Marina Kroschina | |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1953 |
Birth Place: | Alma Ata, Soviet Union |
Coach: | Vladimir Balva Vladimir Kamelzon |
Death Place: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Frenchopenresult: | 3R (1975) |
Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1972, 1973) |
Usopenresult: | 2R (1975) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1975) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1974) |
Usopendoublesresult: | QF (1970) |
Marina Vasilyevna Kroschina (Russian: link=no|Марина Васильевна Крошина||mɐˈrʲinə ˈkroʂɨnə; 18 April 1953 — 4 July 2000) was a Ukrainian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.[1] She won the 1971 Wimbledon girls' singles championships while competing for the Kazakh SSR, her country of birth.[2]
Marina Kroschina was born on 18 April 1953 in the city of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union. Her father was a painter and architect, and her mother, Olga Zobachova, a champion of chess in Uzbekistan and Central Asia. She had a romantic relationship with Nikita Mikhalkov.[3] Kroschina committed suicide on 4 July 2000 in Kyiv.[4]
Kroschina won the 1972 European Championship[5] and the All England Plate in 1974. She had some success in the doubles events, winning three titles with Olga Morozova.