Natasha Zvereva

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Natasha Zvereva

Natasha Zvereva
Наталля Зверава
Наталья Зверева
Singles

Country	Soviet Union (1988–1991) Belarus (from 1991)
Residence	Minsk, Belarus
Born	16 April 1971 (1971-04-16) (age 40) Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	May 1988
Retired	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$7,792,503
Int. Tennis HOF	2010 (member page)
Career record	434–252
Career titles	4 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 5 (22 May 1989)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (1995)
French Open	F (1988)
Wimbledon	SF (1998)
US Open	QF (1993)
Doubles
Career record	714–170
Career titles	80 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (7 October 1991)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1993, 1994, 1997)
French Open	W (1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997)
Wimbledon	W (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997)
US Open	W (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996)
Other Doubles tournaments
WTA Championships	W (1993, 1994, 1998)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1990, 1995)
Wimbledon	F (1991)
US Open	F (1990)
Last updated on: 13 April 2009.

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Competitor for the Unified Team
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	doubles

Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava (Belarusian: Наталля Зверава, Russian: Наталья Зверева; born 16 April 1971) is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. The team of Zvereva and Gigi Fernández won more women's doubles titles and Grand Slam women's doubles championships than any other team since the team of Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Navratilova, speaking of the abilities of the two teams, said that she and Shriver were better, but "We were power. They are finesse. It would have been close."

Zvereva is currently the captain of the Belarussian Fed Cup team. On 12 July 2010, Zvereva was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame alongside Fernandez.

1 Playing style
2 Career
3 Grand Slam finals
4 Titles (84)
- 4.1 Singles (4)
- 4.2 Doubles (80)
5 Singles runner-ups (15)
6 Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Playing style

Zvereva used a baseline, counter-punching style centered around topspin and her double-handed backhand. She had great hands, used a variety of spins, and was willing to rush the net and volley. Though Zvereva's talent was never in doubt, she often suffered from lapses in concentration during matches and in her confidence as a singles player.

Career

As a junior, Zvereva won the Wimbledon girls singles title in 1986, defeating Leila Meskhi in the final 2–6, 6–2, 9–7. Zvereva also won the US Open girls singles championship in 1987, beating Sandra Birch in the final 6–0, 6–3.

After turning pro, Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles. Eighteen of them were Grand Slam doubles titles: five at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, five at the French Open, and four at the Australian Open. She won those Grand Slam doubles titles with four different partners: Gigi Fernández, Martina Hingis, Pam Shriver, and Larisa Savchenko Neiland. She is one of only three women to have won at least four women's doubles titles at each Grand Slam tournament, the others being Martina Navratilova and Shriver.

In addition to her Grand Slam doubles titles, Zvereva teamed with Meskhi to win a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Zvereva's best achievement in singles was in 1988 when, at age of 17, she beat second ranked Navratilova in the fourth round and sixth seeded Helena Suková in the quarterfinals en route to the final of the French Open. In the semifinals, Zvereva saved two match points against Nicole Bradtke before winning 6–3, 6–7, 7–5. In the final, she lost to Steffi Graf 6–0, 6–0 in only 32 minutes (the shortest Grand Slam final ever), who went on to win all four Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal that year. Zvereva is one of the few players to have beaten both Graf and Monica Seles in the same Grand Slam singles tournament. At Wimbledon in 1998, Zvereva defeated the fourth seeded Graf in the third round 6–4, 7–5 and the sixth seeded Seles in a quarterfinal 7–6(4), 6–2. Starting with the French Open in 1987 and extending through Wimbledon in 2000, Zvereva played in 51 of the 54 Grand Slam singles tournaments held during that period.

In addition to her Grand Slam women's doubles titles, Zvereva twice won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open. She partnered with Jim Pugh to win the title in 1990 and with Rick Leach in 1995.

Zvereva retired from professional tennis in 2003. Her last appearance in a Grand Slam Tournament was in Wimbledon 2002, where she lost on the first round to Marlene Weingartner 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. She played in the invitational doubles event in 2007.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1988	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–0, 6–0

Doubles: 31 (18 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1988	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 1–6, 12–10
Winner	1989	French Open (1)	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	1989	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	1990	French Open (1)	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1991	French Open (2)	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 6–0
Winner	1991	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 3–6, 8–6
Winner	1991	US Open (1)	Hard	Pam Shriver	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(5)
Winner	1992	French Open (2)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
Winner	1992	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 6–1
Winner	1992	US Open (2)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	7–6(4), 6–1
Winner	1993	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 6–3
Winner	1993	French Open (3)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	6–3, 7–5
Winner	1993	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 6–7(9), 6–4
Winner	1994	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Patty Fendick Meredith McGrath	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	1994	French Open (4)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1994	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1995	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–7(3), 6–4
Winner	1995	French Open (5)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7(6), 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1995	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	1995	US Open (3)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Brenda Schultz Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1996	French Open (3)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernandez	6–2, 6–1
Winner	1996	US Open (4)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	1997	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1997	French Open (6)	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Mary Joe Fernandez Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–3
Winner	1997	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Gigi Fernández	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	7–6(4), 6–4
Runner-up	1997	US Open (1)	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1998	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Mirjana Lučić	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1998	French Open (4)	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	1998	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
Runner-up	1998	US Open (2)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1999	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	7–5, 6–3

Mixed doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
Winner	1990	Australian Open (1)	Hard	Jim Pugh	Zina Garrison Rick Leach	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1990	US Open (1)	Hard	Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie Todd Woodbridge	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	1991	Wimbledon (1)	Grass	Jim Pugh	Elizabeth Smylie John Fitzgerald	7–6(4), 6–2
Winner	1995	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Rick Leach	Gigi Fernández Cyril Suk	7–6(4), 6–7(3), 6–4

Titles (84)

Singles (4)

Legend
Tier II (2)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	7 January 1990	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	6–4, 6–0
2.	14 January 1990	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Barbara Paulus	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
3.	13 February 1994	Chicago, USA	Carpet (i)	Chanda Rubin	6–3, 7–5
4.	20 June 1999	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	0–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles (80)

Grand slam events in boldface.

1988: Birmingham (with Larisa Savchenko)
1988: Indianapolis VS of Indianapolis (Larisa Savchenko)
1989: Amelia Island (with Larisa Savchenko)
1989: French Open (with Larisa Savchenko)
1989: Birmingham (with Larisa Savchenko)
1989: Moscow (with Larisa Savchenko)
1989: Chicago (with Larisa Savchenko)
1990: Birmingham (with Larisa Savchenko)
1990: Eastbourne (with Larisa Savchenko)
1990: Orlando (with Larisa Savchenko)
1991: Boca Raton (with Larisa Savchenko)
1991: Hilton Head Island (with Claudia Kohde-Kilsch)
1991: Berlin (with Larisa Savchenko)
1991: Eastbourne (with Larisa Savchenko)
1991: Wimbledon (with Larisa Savchenko)
1991: Toronto (with Larisa Savchenko)
1991: Manhattan Beach (with Larisa Savchenko)
1991: US Open (with Pam Shriver)
1991: Brighton (with Pam Shriver)
1992: Boca Raton (with Larisa Savchenko)
1992: Hilton Head Island (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: Amelia Island (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1992: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1992: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
1992: US Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1992: Zürich (with Helena Suková)
1992: Oakland (with Gigi Fernández)
1992: Philadelphia (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Australian Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Delray Beach (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Wesley Chapel (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Hilton Head Island (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Berlin (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Eastbourne (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Leipzig (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Filderstadt (with Gigi Fernández)
1993: Virginia Slims Championships (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Australian Open (with Gigi Fernández)

1994: Chicago (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Key Biscayne (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Rome (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Berlin (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Eastbourne (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Filderstadt (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Philadelphia (with Gigi Fernández)
1994: Virginia Slims Championships (with Gigi Fernández)
1995: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Gigi Fernández)
1995: Rome (with Gigi Fernández)
1995: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1995: San Diego (with Gigi Fernández)
1995: Manhattan Beach (with Gigi Fernández)
1995: US Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1995: Filderstadt (with Gigi Fernández)
1996: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Gigi Fernández)
1996: Manhattan Beach (with Lindsay Davenport)
1996: US Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1997: Australian Open (with Martina Hingis)
1997: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Lindsay Davenport)
1997: Indian Wells (with Lindsay Davenport)
1997: Key Biscayne (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1997: Strasbourg (with Helena Suková)
1997: French Open (with Gigi Fernández)
1997: Wimbledon (with Gigi Fernández)
1997: Moscow (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario)
1998: Indian Wells (with Lindsay Davenport)
1998: Berlin (with Lindsay Davenport)
1998: Stanford (with Lindsay Davenport)
1998: San Diego (with Lindsay Davenport)
1998: Los Angeles (with Martina Hingis)
1998: Filderstadt (with Lindsay Davenport)
1998: Moscow (with Mary Pierce)
1998: Chase Championships (with Lindsay Davenport)
1999: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Lindsay Davenport)
2000: Hanover (with Åsa Svensson)
2000: Hamburg (with Anna Kournikova)
2002: Madrid (with Martina Navratilova)

Singles runner-ups (15)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tier I (3)
Tier II (5)
Tier III (1)
Tier IV (1)
Tier V (1)
VS (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	9 November 1986	Little Rock, USA	Carpet (i)	Kathy Rinaldi	6–4, 6–7(7), 6–0
2.	8 November 1987	Little Rock, USA	Carpet (i)	Sandra Cecchini	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
3.	15 November 1987	Chicago, USA	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–2
4.	5 June 1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–0, 6–0
5.	19 June 1988	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–2
6.	21 August 1988	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	6–1, 6–2
7.	6 November 1988	Worchester, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3
8.	9 April 1989	Hilton Head Island, USA	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–1, 6–1
9.	15 October 1989	Moscow, USSR	Carpet (i)	Gretchen Magers	6–3, 6–4
10.	16 June 1991	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 7–6(6)
11.	17 October 1993	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	6–3, 6–3
12.	20 March 1994	Key Biscayne, USA	Hard	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
13.	3 April 1994	Hilton Head Island, USA	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–4, 6–0
14.	9 October 1994	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Magdalena Maleeva	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
15.	5 March 1995	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	6–4, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	4R	2R	3R	1R	QF	1R	3R	3R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 11
French Open	3R	F	1R	4R	2R	QF	4R	4R	1R	3R	4R	2R	2R	4R	A	A	0 / 14
Wimbledon	4R	4R	3R	QF	2R	QF	QF	1R	3R	2R	1R	SF	2R	2R	A	1R	0 / 15
US Open	3R	1R	4R	2R	4R	3R	QF	A	4R	3R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 12
SR	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 52

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Natasha Zvereva in Grand Slam Tournaments

French Open girls’ singles champions

1968 Lesley Hunt • 1969 Kazuko Sawamatsu • 1970 Veronica Burton • 1971 Elena Granatourova • 1972 Renáta Tomanová • 1973 Mima Jaušovec • 1974 Mariana Simionescu • 1975 Regina Maršíková • 1976 Michele Tyler • 1977 Anne Smith • 1978 Hana Mandlíková • 1979 Lena Sandin • 1980 Kathy Horvath • 1981 Bonnie Gadusek • 1982 Manuela Maleeva • 1983 Pascale Paradis • 1984 Gabriela Sabatini • 1985 Laura Garrone • 1986 Patricia Tarabini • 1987 Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Julie Halard • 1989 Jennifer Capriati • 1990 Magdalena Maleeva • 1991 Anna Smashnova • 1992 Rossana de los Ríos • 1993 Martina Hingis • 1994 Martina Hingis • 1995 Amélie Cocheteux • 1996 Amélie Mauresmo • 1997 Justine Henin • 1998 Nadia Petrova • 1999 Lourdes Domínguez • 2000 Virginie Razzano • 2001 Kaia Kanepi • 2002 Angelique Widjaja • 2003 Anna-Lena Grönefeld • 2004 Sesil Karatantcheva • 2005 Ágnes Szávay • 2006 Agnieszka Radwańska • 2007 Alizé Cornet • 2008 Simona Halep • 2009 Kristina Mladenovic • 2010 Elina Svitolina • 2011 Ons Jabeur

Wimbledon (Open Era) girls' singles champions

1968 Kristy Pigeon • 1969 Kazuko Sawamatsu • 1970 Sharon Walsh • 1971 Marina Kroshina • 1972 Ilana Kloss • 1973 Ann Kiyomura • 1974 Mima Jaušovec • 1975 Natasha Chmyreva • 1976 Natasha Chmyreva • 1977 Lea Antonoplis • 1978 Tracy Austin • 1979 Mary Lou Piatek • 1980 Debbie Freeman • 1981 Zina Garrison • 1982 Catherine Tanvier • 1983 Pascale Paradis • 1984 Annabel Croft • 1985 Andrea Holíková • 1986 Natalia Zvereva • 1987 Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Brenda Schultz • 1989 Andrea Strnadová • 1990 Andrea Strnadová • 1991 Barbara Rittner • 1992 Chanda Rubin • 1993 Nancy Feber • 1994 Martina Hingis • 1995 Aleksandra Olsza • 1996 Amélie Mauresmo • 1997 Cara Black • 1998 Katarina Srebotnik • 1999 Iroda Tulyaganova • 2000 María Emilia Salerni • 2001 Angelique Widjaja • 2002 Vera Dushevina • 2003 Kirsten Flipkens • 2004 Kateryna Bondarenko • 2005 Agnieszka Radwańska • 2006 Caroline Wozniacki • 2007 Urszula Radwańska • 2008 Laura Robson • 2009 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn • 2010 Kristýna Plíšková • 2011 Ashleigh Barty

US Open girls' singles champions

1974 Ilana Kloss • 1975 Natasha Chmyreva • 1976 Marise Kruger • 1977 Claudia Casabianca • 1978 Linda Siegel • 1979 Alycia Moulton • 1980 Susan Mascarin • 1981 Zina Garrison • 1982 Beth Herr • 1983 Elizabeth Minter • 1984 Katerina Maleeva • 1985 Laura Garrone • 1986 Elly Hakami • 1987 Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Carrie Cunningham • 1989 Jennifer Capriati • 1990 Magdalena Maleeva • 1991 Karina Habšudová • 1992 Lindsay Davenport • 1993 Maria Francesca Bentivoglio • 1994 Meilen Tu • 1995 Tara Snyder • 1996 Mirjana Lučić • 1997 Cara Black • 1998 Jelena Dokić • 1999 Lina Krasnoroutskaya • 2000 María Emilia Salerni • 2001 Marion Bartoli • 2002 Maria Kirilenko • 2003 Kirsten Flipkens • 2004 Michaëlla Krajicek • 2005 Victoria Azarenka • 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Kristína Kučová • 2008 Coco Vandeweghe • 2009 Heather Watson • 2010 Daria Gavrilova • 2011 Grace Min

French Open girls’ doubles champions

1981 Sophie Amiach / Corinne Vanier • 1982 Beth Herr / Janet Lagasse • 1983 Carin Anderholm / Helena Olsson • 1984 Digna Ketelaar / Simone Schilder • 1985 Mariana Perez-Roldan / Patricia Tarabini • 1986 Leila Meskhi / Natalia Zvereva • 1987 Natalia Medvedeva / Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Alexia Dechaume / Emmanuelle Derly • 1989 Nicole Pratt / Wang Shi-ting • 1990 Ruxandra Dragomir / Irina Spîrlea • 1991 Eva Bes / Inés Gorrochategui • 1992 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber • 1993 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber • 1994 Martina Hingis / Henrieta Nagyová • 1995 Corina Morariu / Ludmila Varmuzova • 1996 Alice Canepa / Giulia Casoni • 1997 Cara Black / Irina Selyutina • 1998 Kim Clijsters / Jelena Dokić • 1999 Flavia Pennetta / Roberta Vinci • 2000 Maria José Martínez / Anabel Medina • 2001 Petra Cetkovská / Renata Voráčová • 2002 Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Barbora Strýcová • 2003 Adriana Gonzalez-Peñas / Marta Fraga • 2004 Katerina Bohmova / Michaëlla Krajicek • 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay • 2006 Sharon Fichman / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova • 2007 Ksenia Milevskaya / Urszula Radwańska • 2008 Jessica Moore / Polona Hercog • 2009 Elena Bogdan / Noppawan Lertcheewakarn • 2010 Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens • 2011 Irina Khromacheva / Maryna Zanevska

Wimbledon (Open Era) girls' doubles champions

1982 Penny Barg / Beth Herr • 1983 Patty Fendick / Patricia Hy-Boulais • 1984 Caroline Kuhlman / Stephanie Rehe • 1985 Louise Field / Janine Thompson • 1986 Michelle Jaggard / Lisa O’Neill • 1987 Natalia Medvedeva / Natalia Zvereva • 1988 Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan • 1989 Jennifer Capriati / Meredith McGrath • 1990 Karina Habšudová / Andrea Strnadová • 1991 Catherine Barclay / Limor Zaltz • 1992 Marja Avotins / Lisa McShea • 1993 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber • 1994 Esme DeVilliers / Elizabeth Jelfs • 1995 Cara Black / Aleksandra Olsza • 1996 Olga Barabanschikova / Amélie Mauresmo • 1997 Cara Black / Irina Selyutina • 1998 Eva Dyrberg / Jelena Kostanić • 1999 Dája Bedáňová / Maria Salerni • 2000 Ioana Gaspar / Tatiana Perebiynis • 2001 Gisela Dulko / Ashley Harkleroad • 2002 Elke Clijsters / Barbora Strýcová • 2003 Alisa Kleybanova / Sania Mirza • 2004 Victoria Azarenka / Olga Govortsova • 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay • 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Alisa Kleybanova • 2007 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Urszula Radwańska • 2008 Jessica Moore / Polona Hercog • 2009 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers • 2010 Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens • 2011 Eugénie Bouchard / Grace Min

Australian Open women's doubles champions

(1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1971) Evonne Goolagong / Margaret Court • (1972) Kerry Harris / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1975) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1976) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1977 (Jan)) Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1977 (Dec)) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley & Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid • (1978) Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová • (1979) Judy Connor Chaloner / Diane Evers Brown • (1980) Martina Navrátilová / Betsy Nagelsen • (1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1989) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Patty Fendick / Mary Joe Fernandez • (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1996) Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1997) Martina Hingis / Natalia Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić • (1999) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova • (2000) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs • (2001) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2002) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova • (2003) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik • (2006) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie • (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2008) Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko • (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2011) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta

French Open women's doubles champions

(1968) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones • (1969) Françoise Durr / Ann Haydon-Jones • (1970) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr • (1971) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Durr • (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Chris Evert / Olga Morozova • (1975) Chris Evert / Martina Navrátilová • (1976) Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau • (1977) Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden • (1978) Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici • (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull • (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1981) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Anne Smith • (1983) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Andrea Temesvári • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1989) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná • (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1996) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernandez • (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná • (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2000) Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce • (2001) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2006) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur • (2007) Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo • (2008) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual • (2009) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual • (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2011) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká

Wimbledon (Open Era) ladies' doubles champions

(1968) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1970) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1971) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve • (1973) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1975) Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu • (1976) Chris Evert / Martina Navrátilová • (1977) Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell • (1978) Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull • (1979) Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová • (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1981) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie • (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1987) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková • (1988) Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini • (1989) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva • (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1996) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková • (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková • (1999) Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu • (2000) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs • (2002) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama • (2004) Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs • (2005) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2006) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie • (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2008) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova • (2011) Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik

US Open women's doubles champions

(1968) Maria Bueno / Margaret Court • (1969) Françoise Durr / Darlene Hard • (1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1971) Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1972) Françoise Durr / Betty Stöve • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1975) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1976) Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss • (1977) Martina Navrátilová / Betty Stöve • (1978) Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová • (1979) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull • (1980) Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová • (1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1982) Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull • (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková • (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Gigi Fernández / Robin White • (1989) Hana Mandlíková / Martina Navrátilová • (1990) Gigi Fernández / Martina Navrátilová • (1991) Pam Shriver / Natalia Zvereva • (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková • (1994) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1995) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1996) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1997) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná • (1998) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná • (1999) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2000) Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama • (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs • (2002) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2003) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur • (2006) Nathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva • (2007) Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina • (2008) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova • (2011) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond

Australian Open mixed doubles champions

(1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen & Ann Haydon-Jones / Fred Stolle • (1987) Zina Garrison / Sherwood Stewart • (1988) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh • (1989) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh • (1990) Natalia Zvereva / Jim Pugh • (1998) Jo Durie / Jeremy Bates • (1992) Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Todd Woodbridge • (1994) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Andrei Olhovskiy • (1995) Natalia Zvereva / Rick Leach • (1996) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach • (1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob • (1999) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams • (2000) Rennae Stubbs / Jared Palmer • (2001) Corina Morariu / Ellis Ferreira • (2002) Daniela Hantuchová / Kevin Ullyett • (2003) Martina Navrátilová / Leander Paes • (2004) Elena Bovina / Nenad Zimonjić • (2005) Samantha Stosur / Scott Draper • (2006) Martina Hingis / Mahesh Bhupathi • (2007) Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor • (2008) Tiantian Sun / Nenad Zimonjić • (2009) Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi • (2010) Cara Black / Leander Paes • (2011) Katarina Srebotnik / Daniel Nestor

Tennis players who have completed the Grand Slam or career Grand Slam in singles and/or doubles

Calendar year (men's singles)

1938: Don Budge · 1962: Rod Laver · 1969: Rod Laver

Calendar year (women's singles)

1953: Maureen Connolly · 1970: Margaret Court · 1988: Steffi Graf

Calendar year (men's doubles)

1951: Ken McGregor/ Frank Sedgman

Calendar year (women's doubles)

1960: Maria Bueno · 1984: Martina Navratilova/ Pam Shriver · 1998: Martina Hingis

Calendar year (mixed doubles)

1963: Margaret Court/ Ken Fletcher · 1965: Margaret Court · 1967: Owen Davidson

Career (men's singles)

1933-34-35: Fred Perry · 1937-38: Don Budge · 1960-61-62: Rod Laver · 1961-63-64: Roy Emerson · 1992-94-95-99: Andre Agassi · 2003-04-09: Roger Federer · 2005-08-09-10: Rafael Nadal

Career (women's singles)

1951-52-53: Maureen Connolly · 1949-50-51-54: Doris Hart · 1951-56-57: Shirley Fry Irvin · 1960-62-63: Margaret Court · 1966-67-68-72: Billie Jean King · 1974-75-82: Chris Evert · 1978-81-82-83: Martina Navratilova · 1987-88: Steffi Graf · 1999-2002-03: Serena Williams

Career (men's doubles)

1935-36-39:

Adrian Quist · 1951:

Ken McGregor/

Frank Sedgman · 1953–56:

Lew Hoad/

Ken Rosewall · 1959-60-62:

Roy Emerson/

Neale Fraser · 1965–67:

John Newcombe/

Tony Roche · 1962-64-67-77:

Bob Hewitt · 1982-84-86-89:

John Fitzgerald · 1983-87-89:

Anders Järryd · 1994-95-98:

Jacco Eltingh/

Paul Haarhuis · 1992–93-95-2000:

Todd Woodbridge/

Mark Woodforde · 1998-2002-03-05:

Jonas Björkman · 2003-05-06:

Bob Bryan/

Mike Bryan · 2002-04-07-08:

Daniel Nestor

Career (women's doubles)

1942-46-50:

Louise Brough Clapp · 1947-48-50-51:

Doris Hart · 1950-51-57:

Shirley Fry Irvin · 1956–1957:

Althea Gibson · 1958–60:

Maria Bueno · 1961–64:

Lesley Turner Bowrey · 1966-69-70:

Margaret Court/

Judy Tegart Dalton · 1980–81:

Kathy Jordan/

Anne Smith · 1981-82-83-84:

Martina Navratilova/

Pam Shriver · 1989-90-93:

Helena Suková · 1992–93:

Gigi Fernández/

Natasha Zvereva · 1989-90-94:

Jana Novotná · 1996-97-98:

Martina Hingis · 1999-2000-01:

Serena Williams/

Venus Williams · 2000-01-06:

Lisa Raymond

Career (mixed doubles)

1949–51:

Doris Hart/

Frank Sedgman · 1964–65:

Margaret Court/

Ken Fletcher · 1965-66-67:

Owen Davidson · 1967–68:

Billie Jean King · 1969–75:

Margaret Court/

Marty Riessen · 1961-70-77-79:

Bob Hewitt · 1992–93:

Mark Woodforde · 1990-93-94-95:

Todd Woodbridge · 1974-85-2003:

Martina Navratilova · 2001-02-05:

Daniela Hantuchová · 1997-99-2005-06:

Mahesh Bhupathi · 2002-04-08-10:

Cara Black

WTA Year-end championships winners doubles

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 doubles players

Martina Navrátilová (1984/1990 – 237 w) · Pam Shriver (1985/1986 – 48 w) · Helena Suková (1990/1993 – 68 w) · Jana Novotná (1990/1999 – 67 w) Gigi Fernández (1991/1995 – 80 w) · Natasha Zvereva (1991/1999 – 124 w) · Larisa Neiland (1992 – 4 w) · Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1992/1997 – 111 w) Lindsay Davenport (1997/2000 – 32 w) · Martina Hingis (1998/1999 – 35 w) · Anna Kournikova (1999/2000 – 10 w) · Corina Morariu (2000 – 7 w) · Lisa Raymond (2000/2007 – 117 w) · Rennae Stubbs (2000 – 3 w) · Julie Halard-Decugis (2000 – 14 w) · Ai Sugiyama (2000/2003 – 45 w) Paola Suárez (2002/2004 – 87 w) · Kim Clijsters (2003 – 4 w) · Virginia Ruano Pascual (2003/2005 – 65 w) · Cara Black (2005/2010 – 163 w) Samantha Stosur (2006/2007 – 61 w) · Liezel Huber (2007/2011 – 148 w) · Serena Williams (2010 – 8 w) · Venus Williams (2010 – 8 w) Gisela Dulko (2010/2011 – 24 w) · Flavia Pennetta (2011 – 18 w) · Květa Peschke (2011 – 10 w) · Katarina Srebotnik (2011 – 10 w)

WTA rankings incepted on September 4, 1984 · (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of September 12, 2011

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