)

Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva (Ukrainian: Наталія Олегівна Медведєвa, romanized: Nataliya Olehivna Medvedyeva, Russian: Наталья Олеговна Медведева, romanized: Natalya Olegovna Medvedeva; born 15 November 1971) is a former Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian professional tennis player.

Career

She played on the WTA tour from 1987 to 1998. Her four singles titles were won in Nashville, Tennessee in 1990, Linz in 1992, and Prague and Essen in 1993. In Essen, she beat Conchita Martínez, Arantrxa Sánchez, and Anke Huber.

She also won 12 doubles titles. She also won the girls' doubles title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Natalia Zvereva. She reached four Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles: twice, with Leila Meskhi, in 1990, at the Australian and US Opens. She did it twice again in 1994, with Larisa Savchenko, at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships.

Medvedeva competed 16 times for the Ukraine Fed Cup team, with an 8–8 win–loss record. She came out of retirement for the 2000 Fed Cup because the team was struggling for players.

Personal

Medvedeva's younger brother is Andriy Medvedev, the 1999 French Open finalist. They competed together at the 1995 Hopman Cup, losing in the final to the German team of Anke Huber and Boris Becker.

WTA career finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 1
Tier III 1
Tier IV 2
Tier V 1
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1990 Nashville, United States Hard Susan Sloane 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–0 Feb 1992 Linz, Austria Hard Pascale Paradis-Mangon 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–0 Jul 1993 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Meike Babel 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–1 Aug 1993 Schenectady, United States Hard Larisa Neiland 3–6, 5–7
Win 4–1 Oct 1993 Essen, Germany Carpet Conchita Martínez 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam 0
WTA Championships 0
Tier I 0
Tier II 1
Tier III 1
Tier IV & V 8
Titles by surface
Hard 7
Clay 2
Grass 0
Carpet 3
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. Apr 1988 Singapore Hard Natalia Bykova Leila Meskhi
Svetlana Cherneva 		7–6, 6–3
Loss 1. Nov 1989 Nashville, Tennessee, US Hard Leila Meskhi Manon Bollegraf
Meredith McGrath 		6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Win 2. Feb 1990 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Leila Meskhi Jill Hetherington
Robin White 		3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win 3. Feb 1990 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Leila Meskhi Michelle Jaggard
Julie Richardson 		6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 4. Oct 1990 Dorado, Puerto Rico Hard Elena Brioukhovets Amy Frazier
Julie Richardson 		6–4, 6–2
Win 5. Sep 1991 St. Petersburg, USSR Carpet Elena Brioukhovets Isabelle Demongeot
Jo Durie 		7–5, 6–3
Win 6. Apr 1992 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Isabelle Demongeot Pascale Paradis-Mangon
Sandrine Testud 		6–1, 6–1
Win 7. Apr 1992 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Isabelle Demongeot Rika Hiraki
Petra Langrová 		2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 8. Jul 1993 Palermo, Italy Clay Karin Kschwendt Silvia Farina
Brenda Schultz 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 9. Oct 1993 Brighton, England Carpet Laura Golarsa Anke Huber
Larisa Savchenko 		6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win 10. Jan 1994 Brisbane, Australia Hard Laura Golarsa Jenny Byrne
Rachel McQuillan 		6–3, 6–1
Win 11. Aug 1996 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Janette Husárová Lenka Cenková
Kateřina Kroupová 		6–4, 7–5
Win 12. Nov 1996 Moscow, Russia Carpet Larisa Savchenko Silvia Farina
Barbara Schett 		7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1

Team

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 8 January 1995 Hopman Cup Hard Andriy Medvedev Anke Huber
Boris Becker 		0–2

Top 10 wins

Season 1993 1994 Total
Wins 3 1 4
# Player Rank Event Surface Round Score NMR
1993
1. Anke Huber No. 10 Faber Grand Prix, Essen, Germany Carpet 2nd round 6–4, 6–2 No. 40
2. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario No. 2 Faber Grand Prix, Essen Carpet Semifinals 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 No. 40
3. Conchita Martínez No. 5 Faber Grand Prix, Essen Carpet Final 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–4 No. 40
1994
4. Conchita Martínez No. 3 Faber Grand Prix, Essen Carpet 1st round 7–5, 6–4 No. 43

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R 1R 1R A 2R 2R A 2R 0 / 6 4–6
French Open A Q2 3R 2R A 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 6 4–6
Wimbledon 1R Q1 A 1R A 2R 3R 1R 1R 3R A 0 / 7 5–7
US Open A A Q1 2R A 2R 2R 3R 1R A 1R 0 / 6 5–6
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–4 0–1 3–4 3–3 3–4 1–4 2–1 1–2 0 / 25 18–25

Doubles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A QF 1R 1R A 3R 1R A 1R A 0 / 6 5–6
French Open A A 3R A 2R 2R QF 1R A A 1R 0 / 6 7–6
Wimbledon 1R A 2R A 2R 2R QF 2R A A A 0 / 6 7–6
US Open A 2R QF A 2R 2R 3R A A 2R A 0 / 6 8–6
Year-end championships
WTA Championships DNQ SF Did not qualify 1–1 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 9–5 0–1 3–4 3–3 10–4 1–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 0 / 25 28–25

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SR W–L
Australian Open A 1R A A SF A A QF A 0 / 3 5–3
French Open SF A 2R 2R QF QF A A 1R 0 / 6 10–6
Wimbledon A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open 2R A 2R 1R 2R A A A A 0 / 4 3–4
Win–loss 5–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 6–3 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 0 / 14 18–14

ITF finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 20 April 1987 Monte Viso, Italy Clay Linda Ferrando 6–1, 6–3
Win 2. 2 November 1987 Telford, United Kingdom Hard Sarah Loosemore 6–2, 6–2
Win 3. 9 November 1987 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova 6–2, 7–5
Win 4. 16 November 1987 Croydon, United Kingdom Carpet Teresa Catlin 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1. 24 April 1989 Monte Viso, Italy Clay Rachel McQuillan 6–7, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 6 April 1987 Caserta, Italy Clay Eugenia Maniokova Heike Thoms
Olga Tsarbopoulou 		6–3, 7–5
Win 2. 26 October 1987 Cheshire, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova Paulette Moreno
Maria Strandlund 		6–2, 7–6
Win 3. 2 November 1987 Telford, United Kingdom Hard Eugenia Maniokova Sabine Hack
Ingrid Peltzer 		6–0, 6–2
Win 4. 9 November 1987 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova Pascale Etchemendy
Joy Tacon 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 1. 12 October 1987 Croydon, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia
Paulette Moreno 		6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. 17 April 1989 Caserta, Italy Hard Eugenia Maniokova Nanne Dahlman
Kate McDonald 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 2. 26 August 1996 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Anna Zaporozhanova Anna-Karin Svensson
Réka Vidáts 		5–7, 3–6
Win 6. 28 September 1996 Limoges, France Hard (i) Larisa Neiland Caroline Dhenin
Dominique Monami 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 3. 8 September 1997 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Angelina Zdorovitskaia Annica Lindstedt
Caroline Schneider 		1–6, 2–6

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