Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (; born 18 December 1984) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani inactive tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 42 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. She won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also won three singles titles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Career Voskoboeva turned professional in 2002.
2008–2009 In 2008, Voskoboeva managed to qualify for the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha. In the first round she defeated Eleni Daniilidou, before taking a set off world No. 5, Maria Sharapova finally 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 third seed Maria Kirilenko in a close match 1–6, 7–5, 6–4.
She qualified for the Miami Open and upset 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 this by beating former world No. 1, Maria Sharapova, in two sets but 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.
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. She was defeated in the second round by second seed Angelique Kerber. At the Australian Open, Voskoboeva lost in the first round to 25th seed Venus Williams.
In Memphis, at the National Indoor Championships, Voskoboeva was defeated in the first round by fourth seed Heather Watson.
Personal life In 2008, Voskoboeva 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.
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017W–L Australian OpenAAQ2Q32R1RQ23R1RA3R1R2RAA1R6–8 French OpenAAQ1Q31RQ22R2RQ1A1R2RAA1RA3–6 WimbledonAQ1Q2Q1Q3Q11R1RAQ32R1RAAAA1–4 US OpenAAQ2Q21RQ21R1RA1R2R2RAAAA2–6Win–loss0–00–00–00–11–30–12–43–40–10–14–42–41–10–00–10–112–24
Doubles Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021W–L Australian OpenA1R1RQF3R3R2RA2R2R2RAA2RA1RNHA12–11 French OpenA2R1R1RQF1R1R2R2RQFAA2RAA1RNHA10–11 Wimbledon2R1R2R1R1R2RA2R3R2RAAAAQ12RNH1R8–11 US Open2R1R3R2R2R1RA3R2R3RAAAA1R1RA1R10–12Win–loss2–21–43–44–46–44–31–23–45–47–41–10–01–11–10–11–40–00–240–45
Significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2006 Kremlin Cup Carpet (i) Iveta Benešová Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke 4–6, 7–6(4), 1–6
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)
ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Korea Open, South Korea International Hard María José Martínez Sánchez 6–7(0), 6–7(2)
Doubles: 18 (5 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendWTA 1000 (0–1)WTA 500 (1–2)WTA 250 (4–10)Finals by surfaceHard (3–8)Clay (2–4)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2005 Tashkent Open, UzbekistanTier IV Hard Anastasia Rodionova Maria Elena Camerin Émilie Loit 3–6, 0–6Loss 0–2 Oct 2006Kremlin Cup, RussiaTier I Carpet (i) Iveta Benešová Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 1–6Loss 0–3 Jan 2007 Australian Hardcourts, AustraliaTier III Hard Iveta Benešová Dinara Safina Katarina Srebotnik 3–6, 4–6Win 1–3 Mar 2011 Malaysian Open, MalaysiaInternational Hard Dinara Safina Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Jessica Moore 7–5, 2–6, [10–5]Win 2–3 Apr 2011 Estoril Open, PortugalInternational Clay Alisa Kleybanova Michaëlla Krajicek Eleni Daniilidou 6–4, 6–2Win 3–3 May 2011Brussels Open, BelgiumPremier Clay Andrea Hlaváčková Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska 3–6, 6–0, [10–5]Loss 3–4 Jul 2011 Baku Cup, AzerbaijanInternational Hard Monica Niculescu Mariya Koryttseva Tatiana Poutchek 3–6, 6–2, [8–10] Loss 3–5 Sep 2011 Korea Open, SeoulInternational Hard Vera Dushevina Natalie Grandin Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–7(5–7), 4–6Loss 3–6 Oct 2011Kremlin Cup, RussiaPremier Hard (i) Anastasia Rodionova Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss 3–7 May 2012 Estoril Open, PortugalInternational Clay Yaroslava Shvedova Chuang Chia-jung Zhang Shuai 6–4, 1–6, [9–11]Win 4–7 Feb 2013 U.S. National Indoors International Hard (i) Kristina Mladenovic Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson 7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss 4–8 Sep 2013 Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternational Hard Vania King Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai 3–6, 6–4, [10–12]Loss 4–9 Jan 2014Brisbane International, AustraliaPremier Hard Kristina Mladenovic Alla Kudryavtseva Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 1–6Win 5–9 Mar 2014 Mexican OpenInternational Hard Kristina Mladenovic Petra Cetkovská Iveta Melzer 6–3, 2–6, [10–5]Loss 5–10 Feb 2017 Hungarian Ladies OpenInternational Hard (i) Arina Rodionova Hsieh Su-wei Oksana Kalashnikova 3–6, 6–4, [4–10]Loss 5–11 Jul 2018 Moscow River Cup, RussiaInternational Clay Alexandra Panova Anastasia Potapova Vera Zvonareva 0–6, 3–6Loss 5–12 Apr 2019 Ladies Open Lugano, SwitzerlandInternational Clay Veronika Kudermetova Sorana Cîrstea Andreea Mitu 6–1, 2–6, [8–10]Loss 5–13 Jul 2019 Baltic Open, LatviaInternational Clay Jeļena Ostapenko Sharon Fichman Nina Stojanović 6–2, 6–7(1–7), [6–10]
WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Open de Limoges, France Hard (i) Veronika Kudermetova Timea Bacsinszky Vera Zvonareva 7–5, 6–4
ITF Circuit finals Legend$100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournaments
Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. Feb 2003 ITF Tipton, United Kingdom10,000 Hard (i) Matea Mezak 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Win 1. Jul 2003 ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France 25,000 Clay Oleksandra Kravets 6–4, 6–2Loss 2. Oct 2003 ITF Latina, Italy50,000 Clay Roberta Vinci 3–6, 4–6Loss 3. Nov 2005 ITF Pittsburgh, United States75,000 Hard (i) Lilia Osterloh 6–7(5), 4–6Win 2. Jul 2006 ITF Cuneo, Italy50,000 Clay Alice Canepa 6–1, 6–2Win 3. Apr 2011 ITF Casablanca, Morocco25,000 Clay Mervana Jugić-Salkić 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3Loss 4. May 2016 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia25,000 Clay Victoria Kan 4–6, 4–6Loss 5. Jun 2016 ITF Moscow, Russia25,000 Clay Anastasiya Komardina 6–7(3), 6–4, 3–6
Doubles: 23 (13 titles, 10 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. Aug 2001 ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000 Clay Yevgenia Savranska Olena Antypina Yuliana Fedak 6–4, 1–6, 4–6Win 1. Sep 2001 ITF Bucharest, Romania10,000 Clay Yuliana Fedak Adriana Burz Sanja Todorović 6–4, 6–0Win 2. Sep 2002 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria25,000 Clay Vera Dushevina Laura Dell'Angelo Nathalie Viérin 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss 2. Oct 2002 ITF Mansoura, Egypt10,000 Clay Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Olena Antypina Hana Šromová 2–6, 2–6Win 3. Jan 2003 ITF Hull, United Kingdom10,000 Hard (i) Irina Bulykina Elke Clijsters Borka Majstorović 4–6, 7–6(0), 6–3Loss 2. Mar 2003 ITF Ostrava, Czech Republic25,000 Hard (i) Magdalena Zděnovcová Roberta Vinci Dragana Zarić 2–6, 4–6Win 4. May 2003 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France75,000 Clay Vera Dushevina Yuliya Beygelzimer Anna Zaporozhanova 6–3, 6–4Loss 4. Sep 2003 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia25,000 Clay Nadejda Ostrovskaya Darya Kustova Elena Tatarkova 6–2, 2–6, 6–7(5)Win 5. Apr 2004 ITF Dinan, France50,000 Clay (i) Darija Jurak Gulnara Fattakhetdinova Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–2Loss 5. Oct 2004 ITF Saint-Raphaël, France50,000 Hard (i) Barbora Strýcová Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Selima Sfar 6–7(3), 6–2, 4–6Win 6. Apr 2005 Dothan Classic, United States75,000 Clay Carly Gullickson Julie Ditty Vladimíra Uhlířová 4–6, 6–1, 6–2Win 7. Jul 2005 ITF Cuneo, Italy50,000 Clay Mariya Koryttseva Sara Errani Giulia Gabba 6–3, 7–5Win 8. Oct 2006 ITF Saint-Raphaël, France50,000 Carpet (i) Mariya Koryttseva Alizé Cornet Youlia Fedossova 6–2, 6–4Loss 6. Nov 2006 ITF Pittsburgh, US75,000 Hard (i) Ashley Harkleroad Stéphanie Dubois Alisa Kleybanova 4–6, 7–5, 1–6Win 9. Sep 2008 ITF Athens, Greece100,000 Clay Sorana Cîrstea Kristina Barrois Julia Schruff 6–2, 6–4 Loss 7. Oct 2008 ITF Ortisei, Italy100,000 Carpet (i) Maret Ani Mariya Koryttseva Yaroslava Shvedova 2–6, 1–6 Loss 8. Oct 2009 ITF Ortisei, Italy100,000 Carpet (i) Barbora Strýcová Timea Bacsinszky Tathiana Garbin 2–6, 2–6 Win 10. Jul 2011 President's Cup, Kazakhstan100,000 Hard Vitalia Diatchenko Akgul Amanmuradova Alexandra Panova 6–3, 6–4 Win 11. May 2016 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia25,000 Clay Vitalia Diatchenko Victoria Kan Sabina Sharipova 6–3, 1–6, [12–10]Win 12. Nov 2016 Open de Valencia, Spain 25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Alicia Herrero Liñana Ksenija Sharifova 6–0, 6–0 Loss 9. May 2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France100,000 Clay Vera Lapko Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria 6–2, 5–7, [7–10] Win 13. May 2018 Empire Slovak Open100,000 Clay Jessica Moore Xenia Knoll Anna Smith 0–6, 6–3, [10–7] Loss 10. Jun 2018 Ilkley Trophy, UK100,000 Grass Natela Dzalamidze Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez 6–4, 3–6, [1–10]
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
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