Galina Baksheeva Explained

Galina Baksheeva
Native Name:Галина Петровна Бакшеева
Fullname:Galina Petrovna Baksheeva
Birth Date:12 July 1945
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Plays:Right-handed
Frenchopenresult:4R (1968)
Wimbledonresult:4R (1967)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (1968)
Wimbledondoublesresult:QF (1967)

Galina Baksheeva (Russian: Галина Бакшеева; 12 July 1945 – 18 December 2019) was a Soviet tennis player from Ukraine.

Born in Kyiv, Baksheeva won back to back Wimbledon junior singles titles in 1961 and 1962.

Baksheeva was a 13-time champion of the USSR during the 1960s, twice in singles and the rest in women's doubles or mixed doubles.[1]

At the Grand Slams, she made the fourth round of the 1967 Wimbledon Championships and 1968 French Open as well as reached the women's doubles quarterfinals at both events.

In 1968, she played in three Federation Cup ties for the Soviet Union, including a quarterfinal against Great Britain.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Multiple USSR tennis champion Galina Baksheeva dies – Sport . Goals News . 20 December 2019 . 20 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200220011657/https://www.goalsn.com/2019/12/multiple-ussr-tennis-champion-galina-baksheeva-dies-sport.html.