Galina Voskoboeva

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

Voskoboeva was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. 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.

2002–2010

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 29 January 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 No. 5 Maria Sharapova before losing 4–6, 6–4, 1–6. That same year, she reached the quarter finals in Quebec City. On 16 February 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 6–4, 6–0.

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.

2011

Galina Voskoboeva returns a shot in the 2011 US Open Qualifying tournament.

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 6–4, 6–4 and No.7 seed Lindsay Lee-Waters 4–6, 6–1, 6–0 in the qualifying tournament. In the first round of the main draw she defeated Romina Oprandi 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 before defeating No.3 seed Maria Kirilenko in an epic match 1–6, 7–5, 6–4. Galina was 1–6, 3–5 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 6–0, 6–0 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 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 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 6–3, 6–3 in the first round. She followed this up with a decisive win against Italian 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 6–3, 7–5. 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.

2012

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, a feat they achieved, reaching the second round.

2013

Voskoboeva began her 2013 year at the 2013 ASB Classic. She lost in the 1st round to Kirsten Flipkens 6-1, 6-7(2), 7-5.After Auckland, Voskoboeva qualified successfully for the 2013 Apia International Sydney by beating 12th seed Arantxa Rus 6-2, 6-1; Coco Vandeweghe 6-3, 6-4; and 2nd seed Sofia Arvidsson 7-6(5), 7-6(4). In the 1st round, she beat Yanina Wickmayer 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-2.

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2006	Moscow	Carpet	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6(7-4), 1–6

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	23 September 2011	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7(0–7), 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 15 (5 titles, 10 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2005	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2006	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	6 January 2007	Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts, Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 March 2011	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Dinara Safina	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner	2.	30 April 2011	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Michaëlla Krajicek Eleni Daniilidou	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	21 May 2011	Brussels Open, Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	23 July 2011	Baku Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2011	Hansol Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	6.	22 October 2011	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	7.	5 May 2012	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Winner	4.	23 February 2013	U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	8.	21 September 2013	Guangzhou International Women's Open, Guangzhou, China	Hard	Vania King	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3-6, 6-4, [10-12]
Runner-up	9.	4 January 2014	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3-6, 1-6
Winner	5.	2 March 2014	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	26 February 2017	Hungarian Ladies Open, Budapest, Hungary	Hard (i)	Arina Rodionova	Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 February 2003	Tipton, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Matea Mezak	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 July 2003	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Clay	Oleksandra Kravets	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	12 October 2003	Latina, Italy	Clay	Roberta Vinci	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	13 November 2005	Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Lilia Osterloh	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Winner	2.	9 July 2006	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	16 April 2011	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	15 May 2016	La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Victoria Kan	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	25 June 2016	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Anastasiya Komardina	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6

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

Head vs. Head Record

• Serena Williams 0–2
• Venus Williams 0–1
• Lindsay Davenport 0–1
• Maria Sharapova 1–1
• Victoria Azarenka 1–2
• Caroline Wozniacki 0–1