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.