Zaiga Jansone

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Zaiga Jansone-Ivanova
Country (sports)Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Residence Jūrmala, Latvia
Born (1951-01-24) 24 January 1951 (age 73)
Rīga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Turned pro1968
Retired1974
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 2R (1969)
Wimbledon 4R (1971)
Doubles
Career titles11 ITF
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 2R (1969)
Wimbledon 2R (1969, 1971)

Zaiga Jansone-Ivanova (born 24 January 1951) is a former Soviet Latvian tennis player and tennis coach. She was a five-time Soviet champion in women's doubles, 1973 Summer Universiade champion in women's doubles (all with Olga Morozova) and winner of the exhibition tennis event of 1968 Olympics in mixed doubles (with Vladimir Korotkov).

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Biography

Zaiga Jansone was born in Riga in 1951. Her father Jānis was her first tennis coach, and in the following years she has also been coached by Serguey Andreev and future Russian Tennis Hall-of-famer Semyon Belits-Geiman. She was representing clubs Daugava (Riga), CSKA (Moscow) and ASK (Riga).

Zaiga's best years in tennis encompassed the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1968 she won a gold medal at the exhibition tennis event at Mexico Olympics where she partnered with Vladimir Korotkov in mixed doubles. In the final game they defeated the German-American team Peaches Bartkowicz-Ingo Buding. [1] She also was awarded a bronze medal in women's doubles in the same event despite not winning a single tie: she and her Mexican partner Cecilia Rosado did not have to play a quarterfinals game and received bronze medals by default as semifinalists despite losing in semifinals to the eventual champions Rosa Maria Darmon and Julie Heldman. [2]

Between 1969 and 1973 Zaiga Jansone, paired with Olga Morozova, won the Soviet tennis championships in women's doubles five times in a row. In 1970 she also met Morozova in the singles finals but lost 4–6, 3–6. [3] Between 1969 and 1973 Morozova and Zaiga (who by 1973 was playing under family name Jansone-Ivanova) also won the European amateur championships four times and 1973 Summer Universiade in women's doubles.

Jansone's best results in open tennis tournaments where amateurs could play against world's best professionals came in 1971. That year she reached 4th round at the Wimbledon Championships in singles (eventually losing to the sixth-seed Nancy Richey [4] ) as well as her only finals at an open event: she and Morozova lost in the finals of Kent Championships to Christine Janes and Nell Truman. [5] Her best result in mixed doubles came also at Wimbledon Championships two years earlier when she and Sergei Likhachev lost in fourth round to Koji Watanabe and Kazuko Sawamatsu. [6]

Zaiga Jansone-Ivanova graduated in 1981 from the Latvian State University where she was studying journalism but her further career was in coaching. She first coached at the Jūrmala Sports School and in 1993 started her own Zaiga Jansone-Ivanova Tennis School in the same city.

WTA finals

Doubles (0-1)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 1971Beckenham, United KingdomGrass Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christine Truman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nell Truman
3–6, 7–9

ITF finals

Singles (0–2)

ResulNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.1 December 1966Karachi, PakistanHard (i) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Galina Baksheeva 0–6, 0–6
Loss2.1 August 1972Tallinn, EstoniaClay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova 1–6, 0–6

Doubles (11–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.23 February 1969Moscow, Soviet UnionHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tiiu Kivi
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Maria Kull
6–4, 8–6
Win2.17 August 1969Moscow, Soviet UnionHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Galina Baksheeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Chuvyrina
6–3, 6–2
Win3.21 September 1969Turin, ItalyHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Chuvyrina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tiiu Kivi
6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Win4.11 January 1970Moscow, Soviet UnionHard (i) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Islanova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Eugenia Isopaitis
6–2, 6–2
Win5.8 February 1970Moscow, Soviet UnionHard (i) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Tiiu Kivi
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Maria Kull
6–3, 6–4
Loss6.22 February 1970Moscow, Soviet UnionHard (i) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nell Truman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joyce Williams
5–7, 5–7
Win7.27 February 1972Moscow, Soviet UnionHard (i) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Eugenia Birioukova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Kroschina
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win8.16 April 1972Tashkent, Soviet UnionHard Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Eugenia Birioukova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Kroschina
5–7, 6–3, 11-9
Win9.1 August 1972Tallinn, EstoniaClay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Galina Baksheeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Anna Yeremeyeva
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win10.13 August 1972Bucharest, RomaniaClay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Eugenia Birioukova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Kroschina
6–1, 6–1
Win11.19 August 1972Moscow, Soviet UnionClay Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Eugenia Birioukova
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Kroschina
4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win12.12 February 1973Baku, Soviet UnionHard (i) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Olga Morozova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Galina Baksheeva
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Chuvyrina
6–3, 6–1

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References

  1. Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics: exhibition event, men and mixed doubles at the ITF website
  2. Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics: exhibition event, women at the ITF website
  3. Summer USSR Championships in the Encyclopedia of Russian Tennis (in Russian)
  4. 1971 Wimpledon Championships: ladies at the ITF website
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  6. 1969 Wimpledon Championships: gentlemen and mixed doubles at the ITF website

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