Galina Voskoboeva

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

Galina Voskoboeva
Галина Воскобоева

Voskoboeva at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports)	Russia (until 2008)  Kazakhstan (2008–present)
Residence	Astana, Kazakhstan
Born	(1984-12-18) 18 December 1984 (age 40) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2021
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$2,525,168
Singles
Career record	373–313
Career titles	0 WTA, 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	338–268
Career titles	5 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 26 (20 August 2012)
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

Professional career

Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva 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.

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.

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

At the Baku Cup Voskoboeva lost to Ksenia Pervak in the semifinals. In doubles, Voskoboeva and Niculescu were the first seeds. They advanced to the finals by defeating Daniela Dominikovic and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, but lost to second seeds Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek.

After qualifying for the Premier-level Canadian Open in Toronto, Voskoboeva recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating French Open-semifinalist and world No. 9, Marion Bartoli in the first round. She followed this up with a win against world No. 25, Flavia Pennetta to reach the third round. She followed 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 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 Summer Olympics 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 Auckland Open. She lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens. Coming through the qualifying rounds at the Sydney International, 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.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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	Q2	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

Significant finals

WTA 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) WTA 500 (0–0) WTA 250 (0–1)

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, South Korea	International[a]	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7(0), 6–7(2)

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

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–1) WTA 500 (1–2) WTA 250 (4–10)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2005	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Tier IV[a]	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2006	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Tier I[b]	Carpet (i)	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2007	Australian Hardcourts, Australia	Tier III[a]	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–3	Mar 2011	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	International	Hard	Dinara Safina	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	2–3	Apr 2011	Estoril Open, Portugal	International	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Michaëlla Krajicek Eleni Daniilidou	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–3	May 2011	Brussels Open, Belgium	Premier[a]	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Loss	3–4	Jul 2011	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	International	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	3–5	Sep 2011	Korea Open, Seoul	International	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	3–6	Oct 2011	Kremlin Cup, Russia	Premier	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	3–7	May 2012	Estoril Open, Portugal	International	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Win	4–7	Feb 2013	National Indoors, U.S.	International	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	4–8	Sep 2013	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	Vania King	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Loss	4–9	Jan 2014	Brisbane International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 1–6
Win	5–9	Mar 2014	Mexican Open	International	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	5–10	Feb 2017	Hungarian Ladies Open	International	Hard (i)	Arina Rodionova	Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	5–11	Jul 2018	Moscow River Cup, Russia	International	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Anastasia Potapova Vera Zvonareva	0–6, 3–6
Loss	5–12	Apr 2019	Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland	International	Clay	Veronika Kudermetova	Sorana Cîrstea Andreea Mitu	6–1, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	5–13	Jul 2019	Baltic Open, Latvia	International	Clay	Jeļena Ostapenko	Sharon Fichman Nina Stojanović	6–2, 6–7(1–7), [6–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 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
$15,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Feb 2003	ITF Tipton, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Matea Mezak	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Jul 2003	ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France	25,000	Clay	Oleksandra Kravets	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	Oct 2003	ITF Latina, Italy	50,000	Clay	Roberta Vinci	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3.	Nov 2005	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	75,000	Hard (i)	Lilia Osterloh	6–7(5), 4–6
Win	2.	Jul 2006	ITF Cuneo, Italy	50,000	Clay	Alice Canepa	6–1, 6–2
Win	3.	Apr 2011	ITF Casablanca, Morocco	25,000	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3
Loss	4.	May 2016	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Victoria Kan	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	Jun 2016	ITF Moscow, Russia	25,000	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	6–7(3), 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 2001	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Yevgenia Savranska	Olena Antypina Yuliana Fedak	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Sep 2001	ITF Bucharest, Romania	10,000	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Adriana Burz Sanja Todorović	6–4, 6–0
Win	2.	Sep 2002	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	25,000	Clay	Vera Dushevina	Laura Dell'Angelo Nathalie Viérin	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	Oct 2002	ITF Mansoura, Egypt	10,000	Clay	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova	Olena Antypina Hana Šromová	2–6, 2–6
Win	3.	Jan 2003	ITF Hull, United Kingdom	10,000	Hard (i)	Irina Bulykina	Elke Clijsters Borka Majstorović	4–6, 7–6(0), 6–3
Loss	2.	Mar 2003	ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic	25,000	Hard (i)	Magdalena Zděnovcová	Roberta Vinci Dragana Zarić	2–6, 4–6
Win	4.	May 2003	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	75,000	Clay	Vera Dushevina	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anna Zaporozhanova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4.	Sep 2003	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	25,000	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova	6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5)
Win	5.	Apr 2004	ITF Dinan, France	50,000	Clay (i)	Darija Jurak	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5.	Oct 2004	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	50,000	Hard (i)	Barbora Strýcová	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	6–7(3), 6–2, 4–6
Win	6.	Apr 2005	Dothan Classic, United States	75,000	Clay	Carly Gullickson	Julie Ditty Vladimíra Uhlířová	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	7.	Jul 2005	ITF Cuneo, Italy	50,000	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Sara Errani Giulia Gabba	6–3, 7–5
Win	8.	Oct 2006	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	50,000	Carpet (i)	Mariya Koryttseva	Alizé Cornet Youlia Fedossova	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6.	Nov 2006	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	75,000	Hard (i)	Ashley Harkleroad	Stéphanie Dubois Alisa Kleybanova	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win	9.	Sep 2008	ITF Athens, Greece	100,000	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Kristina Barrois Julia Schruff	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7.	Oct 2008	ITF Ortisei, Italy	100,000	Carpet (i)	Maret Ani	Mariya Koryttseva Yaroslava Shvedova	2–6, 1–6
Loss	8.	Oct 2009	ITF Ortisei, Italy	100,000	Carpet (i)	Barbora Strýcová	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	2–6, 2–6
Win	10.	Jul 2011	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	100,000	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova	6–3, 6–4
Win	11.	May 2016	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	25,000	Clay	Vitalia Diatchenko	Victoria Kan Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 1–6, [12–10]
Win	12.	Nov 2016	Open de Valencia, Spain	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova	6–0, 6–0
Loss	9.	May 2018	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	100,000	Clay	Vera Lapko	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	6–2, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	13.	May 2018	Empire Slovak Open	100,000	Clay	Jessica Moore	Xenia Knoll Anna Smith	0–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	10.	Jun 2018	Ilkley Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Natela Dzalamidze	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	6–4, 3–6, [1–10]

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

Notes

1. In 2009, the WTA Tier II tournaments were reclassified as WTA Premier tournaments, while the WTA Tier III tournaments, WTA Tier IV tournaments and WTA Tier V tournaments were reclassified as WTA International tournaments. In 2021, the WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments and WTA International tournaments as WTA 250 tournaments.
2. THe WTA Tier I tournaments were reclassified as Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 in 2009 and later as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

1. "Galina Voskoboyeva Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
2. DAR, TALAL (7 January 2013). "Nadia Petrova and Daniela Hantuchova fall in the first round of Sydney International". 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.

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 (archived)
• Galina Voskoboeva at Olympics.com
• Galina Voskoboeva at Olympedia