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Soviet Union · born Kyiv, 1945 · died 2019 · Wimbledon girls' champion 1961 and 1962
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Wimbledon girls' singles titles, 1961 and 1962
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Soviet national titles in the 1960s
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Best Wimbledon singles result, 1967
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First set against Lesley Turner, Wimbledon 1967
Galina Petrivna Baksheeva was born in Kyiv in 1945 and represented the Soviet Union. She won the Wimbledon girls' singles in 1961 and kept the title in 1962. At home she won 13 Soviet championships during the 1960s, two in singles and the rest in women's or mixed doubles. Her best senior results at the majors came in 1967 and 1968: the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1967 and at the French Championships in 1968, with women's doubles quarter-finals at both events. In 1968 she played three Federation Cup ties for the Soviet Union, among them a quarter-final against Great Britain. She died in December 2019.
| Major singles titles | 2: Wimbledon (1961, 1962) |
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| Wimbledon girls' finals | 1961: beat Katherine Chabot of the United States 6-4, 8-6. 1962: beat Elizabeth Terry of New Zealand 6-4, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon singles | Fourth round 1967, beating Jean Forbes and Trudy Groenman before losing to the sixth seed, Lesley Turner, 9-11, 7-5, 1-6 |
| Wimbledon doubles | Quarter-final 1967 with Anna Dmitrieva, lost to the second seeds, Ann Jones and Virginia Wade |
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Wimbledon 1961 · Girls' singles
Aged 15, Baksheeva beat April O'Neill of Great Britain 6-3, 6-1 in the semi-final and the American Katherine Chabot 6-4, 8-6 in the final. No girl from the Soviet Union had won the event before; Olga Morozova was the next, in 1965.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 1962 · Girls' singles
A year later she returned to defend it, beating Birgit Grage of Denmark 6-4, 6-1 in the semi-final and Elizabeth Terry of New Zealand 6-4, 6-2 in the final. Only Lorna Cornell, in 1950 and 1951, had won the girls' singles twice before her.
Source: WikipediaWimbledon 1967 · Fourth round
Unseeded, she beat Jean Forbes and Trudy Groenman in straight sets to meet the sixth seed, Lesley Turner. She lost a long first set 9-11, took the second 7-5 and lost the third 1-6. At the same championships she and Anna Dmitrieva reached the doubles quarter-finals.
Source: WikipediaSoviet Union, 1960s
At home she was a regular champion through the 1960s, with 13 Soviet titles: two in singles and the rest in women's doubles or mixed doubles. In 1968 she played three Federation Cup ties for the Soviet Union, including a quarter-final against Great Britain.
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