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.

Galina Voskoboeva
Галина Воскобоева

Voskoboeva at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Russia (until 2008)  Kazakhstan (2008–present)
Residence	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Born	(1984-12-18) 18 December 1984 (age 37) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,525,168
Singles
Career record	373–313 (54.4%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 42 (7 May 2012)
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	338–268 (55.8%)
Career titles	5 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 26 (20 August 2012)
Current ranking	No. 491 (30 August 2021)
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
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
US Open	2R (2012, 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	28–14 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 25 August 2022.

Professional career

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.

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.

2011

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.

2012

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]

2013

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]

Personal life

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.

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2006	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2011	Korea Open, Seoul	International	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–7(0), 6–7(2)

Doubles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runner-ups)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 October 2005	Tashkent Open, Uzbekistan	Hard	Anastasia Rodionova	Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2006	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Carpet (i)	Iveta Benešová	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6
Runner-up	3.	6 January 2007	Australian Hardcourts	Hard	Iveta Benešová	Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	6 March 2011	Malaysian Open	Hard	Dinara Safina	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner	2.	30 April 2011	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Michaëlla Krajicek Eleni Daniilidou	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	21 May 2011	Brussels Open, Belgium	Clay	Andrea Hlaváčková	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–0, [10–5]
Runner-up	4.	23 July 2011	Baku Cup, Azerbaijan	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	25 September 2011	Korea Open, Seoul	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	6.	22 October 2011	Kremlin Cup, Moscow	Hard (i)	Anastasia Rodionova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up	7.	5 May 2012	Estoril Open, Portugal	Clay	Yaroslava Shvedova	Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Winner	4.	23 February 2013	U.S. National Indoors	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	8.	21 September 2013	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Vania King	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Runner-up	9.	4 January 2014	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	2 March 2014	Mexican Open	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer	6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	10.	26 February 2017	Hungarian Ladies Open	Hard (i)	Arina Rodionova	Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Runner-up	11.	29 July 2018	Moscow River Cup, Russia	Clay	Alexandra Panova	Anastasia Potapova Vera Zvonareva	0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	12.	14 April 2019	Ladies Open Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Veronika Kudermetova	Sorana Cîrstea Andreea Mitu	6–1, 2–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	13.	28 July 2019	Baltic Open, Latvia	Clay	Jeļena Ostapenko	Sharon Fichman Nina Stojanović	6–2, 6–7(1–7), [6–10]

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2018	Open de Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Veronika Kudermetova	Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva	7–5, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

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

Doubles: 23 (13–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 August 2001	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Yevgenia Savranska	Olena Antypina Yuliana Fedak	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	2 September 2001	ITF Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Yuliana Fedak	Adriana Burz Sanja Todorović	6–4, 6–0
Winner	2.	15 September 2002	ITF Sofia, Bulgaria	Clay	Vera Dushevina	Laura Dell'Angelo Nathalie Viérin	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	20 October 2002	ITF Mansoura, Egypt	Clay	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova	Olena Antypina Hana Šromová	2–6, 2–6
Winner	3.	21 January 2003	ITF Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Irina Bulykina	Elke Clijsters Borka Majstorović	4–6, 7–6(0), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	2 March 2003	ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Magdalena Zděnovcová	Roberta Vinci Dragana Zarić	2–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	1 May 2003	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Vera Dushevina	Yuliya Beygelzimer Anna Zaporozhanova	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	14 September 2003	ITF Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Nadejda Ostrovskaya	Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova	6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5)
Winner	5.	6 April 2004	ITF Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Darija Jurak	Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	18 October 2004	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Hard (i)	Barbora Strýcová	Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar	6–7(3), 6–2, 4–6
Winner	6.	19 April 2005	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Carly Gullickson	Julie Ditty Vladimíra Uhlířová	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Winner	7.	10 July 2005	ITF Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Mariya Koryttseva	Sara Errani Giulia Gabba	6–3, 7–5
Winner	8.	16 October 2006	ITF Saint-Raphaël, France	Carpet (i)	Mariya Koryttseva	Alizé Cornet Youlia Fedossova	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	12 November 2006	ITF Pittsburgh, United States	Hard (i)	Ashley Harkleroad	Stéphanie Dubois Alisa Kleybanova	4–6, 7–5, 1–6
Winner	9.	8 September 2008	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Sorana Cîrstea	Kristina Barrois Julia Schruff	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	19 October 2008	ITF Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Maret Ani	Mariya Koryttseva Yaroslava Shvedova	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	31 October 2009	ITF Ortisei, Italy	Carpet (i)	Barbora Strýcová	Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin	2–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	29 July 2011	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	Hard	Vitalia Diatchenko	Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova	6–3, 6–4
Winner	11.	14 May 2016	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	Clay	Vitalia Diatchenko	Victoria Kan Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 1–6, [12–10]
Winner	12.	26 November 2016	Open de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova	6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	13 May 2018	Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Vera Lapko	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	6–2, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner	13.	20 May 2018	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	Clay	Jessica Moore	Xenia Knoll Anna Smith	0–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	10.	23 June 2018	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	Grass	Natela Dzalamidze	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	6–4, 3–6, [1–10]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

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

External links

• Galina Voskoboeva at the Women's Tennis Association
• Galina Voskoboeva at the International Tennis Federation
• Galina Voskoboeva at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Galina Voskoboeva at Olympics.com
• Galina Voskoboeva at Olympedia

На других языках

[de] Galina Olegowna Woskobojewa

[es] Galina Voskobóyeva

[ru] Воскобоева, Галина Олеговна