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Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (Ukrainian: Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, Latvian: Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a retired tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. A former world number-one-ranked doubles player, Neiland won two Grand Slam women's doubles and four mixed doubles titles. She also won two singles titles and 63 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She is listed in fourth place for the most doubles match wins (766) in WTA history, after Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber.

Larisa Savchenko-Neiland
Country (sports) Soviet Union
 Ukraine
 Latvia
ResidenceJūrmala, Latvia
Born (1966-07-21) 21 July 1966 (age 56)
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Turned pro1983
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,083,936
Singles
Career record322–283 (53.2%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 13 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1992)
French Open3R (1984, 1989)
WimbledonQF (1994)
US OpenQF (1988)
Doubles
Career record766–258 (74.8%)
Career titles65
Highest rankingNo. 1 (27 January 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1995, 1996, 1997)
French OpenW (1989)
WimbledonW (1991)
US OpenF (1991, 1992)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsF (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999)
Mixed doubles
Career titles4
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (1994, 1996)
French OpenW (1995
WimbledonW (1992)
US Open2R (1997, 1999)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Soviet Union
Friendship Games
1984Women's doubles

Career


Savchenko turned professional in 1983 as No. 10 on the ITF Junior rankings in that year. Doubles team of Savchenko and Svetlana Parkhomenko reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 1983 and 1984, both times as an unseeded pair; beat No. 2 seeds Fairbank/Reynolds in 1983 and No. 3 seeds Horvath/Ruzici in 1984. In 1984, Savchenko reached the third round of the French Open as a qualifier, which was her best singles result at the French Open. She won her first singles title in Chicago in January 1984, where she only lost one set.

Having 1986 wins over Wendy Turnbull (twice), Ann Henricksson, and Annabel Croft, Savchenko was ranked No. 1 in USSR for 1986. She qualified for the Virginia Slims Championships in March and November 1986 with partner Svetlana Parkhomenko. She defeated Kathy Rinaldi, Peanut Louie Harper, and Nathalie Tauziat to reach the quarterfinals of Eastbourne in 1986.

Savchenko jumped from No. 53 to No. 28 (June 1983) on the Hewlett-Packard/WITA Computer rankings after performances at Birmingham and Eastbourne. She also had wins over Robin White, Ann Henricksson, Candy Reynolds, and Melissa Gurney.[1]

In 1988, Savchenko reached her first Grand Slam doubles final with Natasha Zvereva. They lost 10–12 in the final set to Gabriela Sabatini and Steffi Graf, who in that same year won all four Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal. In 1989, again with Zvereva, Savchenko won her first doubles Grand Slam final, over Graf and Sabatini in straight sets.

In December 1989, Larisa married Aleksandr Neiland and took his last name, she continued to compete as Larisa Savchenko-Neiland.[2]

In 1991, she captured the Wimbledon title with Zvereva. In 1992, she lost in the US Open final to Jana Novotná and Helena Suková. She won her first mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, as well, when she and Cyril Suk teamed and won over Dutch duo Jacco Eltingh and Miriam Oremans. That year, she reached the No. 1 doubles ranking. Neiland then reached her next five doubles runners-up with Novotná. Each and every final played with Novotná was lost, the first being the US Open in 1991 and losing to Pam Shriver and Zvereva.

Her final Grand Slam doubles final appearance came in 1996 at Wimbledon. Neiland played in 2000 but retired after losing at Wimbledon. She lost in the first round, when she and her partner Lina Krasnoroutskaya lost to Ai Sugiyama and Julie Halard, the eventual runners-up, in straight sets.

Neiland tested positive for prohibited levels of the stimulant caffeine at the 1999 Australian Open. She was subsequently stripped of the $15k she had earned for reaching the women's doubles quarterfinals with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, and issued a warning by the International Tennis Federation.[3]

As a coach, she is best known for guiding Svetlana Kuznetsova to the 2009 French Open singles title and has been a part of the Russian Fed Cup coaching team.


Major finals



Grand Slam tournaments



Women's doubles: 12 (2 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1988WimbledonGrass Natasha Zvereva Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
3–6, 6–1, 10–12
Win1989French OpenClay Natasha Zvereva Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
6–4, 6–4
Loss1989Wimbledon (2)Grass Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
1–6, 2–6
Loss1990French Open (2)Clay Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
4–6, 5–7
Loss1991French Open (3)Clay Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná
4–6, 0–6
Win1991Wimbledon (3)Grass Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná
6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss1991US OpenHard Jana Novotná Pam Shriver
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5)
Loss1992Wimbledon (4)Grass Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 1–6
Loss1992US Open (2)Hard Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
6–7(5), 1–6
Loss1993French Open (4)Clay Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
3–6, 5–7
Loss1993Wimbledon (5)Grass Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva
4–6, 7–6(7), 4–6
Loss1996Wimbledon (6)Grass Meredith McGrath Martina Hingis
Helena Suková
7–5, 5–7, 1–6

Mixed doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1992WimbledonGrass Cyril Suk Miriam Oremans
Jacco Eltingh
7–6(2), 6–2
Win1994Australian OpenHard Andrei Olhovskiy Helena Suková
Todd Woodbridge
7–5, 6–7(0), 6–2
Loss1994French OpenClay Andrei Olhovskiy Kristie Boogert
Menno Oosting
5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win1995French Open (2)Clay Mark Woodforde Jill Hetherington
John-Laffnie de Jager
7–6(8), 7–6(4)
Win1996Australian Open (2)Hard Mark Woodforde Nicole Arendt
Luke Jensen
4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss1996Wimbledon (2)Grass Mark Woodforde Helena Suková
Cyril Suk
6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss1997Australian Open (3)Hard John-Laffnie de Jager Manon Bollegraf
Rick Leach
3–6, 7–6(5), 5–7
Loss1997Wimbledon (3)Grass Andrei Olhovskiy Helena Suková
Cyril Suk
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss1999French Open (3)Clay Rick Leach Katarina Srebotnik
Piet Norval
3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Year-end championships



Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1988New YorkCarpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Loss1989New York (2)Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 2–6
Loss1992New York (3)Carpet (i) Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková
6–7(4), 1–6
Loss1993New York (4)Carpet (i) Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva
Gigi Fernández
3–6, 5–7
Loss1999New York (5)Carpet (i) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova
4–6, 4–6

WTA career finals



Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)


Legend
Tier I (0–1)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (1–4)
Tier IV (0–0)
Tier V (1–0)
Virginia Slims (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–5)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1987 Wichita Open, U.S. Carpet (i) Barbara Potter 6–7(6), 6–7(5)
Loss 0–2 Jun 1987 Birmingham Classic, UK Grass Pam Shriver 6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Feb 1988 Oakland Classic, U.S. Carpet (i) Martina Navratilova 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 Feb 1989 Oakland Classic (2) Carpet (i) Zina Garrison 1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–5 Nov 1989 Chicago Cup, U.S. Carpet (i) Zina Garrison 3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 1–5 Sep 1991 Moscow Ladies Open, Russia Carpet (i) Barbara Rittner 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–6 Feb 1993 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Carpet (i) Martina Navratilova 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–6 Aug 1993 Schenectady Open, U.S. Hard Natalia Medvedeva 6–3, 7–5
Loss 2–7 Aug 1994 Schenectady Open, U.S. (2) Hard Judith Wiesner 5–7, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 65 titles


Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1.Apr 1985Seabrook Island, U.S.Clay Svetlana Parkhomenko Elise Burgin
Lori McNeil
6–1, 6–3
Win2.Sep 1985Salt Lake City, U.S.Hard Svetlana Parkhomenko Beverly Mould
Rosalyn Fairbank
7–5, 6–2
Win3.Nov 1986Little Rock, U.S.Carpet (i) Svetlana Parkhomenko Iva Budařová
Beth Herr
6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Win4.Jan 1987Wichita, U.S.Carpet (i) Svetlana Parkhomenko Barbara Potter
Wendy White
6–2, 6–4
Win5.Feb 1987Oklahoma City, U.S.Hard Svetlana Parkhomenko Lori McNeil
Kim Sands
6–4, 6–4
Win6.Feb 1987Boca Raton, U.S.Hard Svetlana Parkhomenko Chris Evert
Pam Shriver
6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Win7.Jun 1987Eastbourne, UKGrass Svetlana Parkhomenko Rosalyn Fairbank
Elizabeth Smylie
7–6(5), 4–6, 7–5
Win 1. Jun 1988 Birmingham Classic Grass Natasha Zvereva Leila Meskhi
Svetlana Parkhomenko
6–4, 6–1
Loss 1. Jul 1988 Wimbledon Grass Natasha Zvereva Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
3–6, 6–1, 10–12
Win 2. Oct 1988 VS of Indianapolis Hard (i) Natasha Zvereva Katrina Adams
Zina Garrison
6–2, 6–1
Loss 2. Nov 1988 Ameritech Cup, Chicago Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Lori McNeil
Betsy Nagelsen
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 3. Nov 1988 VS Championships, New York Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 4–6
Loss 4. Feb 1989 VS of Washington Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Betsy Nagelsen
Pam Shriver
2–6, 3–6
Loss 5. Feb 1989 Stanford Classic, Oakland Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Patty Fendick
Jill Hetherington
5–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win 3. Apr 1989 Amelia Island Championships Clay Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–1
Loss 6. May 1989 Swiss Open, Geneva Clay Natasha Zvereva Katrina Adams
Lori McNeil
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4. May 1989 French Open, Paris Clay Natasha Zvereva Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini
6–4, 6–4
Win 5. Jun 1989 Birmingham Classic Grass Natasha Zvereva Meredith McGrath
Pam Shriver
7–5, 5–7, 6–0
Loss 7. Jun 1989 Wimbledon Grass Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
1–6, 2–6
Win 6. Oct 1989 Moscow Ladies Open Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Nathalie Herreman
Catherine Suire
6–3, 6–4
Win 7. Nov 1989 Ameritech Cup, Chicago Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 8. Nov 1989 VS Championships, New York Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
3–6, 2–6
Loss 9. Jan 1990 Sydney International Hard Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
3–6, 5–7
Loss 11. May 1990 French Open Clay Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková
4–6, 5–7
Win 8. Jun 1990 Birmingham Classic Grass Natasha Zvereva Lise Gregory
Gretchen Magers
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win 9. Jun 1990 Eastbourne International, UK Grass Natasha Zvereva Patty Fendick
Zina Garrison
6–4, 6–3
Win 10. Sep 1990 WTA Doubles Championships, Orlando Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Manon Bollegraf
Meredith McGrath
6–4, 6–1

ITF finals



Singles (2–0)


Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 2 January 1984 ITF Chicago, United States Hard Natasha Reva 6–2, 6–4
Win 2. 9 April 1984 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay Elena Eliseenko 6–2, 6–1

Doubles (3–1)


Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 2 January 1984 ITF Chicago, United States Hard Svetlana Parkhomenko Csilla Bartos-Cserepy
Marianne van der Torre
w/o
Win 2. 9 April 1984 ITF Caserta, Italy Clay Renata Šašak Marie Pinterová
Renáta Tomanová
6–1, 6–3
Win 3. 13 September 1993 ITF Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Clay Karina Habšudová Radka Bobková
Petra Langrová
6–3, 6–4
Winner 4. 28 September 1996 ITF Limoges, France Hard (i) Natalia Medvedeva Caroline Dhenin
Dominique Monami
6–1, 6–1

Women's doubles performance timeline


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A NH A A A QF QF QF QF 3R SF SF SF 2R QF A 0 / 11 31–11
French Open A 1R 2R QF A A W F F SF F QF 3R SF QF SF QF 1R 1 / 15 48–14
Wimbledon QF QF QF 1R SF F F SF W F F QF SF F SF A 3R 1R 1 / 17 61–16
US Open 2R A A A 1R 2R QF SF F F 2R SF 3R A 3R 2R SF A 0 / 13 33–13
Win–loss 4–2 4–3 4–2 3–2 4–2 6–2 14–2 16–4 19–3 17–4 14–4 12–4 12–4 13–3 13–4 6–3 12–4 0–2 2 / 56 173–54
Year-end championships
Tour Championships A A A QF QF F F QF QF F F A SF SF SF QF F A 0 / 13 13–13
Tier I tournaments
Tokyo NH Not Tier I SF 1R QF A A A 1R A 0 / 4 3–4
Indian Wells Not Held Not Tier I 2R QF A A 0 / 2 2–2
Boca Raton NH Not Tier I W W Not Tier I Not Held 2 / 2 8–0
Miami Not Held Not Tier I QF 3R W W QF SF F 3R QF QF 2R 2 / 11 27–9
Charleston Not Tier I A A F SF 1R SF SF 2R SF 2R QF 0 / 9 13–8
Rome Not Tier I NH Not Tier I SF A A A QF A A 2R 2R 2R A 0 / 5 5–5
Berlin Not Tier I QF W W A SF F W SF SF SF A 3 / 9 25–5
Montreal / Toronto Not Tier I 2R W A W SF SF W SF 1R F A 3 / 9 23–5
Zürich NH Not Tier I SF SF 1R QF F SF 1R A 0 / 7 9–7
Philadelphia Not Held Not Tier I F A F Not Tier I 0 / 2 6–2
Moscow Not Held NTI SF 1R QF A 0 / 3 3–3
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 26 11 9 3 7 2 5 5 11 5 2 9 11 3 No. 1

Head-to-head records


[citation needed]


Personal life


She married Latvian tennis coach Aleksandr Neiland on 21 December 1989, after which her surname was changed from Savchenko to Neiland (Savčenko-Neiland). The marriage later ended in divorce.


References


  1. Gossett, Peggy; Teitelbaum, Mike; Hanlon, Maureen; Riach, Ros; Hinkley, Suzanne. 1987 WITA Media Guide. p. 205.
  2. "Савченко-Нейланд, Лариса Ивановна биография". Peoplelife.ru. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
    "Лариса Савченко-Нейланд. Всю жизнь с теннисом". Championat.ru. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. Bright, Richard (11 July 2000). "Drug shame for Neiland". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 July 2019.



На других языках


[de] Larisa Neiland

Larisa Neiland (* 21. Juli 1966 als Laryssa Sawtschenko, ukrainisch Лариса Савченко, in Lwiw, Ukrainische SSR) ist eine ehemalige sowjetische Tennisspielerin, die ab 1992 für Lettland spielte.
- [en] Larisa Neiland

[es] Larisa Neiland

Larisa Sávchenko-Neiland (en ucraniano, Лариса Савченко-Нейланд; en letón, Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; nacida como Larisa Sávchenko el 21 de julio de 1966 en Leópolis, RSS de Ucrania), es una tenista retirada que representó a Letonia y a la Unión Soviética. Neiland ganó dos campeonatos de Grand Slam en dobles femeninos y otros cuatro en dobles mixtos, y llegó a ser número uno del mundo en dobles.[1] También ganó dos títulos individuales y 63 dobles en el WTA Tour.

[ru] Савченко-Нейланд, Лариса Ивановна

Лари́са Ива́новна Са́вченко-Не́йланд (в девичестве — Савченко, латыш. Larisa Neilande; родилась 21 июля 1966 года во Львове, СССР) — советская и латвийская теннисистка и тренер. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1991); член Зала российской теннисной славы (2006), кавалер ордена Дружбы (2009).



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