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Natalia Medvedeva

UKR Age 54 176 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1987–1997

Natalia Medvedeva represented Ukraine on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 23. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 111–111 and 4 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

23 (Nov 15, 1993)

Elo peak

1883 (84th percentile)

Singles record

111–111 (50.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$906,455

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Natalia Medvedeva's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Brie Rippner #210	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Mary Pierce #22	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1997*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Li Ling Chen	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Karina Habsudova #17	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 1996*	R16	Luxembourg	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet
Jana Kandarr #89	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 1996*	R32	Luxembourg	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet

Rivals all rivalries →

Natalia Medvedeva's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elna Reinach	5	1	6	Jun 15, 1994	H2H
Katerina Maleeva	1	4	5	Oct 3, 1996	H2H
Amy Frazier	3	2	5	May 31, 1995	H2H
Nathalie Tauziat	0	5	5	Oct 16, 1993	H2H
Karina Habsudova	2	2	4	Oct 25, 1996	H2H

Singles Titles (4)

Natalia Medvedeva singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1990	18	1	—	—	—	1	—	Brentwood
1992	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Linz Open
1993	21	2	—	—	1	1	—	Prague, Essen
Total		4	—	—	1	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Natalia Medvedeva career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	15	0	1	1	0.0%	278	197
1988	16	0	3	3	0.0%	196	317
1989	17	10	9	19	52.6%	317	67
1990	18	15	16	31	48.4%	67	56
1991	19	9	10	19	47.4%	57	83
1992	20	20	16	36	55.6%	95	41
1993	21	24	13	37	64.9%	40	23
1994	22	17	21	38	44.7%	23	57
1995	23	9	12	21	42.9%	56	79
1996	24	6	8	14	42.9%	95	88
1997	25	1	2	3	33.3%	93	388
Career		111	111	222	50.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Natalia Medvedeva career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1988	16	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1989	17	5	4	9	55.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	10	9	19	52.6%
1990	18	11	8	19	57.9%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	15	16	31	48.4%
1991	19	8	8	16	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	9	10	19	47.4%
1992	20	12	11	23	52.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	20	16	36	55.6%
1993	21	16	6	22	72.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	24	13	37	64.9%
1994	22	15	13	28	53.6%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	17	21	38	44.7%
1995	23	6	8	14	42.9%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	9	12	21	42.9%
1996	24	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1997	25	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	75	63	138	54.3%	15	23	38	39.5%	8	13	21	38.1%	13	12	25	52.0%	111	111	222	50.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Natalia Medvedeva career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	15	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1988	16	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1989	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	9	15	40.0%
1990	18	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	11	14	25	44.0%
1991	19	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	7	13	46.2%
1992	20	0	3	3	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	11	2	13	84.6%	18	16	34	52.9%
1993	21	3	2	5	60.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	11	4	15	73.3%	5	2	7	71.4%	20	12	32	62.5%
1994	22	1	4	5	20.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	7	8	15	46.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	15	19	34	44.1%
1995	23	0	0	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	9	11	20	45.0%
1996	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1997	25	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		4	17	21	19.0%	12	31	43	27.9%	43	36	79	54.4%	32	18	50	64.0%	91	102	193	47.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 193/222 (86.9%) of Natalia Medvedeva's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Natalia Medvedeva advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1987	15	1499	107.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	-0.28
1988	16	1474	99.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.83	—	0–1	—	-0.09
1989	17	1614	134.5	—	—	—	—	+25	-50	—	53.7%	+0.44	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	98.2	-0.19
1990	18	1700	117.8	—	—	—	—	+8	-145	-152	50.7%	-0.39	3–4 (43%)	6–3 (67%)	101.4	+0.78
1991	19	1700	125.8	—	—	—	—	+6	—	—	50.0%	+0.14	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	98.1	+0.02
1992	20	1713	141.1	—	—	—	—	+47	-148	-169	55.3%	+0.62	6–7 (46%)	3–7 (30%)	96.0	-0.20
1993	21	1872	140.9	—	—	—	—	+12	-239	-251	57.3%	+0.49	12–3 (80%)	3–2 (60%)	112.5	+1.62
1994	22	1771	141.0	—	—	—	—	+48	-194	—	47.7%	+0.03	6–8 (43%)	3–7 (30%)	94.6	-1.33
1995	23	1695	122.1	—	—	—	—	+28	-71	—	42.9%	-0.67	4–3 (57%)	1–1	—	-1.63
1996	24	1692	115.6	—	—	—	—	+47	-113	-98	40.7%	-0.81	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+0.11
1997	25	1670	103.1	—	—	—	—	+44	—	—	28.6%	-1.72	1–0	—	—	+0.18
Career		1883	139.0	—	—	—	—	+29	-146	-166	49.9%	+0.01	39–32 (55%)	19–27 (41%)	101.4	-0.46

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Natalia Medvedeva Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1987	15	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	17	—	R32	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1990	18	R64	R64	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1991	19	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	20	R128	R64	R64	R64	3–4 (43%)
1993	21	—	R128	R32	R64	3–3 (50%)
1994	22	R64	R128	R128	R32	3–4 (43%)
1995	23	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1996	24	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1997	25	R64	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		4–6 (40%)	4–6 (40%)	5–7 (42%)	5–6 (45%)	18–25 (42%)

WTA 1000

Natalia Medvedeva WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	KEY	ZUR	W-L Win %
1990	18	R64	R32	—	—	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
1991	19	—	—	R32	—	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
1992	20	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	2–2 (50%)
1993	21	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1994	22	—	—	—	R64	R64	R32	0–3 (0%)
1995	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–5 (29%)	0–2 (0%)	6–14 (30%)

WTA 500

Natalia Medvedeva WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	EAS	HAM	IW	PAR	SDG	AME	BRI	CAN	ESS	POR	LEI	MAN	MOS	STR	SYD	ZUR	W-L Win %
1989	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1990	18	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1991	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
1992	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1993	21	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	11–5 (69%)
1994	22	QF	R64	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	R32	R16	R64	—	—	R32	—	9–10 (47%)
1995	23	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	1–5 (17%)
1996	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	3–4 (43%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	5–3 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	8–1 (89%)	5–5 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	31–33 (48%)

WTA 250

Natalia Medvedeva WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BRI	NAP	SPB	TKY	BIR	BRE	BRU	DOR	KUA	LEI	LIN	LUC	LUX	MAR	MOS	NAS	PAL	PAT	PRA	SAN	SAN	SCH	SIN	STR	SYD	WEL	W-L Win %
1988	16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1989	17	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1990	18	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	R64	W	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	9–7 (56%)
1991	19	—	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	7–5 (58%)
1992	20	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	13–8 (62%)
1993	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	W	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	9–2 (82%)
1994	22	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
1995	23	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
1996	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	6–4 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	8–1 (89%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	6–1 (86%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	6–1 (86%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	56–39 (59%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Nov 15, 1993

First Top 100

Nov 6, 1989

First Top 50

May 13, 1991

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Natalia Medvedeva ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	273	276	268	271	208	197
1988	16	198	200	200	202	206	204	225	240	242	251	305	317
1989	17	311	311	374	379	214	148	144	137	137	110	66	67
1990	18	67	82	81	81	89	84	82	79	73	106	56	56
1991	19	64	55	57	53	45	40	43	44	44	37	82	83
1992	20	97	41	37	28	31	33	34	35	37	38	41	41
1993	21	41	53	58	103	102	132	63	41	43	40	23	23
1994	22	23	24	29	28	28	29	34	42	43	60	57	57
1995	23	58	55	62	63	58	57	51	45	52	82	78	79
1996	24	128	154	135	114	120	119	128	138	138	82	78	88
1997	25	81	94	105	120	117	114	142	144	144	390	386	388
1998	26	387	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Linda Wild	USA	#23	1,815	281	135	146	48.0%	$1,237,931	5	1972–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Radomira Zrubakova	SVK	#22	1,897	329	172	157	52.3%	$1,074,479	3	1987–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Nicole Bradtke	AUS	#24	1,866	346	182	164	52.6%	$1,298,972	3	1985–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Bettina Fulco	ARG	#23	1,873	292	139	153	47.6%	$654,309	0	1985–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Anne Minter	AUS	#23	1,870	444	220	224	49.5%	$682,839	5	1979–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Shi-Ting Wang	TPE	#26	1,831	235	129	106	54.9%	$775,356	6	1988–1999	Rivalries	Match log
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Barbara Rittner	GER	#24	1,897	429	211	218	49.2%	$1,829,648	2	1990–2004	Rivalries	Match log
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Florencia Labat	ARG	#26	1,867	375	191	184	50.9%	$1,350,630	0	1986–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Emanuela Zardo	SUI	#27	1,756	144	69	75	47.9%	$398,454	1	1987–1995	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Natalia Medvedeva?: Natalia Medvedeva is 54 years old, born on November 15, 1971.
Which country does Natalia Medvedeva represent?: Natalia Medvedeva represents Ukraine in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Natalia Medvedeva?: Natalia Medvedeva is 176 cm / 5'9".
Is Natalia Medvedeva left-handed or right-handed?: Natalia Medvedeva plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Natalia Medvedeva won?: Natalia Medvedeva has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Natalia Medvedeva won?: TennisDB does not group any of Natalia Medvedeva's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Natalia Medvedeva won?: Natalia Medvedeva has won 4 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Essen in 1993.
What is Natalia Medvedeva's highest WTA ranking?: Natalia Medvedeva's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 23, first achieved on November 15, 1993.
What is Natalia Medvedeva's career win-loss record?: Natalia Medvedeva has a career WTA singles record of 111 wins and 111 losses (50.0%).
How much career prize money has Natalia Medvedeva earned?: Natalia Medvedeva has earned at least $906,455 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Natalia Medvedeva's career appear in TennisDB?: Natalia Medvedeva appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1987 through 1997.
On which surface does Natalia Medvedeva have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Natalia Medvedeva's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 54.3% (75–63).
Who has Natalia Medvedeva faced most often?: Natalia Medvedeva's most frequent opponent is Elna Reinach, with a head-to-head record of 5–1 across 6 meetings.