Svetlana Parkhomenko

Svetlana Parkhomenko

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

Svetlana Germanovna Parkhomenko (Russian: Светлана Германовна Пархоменко, née Cherneva, Чернева; born October 8, 1962) is a retired Soviet and Russian tennis player and tennis coach. She was the winner of the Soviet singles tennis championships in 1985 and nine 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 eight WTA Tour doubles tournaments.

Parkhomenko also was the recipient of 1988 WTA Sportsmanship Award.

Biography

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 also 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 Soviet 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, 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 in San Antonio and Delray Beach, and at the Wimbledon Championships advanced with Savchenko to quarterfinals, after defeating third 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 semifinals at Wimbledon, after defeating world's best pair, recent Grand Slam winners Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.

At the start of 1988 season, Parkhomenko was ranked as high as eighth in the WTA doubles rankings. But in 1988, Savchenko broke with her to play doubles with young Natasha Zvereva. Without Savchenko, Parkhomenko 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 the WTA Sportsmanship Award.

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. 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 career finals

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tier IV-V (1)
Virginia Slims/VS (7)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1985	Key Biscayne, U.S.	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	4–6, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 1985	Hilton Head, U.S.	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Rosalyn Fairbank Pam Shriver	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Apr 1985	Seabrook Island, U.S.	Clay	Larisa Savchenko	Elise Burgin Lori McNeil	6–1, 6–3
Win	2–2	Sep 1985	Salt Lake City, U.S.	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Beverly Mould Rosalyn Fairbank	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Sep 1986	Tulsa, U.S.	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Camille Benjamin Dinky Van Rensburg	6–7, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Sep 1986	New Orleans, U.S.	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Candy Reynolds Anne Smith	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–4	Nov 1986	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Iva Budařová Beth Herr	6–2, 1–6, 6–1
Win	4–4	Jan 1987	Wichita, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Larisa Savchenko	Barbara Potter Wendy White	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–4	Feb 1987	Oklahoma City, U.S.	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Lori McNeil Kim Sands	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–4	Feb 1987	Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Larisa Savchenko	Chris Evert Pam Shriver	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
Win	7–4	Jun 1987	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Larisa Savchenko	Rosalyn Fairbank Elizabeth Smylie	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5
Win	8–4	Feb 1988	Wichita, U.S.	Hard (i)	Natalia Bykova	Jana Novotná Catherine Suire	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8–5	Apr 1988	Singapore	Hard	Leila Meskhi	Natalia Bykova Natalia Medvedeva	6–7, 3–6
Loss	8–6	Jun 1988	Birmingham, UK	Grass	Leila Meskhi	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 1–6

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (3–5)

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

Doubles: 23 (17–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	31 June 1982	ITF Fayetteville, United States	Hard	Elena Eliseenko	Pam Whytcross Emily Newton	4–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss	2.	2 January 1984	ITF Chicago, United States	Hard (i)	Larisa Neiland	Csilla Bartos-Cserepy Marianne van der Torre	w/o
Win	3.	9 January 1984	ITF San Antonio, United States	Hard	Elena Eliseenko	Carol Christian Jaime Kaplan	6–1, 6–1
Win	4.	16 January 1984	ITF Delray Beach, United States	Hard	Jaime Kaplan	Carol Christian Jamie Golder	6–3, 6–1
Loss	5.	23 March 1992	ITF Santander, Spain	Clay	Amanda Evans	Agata Werblińska Katarzyna Teodorowicz	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	27 April 1992	ITF Sheffield, UK	Clay	Amanda Evans	Lisa McShea Amy deLone	4–6, 1–6
Win	7.	11 May 1992	ITF Bournemouth, UK	Hard	Amanda Evans	Amy deLone Tamsin Wainwright	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	8.	19 October 1992	ITF Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Natalia Egorova	Elena Likhovtseva Julia Lutrova	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	9.	1 February 1993	ITF Newcastle, UK	Carpet (i)	Natalia Egorova	Pavlína Rajzlová Helena Vildová	6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win	10.	8 February 1993	ITF Sunderland, UK	Carpet (i)	Natalia Egorova	Pavlína Rajzlová Helena Vildová	2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Win	11.	19 April 1993	ITF Nottingham, UK	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Julie Salmon Lorna Woodroffe	5–1 ret.
Win	12.	3 May 1993	ITF Bracknell, UK	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Claire Taylor Lorna Woodroffe	7–6, 6–1
Win	13.	12 July 1993	ITF Frinton-on-Sea, UK	Grass	Natalia Egorova	Maija Avotins Lisa McShea	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	14.	20 September 1993	ITF Sheffield, UK	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Caroline Hunt Shirli-Ann Siddall	4–6, 5–7
Win	15.	4 October 1993	ITF Basingstoke, UK	Hard (i)	Natalia Egorova	Caroline Stassen Lorna Woodroffe	6–2, 6–1
Win	16.	8 November 1993	ITF Swindon, UK	Carpet (i)	Natalia Egorova	Alison Smith Caroline Stassen	6–0, 6–4
Win	17.	15 November 1993	ITF Swansea, UK	Hard (i)	Natalia Egorova	Alison Smith Caroline Stassen	6–1, 6–3
Win	18.	29 November 1993	ITF Ramat HaSharon, Israel	Hard	Natalia Egorova	Angela Kerek Olga Lugina	6–2, 6–3
Win	19.	4 July 1994	ITF Felixstowe, UK	Grass	Natalia Egorova	Caroline Stassen Lorna Woodroffe	6–3, 7–5
Loss	20.	11 July 1994	ITF Frinton-on-Sea, UK	Grass	Natalia Egorova	Helen Crook Victoria Davies	3–6, 2–6
Win	21.	14 November 1994	ITF Eastbourne, UK	Carpet (i)	Natalia Egorova	Shirli-Ann Siddall Amanda Wainwright	7–6(10–8), 7–6(8–6)
Win	22.	6 February 1995	ITF Sheffield, UK	Hard (i)	Natalia Egorova	Amanda Wainwright Lorna Woodroffe	6–4, 6–2
Win	23.	13 February 1995	ITF Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Natalia Egorova	Michele Mair Karen Nugent	7–5, 6–0

Other finals

Singles (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1983	USSR Tennis National Championship	Jūrmala, Latvian SSR	Elena Eliseenko	4–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	1985	USSR Tennis National Championship	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR	Julia Salnikova	6–7, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (8–2)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Location	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1981	USSR Tennis National Championship	Moscow, Russian SFSR	Olga Zaitseva	Natasha Chmyreva Marina Kroschina	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	1982	USSR Tennis National Championship	Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR	Yuliya Kasheverova	Olga Avdeeva Elena Eliseenko	6–2, 6–2
Winner	3.	1983	USSR Tennis National Championship	Jūrmala, Latvian SSR	Larisa Savchenko	Natasha Reva Julia Salnikova	6–2, 6–0
Winner	4.	1984	USSR Tennis National Championship	Tashkent, Uzbek SSR	Larisa Savchenko	Elena Eliseenko Julia Salnikova	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	1985	USSR Tennis National Championship	Tbilisi, Georgian SSR	Larisa Savchenko	Natalia Egorova Elena Eliseenko	7–5, 7–5
Winner	6.	1986	USSR Tennis National Championship	Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR	Larisa Savchenko	Natasha Zvereva Leila Meskhi	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	1987	USSR Tennis National Championship	Tallinn, Soviet-occupied Estonia	Larisa Savchenko	Eugenia Maniokova Aida Khalatian	6–3, 6–3
Winner	8.	1987	USSR Winter Tennis National Championship	Moscow, Russian SFSR	Larisa Savchenko	Natalia Egorova Leila Meskhi	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	1988	USSR Winter Tennis National Championship	Moscow, Russian SFSR	Natalia Egorova	Larisa Savchenko Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 6–0, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	1991	USSR Tennis National Championship	Moscow, Russian SFSR	Natalia Egorova	Karina Kuregian Aida Khalatian	4–6, 3–6

Mixed (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Location	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1983	USSR Tennis National Championship	Jūrmala, Latvian SSR	Konstantin Pugaev	Vladimir Kurda Larisa Savchenko	6–4, 6–3

External links

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