Svetlana Parkhomenko

Svetlana Parkhomenko

Full name	Svetlana Germanovna Parkhomenko
Country (sports)	Soviet Union  Russia
Born	(1962-10-08) October 8, 1962 Moscow, USSR
Retired	1995
Prize money	208,184
Singles
Career record	124–93
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 72 (January 30, 1989)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1984)
French Open	1R
Wimbledon	3R (1984)
US Open	1R
Doubles
Career record	209–79
Career titles	8 WTA, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 8 (January 18, 1988)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1984)
French Open	QF (1986)
Wimbledon	SF (1987)
US Open	3R (1987)
Tour Finals	SF (March 1986)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  Soviet Union Universiade 1983 Edmonton Women's doubles 1983 Edmonton Mixed doubles

Svetlana Germanovna Parkhomenko (Светлана Германовна Паркхоменко, née Cherneva, Чернева; born October 8, 1962) is a retired Soviet and Russian tennis player and tennis coach. She was a winner of the Soviet singles tennis championships in 1985 and 9 times Soviet champion in women's doubles and mixed doubles. On the international level, she was the winner of the 1983 European amateur championships in women's and mixed doubles, bronze medalist of the 1983 Universiade in women's and mixed doubles, and winner of 8 WTA doubles tournaments. Parkhomenko is the recipient of 1988 WTA Sportsmanship Award.

Biography

Svetlana Cherneva started playing tennis when she was 8 years old. Her first coach was the famous pre-war Soviet champion and coach Nina Teplyakova. In 1978 Svetlana won the singles and doubles title at European Junior Championships (she also won doubles titles in the next two years). In 1978 she won the Soviet youth championships in singles, girls' and mixed doubles, and in 1980 in singles and girls' doubles. In 1980 she advanced with the Soviet girls team to the finals of Princess Sofia Cup.

Starting in 1981 Svetlana (from 1984 playing under her marriage name Parkhomenko) won the senior Sovier doubles championships eight times (twice in 1987). In addition, she became the singles champion in 1985 and mixed doubles champion in 1983. From 1981 she also played for the Soviet Union Federation Cup team. In total between 1981 and 1988 she played 28 rubbers for the Soviet team, mostly in doubles with Larisa Savchenko.

In 1983 Svetlana Cherneva won the European amateur championships in women's and mixed doubles and took bronze in the same disciplines at the 1983 Summer Universiade. From the same year she started playing in international professional tennis tournaments. In 1984 she won her first ITF titles is San Antonio and Delray Beach, and at the Wimbledon Championships advanced with Savchenko to quarterfinals after defeating 3rd seed Kathy Horvath and Virginia Ruzici, as well as Chris Evert and Catherine Tanvier. In the next three years Parkhomenko and Savchenko won seven Virginia Slims tournaments including four in 1987. They played three times in a row at the Virginia Slims Championships and in March 1986 advanced there to semifinals. In 1987 they reached Wimbledon semifinals after defeating world's best pair, recent Grand Slam winners Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.

At the start of 1988 season Svetlana Parkhomenko was ranked as high as 8th in the WTA doubles rankings. But in 1988 Larisa Savchenko broke with her to play doubles with young Natasha Zvereva. Without Savchenko, Parhomenko struggled to retain her best shape playing with other partners. She won one WTA tournament with Natalia Bykova and twice reached finals with Leila Meskhi, and at the end of the season she received WTA Sportsmanship Award.^[1]

After having completely missed 1989 season, Parkhomenko returned to play at the end 1990. In 1991 she was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sports, becoming one of the last Soviet tennis players who received this title. In 1992 she returned to the Top 10 of the Russian tennis and remained there for two more years. In 1993 she played three ties for the Russia Fed Cup team, winning her doubles games against Ukrainians and Lithuanians. After finishing her playing career in 1995 she coaches at the Moscow CSKA tennis club.

Virginia Slims and WTA Finals

Doubles (14)

Winner (8)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
Tier IV-V (1)
VS circuit (7)

No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score
1.	1 April 1985	Seabrook Island, South Carolina, USA	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Elise Burgin Lori McNeil	6–1, 6–3
2.	9 September 1985	Salt Lake City, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Beverly Mould Rosalyn Fairbank	7–5, 6–2
3.	3 November 1986	Little Rock, Arkansas, USA	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Iva Budařová Beth Herr	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
4.	21 January 1987	Wichita, Kansas, USA	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Barbara Potter Wendy White	6–2, 6–4
5.	9 February 1987	Oklahoma City, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Kim Sands	6–4, 6–4
6.	16 February 1987	Boca Raton, Florida, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Chris Evert Pam Shriver	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
7.	15 June 1987	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Rosalyn Fairbank Elizabeth Smylie	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
8.	29 February 1988	Wichita, USA (2)	Hard (i)	Natalia Bykova	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	6–3, 6–4

Runner-up (6)

No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in final	Score
1.	21 January 1985	Key Biscayne, Florida, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	4–6, 6–7
2.	8 April 1985	Hilton Head Island, USA	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Rosalyn Fairbank Pam Shriver	4–6, 1–6
3.	22 September 1986	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Camille Benjamin Dinky Van Rensburg	6–7, 5–7
4.	29 September 1986	New Orleans, USA	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
5.	18 April 1988	Singapore	Hard	Leila Meskhi	Natalia Bykova Natalia Medvedeva	6–7, 3–6
6.	6 June 1988	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Leila Meskhi	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 1–6

ITF Finals

Singles Finals: (3-5)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	16 January 1984	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Anna Ivan	3-6, 3-6
Winner	2.	27 April 1992	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Angie Woodcock	6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Runner–up	3.	19 October 1992	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Elena Makarova	5-7, 2-6
Runner–up	4.	8 February 1993	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Carpet	Gaby Coorengel	6-3, 6-7(3-7), 3-6
Runner–up	5.	3 May 1993	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Marianne Vallin	7-6(7-3), 3-6, 1-6
Winner	6.	27 September 1993	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Julie Pullin	7-5, 6-2
Winner	7.	4 October 1993	Basingstoke, United Kingdom	Hard	Emily Bond	2-6, 6-3, 6-0
Runner–up	8.	8 November 1993	Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet	Emily Bond	5-7, 3-6

Doubles Finals: (17-5)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	2 January 1984	Chicago, United States	Hard	Larisa Neiland	Csilla Bartos-Cserepy Marianne van der Torre	W/O
Winner	2.	9 January 1984	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Elena Eliseenko	Carol Christian Jaime Kaplan	6-1, 6-1
Winner	3.	16 January 1984	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Jaime Kaplan	Carol Christian Jamie Golder	6-3, 6-1
Runner–up	4.	23 March 1992	Santander, Spain	Clay	Amanda Evans	Agata Werblińska Katarzyna Teodorowicz	3-6, 3-6
Runner–up	5.	27 April 1992	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Clay	Amanda Evans	Lisa McShea Amy deLone	4-6, 1-6
Winner	6.	11 May 1992	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	Hard	Amanda Evans	Amy deLone Tamsin Wainwright	6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Winner	7.	19 October 1992	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Natalia Egorova	Elena Likhovtseva Julia Lutrova	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	1 February 1993	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Carpet	Natalia Egorova	Pavlína Rajzlová Helena Vildová	6-4, 4-6, 6-0
Winner	9.	8 February 1993	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Carpet	Natalia Egorova	Pavlína Rajzlová Helena Vildová	2-6, 6-1, 7-6(5)
Winner	10.	19 April 1993	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Julie Salmon Lorna Woodroffe	5-1 RET
Winner	11.	3 May 1993	Bracknell, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Claire Taylor Lorna Woodroffe	7-6, 6-1
Winner	12.	12 July 1993	Frinton-on-Sea, United Kingdom	Grass	Natalia Egorova	Maija Avotins Lisa McShea	4-6 6-2 7-6(5)
Runner–up	13.	20 September 1993	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Caroline Hunt Shirli-Ann Siddall	4-6, 5-7
Winner	14.	4 October 1993	Basingstoke, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Caroline Stassen Lorna Woodroffe	6-2, 6-1
Winner	15.	8 November 1993	Swindon, United Kingdom	Carpet	Natalia Egorova	Alison Smith Caroline Stassen	6-0, 6-4
Winner	16.	15 November 1993	Swansea, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Alison Smith Caroline Stassen	6-1, 6-3
Winner	17.	29 November 1993	Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Angela Kerek Olga Lugina	6-2, 6-3
Winner	18.	4 July 1994	Felixstowe, United Kingdom	Grass	Natalia Egorova	Caroline Stassen Lorna Woodroffe	6-3, 7-5
Runner–up	19.	11 July 1994	Frinton-on-Sea, United Kingdom	Grass	Natalia Egorova	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	3-6, 2-6
Winner	20.	14 November 1994	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Carpet	Natalia Egorova	Shirli-Ann Siddall Amanda Wainwright	7-6(10-8), 7-6(8-6)
Winner	21.	6 February 1995	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Amanda Wainwright Lorna Woodroffe	6-4, 6-2
Winner	22.	13 February 1995	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Michele Mair Karen Nugent	7-5, 6-0

References

External links

• Svetlana Parkhomenko at the Women's Tennis Association
• Svetlana Parkhomenko at the International Tennis Federation
• Svetlana Parkhomenko at the Fed Cup
• Parkhomenko (née Cherneva) Svetlana Germanovna at the Russian Tennis Encyclopedia (in Russian)

Awards
Preceded by Anne Minter	Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award 1988	Succeeded by Gretchen Magers