| Larisa Savchenko-Neiland | |
| Country: | |
| Residence: | Jūrmala, Latvia |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Turnedpro: | 1983 |
| Retired: | 2000 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $4,083,936 |
| Singlestitles: | 2 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 13 (23 May 1988) |
| Australianopenresult: | 4R (1992) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 3R (1984, 1989) |
| Wimbledonresult: | QF (1994) |
| Usopenresult: | QF (1988) |
| Doublestitles: | 65 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 1 (27 January 1992) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | SF (1995, 1996, 1997) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | W (1989) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | W (1991) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | F (1991, 1992) |
| Mixed: | yes |
| Mixedtitles: | 4 |
| Australianopenmixedresult: | W (1994, 1996) |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | W (1995) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | W (1992) |
| Usopenmixedresult: | 2R (1997, 1999) |
| Othertournamentsdoubles: | yes |
| Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult: | F (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999) |
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland (Ukrainian: Лариса Савченко-Нейланд, Latvian: Larisa Savčenko-Neilande; née Savchenko; also Larisa Neiland; born 21 July 1966) is a tennis coach and former professional player who represented the Soviet Union and Latvia. A former world No. 1 doubles player, Neiland won six Grand Slam titles: two in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles. She also won two singles titles and 63 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She is listed in fourth place for the most doubles match wins (766) in WTA history, after Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber. Neiland has been the coach of Ukrainian tennis player Daria Snigur since 2017.[1]
Savchenko turned professional in 1983 as No. 10 on the ITF Junior rankings in that year. Doubles team of Savchenko and Svetlana Parkhomenko reached the 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.[2]
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 major final, over Graf and Sabatini in straight sets.
In December 1989, Larisa married Aleksandr Neiland and took his last name, she continued to compete as Larisa Savchenko-Neiland.[3]
In 1991, she captured the Wimbledon title with Zvereva. 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.
She also represented Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in both singles and doubles, but lost in the first round in both events.
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 $15k she had earned for reaching the women's doubles quarterfinals with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, and issued a warning by the International Tennis Federation.[4]
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.
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Grass | 3–6, 6–1, 10–12 | |||||
| Win | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Steffi Graf  Gabriela Sabatini | 6–4, 6–4 | |||
| Loss | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | 1–6, 2–6 | |||
| Loss | French Open (2) | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | French Open (3) | Clay | Natasha Zvereva |  Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná | 4–6, 0–6 | ||
| Win | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | Hard | Jana Novotná | Pam Shriver  Natasha Zvereva | 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5) | |||
| Loss | Wimbledon (4) | Grass | Jana Novotná | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | US Open (2) | Hard | Jana Novotná | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 6–7(5), 1–6 | ||
| Loss | French Open (4) | Clay |  Jana Novotná | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | Wimbledon (5) | Grass | Jana Novotná | Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva | 4–6, 7–6(7), 4–6 | ||
| Loss | Wimbledon (6) | Grass | Martina Hingis Helena Suková | 7–5, 5–7, 1–6 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Grass | 7–6(2), 6–2 | |||||
| Win | Hard | 7–5, 6–7(0), 6–2 | |||||
| Loss | Clay |  Andrei Olhovskiy | 5–7, 6–3, 5–7 | ||||
| Win | French Open (2) | Clay | 7–6(8), 7–6(4) | ||||
| Win | Australian Open (2) | Hard |  Mark Woodforde | 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 | |||
| Loss | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Mark Woodforde | Helena Suková Cyril Suk | 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | Australian Open (3) | Hard | John-Laffnie de Jager | 3–6, 7–6(5), 5–7 | |||
| Loss | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Andrei Olhovskiy | Helena Suková Cyril Suk | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | French Open (3) | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 4–6 | |||||
| Loss | New York (2) | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | New York (3) | Carpet (i) | 6–7(4), 1–6 | ||||
| Loss | 1993 | New York (4) | Carpet (i) | Jana Novotná | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | New York (5) | Carpet (i) |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 4–6, 4–6 |
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| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 1987 | Wichita Open, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Barbara Potter | 6–7(6), 6–7(5) | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 1987 | Birmingham Classic, UK | Grass | Pam Shriver | 6–4, 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 1988 | Oakland Classic, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Martina Navratilova | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–4 | Feb 1989 | Oakland Classic (2) | Carpet (i) | Zina Garrison | 1–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 0–5 | Nov 1989 | Chicago Cup, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Zina Garrison | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 | |
| Win | 1–5 | Sep 1991 | Moscow Ladies Open, Russia | Carpet (i) | Barbara Rittner | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 1–6 | Feb 1993 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | Carpet (i) | Martina Navratilova | 2–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 2–6 | Aug 1993 | Schenectady Open, U.S. | Hard |  Natalia Medvedeva | 6–3, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 2–7 | Aug 1994 | Schenectady Open, U.S. (2) | Hard |  Judith Wiesner | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | Apr 1985 | Seabrook Island, U.S. | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | |||
| Win | 2. | Salt Lake City, U.S. | Hard | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 7–5, 6–2 | |||
| Win | 3. | Nov 1986 | Little Rock, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 4. | Jan 1987 | Wichita, U.S. | Carpet (i) | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 5. | Feb 1987 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Hard | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 6. | Feb 1987 | Boca Raton, U.S. | Hard | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 6–0, 3–6, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 7. | Jun 1987 | Eastbourne, UK | Grass | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 1. | Jun 1988 | Birmingham Classic | Grass | Leila Meskhi Svetlana Parkhomenko | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 1. | Jul 1988 | Wimbledon | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 3–6, 6–1, 10–12 | |
| Win | 2. | Oct 1988 | VS of Indianapolis | Hard (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Katrina Adams Zina Garrison | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 2. | Nov 1988 | Ameritech Cup, Chicago | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Lori McNeil Betsy Nagelsen | 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 3. | Nov 1988 | VS Championships, New York | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 4. | Feb 1989 | VS of Washington | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Betsy Nagelsen Pam Shriver | 2–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 5. | Feb 1989 | Stanford Classic, Oakland | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Patty Fendick  Jill Hetherington | 5–7, 6–3, 2–6 | |
| Win | 3. | Apr 1989 | Amelia Island Championships | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 6. | May 1989 | Swiss Open, Geneva | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Katrina Adams Lori McNeil | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 4. | May 1989 | French Open, Paris | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Steffi Graf Gabriela Sabatini | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 5. | Jun 1989 | Birmingham Classic | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | Meredith McGrath Pam Shriver | 7–5, 5–7, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 7. | Jun 1989 | Wimbledon | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 6. | Oct 1989 | Moscow Ladies Open | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva |  Nathalie Herreman Catherine Suire | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 7. | Nov 1989 | Ameritech Cup, Chicago | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 8. | Nov 1989 | VS Championships, New York | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 9. | Jan 1990 | Sydney International | Hard | Natasha Zvereva | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 3–6, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 11. | May 1990 | French Open | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Jana Novotná Helena Suková | 4–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | 8. | Jun 1990 | Birmingham Classic | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | Lise Gregory Gretchen Magers | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Win | 9. | Jun 1990 | Eastbourne International, UK | Grass | Natasha Zvereva | Patty Fendick Zina Garrison | 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 10. | Sep 1990 | WTA Championships, Orlando | Carpet (i) | Natasha Zvereva | Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Win | 11. | Oct 1990 | Nashville | Hard (i) | Kathy Jordan | Brenda Schultz Caroline Vis | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 12. | Jan 1991 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Patty Fendick | Jo-Anne Faull Julie Richardson | 6–3, 6–3 |
Moscow (with Meredith McGrath)
Moscow (with Natalia Medvedeva)
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| $75,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 2 January 1984 | ITF Chicago, United States | Hard | Natasha Reva | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2. | 9 April 1984 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | Elena Eliseenko | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 2 January 1984 | ITF Chicago, United States | Hard | Svetlana Parkhomenko | Csilla Bartos-Cserepy Marianne van der Torre | w/o | |
| Win | 2. | 9 April 1984 | ITF Caserta, Italy | Clay | Renata Šašak | Marie Pinterová Renáta Tomanová | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| Win | 3. | 13 September 1993 | ITF Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | Clay |  Karina Habšudová | Radka Bobková Petra Langrová | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Winner | 4. | 28 September 1996 | ITF Limoges, France | Hard (i) | Natalia Medvedeva | Caroline Dhenin  Dominique Monami | 6–1, 6–1 |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | A | QF | QF | QF | QF | 3R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 2R | QF | A | 0 / 11 | 31–11 | |||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | QF | A | A | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=thistle | F | QF | 3R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | QF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | QF | 1R | 1 / 15 | 48–14 | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF | QF | QF | 1R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=thistle | F | QF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=yellow | SF | A | 3R | 1R | 1 / 17 | 61–16 | |||||||||||
| US Open | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | QF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=thistle | F | bgcolor=thistle | F | 2R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 3R | A | 3R | 2R | bgcolor=yellow | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| align=left style="white-space:nowrap" | Tour Championships | A | A | A | QF | QF | F | F | QF | QF | F | F | A | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | QF | F | A | 0 / 13 | 13–13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tier I tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tokyo | NH | Not Tier I | bgcolor=yellow | 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 | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=lime | W | Not Tier I | Not Held | 2 / 2 | 8–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | Not Held | Not Tier I | QF | 3R | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=lime | W | QF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | F | 3R | QF | QF | 2R | 2 / 11 | 27–9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston | Not Tier I | A | A | F | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 2R | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 2R | QF | 0 / 9 | 13–8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome | Not Tier I | NH | Not Tier I | bgcolor=yellow | SF | A | A | A | QF | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Berlin | Not Tier I | QF | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=lime | W | A | bgcolor=yellow | SF | F | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | A | 3 / 9 | 25–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Montreal / Toronto | Not Tier I | 2R | bgcolor=lime | W | A | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=lime | W | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | F | A | 3 / 9 | 23–5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Zürich | NH | Not Tier I | bgcolor=yellow | SF | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | QF | F | bgcolor=yellow | 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 | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 1R | QF | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 26 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | No. 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.