Anna Dmitrieva
Introduction '''Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva''' (Russian: Анна Владимировна Дми́триева, born 10 December 1940) is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.
Career Anna Dmitrieva started playing tennis at the age of 12.In less than a year she won Moscow junior championships as a member of the Dynamo team, and the next year she became also Moscow junior singles champion. At the age of 16 she was allowed to play at senior tournaments, and in a year she became champion of Moscow in singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.In 1958, when the USSR joined the International Tennis Federation, Dmitrieva became a member of the first Soviet delegation at the Wimbledon Championships. She reached the final of the junior girls' tournament.In 1958–1967, Dmitrieva won 18 titles in Soviet Championships: five times in singles, nine in women's doubles and four times in mixed doubles. In 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1964 she won the championships in all three categories.Dmitrieva also won open championships of Czechoslovakia and Hungary (1962), Uganda (1963), Yugoslavia (1966). She also won women's tournament at the Queen's Club in 1963 and Wimbledon Ladies Plate in 1965.She won a number of amateur tournaments in Africa from 1964 to 1968 and the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) in Jakarta in 1963.At the Grand Slam tournaments, her highest success was reaching Wimbledon doubles semis in 1963 with Judy Tegart; they lost to the eventual champions Maria Bueno and Darlene Hard. At the Wimbledon Championships, Dmitrieva also reached the quarterfinals twice in ladies' doubles (in 1960 and 1967) and in mixed doubles in 1967 when she and Alexander Metreveli played the longest game in the tournament's history against Bueno and Ken Fletcher. Dmitrieva also played in the French Open doubles quarterfinals in 1968.After finishing her player's career in the late 1960s, Dmitrieva worked as a tennis coach for four years and then became a sports journalist and commentator for the Soviet TV and radio.
ILTF Career finals ===Singles (12–14)===ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1.9 August 1959  Moscow, Soviet Union Hard   Valeria Kuzmenko-Titova 6–3, 6–1Loss 2.1 March 1960  Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)   Valeria Kuzmenko-Titova 3–6, 6–1, 2–6Win 3.7 August 1960  Moscow, Soviet Union Hard   Jirina Elgrová 6–2 6–4Win 4.2 July 1961 Budapest, Hungary Clay  Zsuzsa Körmöczy 6–3 6–4Loss 5.19 August 1961 Moscow, Soviet Union Clay   Věra Suková 7–5, 1–6, 1–6Win 6.11 March 1962 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)   Lea Pericoli 6–2, 7–5Loss 7.16 July 1962 Budapest, Hungary Clay  Zsuzsa Körmöczy 1–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 8.1 August 1962 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay  Elizabeth Starkie 3–6, 0–6Loss 9.20 August 1962 Moscow, Soviet Union Clay   Jan Lehane 3–6, 3–6Win 10.2 February 1963 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)   Irina Ermolova 6–4, 6–3Loss 11.10 June 1963 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay  Věra Suková 1–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 12.8 March 1964 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard   Valeria Kuzmenko-Titova 8–6, 6–2Win 13.18 May 1964 Algiers, Algeria  Clay  Françoise Dürr 6–3, 6–2Win 14.16 August 1964 Moscow, Soviet Union Clay   Valeria Kuzmenko-Titova 6–2 6–2Loss 15.7 February 1965 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)  Elizabeth Starkie 2–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss 16.14 August 1966 Moscow, Soviet Union Clay   Ann Jones 1–6, 3–6Win 17.18 September 1966 Belgrade, Yugoslavia  Clay   Alena Palmeová 6–2, 6–4Loss 18.22 January 1967  Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Olga Morozova 7–9, 6–8Loss 19.19 February 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Galina Baksheeva 2–6, 8–10Win 20.4 March 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Galina Baksheeva 9–7, 6–4Loss 21.19 March 1967 Alexandria, Egypt Clay  Helga Schultze 6–4, 1–6, 6–8Loss 22.27 September 1967 Tbilisi, Soviet Union Clay  Olga Morozova 5–7, 6–4, 1–6Loss 23.7 January 1968 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Olga Morozova 9–7, 1–6, 8–10Win 24.17 March 1968 Alexandria, Egypt Clay  Robin Blakelock 6–0, 6–3Win 25.6 January 1972 Minsk, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Marina Chuvirina 6–4, 6–2Loss 26.27 February 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Eugenia Birioukova 4–6, 3–6===Doubles (15–7)===ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1.January 1960 Calcutta, India Hard  Irina Ermolova  Margaret Hellyer   Mimi Arnold 5–7, 2–6Win 2.January 1960 New Delhi, India  Hard   Irina Ermolova  Margaret Hellyer   Mimi Arnold 4–6, 7–5, 6–0Win 3.January 1960 Indore, India Hard  Irina Ermolova  Dechu Appaiah   Leela Panjabi 7–5, 6–1Win 4.1 March 1960 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Irina Ermolova  Vera Filippova   Larissa Preobrazhenskaya 6–2, 6–2Loss 5.8 March 1960 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard  Irina Ermolova  Věra Suková   Velve Tamm 6–8, 4–6Win 6.7 August 1960 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard   Irina Ermolova  Vera Filippova   Larissa Preobrazhenskaya 6–4, 6–4Win 7.5 March 1961 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Irina Ermolova  Vera Filippova   Larissa Preobrazhenskaya 6–0, 6–2Loss 8.19 August 1961 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard  Valeria Kuzmenko-Titova  Eva Johannes    Věra Suková 6–1, 6–8, 4–6Win 9.22 July 1962 Budapest, Hungary Clay  Jitka Volavková  Klara Bardoczy   Zsuzsa Körmöczy 8–6, 6–2Win 10.1 August 1962 Prague, Czechoslovakia  Clay  Jana Volková  Vlasta Vopičková   Jiřina Michlová 7–5, 6–2Win 11.10 June 1963 Prague, Czechoslovakia  Clay  Irina Ermolova  Zdena Stachová   Vlasta Vopičková 6–4, 5–7, 6–1Win 12.22 June 1963 London, United Kingdom Grass  Judy Tegart  Angela Mortimer   Yola Ramírez 6–1 6–0Loss 13.8 March 1964 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard  Valeria Kuzmenko-Titova  Olga Lendlová    Jana Sonska  4–6, 6–2, 5–7Loss 14.16 August 1964 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard  Valeria Kuzmenko-Titova  Olga Lendlová    Jana Sonska 6–3, 3–6, 5–7Win 15.7 February 1965 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)  Gudrun Rosin  Robin Blakelock   Elizabeth Starkie 6–0, 6–4Win 16.7 March 1965 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Galina Baksheeva  Vlasta Vopičková   Helga Schultze 6–4, 7–9, 6–2Loss 17.14 August 1966 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard  Judy Tegart  Ann Jones    Betty Stöve  4–6, 6–2, 3–6Win 18.19 February 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Galina Baksheeva  Tatiana Chalko   Olga Morozova 6–2, 6–1Win 19.4 March 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Galina Baksheeva  Tatiana Chalko   Olga Morozova 6–3, 6–1Loss 20.4 February 1968 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard (i)  Galina Baksheeva  Virginia Wade    Joyce Williams  4–6, 3–6Win 21.25 February 1968 Moscow, Soviet Union Hard  Galina Baksheeva  Rauza Islanova   Olga Morozova 6–2, 7–5Win 22.6 January 1972 Minsk, Soviet Union Hard (i)  Marina Chuvirina  Larisa Novoshinskaya   Anna Yeremeyeva 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Junior Grand Slam finals ===Girls' singles: 1 (1-0)===ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1958 Wimbledon Grass  Sally Moore 2–6, 4–6
References
External links *  Anna Dmitrieva at the Peoples.ru portal *  Anna Dmitrieva at the Russian Tennis Federation * * *