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Natasha Zvereva
Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian; born April
16, 1971) is a tennis player from Belarus.
A Belarusian tennis star, she dominated doubles tennis tournaments
in late 1980s and through 1990s. She was a girl's US Open champion in 1987
beating Sandra Birch 6-0, 6-3 in the finals. After turning pro Zvereva won
four WTA Tour single titles and 79 WTA Tour double titles. Eighteen of them
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 (0-6,0-6) 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. In 1992, she won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the
doubles event (with Leila Meskhi, representing the CIS).
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