Larisa Neiland

Larisa Neiland
Nation:	Soviet Union –1992 Latvia 1992–2003
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	St. Petersburg	WTA Tier V	Carpet (hall)	Barbara Rittner	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2.	August 29, 1993	Schenectady	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Natalia Medvedeva	6: 3, 7: 5

Double

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

Web links

• WTA profile of Larisa Neiland (English)
• ITF profile of Larisa Neiland (English)
• Fed Cup Stats Larisa Neiland (English)