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Tatiana Golovin
(Татьяна
Головин
or
Татьяна
Головин&
#1072;) (born January 25 1988) is a professional
tennis player.

She was born in Moscow, but moved to Paris with
her parents and obtained French citizenship.  She
also spent six years at Nick Bollettieri's tennis
camp in Bradenton, Florida and speaks fluent
English as a result.

As a female her surname in Russian
language|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"
(Головин
а), 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's surname resembles French surnames in
many ways as it has strong common roots,
spellings, pronunciation as French surnames, as
opposed to the Russian surnames.
 
Whichever way Tatiana's surname is regarded,
French or Russian, it is originally a French
surname with French heritage, showing the French
roots of which she is proud. 

In 2004 she won the mixed doubles trophy at the
French Open with Richard Gasquet.

==External links==
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