Larisa Neiland
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Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (Template:Langx, Template:Langx; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a tennis coach and former professional player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia. A former world No. 1 doubles player, Neiland won six Grand Slam titles: two in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles. 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. Neiland has been the coach of Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur since 2017.[1]
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.[2]
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 major 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.[3]
In 1991, she captured the Wimbledon title with Zvereva. 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.
She also represented Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in both singles and doubles, but lost in the first round in both events.
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.[4]
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
Doubles: 12 (2 titles, 10 runner-ups)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini |
3–6, 6–1, 10–12 |
| Win | 1989 | French Open | Clay | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Steffi Graf Template:Flagicon Gabriela Sabatini |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1989 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Helena Suková |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1990 | French Open (2) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná Template:Flagicon Helena Suková |
4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1991 | French Open (3) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná |
4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1991 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná |
6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1991 | US Open | Hard | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva |
4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5) |
| Loss | 1992 | Wimbledon (4) | Grass | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1992 | US Open (2) | Hard | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva |
6–7(5), 1–6 |
| Loss | 1993 | French Open (4) | Clay | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1993 | Wimbledon (5) | Grass | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva |
4–6, 7–6(7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 1996 | Wimbledon (6) | Grass | Template:Flagicon Meredith McGrath | Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Helena Suková |
7–5, 5–7, 1–6 |
Mixed doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Year-end championships
Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1988 | New York | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1989 | New York (2) | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva | Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1992 | New York (3) | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Template:Flagicon Helena Suková |
6–7(4), 1–6 |
| Loss | 1993 | New York (4) | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Jana Novotná | Template:Flagicon Natasha Zvereva Template:Flagicon Gigi Fernández |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1999 | New York (5) | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis Template:Flagicon Anna Kournikova |
4–6, 4–6 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1987 | Wichita Open, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Barbara Potter | 6–7(6–8), 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 1987 | Birmingham Classic, UK | Grass | Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver | 6–4, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 1988 | Oakland Classic, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Feb 1989 | Oakland Classic (2) | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Nov 1989 | Chicago Cup, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Zina Garrison | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–5 | Sep 1991 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Barbara Rittner | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Feb 1993 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | Carpet (i) | Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | Aug 1993 | Schenectady Open, U.S. | Hard | Template:Flagicon Natalia Medvedeva | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Aug 1994 | Schenectady Open, U.S. (2) | Hard | Template:Flagicon Judith Wiesner | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
Doubles: 123 (65 titles, 58 runner-ups)
ITF finals
Singles (2–0)
| Legend |
|---|
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 2 January 1984 | ITF Chicago, United States | Hard | Template:Flagicon Natasha Reva | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 9 April 1984 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | Template:Flagicon Elena Eliseenko | 6–2, 6–1 |
Doubles (3–1)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 2 January 1984 | ITF Chicago, United States | Hard | Template:Flagicon Svetlana Parkhomenko | Template:Flagicon Csilla Bartos-Cserepy Template:Flagicon Marianne van der Torre |
w/o |
| Win | 2. | 9 April 1984 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | Template:Flagicon Renata Šašak | Template:Flagicon Marie Pinterová Template:Flagicon Renáta Tomanová |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 3. | 13 September 1993 | ITF Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | Clay | Template:Flagicon Karina Habšudová | Template:Flagicon Radka Bobková Template:Flagicon Petra Langrová |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4. | 28 September 1996 | ITF Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Template:Flagicon Natalia Medvedeva | Template:Flagicon Caroline Dhenin Template:Flagicon Dominique Monami |
6–1, 6–1 |
Women's doubles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | SR | W–L | |||||||||
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| 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
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- Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0–4
- Serena Williams 0–1
- Venus Williams 0–3
- Lindsay Davenport 1–1
- Steffi Graf 0–6
- Monica Seles 0–2
- Martina Navratilova 1–9
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.
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