Galina Voskoboeva

Galina Voskoboeva
Галина Воскобоева

Country	Kazakhstan
Residence	Astana, Kazakhstan
Born	December 18, 1984 (1984-12-18) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$1,078,115
Singles
Career record	268–228
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 46 (January 30, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 46 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2009, 2012)
French Open	2R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2008, 2009)
US Open	1R (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	197–164
Career titles	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (January 29, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 62 (July 18, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	QF (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2009)
US Open	3R (2006, 2011)
Last updated on: July 18, 2011.

Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (Russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева, born December 18, 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached her career-high singles rank of World No. 56 on October 10, 2011. Her career high in doubles is 31st, set at January 29, 2007.

Career

Early life

Galina was born in Moscow, Russia. She was introduced to tennis by her mother, a swimming coach, at age six. She attended University RUPF in Moscow, where she graduated from in 2005.

Professional career

She turned pro in 2002. During her career, she has won two ITF singles titles: in Mont-de-Marsan in 2003, and Cuneo in 2006. She reached her career high in doubles on January 29, 2007. In 2008, Voskoboeva managed to qualify for the Qatar Total Open in Doha,. In the first round she defeated Eleni Daniilidou before taking a set off world number #5 Maria Sharapova before losing 4–6, 6–4, 1–6. That same year, she reached the quarter finals in Quebec City. On February 16, 2009, she reached her singles career high of no. 64 and also reached the quarter finals in Warsaw. At the 2009 US Open she lost in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki 6–4, 6–0.

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

Ranked 560 in the world, Galina reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 PTT Pattaya Open. Due to her ranking, she had to qualify, and did so successfully by defeating No.1 seed Sania Mirza 6–4, 6–4 and No.7 seed Lindsay Lee-Waters 4–6, 6–1, 6–0 in the qualifying tournament. In the first round of the main draw she defeated Romina Oprandi 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 before defeating No.3 seed Maria Kirilenko in an epic match 1–6, 7–5, 6–4. Galina was 1–6, 3–5 before making a remarkable comeback.

She qualified for the 2011 e-Boks 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 2011 Baku Cup, by inflicting a 6–0, 6–0 win over Sofia Shapatava. She followed up this win by defeating 5th seed and doubles partner Monica Niculescu in the second round. She then went on to upset no. 2 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarterfinals with a 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 win, but lost to Ksenia Pervak in the semifinals. In doubles Voskoboeva and Niculescu are the first seeds. They crushed Georgian duo Tatia Mikadze and Sofia Shapatava.They pair beat wildcard Nigina Abduraimova and Kamilla Farhad in the quarterfinals, and advanced to the finals after defeating Daniela Dominikovic and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, but lost to 2nd seeds Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek in a tough match.

After successfully qualifying for the Premier-level 2011 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 Italian 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 6–3, 7–5. She lost to fourth seeded Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.

Voskoboeva successfully qualified for the 2011 US Open, but lost to 7th seed Francesca Schiavone in a tough three sets in the first round.

WTA Tour Finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Before 2009 Starting in 2009 Grand Slam tournaments (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I (0) Premier Mandatory (0) Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0) Tier III (0) Premier (0) Tier IV & V (0) International (0/1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	23 September 2011	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	6-7(0), 6-7(2)

Doubles: 9 (3–6)

Before 2009 Starting in 2009 Grand Slam tournaments (0) WTA Championships (0) Tier I (0/1) Premier Mandatory (0) Tier II (0) Premier 5 (0) Tier III (0/1) Premier (1/1) Tier IV & V (0/1) International (2/2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2005	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2006	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	6 January 2007	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 March 2011	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Dinara Safina	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner	2.	30 April 2011	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Michaëlla Krajicek Eleni Daniilidou	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	21 May 2011	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	23 July 2011	Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2011	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6-7(5), 4-6
Runner-up	6.	22 October 2011	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	6-7(3), 3-6

ITF singles finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 28, 2003	Tipton	Hard (i)	Matea Mezak	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	June 29, 2003	Mont-de-Marsan	Hard (i)	Oleksandra Kravets	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	October 3, 2003	Latina	Clay	Roberta Vinci	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	November 8, 2005	Pittsburgh	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	6–7, 4–6
Winner	2.	June 6, 2006	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	6–1, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	LQ	2R	1R	A	3R	1R	A	3R	5-5
French Open	A	A	A	LQ	1R	LQ	2R	2R	LQ	A		2–4
Wimbledon	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ		0–2
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	1R		1–5

Personal

She is fluent in Russian and English. In 2008, she changed her nationality from Russian to Kazakhstani.

External links

• Galina Voskoboeva at the Women's Tennis Association