Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (Russian:Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a Russian-born Kazakhstanitennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 42 in singles and No. 26 in doubles. She won five doubles titles on theWTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on theWTA Challenger Tour. She also won three singles titles (in Mont-de-Marsan in 2003, Cuneo in 2006, and Casablanca in 2011) and 13 doubles titles on theITF Circuit.
In 2008, Voskoboeva managed to qualify for theQatar Ladies Open in Doha. In the first round she defeatedEleni Daniilidou, before taking a set off world No. 5,Maria Sharapova losing 4–6, 6–4, 1–6. That same year, she reached the quarterfinals inQuebec City.
Voskoboeva returns a shot in the 2011 US Open qualifying
Ranked 560 in the world, Galina reached the quarterfinals of thePattaya Open. Due to her ranking, she had to qualify, and did so by defeating top seedSania Mirza, and No. 7 seedLindsay Lee-Waters in the qualifying tournament. In the first round of the main draw, she defeatedRomina Oprandi before defeating No. 3 seedMaria Kirilenko in a close match 1–6, 7–5, 6–4.
She qualified for theMiami Open and upset the No. 7 seed,Jelena Dokic, in the first round.
After qualifying for the Premier-levelCanadian 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-seededVictoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals.
As of 2012, Voskoboeva has paired with fellow Kazakh playerYaroslava Shvedova in doubles, in an effort to represent their nation at theSummer Olympics in London, a feat they achieved, reaching the second round.[1]
Voskoboeva began her 2013 season at theAuckland Open. She lost in the first round to Kirsten Flipkens. Coming through the qualifying rounds at theSydney International, Voskoboeva defeated Yanina Wickmayer in the first round.[2] She was defeated in the second round by second seedAngelique Kerber.[3] At theAustralian Open, Voskoboeva lost in the first round to 25th seedVenus Williams.[4]
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, inCincinnati, Ohio.
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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Russia (until 2008)
Kazakhstan (2008–present)
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