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
ResidenceJūrmala, Latvia
Born (1966-07-21) 21 July 1966
Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1983
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,083,936
Singles
Career record322–283
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 13 (23 May 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open4R (1992)
French Open3R (1984, 1989)
WimbledonQF (1994)
US OpenQF (1988)
Doubles
Career record766–258
Career titles65
Highest rankingNo. 1 (27 January 1992)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1995, 1996, 1997)
French OpenW (1989)
WimbledonW (1991)
US OpenF (1991, 1992)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsF (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999)

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
Loss1988WimbledonGrass Natasha Zvereva Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini		3–6, 6–1, 10–12
Win1989French OpenClay Natasha Zvereva Steffi Graf
Gabriela Sabatini		6–4, 6–4
Loss1989Wimbledon (2)Grass Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková		1–6, 2–6
Loss1990French Open (2)Clay Natasha Zvereva Jana Novotná
Helena Suková		4–6, 5–7
Loss1991French Open (3)Clay Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná		4–6, 0–6
Win1991Wimbledon (3)Grass Natasha Zvereva Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná		6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss1991US OpenHard Jana Novotná Pam Shriver
Natasha Zvereva		4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Loss1992Wimbledon (4)Grass Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva		4–6, 1–6
Loss1992US Open (2)Hard Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva		6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss1993French Open (4)Clay Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva		3–6, 5–7
Loss1993Wimbledon (5)Grass Jana Novotná Gigi Fernández
Natasha Zvereva		4–6, 7–6(9–7), 4–6
Loss1996Wimbledon (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
Win1992WimbledonGrass Cyril Suk Miriam Oremans
Jacco Eltingh		7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win1994Australian OpenHard Andrei Olhovskiy Helena Suková
Todd Woodbridge		7–5, 6–7(0–7), 6–2
Loss1994French OpenClay Andrei Olhovskiy Kristie Boogert
Menno Oosting		5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win1995French Open (2)Clay Mark Woodforde Jill Hetherington
John-Laffnie de Jager		7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–4)
Win1996Australian Open (2)Hard Mark Woodforde Nicole Arendt
Luke Jensen		4–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss1996Wimbledon (2)Grass Mark Woodforde Helena Suková
Cyril Suk		6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss1997Australian Open (3)Hard John-Laffnie de Jager Manon Bollegraf
Rick Leach		3–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7
Loss1997Wimbledon (3)Grass Andrei Olhovskiy Helena Suková
Cyril Suk		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss1999French 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
Loss1988New YorkCarpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver		3–6, 4–6
Loss1989New York (2)Carpet (i) Natasha Zvereva Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver		3–6, 2–6
Loss1992New York (3)Carpet (i) Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková		6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss1993New York (4)Carpet (i) Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva
Gigi Fernández		3–6, 5–7
Loss1999New 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
Win1.Apr 1985Seabrook Island, USClay Svetlana Parkhomenko Elise Burgin
Lori McNeil		6–1, 6–3
Win2.Sep 1985Salt Lake City, USHard Svetlana Parkhomenko Beverly Mould
Rosalyn Fairbank		7–5, 6–2
Win3.Nov 1986Little Rock, Arkansas, USCarpet (i) Svetlana Parkhomenko Iva Budařová
Beth Herr		6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Win4.Jan 1987Wichita, USCarpet (i) Svetlana Parkhomenko Barbara Potter
Wendy White		6–2, 6–4
Win5.Feb 1987Oklahoma City, USHard Svetlana Parkhomenko Lori McNeil
Kim Sands		6–4, 6–4
Win6.Feb 1987Boca Raton, USHard Svetlana Parkhomenko Chris Evert
Pam Shriver		6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Win7.Jun 1987Eastbourne, Great BritainGrass Svetlana Parkhomenko Rosalyn Fairbank
Elizabeth Smylie		7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5

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
Tournament198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000SRW–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

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.
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    "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.
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