Larisa Neiland | WTA Tennis

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Singles

Singles	YTD	Career
Wta Singles Titles		2
Prize Money		$4,083,936
W/L - Singles	/	322/283

Doubles

Doubles	YTD	Career
Wta doubles Titles		65
Prize Money		4083936
W/L - doubles	/	766/258

Grand Slam history

Singles Record: 48 - 54

	Australian Open	Championnats Internationaux de France	Wimbledon	US Open
W-L	6-11	9-14	20-16	13-13
1999	R128	R128	R32	-
1998	R64	R128	R64	R32
1997	R64	R64	R128	R128
1996	R128	R128	R32	R128
1995	R128	R128	R64	R64
1994	R128	R128	QF	R128
1993	R128	R128	R64	R128
1992	R16	R64	R128	R128
1991	R64	R64	R64	R128
1990	R128	R64	R64	R32
1989	-	R32	R128	R16
1988	-	-	R16	QF
1987	-	-	R64	R64
1986	-	R64	R64	-
1985	-	R128	R32	-
1984	R64	R32	R128	-
1983	-	-	-	R128

Matches

WIMBLEDON , GREAT BRITAIN

Date: June 26, 2000

Level: Grand Slam

Prize Money: $5,235,332

Surface: GRASS

Draw:

Rank: 177

Seed Entry:

Partner

- Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS)

Round	Result	Opponents	Rank	Scores
Round 64	L	[4] Julie Halard-Decugis / Ai Sugiyama (FRA / JPN) Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA) Ai Sugiyama (JPN)	0 / 0	6-4 6-3

WTA Ranking Points: +2 Prize Money: $2,860

FRENCH OPEN , FRANCE

Date: May 29, 2000

Level: Grand Slam

Prize Money: $4,141,085

Surface: CLAY

Draw:

Rank: 187

Seed Entry:

Partner

- Lina Krasnoroutskaya (RUS)

Round	Result	Opponents	Rank	Scores
Round 64	L	Jennifer Capriati / Jelena Dokic (USA / AUS) Jennifer Capriati (USA) Jelena Dokic (AUS)	0 / 0	6-2 6-7(2) 6-4

WTA Ranking Points: +2 Prize Money: $2,307

HILTON HEAD , USA, SC

Date: April 18, 2000

Level: Tier I

Prize Money: $1,080,000

Surface: CLAY

Draw:

Rank: 9

Seed Entry: 1

Partner

- Corina Morariu (USA)

Round	Result	Opponents	Rank	Scores
Round 32	W	BYE BYE	-	-
Round 16	W	Erika De Lone / Nicole Pratt (USA / AUS) Erika De Lone (USA) Nicole Pratt (AUS)	0 / 0	6-0 7-5
Quarterfinals	L	Amanda Coetzer / Lori Mcneil (RSA / USA) Amanda Coetzer (RSA) Lori Mcneil (USA)	0 / 0	4-6 6-3 6-1

WTA Ranking Points: +65 Prize Money: $3,375

MIAMI , USA, FL

Date: March 20, 2000

Level: Tier I

Prize Money: $2,525,000

Surface: HARD

Draw:

Rank: 83

Seed Entry: 15

Partner

- Catherine Barclay-Reitz (AUS)

Round	Result	Opponents	Rank	Scores
Round 64	W	BYE BYE	-	-
Round 32	L	Anke Huber / Barbara Schett (GER / AUT) Anke Huber (GER) Barbara Schett (AUT)	0 / 0	6-2 6-0

WTA Ranking Points: +1 Prize Money: $2,200

Bio

Personal:

Married Alex Neiland December 21, 1989... Maiden name is Savchenko... Mother, Margarita, is a housewife; father is deceased... Speaks Russian, Ukrainian, Latvian and English... At the 1998 Moscow tournament, arranged for players to donate a portion of their prize money to the city's needy... Is writing her autobiography... Donates all of her used racquets, clothes, and shoes to a tennis club in her hometown of Yurmala to help outfit young players... Started a Hall of Fame in the club and contributes items from tournaments and the WTA Tour.

Awards and Accomplishments:

• Received 2003 ITF/ITHF (International Tennis Hall of Fame) Fed Cup Award of Excellence, in a presentation by ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti and Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpischev, for record-setting Fed Cup performances: she has a 67-22 record in Fed Cup competition, 29-15 in singles and 38-7 in doubles, the second best ever, behind Arantxa S nchez-Vicario's 72-28 record; she played in 57 career Fed Cup ties, sharing second place on the all-time Most Ties Played list with Great Britain’s Virginia Wade; she holds record for Most Doubles Wins in Fed Cup history (38), and all Fed Cup records for both Russia and Latvia: Most Total Wins (RUS-40: LAT-27); Most Singles Wins (RUS-17: LAT-12); Most Doubles Wins (RUS-23: LAT-15); Best Doubles Team (RUS - with Natasha Zvereva: LAT- with Agnese Blumberga); Most Ties Played (RUS-32: LAT-25); and Most Years Played (RUS-9: LAT-9)

• Named 1998 World TeamTennis Most Valuable Player, finishing first in women's doubles with Katrina Adams and leading in singles games played with 124 for the Springfield Lasers; 1994 WORLD TEAMTENNIS Most Valuable Female Player and Female Rookie of the Year; playing for Newport Beach Dukes, ended 1994 season in first place in women's doubles with Zina Garrison Jackson, and second place in singles and mixed doubles with Trevor Kronemann

• Recipient of 1992 WTA TOUR Doubles Team of the Year Award with Natasha Zvereva; also nominated for award in 1993

• Has career wins over Navratilova, C. Martinez, MJ Fernandez, Novotna, Mandlikova, Sabatini, Coetzer, Date, Tauziat and Wiesner

Career Highlights:

SINGLES

Winner(2): 1993 - Schenectady; 1991 - St. Petersburg.

DOUBLES

Winner(66): 1999 - Gold Coast, Birmingham (both w/Morariu), Hamburg, Los Angeles (both w/S nchez-Vicario), Leipzig (w/Pierce); 1997 - Birmingham (w/Adams), Luxembourg (w/Sukova); 1996 - Essen, Berlin (both w/McGrath), Rosmalen (w/Schultz-McCarthy), Montreal (w/S nchez-Vicario), Moscow (w/Medvedeva); 1995 - Paris [Indoors], Edinburgh, Moscow, Leipzig, Brighton (all w/McGrath), Barcelona (w/S nchez-Vicario); 1994 - Osaka (w/Stubbs), Amelia Island, Barcelona (both w/S nchez-Vicario), Birmingham (w/Garrison), Schenectady (w/McGrath), Brighton (w/Bollegraf); 1993 - Miami, Osaka, Toronto (all w/Novotna), Brisbane (w/C. Martinez); 1992 - Brisbane, Wesley Chapel, Berlin, Eastbourne, San Diego, Leipzig, Brighton (all w/Novotna), Miami (w/S nchez-Vicario), Boca Raton (w/Zvereva); 1991 - Wimbledon, Boca Raton, Berlin, Eastbourne, Toronto, Los Angeles (all w/Zvereva), Washington DC, Hamburg, Philadelphia (all w/Novotna), Auckland (w/Fendick); 1990 - Birmingham, Eastbourne, Orlando (all w/Zvereva), Nashville (w/K. Jordan); 1989 - Roland Garros, Chicago, Amelia Island, Birmingham, Moscow (all w/Zvereva); 1988 - Birmingham, Indianapolis (both w/Zvereva); 1987 - Wichita, Boca Raton, Oklahoma City, Eastbourne (all w/Parkhomenko); 1986 - New Orleans, Little Rock (both w/Parkhomenko); 1985 - Seabrook, Salt Lake City (both w/Parkhomenko).

Finalist (57): 1999 - Toronto, Filderstadt, Tour Championships (all w/S nchez-Vicario), Linz (w/Krivan); 1998 - Paris [Indoors], Linz (both w/Kournikova), Stanford, Luxembourg (both w/Tatarkova); 1997 - Los Angeles, Zurich (both w/Sukova), Hannover (w/Schultz-McCarthy); 1996 - Miami, Amelia Island, Wimbledon (all w/McGrath), San Diego (w/S nchez-Vicario); 1995 - Berlin, Los Angeles (both w/Sabatini), Filderstadt, Philadelphia (both w/McGrath), Hobart (w/Bollegraf), Indian Wells (w/S nchez-Vicario), Delray Beach (w/McNeil); 1994 - Leipzig, Filderstadt (both w/Bollegraf); 1993 - Delray Beach, Hamburg, Roland Garros, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Leipzig, Tour Championships (all w/Novotna), Wesley Chapel (w/S nchez-Vicario), Brighton (w/Huber), Philadelphia (w/C. Martinez); 1992 - Hilton Head, Wimbledon, US Open, Tour Championships (all w/Novotna); 1991 - Tarpon Springs, Roland Garros (w/Zvereva), US Open (w/Novotna);
1990 - Sydney, Roland Garros (both w/Zvereva), Hamburg (w/Sukova); 1989 - Washington,DC, Oakland, Geneva, Wimbledon, Tour Championships (all w/Zvereva), Toronto (w/Navratilova), Indianapolis (w/Porwik);
1988 - Wimbledon, Chicago, Tour Championships (all w/Zvereva); 1986 - Tulsa (w/Parkhomenko); 1985 - Key Biscayne, Hilton Head (both w/Parkhomenko).

MIXED DOUBLES

Winner (4): 1996 - Australian Open (w/Woodforde); 1995 - Roland Garros (w/Woodforde); 1994 - Australian Open (w/Olhovskiy); 1992 - Wimbledon (w/Suk).

Finalist (5): 1999 - French Open (w/R. Leach); 1997 - Australian Open (w/De Jager), Wimbledon (w/Olhovskiy); 1996 - Wimbledon (w/Woodforde); 1994 - Roland Garros (w/Olhovskiy).

ADDITIONAL

Soviet Fed Cup Team 1983-91. Latvian Fed Cup Team 1992-97, 1999-00, 2003. Soviet Olympic Team 1988. Latvian Olympic Team 1992.

Career in Review:

1989 - Won Roland Garros w/Zvereva; in mixed doubles

1991 - First major title came at St. Petersburg; d. Rittner in final; w/Zvereva, won Wimbledon doubles; first-ever Wimbledon title for a Soviet player

1996 - Enjoyed solid grass court season: as world No. 84 heading into the grass court season, ranking vaulted 25 places to No. 59 after reaching QF at two tournaments and 3r at Wimbledon: Upset two seeds in Birmingham; upset No. 4 seed Schultz-McCarthy in Rosmalen; d. No. 8 seed Davenport at Wimbledon; also won doubles in Rosmalen and reached finals of Wimbledon doubles and mixed doubles; with partner Mark Woodforde, won fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title Australian Open; surpassed $3-million mark in career prize money, the 18th woman to pass that milestone

1997 - At season-ending Championships w/Sukova, upset top seeds G. Fernandez/Zvereva 1r, ending Fernandez' career, before falling in the SF

1998 - Enjoyed best US Open in eight years, reaching 3r before ret. to V. Williams due to a strained back; at Birmingham, a grass court event, ousted No. 14 seed Fusai to reach 3r before ret. in the third set against No. 7 seed Likhovtseva; forced to ret. during doubles final at Luxembourg with a right wrist sprain; won her 300th career match; qualified for season-ending Championships as one of the best eight doubles teams of the year for 13th time

1999 - Won the doubles title, her 66th on the WTA Tour, at the last regular-season tournament of her career at Leipzig, and was a doubles finalist at the season-ending championships, her last event; ended her career atop the doubles point standings for the season and world-ranked No. 3; reached mixed doubles final at Roland Garros with Rick Leach and Wimbledon mixed QF with Leach; having not won a singles match all year, reached 3r at Wimbledon, her 16th appearance in the singles draw there, more than any other player in the 1999 draw

Stats

SERVICE RECORD YTD

Aces 137

Double Faults 96

1ST SERVE % 62.3

1ST SERVE POINTS WON % 66.3

2ND SERVE POINTS WON % 48.9

BREAK POINTS SAVED % 59.4

SERVICE GAMES WON % 70.9

SERVICE POINTS WON % 59.7

RETURN RECORD YTD

1ST RETURN POINTS WON % 37

2ND RETURN POINTS WON % 55.3

BREAK POINTS CONVERTED % 41.8

RETURN GAMES WON % 34.6

RETURN POINTS WON % 43.6

Rankings History

Career High

Singles
Ranking

1988/05/23

Doubles
Ranking

1992/01/27

Year end

Year	Singles	Doubles
2000		262
1999	214	3
1998	73	11
1997	85	9
1996	61	2
1995	97	5
1994	41	11
1993	32	5
1992	58	5
1991	48	2
1990	91	7
1989	20	3
1988	16	9
1987	24	11
1986	36	26
1985	55	0
1984	138	0

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