Natasha Zvereva

Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian: Натальля Зьверава, Russian: Наташа Зверева; born April 16, 1971) is a tennis player from Belarus.

A Belarusian tennis star, she dominated doubles tennis tournaments in 1980s and early 1990s. Zvereva has four WTA Tour single titles and 78 (!) double titles, of them 18 are Grand Slam double 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 single's best achievement, in 1988 Zvereva reached the final in French Open, where she was beaten by Steffi Graf, who was unbeatable that year, winning all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal.

In addition, Zvereva twice won mixed doubles titles in Australian Open. And in 1992, she won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the doubles event (with Leila Meskhi , representing the CIS).

Facts

• Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)
• Weight: 138 lb (62 kg)
• Plays: right
• Birthplace: Minsk, Belarus
• Resides: Newport Beach, Florida , USA
• Turned pro: 1988

External link

• Zvereva's profile at usopen.org