Natalia Medvedeva

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**Natalia Medvedeva**

Country	Soviet Union Ukraine
Residence
Date of birth	November 15, 1971 (1971-11-15) (age 36)
Place of birth	Kiev, Soviet Union
Height
Weight
Turned pro	1987
Retired	1998
Plays
Career prize money	US$906,455
Singles
Career record:	186-128
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	No. 23 (November 15, 1993
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2R (1990, 1994, 1995, 1997)
French Open	3R (1989)
Wimbledon	3R (1993, 1996)
US Open	3R (1994)
Doubles
Career record:	174-98
Career titles:	12
Highest ranking:	No. 21 (July 4, 1994)
Infobox last updated on: January 11, 2008.

Natalia Medvedeva is a former professional tennis player.^[1] She was born on November 15, 1971 in Kyiv, Ukraine and played on the WTA tour from 1987 to 1998. Her four singles titles were won in Nashville, Tennessee in 1990, Linz in 1992, and Prague and Essen in 1993. In Essen, she beat world number 5 Conchita Martínez.

She also won 12 doubles titles. She also won the girl's doubles title at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Natalia Zvereva. She reached four Grand Slam quarter-finals in doubles: twice, with Leila Meskhi, in 1990, at the Australian and U.S. Opens. She did it twice again in 1994, with Larisa Savchenko, at the French Open and Wimbledon Championships.

Medvedeva competed 16 times for the Ukraine Fed Cup team, with an 8–8 win-loss record. She came out of retirement for the 2000 Fed Cup, because the team was struggling for players.

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Medvedeva's younger brother is Andriy Medvedev, the 1999 French Open finalist. They competed together at the 1995 Hopman Cup; losing in the final to the German team of Anke Huber and Boris Becker, 3–0.