of the Soviet Union ladies squad through the 1980s leading the Soviets to their first appearance in a Federation Cup Final (1988, losing to Czechoslovakia). Morozova also helped pioneer the creation of the Kremlin Cup. In 1990, the LTA hired Morozova as head of girls tennis, based at the national performance centre in Bisham Abbey, UK. Morozova became a fixture in UK tennis for much of the 1990s. In December 1996, in a Russian interview, she noted a key difference in approach towards sport between the two countries, England and Russia: "For them [the English], sport-wise participation is considered more important than winning. They fancy Coubertin a lot. For us, [ethnic] Russians, it is still more important to win". In the 1990s, Morozova preferred to joke about the difference in tennis players' pay between the 1970s and 1990s: "I'm upset to the least because I wasn't paid at all." Her former compatriot and player, as a coach — Larisa Savchenko — also had a similar perspective, stating in 2021 the following: "The daily subsistence was 'decent'. Back then, all the other [USSR] sports trolled us: 'Here we are, tennis! They have $25 a day, and we have only $5'." In 2003, she began working individually with notable players, including Elena Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sergiy Stakhovsky and Laura Robson. Morozova has been widely credited as one of the few successful female coaches to work at the very highest levels of the tour. In 1998, she was awarded the Sarah Palfrey Danzig Trophy for character, sportsmanship, manners, spirit of cooperation, and contribution to the growth of the game as well as the help she rendered to professional players and junior players. In 2000, the Russian Tennis Federation awarded Morozova the honour of Russian Tennis Player of the Twentieth Century. Grand Slam finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) WTA career finals Singles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups) Doubles: 27 (16 titles, 11 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 30 (25–5) Doubles: 37 (27–10) Junior Grand Slam finals Girls' singles (1–0) Grand Slam singles performance timeline Bibliography See also Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final References External links 1949 births Living people Soviet female tennis players Tennis players from Moscow Russian tennis coaches Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls'