Career
She was the runner up in singles at the 1974 French Open and 1974 Wimbledon Championships. Morozova was the first Russian tennis player to reach the singles final of a major tournament, when she was the runner-up at the 1972 Italian Open. Perhaps the peak of her career occurred in 1974, when she was the women"s singles runner-up at Wimbledon and the French Open, losing to Chris Evert in both tournaments.
Earlier, she and Alex Metreveli were the first players from the Soviet Union to reach a Grand Slam final when they teamed at Wimbledon in 1968, losing to Margaret Court and Ken Fletcher.
They also reached the final at Wimbledon in 1970, losing to Rosemary Casals and Ilie Năstase. Morozova also was the runner-up in three Grand Slam women"s doubles tournaments.
She teamed with Court at the 1975 Australian Open, losing to Evonne Goolagong Cawley and Peggy Michel. She played with Julie Anthony at the 1975 French Open, losing to Evert and Martina Navratilova, and with Virginia Wade at the 1976 United States. Open, losing to Ilana Kloss and Delina Boshoff.
Morozova"s playing career was cut short in 1977 because of the Soviet Union"s policy against competing with South Africans.
At this point, she retired from the professional tour. Her post-playing coaching resume includes three years (1991-1994) coaching the British national team and a similar stint leading the Soviet team In 1989 she was played the mixed with Alexander Metreveli in United States Open 1989 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 not only to players of her own class but also to players of a lesser class and to junior players.
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Women"s doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)
Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Singles (8)
Doubles (16)
Grand slam events in boldface.
A = did not participate in the tournament.