Rauza Islanova

Rauza Mohamedjhanovna Islanova (born 1948 in Moscow) is a Russian tennis coach.

She is well known as the mother and 1st coach of her two children Marat Safin and Dinara Safina.She was full-time coach of her daughter Dinara until the end of 2003. She still accompanies her during the touraments frequently.

Also she coached Elena Dementieva and Anastasia Myskina during the very early of their tennis career. Since 1976, she has worked at the 'Spartak' club.

She was an ex-student of the 'Gosudarstvennogo' university, graduated of the Lenine's order in the institute of physical culture and later received a degree of master in sports of international class (1976, tennis). During her tennis career, she played for the 'Spartak' club, and reached her highest rank (5th) of USSR in 1968. [http://www.dinarasafina.com/en/bioRauza.asp]

ee also

*Dinara Safina
*Marat Safin