Nadezhda Belonenko
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Nadezhda Mitrofanovna Slavinskaya-Belonenko ( (born Nadezhda Belonenko), (22 November 1911 – 1964) was a Soviet Russian tennis player, four-time Soviet Union Champion.
Nadezhda Belonenko was born in the city of Taganrog
. She graduated from the Taganrog Aviation Technical School and started practicing tennis
in Taganrog in 1928. Belonenko became champion of North Caucasus in 1931 and 1932, champion (singles) of the Azov Sea and Black Sea
region in 1934. She moved to Moscow
in 1939.
Belonenko was a four-time champion of the USSR: 1948, 1949, 1950 (singles), and 1948 (doubles). She also reached the finals of USSR Championships twelve times: 1940, 1944-1946, 1951 (singles) and 1944-1945, 1947, 1949-1952 (doubles). 7-time winner of the All-Union Winter Competitions (1946-1949, 1951 and 1954 in singles and 1954 doubles). Champion of the All-Union Central Council of Professional Unions (ВЦСПС) in 1939, 1944-1945 in women singles, and in 1945 in doubles. Winner of the Estonia Open tournaments in singles and doubles in 1947-1948. 12-time Champion of Moscow in singles (1939, 1944-1946, 1947-1950, 1954-1955) and in doubles (winter of 1951). Winner of the Moscow Cup in 1947, playing for Spartak (sports society)
. Participant of several Moscow
-Leningrad
matches, and matches with tennis players from Chekhoslovakia (1938) and Hungary
(1949). Belonenko coached at the Soviet Wings (ДСО "Крылья Советов") sports society from 1942 to 1946.
Belonenko was continuously included into the top ten USSR tennis players from 1943 to 1955, topping the rating three times - from 1948 to 1950.
She retired in 1961 and died in Moscow in 1964.
In the 1980s in the her home city of Taganrog
, traditional annual memorial tennis tournaments (Мемориал Белоненко – Memorial Belonenko) were held.
Nadezhda Belonenko was born in the city of Taganrog
Taganrog
Taganrog is a seaport city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: -History of Taganrog:...
. She graduated from the Taganrog Aviation Technical School and started practicing tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
in Taganrog in 1928. Belonenko became champion of North Caucasus in 1931 and 1932, champion (singles) of the Azov Sea and Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
region in 1934. She moved to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1939.
Belonenko was a four-time champion of the USSR: 1948, 1949, 1950 (singles), and 1948 (doubles). She also reached the finals of USSR Championships twelve times: 1940, 1944-1946, 1951 (singles) and 1944-1945, 1947, 1949-1952 (doubles). 7-time winner of the All-Union Winter Competitions (1946-1949, 1951 and 1954 in singles and 1954 doubles). Champion of the All-Union Central Council of Professional Unions (ВЦСПС) in 1939, 1944-1945 in women singles, and in 1945 in doubles. Winner of the Estonia Open tournaments in singles and doubles in 1947-1948. 12-time Champion of Moscow in singles (1939, 1944-1946, 1947-1950, 1954-1955) and in doubles (winter of 1951). Winner of the Moscow Cup in 1947, playing for Spartak (sports society)
Spartak (sports society)
Spartak is the International Fitness and Sports Society of Nikolai Starostin.-Overview:Spartak was the first and the largest All-Union Voluntary Sports Society of workers of state trade, producers' cooperation, light industry, civil aviation, education, culture, health service etc...
. Participant of several Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
-Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
matches, and matches with tennis players from Chekhoslovakia (1938) and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
(1949). Belonenko coached at the Soviet Wings (ДСО "Крылья Советов") sports society from 1942 to 1946.
Belonenko was continuously included into the top ten USSR tennis players from 1943 to 1955, topping the rating three times - from 1948 to 1950.
She retired in 1961 and died in Moscow in 1964.
In the 1980s in the her home city of Taganrog
Taganrog
Taganrog is a seaport city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the north shore of Taganrog Bay , several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: -History of Taganrog:...
, traditional annual memorial tennis tournaments (Мемориал Белоненко – Memorial Belonenko) were held.
Other titles
- Master of Sports of the USSR in 1950
- Candidate of Pedagogical Science degree in 1954