Maria Goloviznina
Мария Головизнина

Country (sports)	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	(1979-06-05) 5 June 1979 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$133,105
Singles
Career record	194–152
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (31 March 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2003)
French Open	2R (2002)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2003)
US Open	Q1 (2002)
Doubles
Career record	82–89
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 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 tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

Goloviznina retired from tennis in 2012.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

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

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

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (2–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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

External links

• Maria Goloviznina at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria Goloviznina at the International Tennis Federation