Larisa Savchenko
| Country (sports) |
 Soviet Union 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 | US$ 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) |
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (née Savchenko; born 21 July 1966) is a former professional tennis player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia. A former world number one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles and four mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.
Neiland turned professional in 1983. No. 10 on ITF World Junior rankings in 1983. Doubles team of Neiland 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, Neiland 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 a set.
Had 1986 wins over Wendy Turnbull (twice), Ann Henricksson, and Annabel Croft. Larisa 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.
Neiland jumped from No. 53 to No. 28 (June 1983) on the Hewlett-Packard/WITA Computer rankings after performances at Birmingham and Eastbourne. Neiland also possesses wins over Robin White, Ann Henricksson, Candy Reynolds, and Melissa Gurney.
In 1988, Neiland 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, also with Zvereva, Larisa won her first doubles grand slam over Graf and Sabatini in straight sets.
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