Natalia Medvedeva (tennis)
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 professional Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian tennis player.
Country (sports) | |
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Born | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR | 15 November 1971
Turned pro | 1987 |
Retired | 1998 |
Prize money | US$906,455 |
Singles | |
Career record | 186–128 |
Career titles | 4 |
Highest ranking | No. 23 (15 November 1993) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (1990, 1994, 1995, 1997) |
French Open | 3R (1989) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1993, 1996) |
US Open | 3R (1994) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 174–98 |
Career titles | 12 |
Highest ranking | No. 21 (4 July 1994) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1990) |
French Open | QF (1994) |
Wimbledon | QF (1994) |
US Open | QF (1990) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (1990) |
Olympic Games | 1R (1996) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1994) |
French Open | SF (1990) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1993) |
US Open | 2R (1990, 1992, 1994) |
Team competitions | |
Hopman Cup | F (1995) |
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 U.S. 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 Tour 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 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 4 November 1990 | Nashville, United States | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |
Winner | 2. | 16 February 1992 | Linz, Austria | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Winner | 3. | 18 July 1993 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 28 August 1993 | Schenectady, United States | Hard | 3–6, 5–7 | |
Winner | 4. | 31 October 1993 | Essen, Germany | Carpet | 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner-up)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 24 April 1988 | Singapore | Hard | 7–6, 6–3 | ||
Runner-up | 1. | 12 November 1989 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Hard | 6–1, 6–7, 6–7 | ||
Winner | 2. | 4 February 1990 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 | ||
Winner | 3. | 11 February 1990 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 4. | 28 October 1990 | Dorado, Puerto Rico | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 5. | 29 September 1991 | St. Petersburg, USSR | Carpet | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
Winner | 6. | 19 April 1992 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
Winner | 7. | 26 April 1992 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 | ||
Winner | 8. | 11 July 1993 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | 6–4, 7–6 | ||
Winner | 9. | 24 October 1993 | Brighton, England | Carpet | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 | ||
Winner | 10. | 9 January 1994 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
Winner | 11. | 11 August 1996 | Maria Lankowitz, Austria | Clay | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Winner | 12. | 3 November 1996 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet | 7–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
Team: 1 (1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 8 January 1995 | Perth, Australia | Hard | 0–2 |
Top 10 wins
Season | 1993 | 1994 | Total |
Wins | 3 | 1 | 4 |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | NMR |
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1993 | |||||||
1. | No. 10 | Faber Grand Prix, Essen, Germany | Carpet | 2nd Round | 6–4, 6–2 | No. 40 | |
2. | No. 2 | Faber Grand Prix, Essen, Germany | Carpet | Semifinals | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 | No. 40 | |
3. | No. 5 | Faber Grand Prix, Essen, Germany | Carpet | Final | 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–4 | No. 40 | |
1994 | |||||||
4. | No. 3 | Faber Grand Prix, Essen, Germany | Carpet | 1st Round | 7–5, 6–4 | No. 43 |
Performance timelines
Singles
Tournament | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | SR | W–L | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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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 championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | SR | W–L | |||||||||||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 20 April 1987 | Monte Viso, Italy | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Winner | 2. | 2 November 1987 | Telford, United Kingdom | Hard | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Winner | 3. | 9 November 1987 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Carpet | 6–2, 7–5 | |
Winner | 4. | 16 November 1987 | Croyden, United Kingdom | Carpet | 6–2, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 24 April 1989 | Monte Viso, Italy | Clay | 6–7, 1–6 |
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runners-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 6 April 1987 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Winner | 2. | 26 October 1987 | Cheshire, United Kingdom | Carpet | 6–2, 7–6 | ||
Winner | 3. | 2 November 1987 | Telford, United Kingdom | Hard | 6–0, 6–2 | ||
Winner | 4. | 9 November 1987 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Carpet | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
Runner-up | 1. | 12 October 1987 | Croyden, United Kingdom | Carpet | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Winner | 5. | 17 April 1989 | Caserta, Italy | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Runner-up | 2. | 26 August 1996 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
Winner | 6. | 28 September 1996 | Limoges, France | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
Runner-up | 3. | 8 September 1997 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | 1–6, 2–6 |