Natalia Medvedeva (tennis)
Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva is a former professional Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian tennis player.
Career
She played on the WTA tour from 1987 to 1998. Her four singles titles were won in Nashville, Tennessee in 1990, Linz in 1992, and Prague and Essen in 1993. In Essen, she beat Conchita Martínez, Arantrxa Sánchez, and Anke Huber.She also won 12 doubles titles. She also won the girls' doubles title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Natalia Zvereva. She reached four Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles: twice, with Leila Meskhi, in 1990, at the Australian and U.S. Opens. She did it twice again in 1994, with Larisa Savchenko, at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships.
Medvedeva competed 16 times for the Ukraine Fed Cup team, with an 8–8 win–loss record. She came out of retirement for the 2000 Fed Cup because the team was struggling for players.
Personal
Medvedeva's younger brother is Andriy Medvedev, the 1999 French Open finalist. They competed together at the 1995 Hopman Cup, losing in the final to the German team of Anke Huber and Boris Becker.WTA Tour finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 4 November 1990 | Nashville, United States | Hard | Susan Sloane | 6–3, 7–6 |
Winner | 2. | 16 February 1992 | Linz, Austria | Hard | Pascale Paradis-Mangon | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 18 July 1993 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Meike Babel | 6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 28 August 1993 | Schenectady, United States | Hard | Larisa Savchenko | 3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 4. | 31 October 1993 | Essen, Germany | Carpet | Conchita Martínez | 6–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
Doubles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 24 April 1988 | Singapore | Hard | Natalia Bykova | Leila Meskhi Svetlana Cherneva | 7–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 12 November 1989 | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Hard | Leila Meskhi | Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath | 6–1, 6–7, 6–7 |
Winner | 2. | 4 February 1990 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Leila Meskhi | Jill Hetherington Robin White | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6 |
Winner | 3. | 11 February 1990 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Leila Meskhi | Michelle Jaggard Julie Richardson | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 4. | 28 October 1990 | Dorado, Puerto Rico | Hard | Elena Brioukhovets | Amy Frazier Julie Richardson | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 5. | 29 September 1991 | St. Petersburg, USSR | Carpet | Elena Brioukhovets | Isabelle Demongeot Jo Durie | 7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 6. | 19 April 1992 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Isabelle Demongeot | Pascale Paradis-Mangon Sandrine Testud | 6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 7. | 26 April 1992 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Hard | Isabelle Demongeot | Rika Hiraki Petra Langrová | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 11 July 1993 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Karin Kschwendt | Silvia Farina Brenda Schultz | 6–4, 7–6 |
Winner | 9. | 24 October 1993 | Brighton, England | Carpet | Laura Golarsa | Anke Huber Larisa Savchenko | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
Winner | 10. | 9 January 1994 | Brisbane, Australia | Hard | Laura Golarsa | Jenny Byrne Rachel McQuillan | 6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 11. | 11 August 1996 | Maria Lankowitz, Austria | Clay | Janette Husárová | Lenka Cenková Katerina Kroupova | 6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 12. | 3 November 1996 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet | Larisa Savchenko | Silvia Farina Barbara Schett | 7–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
Team: 1 (1 runner-up)
Top 10 wins
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed
ITF Finals
Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 20 April 1987 | Monte Viso, Italy | Clay | Linda Ferrando | 6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 2 November 1987 | Telford, United Kingdom | Hard | Sarah Loosemore | 6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 9 November 1987 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova | 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner | 4. | 16 November 1987 | Croyden, United Kingdom | Carpet | Teresa Catlin | 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 24 April 1989 | Monte Viso, Italy | Clay | Rachel McQuillan | 6–7, 1–6 |
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runners-up)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Winner | 1. | 6 April 1987 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | Eugenia Maniokova | Heike Thoms Olga Tsarbopoulou | 6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 2. | 26 October 1987 | Cheshire, United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova | Paulette Moreno Maria Strandlund | 6–2, 7–6 |
Winner | 3. | 2 November 1987 | Telford, United Kingdom | Hard | Eugenia Maniokova | Sabine Hack Ingrid Peltzer | 6–0, 6–2 |
Winner | 4. | 9 November 1987 | Eastbourne, United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova | Pascale Etchemendy Joy Tacon | 6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 1. | 12 October 1987 | Croyden, United Kingdom | Carpet | Eugenia Maniokova | Viktoria Milvidskaia Paulette Moreno | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 17 April 1989 | Caserta, Italy | Hard | Eugenia Maniokova | Nanne Dahlman Kate McDonald | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 2. | 26 August 1996 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Anna Zaporozhanova | Anna-Karin Svensson Réka Vidáts | 5–7, 3–6 |
Winner | 6. | 28 September 1996 | Limoges, France | Hard | Larisa Neiland | Caroline Dhenin Dominique Monami | 6–1, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 3. | 8 September 1997 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Clay | Angelina Zdorovitskaia | Annica Lindstedt Caroline Schneider | 1–6, 2–6 |