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.

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/Sánchez-Vicario), Leipzig (w/Pierce); 1997 - Birmingham (w/Adams), Luxembourg (w/Sukova); 1996 - Essen, Berlin (both w/McGrath), Rosmalen (w/Schultz-McCarthy), Montreal (w/Sánchez-Vicario), Moscow (w/Medvedeva); 1995 - Paris [Indoors], Edinburgh, Moscow, Leipzig, Brighton (all w/McGrath), Barcelona (w/Sánchez-Vicario); 1994 - Osaka (w/Stubbs), Amelia Island, Barcelona (both w/Sánchez-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/Sánchez-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/Sánchez-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/Sánchez-Vicario); 1995 - Berlin, Los Angeles (both w/Sabatini), Filderstadt, Philadelphia (both w/McGrath), Hobart (w/Bollegraf), Indian Wells (w/Sánchez-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/Sánchez-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