Galina Voskoboeva

Galina Voskoboeva
Галина Воскобоева
	Voskoboeva at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Russia (until 2008); Kazakhstan (2008–present)
Residence	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Born	18 December 1984 (age 37); Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,525,168
Singles
Career record	373–313 (54.4%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (7 May 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2009, 2012)
French Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	2R (2012, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	338–267 (55.9%)
Career titles	5 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (20 August 2012)
Current ranking	No. 491 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2007, 2012)
French Open	QF (2008, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	3R (2006, 2011, 2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	2R (2012, 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	28–14 (66.7%)
	Last updated on: 31 August 2021.

Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (Russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 7 May 2012. Her best ranking in doubles is 26th, achieved on 20 August 2012.

Professional career[]

Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva was introduced to tennis by her mother, a swimming coach, at age six. She turned pro in 2002. During her career, she has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles titles (in Mont-de-Marsan in 2003, Cuneo in 2006, and Casablanca in 2011) and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

2008–2010[]

In 2008, Voskoboeva managed to qualify for the Qatar Open in Doha. In the first round she defeated Eleni Daniilidou before taking a set off world No. 5, Maria Sharapova, but losing 4–6, 6–4, 1–6. That same year, she reached the quarterfinals in Quebec City. In 2009, she reached the quarterfinals in Warsaw. At the US Open, she lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki, in straight sets.

Few years back she did not have a coach, as she was unable to afford one. After that she was coached by Alina Jidkova, former top-100 player who retired at the end of 2010.

2011[]

Voskoboeva returns a shot in the 2011 US Open qualifying

Ranked 560 in the world, Galina reached the quarterfinals of the Pattaya Open. Due to her ranking, she had to qualify, and did so by defeating top seed Sania Mirza, and No. 7 seed Lindsay Lee-Waters in the qualifying tournament. In the first round of the main draw, she defeated Romina Oprandi before defeating No. 3 seed Maria Kirilenko in a close match 1–6, 7–5, 6–4. Galina was down 1–6, 3–5 before making a remarkable comeback.

She qualified for the Sony Ericsson Open and upset the No. 7 seed Jelena Dokic in the first round.

Voskoboeva became the first woman to win a main-draw singles match at the new event in Azerbaijan, the Baku Cup, by inflicting a 6–0, 6–0 win over Sofia Shapatava. She followed up this win by defeating fifth seed and doubles partner Monica Niculescu in the second round. She then went on to upset No. 2 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals, but lost to Ksenia Pervak in the semifinals. In doubles, Voskoboeva and Niculescu were the first seeds. They crushed Georgian duo Tatia Mikadze and Sofia Shapatava. The pair beat wildcard Nigina Abduraimova and Kamilla Farhad in the quarterfinals, and advanced to the finals by defeating Daniela Dominikovic and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, but lost to second seeds Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek in a tough match.

After qualifying for the Premier-level Rogers Cup in Toronto, Voskoboeva recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating French Open-semifinalist and world No. 9, Marion Bartoli, 6–3, 6–3 in the first round. She followed this up with a decisive win against world No. 25, Flavia Pennetta, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 to reach the third round. She followed her strong performance by beating former world No. 1, Maria Sharapova, in two sets. She lost to fourth-seeded Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.

Voskoboeva qualified for the US Open, but lost to seventh seed Francesca Schiavone in a tough three sets in the first round.

2012[]

As of 2012, Voskoboeva has paired with fellow Kazakh player Yaroslava Shvedova in doubles, in an effort to represent their nation at the Olympic Games in London, a feat they achieved, reaching the second round.^[1]

2013[]

Voskoboeva at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships

Voskoboeva began her 2013 season at the ASB Classic. She lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens. Coming through the qualifying rounds at the Apia International Sydney, Voskoboeva defeated Yanina Wickmayer in the first round.^[2] She was defeated in the second round by second seed Angelique Kerber.^[3] At the Australian Open, Voskoboeva lost in the first round to 25th seed Venus Williams.^[4]

In Memphis at the National Indoor Championships, Voskoboeva was defeated in the first round by fourth seed Heather Watson.^[5]

Personal life[]

In 2008, Galina changed her nationality from Russian to Kazakhstani. She attended University RUPF in Moscow, where she graduated from in 2005. On 15 April 2021, she married Jonathan Gully, a physician, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Significant finals[]

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments[]

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2006	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, 1–6

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 1 (runner-up)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5
Premier
International

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2011	Korea Open, Seoul	International	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 6–7⁽²⁾

Doubles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Tier II / Premier (1–2)
Tier III, IV & V / International (4–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–8)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (2–4)
Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2005	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2006	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	6 January 2007	Australian Hardcourts	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 March 2011	Malaysian Open	Hard	Dinara Safina	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner	2.	30 April 2011	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Michaëlla Krajicek Eleni Daniilidou	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	21 May 2011	Brussels Open, Belgium	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	23 July 2011	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2011	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	6.	22 October 2011	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	7.	5 May 2012	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Winner	4.	23 February 2013	U.S. National Indoors	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	8.	21 September 2013	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Vania King	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Runner-up	9.	4 January 2014	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	2 March 2014	Mexican Open	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	26 February 2017	Hungarian Open	Hard (i)	Arina Rodionova	Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Runner-up	11.	29 July 2018	Moscow River Cup, Russia	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Anastasia Potapova Vera Zvonareva	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	14 April 2019	Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Veronika Kudermetova	Sorana Cîrstea Andreea Mitu	6–1, 2–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	13.	28 July 2019	Baltic Open, Latvia	Clay	Jeļena Ostapenko	Sharon Fichman Nina Stojanović	6–2, 6–7^(1–7), [6–10]

WTA 125K series finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2018	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Veronika Kudermetova	Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva	7–5, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals[]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (3–5)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 February 2003	ITF Tipton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Matea Mezak	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 July 2003	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Oleksandra Kravets	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	12 October 2003	ITF Latina, Italy	Clay	Roberta Vinci	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	13 November 2005	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Lilia Osterloh	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 4–6
Winner	2.	9 July 2006	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	16 April 2011	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	15 May 2016	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Victoria Kan	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	25 June 2016	ITF Moscow, Russia	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (13–10)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 August 2001	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Yevgenia Savranska	Olena Antypina Yuliana Fedak	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	2 September 2001	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Adriana Burz Sanja Todorović	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	15 September 2002	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Vera Dushevina	Laura Dell'Angelo Nathalie Viérin	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	20 October 2002	ITF Mansoura, Egypt	Clay	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova	Olena Antypina Hana Šromová	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	21 January 2003	ITF Hull, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Irina Bulykina	Elke Clijsters Borka Majstorović	4–6, 7–6⁽⁰⁾, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	2 March 2003	ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Magdalena Zděnovcová	Roberta Vinci Dragana Zarić	2–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	1 May 2003	ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Vera Dushevina	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anna Zaporozhanova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	14 September 2003	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova	6–2, 2–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	5.	6 April 2004	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Darija Jurak	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	18 October 2004	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Barbora Strýcová	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	6.	19 April 2005	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Carly Gullickson	Julie Ditty Vladimíra Uhlířová	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	7.	10 July 2005	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Sara Errani Giulia Gabba	6–3, 7–5
Winner	8.	16 October 2006	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Carpet (i)	Mariya Koryttseva	Alizé Cornet Youlia Fedossova	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	12 November 2006	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Ashley Harkleroad	Stéphanie Dubois Alisa Kleybanova	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner	9.	8 September 2008	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Kristina Barrois Julia Schruff	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	19 October 2008	ITF Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Maret Ani	Mariya Koryttseva Yaroslava Shvedova	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	31 October 2009	ITF Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Barbora Strýcová	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	2–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	29 July 2011	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	14 May 2016	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Vitalia Diatchenko	Victoria Kan Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 1–6, [12–10]
Winner	12.	26 November 2016	ITF Valencia, Spain	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	13 May 2018	ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Vera Lapko	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	6–2, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	13.	20 May 2018	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Jessica Moore	Xenia Knoll Anna Smith	0–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	10.	23 June 2018	ITF Ilkley, Great Britain	Grass	Natela Dzalamidze	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	6–4, 3–6, [1–10]

Grand Slam performance timelines[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[]

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	Q3	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	3R	1R	2R	A	A	1R	6–8
French Open	A	A	Q1	Q3	1R	Q2	2R	2R	Q1	A	1R	2R	A	A	1R	A	3–6
Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q3	Q1	1R	1R	A	Q3	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	1–4
US Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	1R	Q2	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	2–6
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–4	3–4	0–1	0–1	4–4	2–4	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	12–24

Doubles[]

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Australian Open		1R	1R	QF	3R	3R	2R		2R	2R	2R	A	A	2R	A	1R	NH	A	12–11
French Open		2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	A	A	2R	A	A	1R	NH	A	10–11
Wimbledon		1R	2R	1R	1R	2R		2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	NH	1R	7–10
US Open	2R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R		3R	2R	3R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	10–12
Win–Loss	1–1	1–4	3–4	4–4	6–4	4–3	1–2	3–4	5–4	7–4	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–4	0–0	0–2	39–44

Head-to-head records[]

Serena Williams 0–2
Venus Williams 0–1
Lindsay Davenport 0–1
Maria Sharapova 1–1
Victoria Azarenka 1–2
Caroline Wozniacki 0–1

References[]

^ "Galina Voskoboyeva Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
^ DAR, TALAL (7 January 2013). "Nadia Petrova and Daniela Hantuchova fall in the first round of Sydney International". www.tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ "Galina Voskoboeva looses to tennis champ Kerber in Sydney". 8 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ LANGFORD, RICHARD (13 January 2013). "Venus Williams Defeats Galina Voskoboeva at 2013 Australian Open". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ "Heather Watson beats Galina Voskoboeva in Memphis". 17 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

External links[]

Galina Voskoboeva at the Women's Tennis Association
Galina Voskoboeva at the International Tennis Federation
Galina Voskoboeva at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] "Galina Voskoboyeva Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.

[2] DAR, TALAL (7 January 2013). "Nadia Petrova and Daniela Hantuchova fall in the first round of Sydney International". www.tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[3] "Galina Voskoboeva looses to tennis champ Kerber in Sydney". 8 January 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[4] LANGFORD, RICHARD (13 January 2013). "Venus Williams Defeats Galina Voskoboeva at 2013 Australian Open". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[5] "Heather Watson beats Galina Voskoboeva in Memphis". 17 February 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

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v t Women's Tennis Association: Top Kazakhstani female singles tennis players
as of 21 June 2021
1. Elena Rybakina (21 ) 2. Yulia Putintseva (42 ) 3. Zarina Diyas (101 1) 4. Anna Danilina (307 ) 5. Yaroslava Shvedova (438 3)
6. Gozal Ainitdinova (503 1) 7. Zhibek Kulambayeva (547 2) 8. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko (840 2) 9. Yelizaveta Karlova (1,235 2) 10. Dariya Detkovskaya (1,250 2)

v Women's Tennis Association: Top Kazakhstani female doubles tennis players
as of 12 July 2021
1. Anna Danilina (120 3) 2. Elena Rybakina (154 2) 3. Yulia Putintseva (163 4) 4. Zarina Diyas (230 79) 5. Galina Voskoboeva (266 66)
6. Zhibek Kulambayeva (569 3) 7. Gozal Ainitdinova (590 2) 8. Yekaterina Dmitrichenko (628 5) 9. Yaroslava Shvedova (880 5) 10. Kamila Kerimbayeva (1,120 )

Singles
Voskoboeva at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Russia (until 2008) Kazakhstan (2008–present)
Residence	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Born	(1984-12-18) 18 December 1984 (age 37) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,525,168
Career record	373–313 (54.4%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (7 May 2012)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2009, 2012)
French Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	2R (2012, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	338–267 (55.9%)
Career titles	5 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 26 (20 August 2012)
Current ranking	No. 491 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2007, 2012)
French Open	QF (2008, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	3R (2006, 2011, 2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	2R (2012, 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	28–14 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 31 August 2021.