Natalia Medvedeva (tennis)

Natalia Medvedeva
Наталія Медведєвa
Наталья Медведева

Country (sports)	Soviet Union  Ukraine
Born	(1971-11-15) 15 November 1971 Kiev, Soviet Union
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)
Team competitions
Hopman Cup	F (1995)

Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva (Ukrainian: Наталія Медведєвa, Russian: Наталья Олеговна Медведева, born 15 November 1971) is a former professional Soviet and Ukrainian 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 world number 5 Conchita Martínez as well as world number 2 Arantxa Sánchez.

She also won 12 doubles titles. She also won the girl's doubles title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Natalia Zvereva. She reached four Grand Slam quarter-finals 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, 3–0.

WTA Tour finals

Singles 5 (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	4 November 1990	Brentwood, Tennessee, USA	Hard	Susan Sloane	6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	16 February 1992	Linz, Austria	Carpet	Pascale Paradis-Mangon	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	18 July 1993	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Meike Babel	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	28 August 1993	Schenectady, New York, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	3–6, 5–7
Winner	5.	31 October 1993	Essen, Germany	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–7, 7–5, 6–4

Doubles 13 (12–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	24 April 1988	Singapore	Hard	Natalia Bykova	Leila Meskhi Svetlana Cherneva	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	12 November 1989	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Hard	Leila Meskhi	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath	6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Winner	3.	4 February 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Leila Meskhi	Jill Hetherington Robin White	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Winner	4.	11 February 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Leila Meskhi	Michelle Jaggard Julia Richardson	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	5.	28 October 1990	Dorado, Puerto Rico	Hard	Elena Brioukhovets	Amy Frazier Julia Richardson	6–4, 6–2
Winner	6.	29 September 1991	St. Petersburg, USSR	Carpet	Elena Brioukhovets	Isabelle Demongeot Jo Durie	7–5, 6–3
Winner	7.	19 April 1992	Pattaya, Thailand	Hard	Isabelle Demongeot	Pascale Paradis-Mangon Sandrine Testud	6–1, 6–1
Winner	8.	26 April 1992	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Isabelle Demongeot	Rika Hiraki Petra Langrová	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	11 July 1993	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Karin Kschwendt	Silvia Farina Brenda Schultz	6–4, 7–6
Winner	10.	24 October 1993	Brighton, England	Carpet	Laura Golarsa	Anke Huber Larisa Savchenko	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Winner	11.	9 January 1994	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Laura Golarsa	Jenny Byrne Rachel McQuillan	6–3, 6–1
Winner	12.	11 August 1996	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Janette Husárová	Lenka Cenková Katerina Kroupova	6–4, 7–5
Winner	13.	3 November 1996	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Larisa Savchenko	Silvia Farina Barbara Schett	7–6, 4–6, 6–1

References

External links

• Natalia Medvedeva at the International Tennis Federation
• Natalia Medvedeva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Natalia Medvedeva at the Fed Cup