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Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian: Натальля Зьверава, Russian: Наташа Зверева; born April 16, 1971) is a tennis player from Belarus.
Playing initially for Soviet Union, Zvereva dominated doubles tennis tournaments in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. She won the US Open girls' championship in 1987 beating Sandra Birch 6-0, 6-3 in the finals. After turning pro Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles. Eighteen of them are Grand Slam doubles titles.
In doubles Zvereva is a five times Wimbledon champion, four times US Open champion, five times French Open champion, and four times Australian Open champion.
She won those Grand Slam titles with four different partners (Gigi Fernandez, Martina Hingis, Pam Shriver and Larissa Neiland-Savchenko).
As for her best achievement in singles, in 1988 Zvereva reached the final of the French Open, where she was beaten (0-6, 0-6) by Steffi Graf, who went on to win all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal that year. Zverova visibly stopped trying halfway through the first set, and her defeat was a disappointment to the crowd.
In addition, Zvereva twice won mixed doubles titles at the Australian Open. In 1992, she won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the doubles event (with Leila Meskhi, representing the CIS).
Facts
- Height: 1.74 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Weight: 62 kg (138 lb)
- Plays: right
- Birthplace: Minsk, Belarus
- Resides: Newport Beach, Florida, USA
- Turned pro: 1988
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1971 births | Living people | Belarusian tennis players | Olympic tennis players of Belarus | Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Australian Open champions | French Open champions | Wimbledon champions | US Open champions
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"Natasha Zvereva"