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.
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR | 18 December 1984
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Turned pro | 2002 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$2,493,941 |
Singles | |
Career record | 373–313 (54.4%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 42 (7 May 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 1316 (23 November 2020) |
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 | 336–263 (56.1%) |
Career titles | 5 |
Highest ranking | No. 26 (20 August 2012) |
Current ranking | No. 71 (23 November 2020) |
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 | |
US Open | 2R (2012) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 28–14 (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
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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
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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 |
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Runner-up | 2006 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2011 | Korea Open, Seoul | International | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(0), 6–7(2) |
Doubles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runner-ups)
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 3 October 2005 | Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 15 October 2006 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 January 2007 | Australian Hardcourts, Gold Coast |
Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 6 March 2011 | Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur |
Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 2–6, [10–5] |
Winner | 2. | 30 April 2011 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 21 May 2011 | Brussels Open, Belgium | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–0, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 4. | 23 July 2011 | Baku Cup, Azerbaijan | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 5. | 25 September 2011 | Korea Open, Seoul | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(5), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 22 October 2011 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 3–6 |
Runner-up | 7. | 5 May 2012 | Estoril Open, Portugal | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, [9–11] |
Winner | 4. | 23 February 2013 | U.S. National Indoors, Memphis | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 21 September 2013 | Guangzhou Open, China | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [10–12] |
Runner-up | 9. | 4 January 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 5. | 2 March 2014 | Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 10. | 26 February 2017 | Hungarian Ladies Open, Budapest |
Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [4–10] |
Runner-up | 11. | 29 July 2018 | Moscow River Cup, Russia |
Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 14 April 2019 | Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland |
Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 2–6, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 13. | 28 July 2019 | Baltic Open, Latvia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(1), [6–10] |
WTA 125K series finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2018 | Open de Limoges, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
ITF Circuit finals
Legend |
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$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 |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2 February 2003 | ITF Tipton, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 6 July 2003 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 12 October 2003 | ITF Latina, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 13 November 2005 | ITF Pittsburgh, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–7(5), 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 9 July 2006 | ITF Cuneo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 16 April 2011 | ITF Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 4. | 15 May 2016 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 25 June 2016 | ITF Moscow, Russia | Clay | ![]() |
6–7(3), 6–4, 3–6 |
Doubles: 23 (13–10)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 13 August 2001 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 2 September 2001 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | 15 September 2002 | ITF Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 2. | 20 October 2002 | ITF Mansoura, Egypt | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 3. | 21 January 2003 | ITF Hull, Great Britain | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(0), 6–3 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2 March 2003 | ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 1 May 2003 | ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 14 September 2003 | ITF Tbilisi, Georgia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5) |
Winner | 5. | 6 April 2004 | ITF Dinan, France | Clay (i) | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 18 October 2004 | ITF Saint-Raphaël, France | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(3), 6–2, 4–6 |
Winner | 6. | 19 April 2005 | ITF Dothan, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 10 July 2005 | ITF Cuneo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 8. | 16 October 2006 | ITF Saint-Raphaël, France | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 12 November 2006 | ITF Pittsburgh, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–5, 1–6 |
Winner | 9. | 8 September 2008 | ITF Athens, Greece | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 7. | 19 October 2008 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 8. | 31 October 2009 | ITF Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 10. | 29 July 2011 | President's Cup, Kazakhstan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 11. | 14 May 2016 | ITF La Marsa, Tunisia | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, [12–10] |
Winner | 12. | 26 November 2016 | ITF Valencia, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 9. | 13 May 2018 | ITF Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [7–10] |
Winner | 13. | 20 May 2018 | ITF Trnava, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 10. | 23 June 2018 | ITF Ilkley, Great Britain | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [1–10] |
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
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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 | W–L |
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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
- 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.