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Biography
- Father, Marat, plays and teaches tennis; mother, Nina, is a housewife; has older an brother, Yaroslav...Enjoys watching water polo and playing table tennis...Favorite movies are Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Fargo and This Boys Life; favorite author is Feodor Dostoevski...Favorite cuisines are her moms, Japanese, Russian and Indian...Good cook according to her roommate and some stray dogs in the area, she claims...Has an outgoing and easy personality but says its wise to keep your distance at all meal times...States her goal is to become the best farmer in Minsk province, and in fact picked all of her mothers apples in 1999...Likes listening to music (especially Lep Zeppelin, soul and blues), watching X-Files episodes with her farmer friends and reading.
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Right-HandedCareer High
5Height
5' 8 1/2'' (1.74 m)Birthday
Apr 16, 1971 April 16, 1971Birthplace
Minsk, USSRCareer Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (4): 1999 - Eastbourne; 1994 - Chicago; 1990 - Brisbane, Sydney.
Finalist (15): 1995 - Indian Wells; 1994 - Miami, Hilton Head, Zurich; 1993 - Filderstadt; 1991 - Birmingham; 1989 - Hilton Head, Moscow; 1988 - Roland Garros, Eastbourne, Montreal, Worcester; 1987 - Little Rock, Chicago; 1986 - Little Rock.
DOUBLES
Winner (80): 2002 - Madrid (w/Navratilova); 2000 - Hannover (w/Carlsson), Hamburg (w/Kournikova); 1999 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (w/Davenport); 1998 - Tour Championships, Indian Wells, Berlin, Stanford, San Diego, Filderstadt (all w/Davenport), Los Angeles (w/Hingis), Moscow (w/Pierce); 1997 - Australian Open (w/Hingis), Roland Garros, Wimbledon (both w/G. Fernandez), Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Indian Wells (both w/Davenport), Miami, Moscow (both w/Sánchez-Vicario), Strasbourg (w/Sukova); 1996 - US Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (both w/G. Fernandez), Los Angeles (w/Davenport); 1995 - Roland Garros, US Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Rome, San Diego, Los Angeles, Filderstadt (all w/G. Fernandez); 1994 - Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Tour Championships, Miami, Chicago, Rome, Berlin, Eastbourne, Filderstadt, Philadelphia (all w/G. Fernandez); 1993 - Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Tour Championships, Delray Beach, Wesley Chapel, Hilton Head, Berlin, Eastbourne, Leipzig, Filderstadt (all w/G. Fernandez); 1992 - Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open, Oakland, Philadelphia (all w/G. Fernandez), Boca Raton (w/Neiland), Hilton Head, Amelia Island (both w/Sánchez-Vicario), Zurich (w/Sukova); 1991 - Wimbledon, Boca Raton, Berlin, Eastbourne, Toronto, Los Angeles (all w/Neiland), US Open, Brighton (both w/Shriver), Hilton Head (w/Kohde-Kilsch); 1990 - Birmingham, Eastbourne, Orlando (all w/Neiland); 1989 - Roland Garros, Chicago, Amelia Island, Birmingham, Moscow (all w/Neiland); 1988 - Indianapolis, Birmingham (both w/Savchenko).
Finalist (49): 2000 - Indian Wells (w/Kournikova); 1999 - Australian Open (w/Davenport), Eastbourne (w/Novotna), Zurich (w/Tauziat); 1998 - Australian Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open (all w/Davenport), Miami, Eastbourne (both w/Sánchez-Vicario), Philadelphia (w/Seles); 1997 - Berlin, US Open (both w/G. Fernandez), Sydney (w/Davenport); 1996 - Edinburgh, Roland Garros (both w/G. Fernandez), Zurich (w/Arendt); 1995 - Australian Open, Miami, Hilton Head, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Tour Championships (all w/G. Fernandez); 1994 - Wesley Chapel, Hilton Head (both w/G. Fernandez); 1993 - Los Angeles, Zurich (both w/G. Fernandez); 1992 - Berlin, Montreal (both w/G. Fernandez), Wesley Chapel (w/Sánchez-Vicario), Filderstadt (w/Shriver); 1991 - Tarpon Springs, Roland Garros (both w/Neiland), Amelia Island (w/Paz), Washington DC (w/G. Fernandez), Filderstadt (w/Shriver); 1990 - Sydney, Roland Garros (both w/Neiland), Hilton Head (w/Paz), Brighton (w/Durie); 1989 - Washington DC, Oakland, Geneva, Wimbledon, Tour Championships (all w/Neiland); 1988 - Wimbledon, Chicago, Tour Championships (all w/Neiland).
MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (2): 1995 - Australian Open (w/Leach); 1990 - Australian Open (w/Pugh).
Finalist (1): 1990 - US Open (w/Pugh).
ADDITIONAL
Soviet Fed Cup Team 1986-91. Belarus Fed Cup Team 1994-99, 2002. Soviet Olympic Team 1988. CIS Olympic Team 1992. Belarus Olympic Team 1996, 2000.
