Natalia Medvedeva

Natalia Olegovna Medvedeva (, ; born 15 November 1971) is a former Soviet, CIS and Ukrainian professional 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 US 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 career finals

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 1 Tier III 1 Tier IV 2 Tier V 1

Doubles: 13 (12 titles, 1 runner-up) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 1 Tier III 1 Tier IV & V 8 Titles by surface Hard 7 Clay 2 Grass 0 Carpet 3 ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. Apr 1988 Singapore Hard Natalia Bykova Leila Meskhi Svetlana Cherneva 7–6, 6–3Loss 1. Nov 1989 Nashville, Tennessee, US Hard Leila Meskhi Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath 6–1, 6–7, 6–7Win 2. Feb 1990 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Leila Meskhi Jill Hetherington Robin White 3–6, 6–3, 7–6Win 3. Feb 1990 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Leila Meskhi Michelle Jaggard Julie Richardson 6–3, 2–6, 6–4Win 4. Oct 1990 Dorado, Puerto Rico Hard Elena Brioukhovets Amy Frazier Julie Richardson 6–4, 6–2Win 5. Sep 1991 St. Petersburg, USSR Carpet Elena Brioukhovets Isabelle Demongeot Jo Durie 7–5, 6–3Win 6. Apr 1992 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Isabelle Demongeot Pascale Paradis-Mangon Sandrine Testud 6–1, 6–1Win 7. Apr 1992 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard Isabelle Demongeot Rika Hiraki Petra Langrová 2–6, 6–4, 6–1Win 8. Jul 1993 Palermo, Italy Clay Karin Kschwendt Silvia Farina Brenda Schultz 6–4, 7–6(7–4)Win 9. Oct 1993 Brighton, England Carpet Laura Golarsa Anke Huber Larisa Savchenko 6–3, 1–6, 6–4Win 10. Jan 1994 Brisbane, Australia Hard Laura Golarsa Jenny Byrne Rachel McQuillan 6–3, 6–1Win 11. Aug 1996 Maria Lankowitz, Austria Clay Janette Husárová Lenka Cenková Kateřina Kroupová 6–4, 7–5Win 12. Nov 1996 Moscow, Russia Carpet Larisa Savchenko Silvia Farina Barbara Schett 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1

Team ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 8 January 1995 Hopman Cup Hard Andriy Medvedev Anke Huber Boris Becker 0–2

Top 10 wins Season 1993 1994 Total Wins 3 1 4 PlayerRankEventSurfaceRoundScore1993 1. Anke HuberNo. 10Faber Grand Prix, Essen, GermanyCarpet2nd round 6–4, 6–2 No. 40 2. Arantxa Sánchez VicarioNo. 2Faber Grand Prix, EssenCarpetSemifinals 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 No. 40 3. Conchita MartínezNo. 5Faber Grand Prix, EssenCarpetFinal 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–4 No. 401994 4. Conchita MartínezNo. 3Faber Grand Prix, EssenCarpet1st round 7–5, 6–4 No. 43

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

ITF finals Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 20 April 1987 Monte Viso, Italy Clay Linda Ferrando 6–1, 6–3Win 2. 2 November 1987 Telford, United Kingdom Hard Sarah Loosemore 6–2, 6–2Win 3. 9 November 1987 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova 6–2, 7–5Win 4. 16 November 1987 Croydon, United Kingdom Carpet Teresa Catlin 6–2, 6–3Loss 1. 24 April 1989 Monte Viso, Italy Clay Rachel McQuillan 6–7, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 6 April 1987 Caserta, Italy Clay Eugenia Maniokova Heike Thoms Olga Tsarbopoulou 6–3, 7–5Win 2. 26 October 1987 Cheshire, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova Paulette Moreno Maria Strandlund 6–2, 7–6Win 3. 2 November 1987 Telford, United Kingdom Hard Eugenia Maniokova Sabine Hack Ingrid Peltzer 6–0, 6–2Win 4. 9 November 1987 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova Pascale Etchemendy Joy Tacon 6–1, 6–1Loss 1. 12 October 1987 Croydon, United Kingdom Carpet Eugenia Maniokova Viktoria Milvidskaia Paulette Moreno 6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win 5. 17 April 1989 Caserta, Italy Hard Eugenia Maniokova Nanne Dahlman Kate McDonald 6–4, 6–4Loss 2. 26 August 1996 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Anna Zaporozhanova Anna-Karin Svensson Réka Vidáts 5–7, 3–6Win 6. 28 September 1996 Limoges, France Hard (i) Larisa Neiland Caroline Dhenin Dominique Monami 6–1, 6–1Loss 3. 8 September 1997 Kyiv, Ukraine Clay Angelina Zdorovitskaia Annica Lindstedt Caroline Schneider 1–6, 2–6