Marina Kroschina

Kroschina in 1971
Country (sports)	Soviet Union
Born	(1953-04-18)18 April 1953 Alma Ata, Soviet Union
Died	4 July 2000(2000-07-04) (aged 47) Kyiv, Ukraine
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]

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. She had a romantic relationship with Nikita Mikhalkov.^[3] Kroschina committed suicide on 4 July 2000 in Kyiv.^[4]

Career

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.