Natalya Yuryevna "Natasha" Chmyreva ( rus, Наталья Юрьевна Чмырёва, Natalya Yuryevna Chmyryova, 28 May 1958 – 16 August 2015) was a
Russian
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tennis
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player who won 1975 and 1976 Wimbledon girls' singles championships and 1975 US Open girls' singles championship
Life
Natasha Chmyreva was born on 28 May 1958 in the
USSR
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.
Career
In 1975, Natasha Chmyreva reached the semifinals of the
Australian Open
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, losing to
Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova ( cs, Martina Navrátilová ; ; born October 18, 1956) is a Czech–American, former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 maj ...
. In 1976, she reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open. Her last international match was against
Tracy Austin
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at the
Fed Cup
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in 1979.
The first 'trivalry': Before Novak Djokovic, there was Natasha Chmyreva
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1958 births
2015 deaths
Wimbledon junior champions
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Soviet female tennis players
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Universiade medalists in tennis
Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union