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Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian
language|Belarusian:
Натальл&
#1103;
Зьверав&
#1072;, Russian language|Russian:
Наташа
Зверева;
born April 16, 1971) is a tennis player from
Belarus.

A Belarusian tennis star, she dominated doubles
tennis tournaments in 1980s and early 1990s.
Zvereva has four Women's Tennis Association|WTA
Tour single titles and 78 (!) double titles, of
them 18 are Grand Slam double titles.

In doubles Zvereva is a five times Wimbledon
Championships|Wimbledon champion, four times US
Open (tennis)|US Open champion, five times French
Open champion, and four times Australian Open
champion.

She won those Grand Slam titles with four
different partners (Gigi Fernandez, Martina
Hingis, Pam Shriver and Larissa
Neiland-Savchenko).

As for single's best achievement, in 1988 Zvereva
reached the final in French Open, where she was
beaten (0-6,0-6) by Steffi Graf, who was
unbeatable that year, winning all four Grand Slam
titles and an Olympic gold medal.

In addition, Zvereva twice won mixed doubles
titles in Australian Open. In 1992, she won a
bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the
doubles event (with Leila Meskhi, representing the
CIS).

==Facts==

* Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)
* Weight: 138 lb (62 kg)
* Plays: right
* Birthplace: Minsk, Belarus
* Resides: Newport Beach, Florida, USA
* Turned pro: 1988

==External links==
*http://www.usopen.org/en_US/bios/profile/ws/wtaz0
13.html Zvereva's profile at usopen.org
*wta|id=260013|name=Natasha Zvereva

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