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Rauza Mohamedjhanovna Islanova (born February 8 1948 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian tennis coach.
She is well known as the mother and 1st coach of her two children Marat Safin[1] and Dinara Safina. She was full-time coach of her daughter Dinara until the end of 2003. She still accompanies her during the tournaments frequently.
Also she coached Elena Dementieva,[2] Anastasia Myskina, and Anna Kournikova during the very early of their tennis career. Since 1976, she has worked at the 'Spartak' club.
She was an ex-student of the State university, graduated of the Lenin'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.
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