![]() Kroschina in 1971 | |
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Born | Alma Ata, Soviet Union | 18 April 1953
Died | 4 July 2000 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 47)
Plays | Right-handed |
Coach | Vladimir Balva Vladimir Kamelzon |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–9 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R ( 1975) |
Wimbledon | 3R ( 1972, 1973) |
US Open | 2R ( 1975) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 6–8 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1975) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1974) |
US Open | QF (1970) |
Marina Vasilyevna Kroschina (Russian: Марина Васильевна Крошина, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ˈkroʂɨnə]; 18 April 1953 — 4 July 2000) was a Ukrainian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. [1] She won the 1971 Wimbledon girls' singles championships while competing for the Kazakh SSR, her country of birth. [2]
Marina Kroschina was born on 18 April 1953 in the city of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union. Her father was a painter and architect, and her mother, Olga Zobachova, a champion of chess in Uzbekistan and Central Asia. She had a romantic relationship with Nikita Mikhalkov. [3] Kroschina committed suicide on 4 July 2000 in Kyiv. [4]
Kroschina won the 1972 European Championship [5] and the All England Plate in 1974. She had some success in the doubles events, winning three titles with Olga Morozova.
![]() Kroschina in 1971 | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Born | Alma Ata, Soviet Union | 18 April 1953
Died | 4 July 2000 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 47)
Plays | Right-handed |
Coach | Vladimir Balva Vladimir Kamelzon |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–9 |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 3R ( 1975) |
Wimbledon | 3R ( 1972, 1973) |
US Open | 2R ( 1975) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 6–8 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1975) |
Wimbledon | 3R (1974) |
US Open | QF (1970) |
Marina Vasilyevna Kroschina (Russian: Марина Васильевна Крошина, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ˈkroʂɨnə]; 18 April 1953 — 4 July 2000) was a Ukrainian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. [1] She won the 1971 Wimbledon girls' singles championships while competing for the Kazakh SSR, her country of birth. [2]
Marina Kroschina was born on 18 April 1953 in the city of Alma Ata, Kazakhstan in the Soviet Union. Her father was a painter and architect, and her mother, Olga Zobachova, a champion of chess in Uzbekistan and Central Asia. She had a romantic relationship with Nikita Mikhalkov. [3] Kroschina committed suicide on 4 July 2000 in Kyiv. [4]
Kroschina won the 1972 European Championship [5] and the All England Plate in 1974. She had some success in the doubles events, winning three titles with Olga Morozova.