Larisa Neiland

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Larisa Savchenko Neiland

Country	Latvia
Residence	Jūrmala, Latvia
Date of birth	July 21, 1966 (1966-07-21) (age 41)
Place of birth	Lvov, Soviet Union
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb/9.4 st)
Turned Pro	1983
Retired	1999
Plays	Right
Career Prize Money	$US4,083,936
Singles
Career record:	322-283
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	58 (August 12, 1996)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	4r (1992)
French Open	3r (1984, 1989)
Wimbledon	QF (1994)
US Open	QF (1988)
Doubles
Career record:	766-258
Career titles:	65
Highest ranking:	1 (January 27, 1992)
Infobox last updated on: April 22, 2007.

Larisa Savchenko Neiland (born Larisa Savchenko July 21, 1966 in Lvov) is a retired Ukrainian-born tennis player who represented Latvia in play. She turned professional in 1988, one of a group of other Soviet players (Natasha Zvereva, Leila Meskhi) that emerged in time for tennis's full re-entry into the Olympics. A former number one doubles player, Neiland won sixty-five top-level doubles titles. Neiland also reached two grand slam quarterfinals; at Wimbledon in 1988 and at the U.S. Open in 1994. In Neiland's almost 17-full-year career, she won $US4,083,936 in prize money.

Contents 1 Career 2 Grand Slam doubles finals (10) 2.1 Wins (2) 2.2 Runner-ups (8) 3 Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (9) 3.1 Wins (4) 3.2 Runner-ups (5) 4 Footnotes 5 External links and sources

[edit] Career

Neiland turned professional in 1983. In 1984, Neiland reached the third round of the French Open as a qualifier, which was her best singles result at the French Open. She won her first singles title in Chicago in January of 1984, where she only lost a set. In 1988, Neiland reached her first grand slam doubles final with Natasha Zvereva. Unfortunately, the she lost 10-12 in the final set to Gabriela Sabatini and Steffi Graf, who, in that same year won all four grand slam singles titles and an Olympic gold metal. In 1989, also with Zvereva, Larisa won her first doubles grand slam over Graf and Sabatini in straight sets.

In 1991, Neiland captured the Wimbledon title with Zvereva. In 1992, she lost in the U.S. Open final to Jana Novotná and Helena Suková. She won her first mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, as well, when she and Cyril Suk teamed and won over Dutch duo Jacco Eltingh and Miriam Oremans. That year, she reached the number one doubles ranking. Neiland then reached her next five doubles runner-ups with Novotná. Each and every final played with Novotna was lost, the first being the U.S. Open in 1991 and losing to Pam Shriver and Zvereva. Her final grand slam doubles final appearance came in 1993 at Wimbledon. Neiland played in 2000 but retired after losing at Wimbledon. She lost in the first round, when she and her partner Lina Krasnoroutskaya lost to Ai Sugiyama and Julie Halard, the eventual runner-ups, in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3.

[edit] Grand Slam doubles finals (10)

[edit] Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1989	French Open	Natasha Zvereva	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–4
1991	Wimbledon	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (8)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1988	Wimbledon	Natasha Zvereva	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 1–6, 12-10
1990	French Open	Natasha Zvereva	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–4, 7–5
1991	U.S. Open	Jana Novotná	Pam Shriver Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1992	French Open (2)	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 6–0
1992	Wimbledon (2)	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
1992	U.S. Open (2)	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	7–6, 6–1
1993	French Open (3)	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 7–5
1993	Wimbledon (3)	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–7, 6–4

[edit] Grand Slam mixed doubles finals (9)

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1992	Wimbledon	Cyril Suk	Jacco Eltingh Miriam Oremans	7–6, 6–2
1994	Australian Open	Andrei Olhovskiy	Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 6–7, 6–2
1995	French Open	Todd Woodbridge	Jill Hetherington John-Laffnie de Jager	7–6, 7–6
1996	Australian Open (2)	Mark Woodforde	Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen	4–6, 7–5, 6–0

[edit] Runner-ups (5)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1994	French Open	Andrei Olhovskiy	Kristie Boogert Menno Oosting	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
1996	Wimbledon	Mark Woodforde	Cyril Suk Helena Suková	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1997	Australian Open	John-Laffnie de Jager	Manon Bollegraf Rick Leach	6–3, 6–7, 7–5
1997	Wimbledon (2)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Cyril Suk Helena Suková	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1999	French Open (2)	Rick Leach	Piet Norval Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links and sources

• Larisa Neiland profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• ITF Profile for Larisa Neiland
• Fed Cup profile for Larisa Neiland