Olga Morozova

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.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
Runner-up	1974	French Open	Clay	Chris Evert	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	1974	Wimbledon	Grass	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	Chris Evert	Gail Chanfreau Katja Ebbinghaus	6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1975	Australian Open	Grass	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong Peggy Michel	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	1975	French Open	Clay	Julie Anthony	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1976	US Open	Clay	Virginia Wade	Delina Boshoff 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	Alex Metreveli	Margaret Court Ken Fletcher	6–1, 14–12
Runner-up	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Alex Metreveli	Rosemary Casals Ilie Năstase	6–3, 4–6, 9–7

Titles (24)

Singles (8)

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

Doubles (16)

Grand slam events in boldface.

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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.