Marina Kroschina

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Marina Kroschina
Country (sports) Soviet Union
Born1953
Alma Ata, Soviet Union
Died4 July 2000
Kiev, Ukraine
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record7–9
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open3R (1975)
Wimbledon3R (1972, 1973)
US Open2R (1975)
Doubles
Career record6–8
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open2R (1975)
Wimbledon3R (1974)
US OpenQF (1970)

Marina Kroschina was a Ukrainian tennis player who played for the Soviet Union[1] and won the 1971 Wimbledon girls' singles championships.[2]

Life[]

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. Kroschina committed suicide on 4 July 2000 in Kiev.[3]

Career[]

Kroschina won the 1972 European Championship[4] and the All England Plate in 1974. She had some success in the doubles events, winning three titles with Olga Morozova.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archive - Draws Archive : Marina Kroshina Doubles History Match History - 2015 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Tennis - Marina Kroshina (U.R.S.S.)". www.les-sports.info (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Как Марина Крошина за донецкого грека вышла". Донецкий (in Russian). 15 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Topfoto - Preview RIA10-718842 - Soviet tennis player Marina Kroshina, a champion of the 1971 Wimbledon Junior and the 1972 European Championships, a student of the Kiev University". www.topfoto.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

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