Larisa Neiland

Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (Ukrainian: Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, Latvian: Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a retired professional tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. A former world No. 1 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 at the 4th place in the list of most doubles match wins in the history of women's tennis (766) after Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber.

Larisa Savchenko-Neiland

Country (sports)	Soviet Union  Ukraine  Latvia
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)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Soviet Union Friendship Games 1984 Women's doubles

Career

Savchenko turned professional in 1983 as No. 10 on ITF World Junior rankings in that year. Doubles team of Savchenko and Svetlana Parkhomenko reached 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 over Graf and Sabatini in straight sets.

After 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 $15,000 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

Doubles: 12 (2 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	Wimbledon	Grass	Natasha Zvereva	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	3–6, 6–1, 10–12
Win	1989	French Open	Clay	Natasha Zvereva	Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1989	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Natasha Zvereva	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1990	French Open (2)	Clay	Natasha Zvereva	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1991	French Open (3)	Clay	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	4–6, 0–6
Win	1991	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Natasha Zvereva	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	1991	US Open	Hard	Jana Novotná	Pam Shriver Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	1992	Wimbledon (4)	Grass	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1992	US Open (2)	Hard	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7^(5–7), 1–6
Loss	1993	French Open (4)	Clay	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1993	Wimbledon (5)	Grass	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 7–6^(9–7), 4–6
Loss	1996	Wimbledon (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
Win	1992	Wimbledon	Grass	Cyril Suk	Miriam Oremans Jacco Eltingh	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Win	1994	Australian Open	Hard	Andrei Olhovskiy	Helena Suková Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 6–7^(0–7), 6–2
Loss	1994	French Open	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Kristie Boogert Menno Oosting	5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1995	French Open (2)	Clay	Mark Woodforde	Jill Hetherington John-Laffnie de Jager	7–6^(10–8), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	1996	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Mark Woodforde	Nicole Arendt Luke Jensen	4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	1996	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Mark Woodforde	Helena Suková Cyril Suk	6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	1997	Australian Open (3)	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Manon Bollegraf Rick Leach	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 5–7
Loss	1997	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Andrei Olhovskiy	Helena Suková Cyril Suk	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	1999	French Open (3)	Clay	Rick Leach	Katarina Srebotnik Piet Norval	3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	New York	Carpet (i)	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1989	New York (2)	Carpet (i)	Natasha Zvereva	Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1992	New York (3)	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Loss	1993	New York (4)	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández	3–6, 5–7
Loss	1999	New York (5)	Carpet (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	4–6, 4–6

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	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1987	Wichita	Carpet (i)	Barbara Potter	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	2.	Jun 1987	Birmingham	Grass	Pam Shriver	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	Feb 1988	Oakland	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	Feb 1989	Oakland (2)	Carpet (i)	Zina Garrison	1–6, 1–6
Loss	5.	Nov 1989	Chicago	Carpet (i)	Zina Garrison	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	6.	Feb 1993	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	2–6, 2–6
Win	1.	Sep 1991	Saint Petersburg	Carpet (i)	Barbara Rittner	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2.	Aug 1993	Schenectady	Hard	Natalia Medvedeva	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7.	Aug 1994	Schenectady (2)	Hard	Judith Wiesner	5–7, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 65 titles

Grand Slam events in boldface

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Apr 1985	Seabrook Island, US	Clay	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Elise Burgin Lori McNeil	6–1, 6–3
Win	2.	Sep 1985	Salt Lake City, US	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Beverly Mould Rosalyn Fairbank	7–5, 6–2
Win	3.	Nov 1986	Little Rock, Arkansas, US	Carpet (i)	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Iva Budařová Beth Herr	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Win	4.	Jan 1987	Wichita, US	Carpet (i)	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Barbara Potter Wendy White	6–2, 6–4
Win	5.	Feb 1987	Oklahoma City, US	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Lori McNeil Kim Sands	6–4, 6–4
Win	6.	Feb 1987	Boca Raton, US	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Chris Evert Pam Shriver	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Win	7.	Jun 1987	Eastbourne, Great Britain	Grass	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Rosalyn Fairbank Elizabeth Smylie	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 7–5

1988: Birmingham (with Natasha Zvereva) 1988: Indianapolis (with Natasha Zvereva) 1989: Amelia Island (with Natasha Zvereva) 1989: French Open (with Natasha Zvereva) 1989: Birmingham (with Natasha Zvereva) 1989: Moscow (with Natasha Zvereva) 1989: Chicago (with Natasha Zvereva) 1990: Birmingham (with Natasha Zvereva) 1990: Eastbourne (with Natasha Zvereva) 1990: Orlando (with Natasha Zvereva) 1990: Nashville (with Kathy Jordan) 1991: Aukland (with Patty Fendick) 1991: Boca Raton (with Natasha Zvereva) 1991: Hamburg (with Jana Novotná) 1991: Berlin (with Natasha Zvereva) 1991: Eastbourne (with Natasha Zvereva) 1991: Wimbledon (with Natasha Zvereva) 1991: Toronto (with Natasha Zvereva) 1991: Manhattan Beach (with Natasha Zvereva) 1991: Washington, D.C. (with Jana Novotná) 1991: Philadelphia (with Jana Novotná) 1992: Brisbane (with Jana Novotná) 1992: Boca Raton (with Natasha Zvereva) 1992: Key Biscayne (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1992: Wesley Chapel (with Jana Novotná) 1992: Berlin (with Jana Novotná)

1992: Eastbourne (with Jana Novotná) 1992: San Diego (with Jana Novotná) 1992: Leipzig (with Jana Novotná) 1992: Brighton (with Jana Novotná) 1993: Brisbane (with Conchita Martínez) 1993: Osaka (with Jana Novotná) 1993: Key Biscayne (with Jana Novotná) 1993: Toronto (with Jana Novotná) 1994: Osaka (with Rennae Stubbs) 1994: Amelia Island (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1994: Barcelona (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1994: Birmingham (with Zina Garrison) 1994: Schenectady (with Meredith McGrath) 1994: Brighton (with Manon Bollegraf) 1995: Paris Open Gaz de France (with Meredith McGrath) 1995: Barcelona (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1995: Edinburgh (with Meredith McGrath) 1995: Moscow (with Meredith McGrath) 1995: Leipzig (with Meredith McGrath) 1995: Brighton (with Meredith McGrath) 1996: Essen (with Meredith McGrath) 1996: Berlin (with Meredith McGrath) 1996: Rosmalen (with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy) 1996: Montreal (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1996: Moscow (with Natalia Medvedeva) 1997: Birmingham (with Katrina Adams) 1997: Luxembourg (with Helena Suková) 1999: Gold Coast (with Corina Morariu) 1999: Hamburg (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1999: Birmingham (with Corina Morariu) 1999: Los Angeles (with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1999: Leipzig (with Mary Pierce)

ITF finals

Singles (2–0)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	2 January 1984	Chicago, United States	Hard	Natascia Reva	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	9 April 1984	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	Chicago, United States	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Csilla Bartos-Cserepy Marianne van der Torre	W/O
Win	2.	9 April 1984	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Renata Šašak	Marie Pinterova Renáta Tomanová	6–1, 6–3
Win	3.	13 September 1993	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic	Clay	Karina Habšudová	Radka Bobková Petra Langrová	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	28 September 1996	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Natalia Medvedeva	Caroline Dhenin 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
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	N/A	N/A	N/A	26	11	9	3	7	2	5	5	11	5	2	9	11	3	N/A	No. 1

Head-to-head record against other players

• 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.

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". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

External links

• Larisa Neiland at the Women's Tennis Association
• Larisa Neiland at the International Tennis Federation
• Larisa Neiland at the Billie Jean King Cup