Olga Morozova

For the Russian badminton player, see Olga Morozova (badminton).
Olga Morozova
Ольга Морозова
Country (sports)  Soviet Union
Residence London, England
Born (1949-02-22) 22 February 1949
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 1966
Retired 1989
Plays Right-handed (one handed-backhand)
Prize money
Singles
Career record
Career titles 8
Highest ranking No. 7 (3 November 1975)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open QF (1972, 1975)
French Open F (1974)
Wimbledon F (1974)
US Open QF (1972)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals 5th place (1975)
Doubles
Career record
Career titles 16
Highest ranking
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open F (1975)
French Open W (1974)
US Open F (1976)
Mixed doubles
Career record
Career titles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon F (1968, 1970)

Olga Vasilyevna Morozova (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Морозова) (born 22 February 1949) is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She was the runner up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships.

Career

Morozova won the Wimbledon junior's singles title in 1965 at the age of 16. Morozova was the first Russian tennis player to reach the singles final of a major tournament, when she was the runner-up at the 1972 Italian Open. Perhaps the peak of her career occurred in 1974, when she was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon and the French Open, losing to Chris Evert in both tournaments.

Morozova became the first Russian tennis player to win a Grand Slam title when she teamed with Evert to win the women's doubles championship at the French Open in 1974. Earlier, she and Alex Metreveli were the first players from the Soviet Union to reach a Grand Slam final when they teamed at Wimbledon in 1968, losing to Margaret Court and Ken Fletcher. They also reached the final at Wimbledon in 1970, losing to Rosemary Casals and Ilie Năstase.

Morozova also was the runner-up in three Grand Slam women's doubles tournaments. She teamed with Court at the 1975 Australian Open, losing to Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Peggy Michel. She played with Julie Anthony at the 1975 French Open, losing to Evert and Martina Navratilova, and with Virginia Wade at the 1976 U.S. Open, losing to Ilana Kloss and Delina Boshoff.

Morozova's playing career was cut short in 1977 because of the Soviet Union's policy against competing with South Africans. At this point, she retired from the professional tour. Her post-playing coaching resume includes three years (1991–94) coaching the British national team and a similar stint leading the Soviet team. In 1989 she was played the mixed with Alexander Metreveli in US Open 1989 In 1998 she was awarded the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Trophy for character, sportsmanship, manners, spirit of cooperation and contribution to the growth of the game, as well as the help she rendered not only to players of her own class but also to players of a lesser class and to junior players.[1]

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent in final Score in final
Runner-up 1974 French Open Clay United States Chris Evert 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 1974 Wimbledon Grass United States Chris Evert 6–0, 6–4

Women's doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in final Score in final
Winner 1974 French Open Clay United States Chris Evert France Gail Chanfreau
West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus
6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up 1975 Australian Open Grass Australia Margaret Court Australia Evonne Goolagong
United States Peggy Michel
7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 1975 French Open Clay United States Julie Anthony United States Chris Evert
Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1976 US Open Clay United Kingdom Virginia Wade South Africa Delina Boshoff
South Africa Ilana Kloss
6–1, 6–4

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in final Score in final
Runner-up 1968 Wimbledon Grass Soviet Union Alex Metreveli Australia Margaret Court
Australia Ken Fletcher
6–1, 14–12
Runner-up 1970 Wimbledon Grass Soviet Union Alex Metreveli United States Rosemary Casals
Romania Ilie Năstase
6–3, 4–6, 9–7

Titles (24)

Singles (8)

Titles by Surface
Hard (1)
Clay (1)
Grass (4)
Carpet (2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 15 February 1971 Moscow, USSR Carpet (i) Soviet Union Maria Kull 6–1, 7–5
Winner 2. 26 April 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Italy Anna-Maria Nasuelli 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 21 August 1972 Orange, New Jersey, USA Grass Soviet Union Marina Kroschina 6–2, 6–7, 7–5
Winner 4. 18 June 1973 London, UK Grass Australia Evonne Goolagong 6–2, 6–3
Winner 5. 22 April 1974 Philadelphia, USA Hard (i) United States Billie Jean King 7–6, 6–1
Winner 6. 2 December 1974 Adelaide, Australia Grass Australia Evonne Goolagong 7–6, 2–6, 6–2
Winner 7. 18 January 1975 Moscow, USSR Carpet (i) Soviet Union Elena Granaturova 6–0, 1–6, 6–4
Winner 8. 7 June 1976 Beckenham, UK Grass South Africa Marise Kruger 7–5, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles (16)

Grand slam events in boldface.

  • 1974: St. Petersburg (with Betty Stöve)
  • 1974: Hilton Head (with Rosie Casals)
  • 1974: Rome (with Chris Evert)
  • 1974: French Open (with Chris Evert)
  • 1974: Perth (with Martina Navrátilová)
  • 1975: Eastbourne (with Julie Anthony)
  • 1976: Washington, D.C. (with Virginia Wade)
  • 1976: Chicago (with Virginia Wade)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Career SR
Australia A A A A A A QF A A QF A 0 / 2
France A 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R QF 2R F SF A 0 / 9
Wimbledon 1R A 1R 4R 2R 3R 4R QF F QF QF 0 / 10
United States A A A A 3R A QF 3R A 2R 3R 0 / 5
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 26

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

Bibliography

Olga Morozova (2000). Only Tennis (in Russian). Moscow: Vagrius. 

See also

References


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