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Natasha Zvereva

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Natasha Zvereva is a former professional tennis player from Belarus, born Natalya Maratovna Zvereva on 16 April 1971, and the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. After turning professional she won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles, 18 of them in Grand Slam tournaments: five at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, five at the French Open and four at the Australian Open. With her main doubles partner Gigi Fernández she formed the most successful women's doubles team since Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver, and both were inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on 12 July 2010.

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1971 1
Gender
Female 1
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5+ 1
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is a former professional tennis player from Belarus
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    Natalya "Natasha" Maratovna Zvereva (born 16 April 1971)
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    She was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly
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    Zvereva won four WTA Tour singles titles and 80 WTA Tour doubles titles
  • Lead, nationality
    is a former professional tennis player from Belarus
  • Plays: Tennis, Lead
    is a former professional tennis player from Belarus
  • Competed In: Wimbledon, Lead, Wimbledon
    18 of them in Grand Slam tournaments: five at Wimbledon, four at the US Open, five at the French Open, and four at the Australian Open
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