Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva (Belarusian: Натальля Зьверава, Russian: Наташа Зверева; born April 16, 1971) is a tennis player from Belarus. April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Tennis is a racquet sport played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Player(s) use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponents court. ...

A Belarusian tennis star, she dominated doubles tennis tournaments in 1980s and early 1990s. Zvereva has four WTA Tour single titles and 78 (!) double titles, of them 18 are Grand Slam double titles. Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Events and trends Technology The World Wide Web was born at CERN Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft... WTA stands for Womens Tennis Association, and is also known as the WTA Tour, and is to womens tennis what the ATP is to mens tennis. ... Grand Slam is a general sports term applied when achieving something special. ...

In doubles Zvereva is a five times Wimbledon champion, four times US Open champion, five times French Open champion, and four times Australian Open champion. Wimbledon logo Wimbledon is the oldest and for many most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ... This article is about the Australian Open tennis tournament. ...

She won those Grand Slam titles with four different partners (Gigi Fernandez, Martina Hingis, Pam Shriver and Larissa Neiland-Savchenko). Beatriz Fernández (born 1966), better known as Gigi Fernández, is a Puerto Rican former tennis player. ... Hingis at the 1995 US Open Martina Hingis, originally Martina Hingisová Molitorová (September 30, 1980–), is an accomplished professional tennis player from Switzerland. ... Pam Shriver ( July 4, 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA), is a professional tennis player and sports broadcaster. ...

As for single's best achievement, in 1988 Zvereva reached the final in French Open, where she was beaten by Steffi Graf, who was unbeatable that year, winning all four Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The French Open, officially the Tournoi de Roland-Garros (English: Roland Garros Tournament), is a tennis event held from the middle of May to the beginning of June in Paris, France, and is the second of the worlds Grand Slam tournaments. ... Steffi Graf honored at the WTA. Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969 in Mannheim, Germany) is a former tennis player, considered to be the greatest female player in history. ...

In addition, Zvereva twice won mixed doubles titles in Australian Open. And in 1992, she won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the doubles event (with Leila Meskhi, representing the CIS). This article is about the Australian Open tennis tournament. ... The Games of the XXV Olympiad were held in 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. ... CIS is an abbreviation of: Commonwealth of Independent States Canadian Interuniversity Sport Contact Image Sensor CompuServe Information Service Chinese International School Confederacy of Independent Systems (Star Wars) Continuous injection system Communication Information Services Card Information Structure Cisalpino See also uses of the word 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

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External link

• Zvereva's profile at usopen.org (http://www.usopen.org/en_US/bios/profile/ws/wtaz013.html)