Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (Russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 7 May 2012. Her best ranking in doubles is 26th, achieved on 20 August 2012.
Born in Moscow, Voskoboeva 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 Circuit.
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.
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.
She qualified for the Miami Open and upset the No. 7 seed, Jelena Dokic, in the first round.
At the Baku Cup Voskoboeva lost to Ksenia Pervak in the semifinals. In doubles, Voskoboeva and Niculescu were the first seeds. They advanced to the finals by defeating Daniela Dominikovic and Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, but lost to second seeds Mariya Koryttseva and Tatiana Poutchek.
After qualifying for the Premier-level Canadian Open in Toronto, Voskoboeva recorded the biggest win of her career by defeating French Open-semifinalist and world No. 9, Marion Bartoli in the first round. She followed this up with a win against world No. 25, Flavia Pennetta to reach the third round. She followed 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 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 Summer Olympics in London, a feat they achieved, reaching the second round.[1]
Voskoboeva began her 2013 season at the Auckland Open. She lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens. Coming through the qualifying rounds at the Sydney International, 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 National Indoor Championships, Voskoboeva was defeated in the first round by fourth seed Heather Watson.[5]
In 2008, Galina changed her nationality from Russian to Kazakhstani. She attended University RUPF in Moscow, where she graduated from in 2005. On 15 April 2021, she married Jonathan Gully, a physician, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2006 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow |
Carpet (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6 |
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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) |
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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(7–4), 1–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 January 2007 | Australian Hardcourts | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 6 March 2011 | Malaysian Open | 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(5–7), 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 22 October 2011 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 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 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 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 | Mexican Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
Runner-up | 10. | 26 February 2017 | Hungarian Ladies Open | 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(1–7), [6–10] |
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 |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2 February 2003 | ITF Tipton, United Kingdom | 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 |
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, United Kingdom | 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 | Open de 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 | Open de Valencia, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 9. | 13 May 2018 | Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [7–10] |
Winner | 13. | 20 May 2018 | Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia | Clay | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 10. | 23 June 2018 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [1–10] |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
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 |
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | W–L |
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Australian Open | 1R | 1R | QF | 3R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | NH | A | 12–11 | ||
French Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | A | A | 2R | A | A | 1R | NH | A | 10–11 | |
Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | NH | 1R | 7–10 | ||
US Open | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 10–12 | |
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 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 39–44 |
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