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Tatiana Golovin

Tatiana Golovin

Tatiana Golovin (born January 25, 1988) is a French professional tennis player. Her nickname on tour is Tati. She is best known for winning the 2004 Roland Garros mixed doubles event with countryman Richard Gasquet and reaching the singles quarterfinal at the 2006 US Open, losing to eventual champion Maria Sharapova.

She was born in Moscow, but moved to Paris with her parents and obtained French citizenship. She has two sisters, Olga and Oxana. She also spent six years at Nick Bollettieri's tennis camp in Bradenton, Florida and speaks fluent English as a result. She is currently coached by Dean Goldfine, former coach of Todd Martin and Andy Roddick.

Name
As a female her surname in Russian would normally be "Golovina," but as a French citizen she legally has the same surname as her father (of French descent). Russian sources are divided on whether to spell her name in Russian as "Golovin," (Головин) or "Golovina" (Головина) but "Golovin" seems to prevail. She writes her name as "Golovin" although the traditional French transliteration would be "Golovine." In French, the pronunciations of these two spellings differ.

Tatiana Golovin (born January 25, 1988) is an inactive Russian-born French professional tennis player. She is best known for her explosive forehand, which is said to be one of the best at the time as it had no technical flaws. She notably won the 2004 French Open mixed doubles event with Richard Gasquet, and reached the singles quarterfinal at the 2006 U.S. Open, losing to the eventual champion Maria Sharapova. The 22-year-old's highest singles ranking to date is 12. Just as she began experiencing success, in 2008 she was diagnosed with a career threatening disease, Ankylosing spondylitis and was forced to quit playing competitive tennis.
She was born in Moscow but she moved to Paris with her parents, and attained French citizenship. She has two sisters, Olga and Oxana. She also spent six years at Nick Bollettieri's tennis camp in Bradenton, Florida, and she speaks fluent French, English and Russian. She is currently coached by former World No. 1 Mats Wilander, having previously been coached by Brad Gilbert and Dean Goldfine. She lives in Hampstead, north London with her boyfriend, Arsenal footballer, Samir Nasri.

Inside and Outside The Match: Tennis Players

When in the match, athletes can be look so strong, determined, focused, sometime even scary. But they seem to have a completely different personality outside the field. That's why I add a new category, athlete's galleries, in which we can see their appearance in daily life.

For the first post, I post galleries of tennis players, both men and women. As we know, tennis is a sport which produces tons of beautiful athletes, some of them even categorized as a model. Just check their pics below:

1. Maria Sharapova (Russia)



Former number one player for several times, and already won three grand slam titles. Currently 23-year-old this month, she still has a lot of chances of adding her titles.


2. Sania Mirza (India)



Mirza is one of the most famous Indian athletes in the world. She’s only won one event, but has played well in her career, achieving a ranking high of 27th (2007). Distracted by her personal life, her current rank is 90 (April 2010), but in her 24th age she still has a long way to go.


3. Rafael Nadal (Spain)



Series of injuries made Nadal's rank dropped from top to 3rd place. With 6 grand slam titles and Olympic gold medal, he now seeks an opportunity to rise again to face his rivals.


4. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)



Ana Ivanovic is the 2008 French Open winner, and one of the top players in the world. She’s also considered as the hottest current female player in tennis, after Anna Kournikova retired.


5. Andy Murray (Great Britain)



Britain's biggest hope to win a grand slam title after more than three decades, Murray still struggling to defeat his trauma after defeated in two grand slam's finals. With 22 year of age and current rank at no.4, it's just a matter of time.


6. Tatiana Golovin (France)



Born in Russia but have French citizenship, Golovin reached her personal career best ranking of 12th in 2008. She has two career titles and has made fairly deep runs into all four of the Grand Slam events at various times. She is dating Arsenal midfielder, Samir Nasri, at this moment.


7. Roger Federer (Switzerland)



Nuff said' about this one. Born to be legend, might be the best tennis player ever. Federer has won 16 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other male player. Considering his age (28-year-old) Fed Ex won't retired soon, pity for his rivals...


8. Elena Dementieva (Russia)



Another Russian babes of tennis (why're they so hot and talented in this sport??), Dementieva is 2008 gold medal winner in Beijing. She is currently the fourth ranked player in the world. She’s yet to win a Grand Slam, but has reached the finals of the US Open and French.