Larisa Neiland

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Larisa Neiland Tennis player
Nation: Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
–1992 Latvia 1992–2003
LatviaLatvia 
Birthday: July 21, 1966
Size: 169 cm
1st professional season: 1983
Resignation: 1999
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 4,083,936
singles
Career record: 322: 283
Career title: 2 WTA , 2 ITF
Highest ranking: 13 (May 23 1988)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 766: 258
Career title: 65 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking: 1 (January 27 1992)
Weeks as No. 1: 4th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Larisa Neiland (born July 21, 1966 as Laryssa Savchenko, Ukrainian Лариса Савченко , in Lviv , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Soviet tennis player who played for Latvia from 1992 .

Career

Larisa Neiland was particularly successful as a tennis player in doubles. She won a total of 65 double titles on the WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments .

Together with Natallja Swerawa , she won the French Open at Roland Garros in 1989 and the title at Wimbledon in 1991 . Another eight times she was in a double-final at Grand Slam tournaments.

She also won Grand Slam titles in mixed, for example the US Open in 1994 and 1996, the French Open in 1995 and the Wimbledon tournament in 1992. In addition, she was five more times in a mixed final.

In her career she also won two individual titles, in 1991 at the WTA tournament in St. Petersburg and in 1993 in Schenectady .

At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Laryssa Savchenko reached the quarter-finals in singles and doubles. In 1992 in Barcelona she then competed in singles and doubles under the name Neiland for Latvia, but without success.

In 1988 she lost, still as Savchenko, with the team of the USSR , against Czechoslovakia in the final in the Federation Cup, later the Fed Cup . In 1990 she lost the final against the USA with the USSR . From 1992 she played in the Federation Cup for Latvia and she helped her country out in doubles in 2000 and 2003 even after her actual career ended. Your Fed Cup record shows a total of 29:15 wins in singles and 38: 7 in doubles.

Tournament victories

singles

No. date competition category Topping Final opponent Result
1. September 29, 1991 RussiaRussia St. Petersburg WTA Tier V Carpet (hall) GermanyGermany Barbara Rittner 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2. August 29, 1993 United StatesUnited States Schenectady WTA Tier III Hard court UkraineUkraine Natalia Medvedeva 6: 3, 7: 5

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. April 1985 United StatesUnited States Seabrook Island WTA sand Soviet UnionSoviet Union Svetlana Parchomenko United StatesUnited States Elise Burgin Lori McNeil
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 6: 3
2. September 1985 United StatesUnited States Salt Lake City WTA Hard court Soviet UnionSoviet Union Svetlana Parchomenko South Africa 1961South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Beverly Mold
South Africa 1961South Africa 
7: 5, 6: 2
3. November 1986 United StatesUnited States Little rock WTA Carpet (hall) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Svetlana Parchomenko CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Iva Budařová Beth mr
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 1
4th February 1987 United StatesUnited States Wichita WTA Carpet (hall) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Svetlana Parchomenko United StatesUnited States Barbara Potter Wendy White
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 4
5. February 1987 United StatesUnited States Oklahoma City WTA Hard court (hall) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Svetlana Parchomenko United StatesUnited States Lori McNeil Kim Sands
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 4
6th February 1987 United StatesUnited States Boca Raton WTA Hard court Soviet UnionSoviet Union Svetlana Parchomenko United StatesUnited States Chris Evert Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2
7th June 1987 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eastbourne WTA race Soviet UnionSoviet Union Svetlana Parchomenko South Africa 1961South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank Elizabeth Smylie
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 5
8th. June 1988 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham WTA Tier V race Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava Soviet UnionSoviet Union Leila Mes'chi Svetlana Parchomenko
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
6: 4, 6: 1
9. October 1988 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis WTA Tier V Hard court (hall) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Katrina Adams Zina Garrison
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 1
10. April 1989 United StatesUnited States Amelia Island WTA Tier II sand Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
7: 6, 2: 6, 6: 1
11. June 1989 FranceFrance French Open Grand Slam sand Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Steffi Count Gabriela Sabatini
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 4, 6: 4
12. June 1989 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham WTA Tier V race Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath Pam Shriver
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 0
13. October 1989 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Moscow WTA Tier V Carpet (hall) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava FranceFrance Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire
FranceFrance 
6: 3, 6: 4
14th November 1989 United StatesUnited States Chicago WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná Helena Suková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 3
15th June 1990 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham WTA Tier IV race Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava South Africa 1961South Africa Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers
United StatesUnited States 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3
16. June 1990 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eastbourne WTA Tier II race Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Patty Fendick Zina Garrison
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 3
17th September 1990 United StatesUnited States Orlando WTA Carpet (hall) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath
United StatesUnited States 
6: 4, 6: 1
18th November 1990 United StatesUnited States Brentwood WTA Tier IV Hard court (hall) United StatesUnited States Kathy Jordan NetherlandsNetherlands Brenda Schultz Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 1, 6: 2
19th January 1991 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland WTA Tier V Hard court United StatesUnited States Patty Fendick AustraliaAustralia Jo-Anne Faull Julie Richardson
New ZealandNew Zealand 
6: 3, 6: 3
20th March 1991 United StatesUnited States Boca Raton WTA Tier I Hard court Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath Samantha Smith
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 4, 7: 6 6
21st May 1991 GermanyGermany Hamburg WTA Tier II sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
7: 5, 6: 1
22nd May 1991 GermanyGermany Berlin WTA Tier I sand Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava AustraliaAustralia Nicole Provis Elna Reinach
South Africa 1961South Africa 
6: 3, 6: 3
23. June 1991 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eastbourne WTA Tier II race Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
24. July 1991 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wimbledon Grand Slam race Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
25th August 1991 CanadaCanada Toronto WTA Tier I Hard court Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava GermanyGermany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Helena Suková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
26th August 1991 United StatesUnited States los Angeles WTA Tier II Hard court Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Gretchen Magers Robin White
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 2
27. August 1991 United StatesUnited States Washington, DC WTA Tier II Hard court CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa
Soviet UnionSoviet Union 
5: 7, 6: 1, 7: 6 10
28. November 1991 United StatesUnited States Philadelphia WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 4
29 January 1992 New ZealandNew Zealand Brisbane WTA Tier IV Hard court CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf Nicole Provis
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 6: 3
30th March 1992 United StatesUnited States Boca Raton WTA Tier I Hard court Commonwealth of Independent States Natallja Sverava United StatesUnited States Linda Harvey-Wild Conchita Martínez
SpainSpain 
6: 2, 6: 2
31. March 1992 United StatesUnited States Miami WTA Tier I Hard court SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario CanadaCanada Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 3
32. March 1992 United StatesUnited States Wesley Chapel WTA sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natallja Swerawa
Commonwealth of Independent States 
6: 4, 6: 2
33. May 1992 GermanyGermany Berlin WTA Tier I sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná United StatesUnited States Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa
Commonwealth of Independent States 
7: 6 5 , 4: 6, 7: 5
34. June 1992 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Eastbourne WTA Tier II race CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison
United StatesUnited States 
6: 0, 6: 3
35. August 1992 United StatesUnited States San Diego WTA Tier III Hard court CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Mercedes Paz
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 1, 6: 4
36. October 1992 GermanyGermany Leipzig WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná United StatesUnited States Patty Fendick Andrea Strnadová
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
7: 5, 7: 6 4
37. October 1992 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brighton WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jana Novotná SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Radka Zrubáková
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
6: 4, 6: 1
38. January 1993 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane WTA Tier III Hard court SpainSpain Conchita Martínez United StatesUnited States Shannon McCarthy Kimberly Po
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 2
39. February 1993 JapanJapan Osaka WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná BulgariaBulgaria Magdalena Maleewa Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
6: 1, 6: 3
40. March 1993 United StatesUnited States Miami WTA Tier I Hard court Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná CanadaCanada Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 7: 5
41. August 1993 CanadaCanada Toronto WTA Tier I Hard court Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jana Novotná SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 6: 2
42. February 1994 JapanJapan Osaka WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) AustraliaAustralia Rennae Stubbs United StatesUnited States Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 6: 7 2 , 7: 5
43. April 1994 United StatesUnited States Amelia Island WTA Tier II sand SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario South Africa 1961South Africa Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 2, 6: 7 6 , 6: 4
44. April 1994 SpainSpain Barcelona WTA Tier II sand SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario FranceFrance Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat
FranceFrance 
6: 2, 6: 4
45. June 1994 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham WTA Tier III race United StatesUnited States Zina Garrison-Jackson AustraliaAustralia Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 6: 4
46. August 1994 United StatesUnited States Schenectady WTA Tier III Hard court United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath United StatesUnited States Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 6: 2
47. October 1994 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brighton WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Jana Novotná
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
48. February 1995 FranceFrance Paris WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 4, 6: 1
49. April 1995 SpainSpain Barcelona WTA Tier II sand SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario South AfricaSouth Africa Mariaan de Swardt Iva Majoli
CroatiaCroatia 
7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 5
50. May 1995 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Edinburgh WTA sand United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 7: 6 2
51. September 1995 RussiaRussia Moscow WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath RussiaRussia Anna Kurnikowa Aleksandra Olsza
PolandPoland 
6: 1, 6: 0
52. September 1995 GermanyGermany Leipzig WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath NetherlandsNetherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands 
6: 4, 6: 4
53. October 1995 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Brighton WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath United StatesUnited States Lori McNeil Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
7: 5, 6: 1
54. February 1996 GermanyGermany eat WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath United StatesUnited States Lori McNeil Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
55. May 1996 GermanyGermany Berlin WTA Tier I sand United StatesUnited States Meredith McGrath SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martina Hingis Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 5.7, 7: 6
56. June 1996 NetherlandsNetherlands Rose painting WTA Tier III race NetherlandsNetherlands Brenda Schultz-McCarthy NetherlandsNetherlands Kristie Boogert Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 4, 7: 6 7
57. August 1996 CanadaCanada Montreal WTA Tier I Hard court SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United StatesUnited States Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
7: 6, 6: 1
58. November 1996 RussiaRussia Moscow WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) UkraineUkraine Natalia Medvedeva ItalyItaly Silvia Farina Barbara Schett
AustriaAustria 
7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1
59. June 1997 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham WTA Tier III race United StatesUnited States Katrina Adams FranceFrance Nathalie Tauziat Linda Wild
United StatesUnited States 
6: 2, 6: 3
60. October 1997 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Helena Suková GermanyGermany Meike Babel Laurence Courtois
BelgiumBelgium 
6: 2, 6: 4
61. January 1999 AustraliaAustralia Gold coast WTA Tier III Hard court United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu AustraliaAustralia Kristine Kunce Irina Spîrlea
RomaniaRomania 
6: 3, 6: 3
62. May 1999 GermanyGermany Hamburg WTA Tier II sand SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario South AfricaSouth Africa Amanda Coetzer Jana Novotná
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 2, 6: 1
63. June 1999 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Birmingham WTA Tier III race United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu FranceFrance Alexandra Fusai Inés Gorrochategui
ArgentinaArgentina 
6: 4, 6: 4
64. August 1999 United StatesUnited States los Angeles WTA Tier II Hard court SpainSpain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 6: 7 5 , 6: 0
65. November 1999 GermanyGermany Leipzig WTA Tier II Carpet (hall) FranceFrance Mary Pierce RussiaRussia Jelena Lichowzewa Ai Sugiyama
JapanJapan 
6: 4, 6: 3

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Career
Australian Open - 1 - - - - - 1 2 AF 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 AF
French Open - 3 1 2 - - 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3
Wimbledon - 1 3 2 2 AF 1 2 2 1 2 VF 2 3 1 2 3 VF
US Open 1 - - - 2 VF AF 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 - VF

Double

competition 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Career
Australian Open - AF - - - - - VF VF VF VF AF HF HF HF 2 VF - HF
French Open - 1 2 VF - - S. F. F. HF F. VF AF HF VF HF VF 1 S.
Wimbledon VF VF VF 1 HF F. F. HF S. - - - HF F. HF - AF 1 S.
US Open 2 - - - 1 2 VF HF F. F. 2 HF AF - AF 2 HF - F.

Personal

Laryssa Savchenko married Alex Neiland in December 1989 and later took his name; initially it went under the double name Neiland-Savchenko at the start.

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