Galina Voskoboeva

Country	Kazakhstan  Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Date of birth	December 18, 1984 (1984-12-18) (age 24)
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	67 kg (150 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right, two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$848,582
Singles
Career record	236–203
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 64 (February 16, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 94 (October 26, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2009)
French Open	2nd (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	1st (2008, 2009)
US Open	1st (2006, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	169–137
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 31 (January 29, 2007)
Last updated on: May 25, 2009.

Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (Russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева, born December 18, 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 64th, which she reached on February 16, 2009. Her career high in doubles is 31st, set at January 29, 2007.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early life 1.2 Professional career 2 Personal 3 External links

[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 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. She does not have a coach.

[edit] Personal

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

[edit] External links

• Galina Voskoboeva profile on the WTA Tour's official website

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