Marina Kroschina

Marina Vasilyevna Kroschina (Russian: Марина Васильевна Крошина, IPA: [mɐˈrʲinə ˈkroʂɨnə]; 18 April 1953 — 4 July 2000) was a Ukrainian tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.

[1] She won the 1971 Wimbledon girls' singles championships while competing for the Kazakh SSR, her country of birth.

[2] 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 some success in the doubles events, winning three titles with Olga Morozova.