Viktoria Milvidskaia Belinsky

Viktoria Milvidskaia Belinsky
Singles

Country	United States
Residence	New York and Miami, United States
Born	(1967-04-20) 20 April 1967 Moscow, Soviet Union
Turned pro	1983
Plays	Right-handed with two-handed backhand
Highest ranking	No. 168
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 145

Viktoria Milvidskaia Belinsky (born Milvidskaia, 20 April 1967 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

Viktoria started playing tennis at the age of 7 in Moscow, USSR. She played for the famous "Spartak" tennis club. Her coaches were Alexandra Granaturova and Larisa Preobrazhenskaya.^[1]

In 1983, Viktoria won the international tennis tournament in Moscow and received an honor of international sports degree and the rank Master of Sport of the USSR, International Class(equates to international champion). It was the beginning of her professional tennis career. She was a member of the USSR national tennis team (1983-1989) and represented her country in many different tournaments all around the world. In 1984 she became the youngest USSR national champion. In 1984-1992 she was one of the top 10 tennis players in the country.

M.A. in physical education, State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports in Moscow, May 1989.

Viktoria played in all Grand Slam tournaments. She had career wins over Katerina Maleeva, Jana Novotna, Manon Bollegraf, Tami Whitlinger, Sandra Wasserman, Nicole Arendt, Ines Gorrochategui, Lubomira Bacheva, Regina Marsikova, Andrea Strnadova, Catherine Tanvier, Sabine Hack, and Radka Bobkova. She stopped playing in 1993 due to a serious knee injury. That same year, she moved to the United States.

In 2005-2008, Viktoria worked at the Russian NTV PLUS TENNIS Channel. Her program was called, "Tennis coach - is it natured or nurtured?".

She has interviewed many famous tennis coaches including Wayne Bryan, Nick Bollettieri, Bud Collins, Robert Lansdorp, Carlos Rodrigues, Richard Williams. In addition, she has interviewed famous tennis players such as Serena Williams, Andy Roddick, Anna Kurnikova, Marat Safin and Janko Tipsarević. She worked as a sports broadcaster at the Olympic Games in Beijing (2008), and as a tennis analyst at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the Davis Cup and the Federation Cup.

In 2014, Viktoria worked as a coach for the USTA Player Development program^[2] in New York City, NY.

In 2015, she moved to Florida and started working as a private coach with professional junior tennis players.

Singles

Winner

1982 – Helvetie Cup | European Summer Cups | 16 & Under Girls – Leysin

1983 – Helvetie Cup | European Summer Cups | 16 & Under Girls – Leysin

1983 – Moscow First International Tournament ( beat Regina Maršíková and Oksana Rodina (Lifanova)

1984 – USSR Tennis National Championship – Tashkent

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Bari

Finalist

1981 – European Junior Championships 14 & Under (lost to Manuela Maleeva) – Blois

1984 – Goodwill Games (beat Katerina Maleeva, (lost to Elena Eliseenko) – Katowice

1986 – ITF Women's Circuit – Zagreb

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Sofia

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Bari

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Darmstadt

Semi-finalist

1983 – European Junior Championships 16 & Under Geneva

1986 – ITF Women's Circuit – San Antonio

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Bol-na-Bracu

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Croyden

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Granada

1991 – ITF Women's Circuit – Darmstadt

1991 – ITF Women's Circuit – Pisticci

Quarter-finalist

1985 – ITF Women's Circuit – Cheshire

1986 – ITF Women's Circuit – Sofia

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Cheshire

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Eastbourne

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Mantua

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Rheda-Wiedenbrück

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Erlangen

Doubles

Winner

1984 – European Championship – Ostend (with Natalia Bykova)

1986 – ITF Women's Circuit – Chicago (with Natalia Bykova)

1986 – ITF Women's Circuit – Zagreb (with Natalia Bykova)

1986 – ITF Women's Circuit – Sofia (with Natalia Bykova)

1984 – Tennis at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Zagreb (with Leila Meskhi)

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Bari (with Aida Halatian)

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Monviso (with Aida Halatian)

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Bol-na-Bracu (with Elena Brioukhovets)

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit Croyden (with Paulette Moreno)

1988 – ITF Women's Circuit Modena (with Eugenia Maniokova)

1988 – ITF Women's Circuit Arezzo (with Eugenia Maniokova)

1988 – ITF Women's Circuit Salerno (with Eugenia Maniokova)

1988 – ITF Women's Circuit Nivelles (with Elena Brioukhovets)

1988 – ITF Women's Circuit Rebecq (with Elena Brioukhovets)

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit Marsa (with Anna Mirza)

1991 – ITF Women's Circuit Erlangen (with Maja Zivec-Skulg)

Finalist

1981 – European Junior Championships 14 & Under – Serramazzoni with Irina Zvereva( Fateeva)

1984 – Wimbledon Junior Doubles Championship (with Larisa Savchenko-Neiland)

1984 – Orange Bowl Tennis Championship – Miami (with Natalia Bykova)

1986 – ITF Women's Circuit – El Paso (with Natasha Zvereva)

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Rheda-Wiedenbruck (with Agnese Blumberga)

Semi-finalist

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Rabac (with Elena Brioukhovets)

1987 – ITF Women's Circuit – Telford (with Heidi Sprung)

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Mantova (with Petra Langrová)

1990 – ITF Women's Circuit – Darmstadt (with Michaela Frimmelova)

1992 – ITF Women's Circuit – Sopot (with Kirstin Freye)

Grand Slam

Had career wins over: Katerina Maleeva, Jana Novotna, Manon Bollegraf, Tami Whitlinger, Sandra Wasserman, Nicole Arendt, Ines Gorrochategui, Lubomira Bacheva, Regina Marsikova, Andrea Strnadova, Catherine Tanvier, Sabine Hack, and Radka Bobkova.

References

↑ "How to Grow a Super-Athlete". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
↑ "Player Development Home | Player Development". USTA. Retrieved 2015-02-17.

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