Marina Vasilyevna Kroschina (; 18 April 1953 — 4 July 2000) was a Ukrainian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union. She won the 1971 Wimbledon girls' singles championships while competing for the Kazakh SSR, her country of birth.

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. Kroschina committed suicide on 4 July 2000 in Kyiv.

Marina Kroschina

Career

Kroschina won the 1972 European Championship and the All England Plate in 1974. She had some success in the doubles events, winning three titles with Olga Morozova.

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1953 births

2000 suicides

Suicides by jumping in Ukraine

Wimbledon junior champions

Soviet female tennis players

Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles

Universiade medalists in tennis

FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union

2000 deaths

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