Natalia Medvedeva

Natalia Medvedeva
Nation:	Soviet Union Ukraine
Birthday:	15th November 1971
1st professional season:	1987
Resignation:	1998
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 906,455
singles
Career record:	186: 128
Career title:	4 WTA , 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	23 (November 15 1993)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	174: 98
Career title:	12 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	21 (July 4 1994)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Natalija Medwedjewa ( Ukrainian Наталія Медведєва , Russian Наталья Олеговна Медведева ; born November 15, 1971 in Kiev , then Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Ukrainian tennis player . She is the older sister of Andrij Medwedjew (also a former tennis professional, was in the 1999 final of the French Open ).

Career

In 1997 Medvedeva won the junior doubles competitions of the French Open and Wimbledon , each with Natallja Swerawa as a doubles partner.

At the age of 16 she switched to the professional tour. In her career, Medvedeva won four singles and twelve doubles titles on the WTA Tour . There were also four tournament victories at ITF level in singles and six in doubles.

Between 1991 and 2000 she appeared in 16 games for the Ukrainian Fed Cup team ; she got eight victories.

In 1998 Natalija Medvedeva ended her career on the women's tour.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	4th November 1990	Brentwood	WTA Tier IV	Hard court (hall)	Susan Sloane	6: 3, 7: 6
2.	February 16, 1992	Linz	WTA Tier V	Carpet (hall)	Pascale Paradis	6: 4, 6: 2
3.	July 18, 1993	Prague	WTA Tier IV	sand	Meike Babel	6: 3, 6: 2
4th	October 31, 1993	eat	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Conchita Martínez	6: 4, 7: 5, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	April 24, 1988	Singapore	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Natalia Bykova	Leila Mes'chi Svetlana Parchomenko	7: 6, 6: 3
2.	4th February 1990	Auckland	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Leila Mes'chi	Jill Hetherington Robin White	3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
3.	February 11, 1990	Wellington	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Leila Mes'chi	Michelle Jaggard Julia Richardson	6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4
4th	October 28, 1990	Dorado	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Olena Bryukhovets	Amy Frazier Julia Richardson	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	September 29, 1991	St. Petersburg	WTA Tier V	Carpet (hall)	Olena Bryukhovets	Isabelle Demongeot Jo Durie	7: 5, 6: 3
6th	April 19, 1992	Pattaya	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Isabelle Demongeot	Pascale Paradis Mangon Sandrine Testud	6: 1, 6: 1
7th	April 26, 1992	Kuala Lumpur	WTA Tier V	Hard court (hall)	Isabelle Demongeot	Rika Hiraki Petra Langrová	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
8th.	July 11, 1993	Palermo	WTA Tier IV	sand	Karin Kschwendt	Silvia Farina Brenda Schultz	6: 4, 7: 6
9.	October 24, 1993	Brighton	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Laura Golarsa	Anke Huber Larisa Neiland	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 4
10.	January 9, 1994	Brisbane	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Laura Golarsa	Jenny Byrne Rachel McQuillan	6: 3, 6: 1
11.	August 11, 1996	Maria Lankowitz	WTA Tier IV	sand	Janette Husárová	Lenka Cenková Kateřina Šišková	6: 4, 7: 5
12.	November 3, 1996	Moscow	WTA Tier III	Carpet (hall)	Larisa Neiland	Silvia Farina Barbara Schett	7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 1

Web links

• Natalija Medwedjewa's WTA profile (English)
• ITF profile Natalija Medwedjewa (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Natalija Medwedjewa (English)