Galina Voskoboeva
Voskoboeva playing at the 2011 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Kazakhstan
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| Residence | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Born |
18 December 1984 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,267,660 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 368–301 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 42 (7 May 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 352 (12 December 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2009, 2012) |
| French Open | 2R (2008, 2009, 2013) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2012) |
| US Open | 2R (2012, 2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 284–218 |
| Career titles | 5 WTA, 12 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 26 (20 August 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 150 (12 December 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2007, 2012) |
| French Open | QF (2008, 2013) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2012) |
| US Open | 3R (2006, 2011, 2013) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| US Open | 2R (2012) |
| Last updated on: 12 December 2016. | |
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.
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.
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.
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