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Galina Voskoboeva

Country	Kazakhstan
Residence	Astana, Kazakhstan
Born	(1984-12-18) December 18, 1984 (age 27) 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	$1,078,115
Singles
Career record	268228
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (May 7, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 42 (May 7, 2012)
Grand Slam Singles 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	197164
Career titles	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (May 14, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 27 (May 14, 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2007, 2012)
French Open	QF (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2006, 2009)
US Open	3R (2006, 2011)
Last updated on: July 18, 2011.

Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (Russian: , born December 18, 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached her career-high singles rank of World No. 42 on May 7, 2012. Her career high in doubles is 27th, set at May 14, 2012.

[edit] Career

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 46, 64, 16. 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 64, 60.

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 by defeating No.1 seed Sania Mirza 64, 64 and No.7 seed Lindsay Lee-Waters 46, 61, 60 in the qualifying tournament. In the first round of the main draw she defeated Romina Oprandi 46, 63, 75 before defeating No.3 seed Maria Kirilenko in an epic match 16, 75, 64. Galina was 16, 35 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 60, 60 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 67, 64, 63 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 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 63, 63 in the first round. She followed this up with a decisive win against Italian world No. 25 Flavia Pennetta 26, 63, 62 to reach the third round. She followed her strong performance by beating former world no.1 Maria Sharapova 63, 75. She lost to fourth seeded Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.

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

As of 2012, Voskoboeva has paired with fellow Kazakh player Yaroslava Shvedova in doubles, in an effort to represent their nation at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

[edit] WTA Tour Finals

[edit] Singles: 1 (01)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 September 2011	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Mara Jos Martnez Snchez	67(07), 67(27)

[edit] Doubles: 10 (37)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2005	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Maria Elena Camerin milie Loit	36, 06
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2006	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Iveta Beneov	Francesca Schiavone Kvta Peschke	46, 76, 16
Runner-up	3.	6 January 2007	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Iveta Beneov	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	36, 46
Winner	1.	6 March 2011	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Dinara Safina	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	75, 26, [105]
Winner	2.	30 April 2011	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Michalla Krajicek Eleni Daniilidou	64, 62
Winner	3.	21 May 2011	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Andrea Hlavkov	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	36, 60, [105]
Runner-up	4.	23 July 2011	Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	36, 62, [810]
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2011	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Natalie Grandin Vladimra Uhlov	67(57), 46
Runner-up	6.	22 October 2011	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	67(37), 36
Runner-up	7.	5 May 2012	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	64, 16, [911]

[edit] ITF singles finals

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 28, 2003	Tipton	Hard (i)	Matea Mezak	64, 46, 46
Winner	1.	June 29, 2003	Mont-de-Marsan	Hard (i)	Oleksandra Kravets	64, 62
Runner-up	2.	October 3, 2003	Latina	Clay	Roberta Vinci	36, 46
Runner-up	3.	November 8, 2005	Pittsburgh	Hard	Lilia Osterloh	67, 46
Winner	2.	June 6, 2006	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	61, 62

[edit] Singles performance timeline

[edit] Personal

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

[edit] External links

• Galina Voskoboeva at the Women's Tennis Association