Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (Ukrainian: Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, Latvian: Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; 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]
| Country (sports) |  Soviet Union Latvia | ||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Jūrmala, Latvia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1966 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $4,083,936 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 322–283 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 13 (23 May 1988) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 4R (1992) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | 3R (1984, 1989) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1994) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | QF (1988) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 766–258 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 65 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (27 January 1992) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | SF (1995, 1996, 1997) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1989) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1991) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (1991, 1992) | ||||||||||||||
| Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Tour Finals | F (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999) | ||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (1994, 1996) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1995) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1992) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1997, 1999) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editSavchenko 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
editGrand Slam tournaments
editWomen's doubles: 12 (2 titles, 10 runner-ups)
edit| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | 3–6, 6–1, 10–12 | ||
| Win | 1989 | French Open | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1989 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 1990 | French Open (2) | Clay | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 1991 | French Open (3) | Clay | 4–6, 0–6 | ||
| Win | 1991 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1991 | US Open | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5) | ||
| Loss | 1992 | Wimbledon (4) | Grass | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1992 | US Open (2) | Hard | 6–7(5), 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1993 | French Open (4) | Clay | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 1993 | Wimbledon (5) | Grass | 4–6, 7–6(7), 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1996 | Wimbledon (6) | Grass | 7–5, 5–7, 1–6 |
Mixed doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
edit| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1992 | Wimbledon | Grass | 7–6(2), 6–2 | ||
| Win | 1994 | Australian Open | Hard | 7–5, 6–7(0), 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 1994 | French Open | Clay | 5–7, 6–3, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 1995 | French Open (2) | Clay | 7–6(8), 7–6(4) | ||
| Win | 1996 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 1996 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 1997 | Australian Open (3) | Hard | 3–6, 7–6(5), 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 1997 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1999 | French Open (3) | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Year-end championships
editDoubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)
edit| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1988 | New York | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1989 | New York (2) | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 1992 | New York (3) | Carpet (i) | 6–7(4), 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 1993 | New York (4) | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 1999 | New York (5) | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 4–6 |
WTA career finals
editSingles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1987 | Wichita Open, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–7(6), 6–7(5) | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 1987 | Birmingham Classic, UK | Grass | 6–4, 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 1988 | Oakland Classic, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–4 | Feb 1989 | Oakland Classic (2) | Carpet (i) | 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 0–5 | Nov 1989 | Chicago Cup, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 | |
| Win | 1–5 | Sep 1991 | Moscow Ladies Open, Russia | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 1–6 | Feb 1993 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | Carpet (i) | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 2–6 | Aug 1993 | Schenectady Open, U.S. | Hard | 6–3, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 2–7 | Aug 1994 | Schenectady Open, U.S. (2) | Hard | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
Doubles: 65 titles
edit| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1. | Apr 1985 | Seabrook Island, U.S. | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2. | Sep 1985 | Salt Lake City, U.S. | Hard | 7–5, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 3. | Nov 1986 | Little Rock, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 4. | Jan 1987 | Wichita, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 5. | Feb 1987 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 6. | Feb 1987 | Boca Raton, U.S. | Hard | 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 7. | Jun 1987 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass | 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 1. | Jun 1988 | Birmingham Classic | Grass | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 1. | Jul 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | 3–6, 6–1, 10–12 | ||
| Win | 2. | Oct 1988 | VS of Indianapolis | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 2. | Nov 1988 | Ameritech Cup, Chicago | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3. | Nov 1988 | VS Championships, New York | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 4. | Feb 1989 | VS of Washington | Carpet (i) | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 5. | Feb 1989 | Stanford Classic, Oakland | Carpet (i) | 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 3. | Apr 1989 | Amelia Island Championships | Clay | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 6. | May 1989 | Swiss Open, Geneva | Clay | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 4. | May 1989 | French Open, Paris | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 5. | Jun 1989 | Birmingham Classic | Grass | 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 7. | Jun 1989 | Wimbledon | Grass | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 6. | Oct 1989 | Moscow Ladies Open | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 7. | Nov 1989 | Ameritech Cup, Chicago | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 8. | Nov 1989 | VS Championships, New York | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 9. | Jan 1990 | Sydney International | Hard | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 11. | May 1990 | French Open | Clay | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 8. | Jun 1990 | Birmingham Classic | Grass | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 9. | Jun 1990 | Eastbourne International, UK | Grass | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 10. | Sep 1990 | WTA Championships, Orlando | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 11. | Oct 1990 | Nashville | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 12. | Jan 1991 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 |
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ITF finals
editSingles (2–0)
edit| Legend |
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| $75,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1. | 2 January 1984 | ITF Chicago, United States | Hard | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2. | 9 April 1984 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | 6–2, 6–1 |
Doubles (3–1)
edit| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 2 January 1984 | ITF Chicago, United States | Hard | w/o | ||
| Win | 2. | 9 April 1984 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 3. | 13 September 1993 | ITF Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Winner | 4. | 28 September 1996 | ITF Limoges, France | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–1 |
Women's doubles performance timeline
edit| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| 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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| 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
edit- 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
editShe 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
edit- ^ "Getting to know Daria Snigur, Halep's US Open conqueror". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ Gossett, Peggy; Teitelbaum, Mike; Hanlon, Maureen; Riach, Ros; Hinkley, Suzanne. 1987 WITA Media Guide. p. 205.
- ^ "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. - ^ Bright, Richard (11 July 2000). "Drug shame for Neiland". The Daily Telegraph. London. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
External links
edit- Larisa Neiland at the Women's Tennis Association
- Larisa Savchenko at the International Tennis Federation
- Larisa Savchenko at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Larisa Savchenko-Neiland at Olympics.com
- Larisa Savčenko-Neilande at Olympedia
- Larisa Neilande (Savčenko) at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)