Maria Goloviznina

Maria Goloviznina
Мария Головизнина
Country (sports) Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Born (1979-06-05) 5 June 1979
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$133,105
Singles
Career record194–152
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 135 (31 March 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2003)
French Open2R (2002)
WimbledonQ1 (2003)
US OpenQ1 (2002)
Doubles
Career record82–89
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 139 (3 August 1998)

Maria Goloviznina (Мария Головизнина; born 5 June 1979) is a Russian former tennis player.

She has career-high WTA rankings of 135 in singles, achieved on 31 March 2003, and 139 in doubles, reached on 3 August 1998. She won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Goloviznina retired from tennis in 2012.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–4)
Carpet (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1 30 October 1995 ITF Moscow, Russia Hard Olga Ivanova 6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss 1 26 August 1996 ITF Sochi, Russia Hard (i) Evgenia Kulikovskaya 1–6, 0–6
Loss 2 16 June 1997 ITF Rome, Italy Clay Tomoe Hotta 4–6, 4–6
Win 2 19 January 1998 ITF Båstad, Sweden Hard (i) Maria Wolfbrandt 6–3, 7–5
Loss 3 18 September 2000 ITF Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) Vera Zvonareva 4–6, 2–6
Loss 4 25 September 2000 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay Mariana Díaz Oliva 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 5 10 September 2001 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Olga Vymetálková 6–7(3), 4–6
Loss 6 2 September 2002 Open Denain, France Clay Dally Randriantefy 2–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (2–6)
Result Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 23 June 1997 10,000 ITF Milan, Italy Clay Anna Linkova Tomoe Hotta
Yoriko Yamagishi
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 28 July 1997 75,000 ITF Makarska, Croatia Clay Evgenia Kulikovskaya Olga Lugina
Elena Pampoulova
7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 22 September 1997 50,000 ITF Thessaloniki, Greece Clay Evgenia Kulikovskaya Radka Bobková
Jana Pospíšilová
2–6, 3–6
Loss 21 June 1999 25,000 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Anastasia Myskina Mariana Díaz Oliva
Clarisa Fernández
4–6, 2–6
Win 27 September 1999 25,000 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia Clay Ekaterina Paniouchkina Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Ekaterina Sysoeva
6–0, 6–2
Loss 14 August 2000 50,000 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Evgenia Kulikovskaya Magda Mihalache
Tong Ka-po
1–6, 2–6
Win 21 May 2001 25,000 ITF Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Anna Bastrikova Lenka Dlhopolcová
Ľubomíra Kurhajcová
6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win 30 October 2001 25,000 ITF Bolton, Great Britain Hard (i) Bahia Mouhtassine Sandra Načuk
Dragana Zarić
6–4, 6–3
Loss 18 February 2002 25,000 ITF Columbus, United States Hard (i) Evgenia Kulikovskaya Teryn Ashley
Kristen Schlukebir
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 7 July 2003 25,000 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Daniela Berček Sanda Mamić
Ana Vrljić
6–7(7), 1–6
Win 28 March 2004 50,000 ITF St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Evgenia Kulikovskaya Darya Kustova
Elena Tatarkova
7–5, 6–1
Loss 12 July 2004 50,000 ITF Vittel, France Clay Maria Wolfbrandt Séverine Beltrame
Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
1–6, 3–6
Win 30 August 2004 25,000 ITF Balashikha, Russia Hard (i) Elena Vesnina Olena Antypina
Alla Kudryavtseva
7–5, 6–4