Galina Voskoboeva

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

Galina Voskoboeva
Галина Воскобоева
Country (sports) Kazakhstan
ResidenceNur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Born (1984-12-18) 18 December 1984
Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,493,941
Singles
Career record373–313 (54.4%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 42 (7 May 2012)
Current rankingNo. 1316 (23 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2009, 2012)
French Open2R (2008, 2009, 2013)
Wimbledon2R (2012)
US Open2R (2012, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Doubles
Career record336–263 (56.1%)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 26 (20 August 2012)
Current rankingNo. 71 (23 November 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2007, 2012)
French OpenQF (2008, 2013)
Wimbledon3R (2012)
US Open3R (2006, 2011, 2013)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2012)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open2R (2012)
Team competitions
Fed Cup28–14 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 23 November 2020.

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 Women's 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 U.S. National Indoors, 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.

Significant finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 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 (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (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, 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(4), 1–6
Runner-up 3. 6 January 2007 Australian Hardcourts,
Gold Coast		 Hard Iveta Benešová Dinara Safina
Katarina Srebotnik		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 6 March 2011 Malaysian Open,
Kuala Lumpur		 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), 4–6
Runner-up 6. 22 October 2011 Kremlin Cup, Moscow Hard (i) Anastasia Rodionova Vania King
Yaroslava Shvedova		 6–7(3), 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, Memphis Hard (i) Kristina Mladenovic Sofia Arvidsson
Johanna Larsson		 7–6(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 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco Hard Kristina Mladenovic Petra Cetkovská
Iveta Melzer		 6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up 10. 26 February 2017 Hungarian Ladies Open,
Budapest		 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), [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

Singles
Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017W–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
Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018W–L
Australian Open 1R 1R QF 3R 3R 2R 2R 2R 2R A A 2R A 12–10
French Open 2R 1R 1R QF 1R 1R 2R 2R QF A A 2R A A 10–10
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R 2R A A A A Q1 6–8
US Open 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 3R A A A A 1R 10–10
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 38–38

Head-to-head records

References
  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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