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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Andrey Golubev<br /><small>Андре́й Го́лубев</small>
| image = Golubev MA14 (4) (14403051656).jpg
| country = {{RUS}}<br />{{KAZ}}
| residence = [[Astana, Kazakhstan]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|7|22}}
| birth_place = [[Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast|Volzhsky]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| turnedpro = 2005
| plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = [[US$|$]]2,658,519
| coach = [[Yuri Schukin]]
| singlesrecord = 67-117
| singlestitles = 1
| highestsinglesranking = No. 33 (4 October 2010)
| currentsinglesranking = No. 417 (20 March 2017)
| AustralianOpenresult = 2R ([[2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles|2010]], [[2012 Australian Open – Men's Singles|2012]])
| FrenchOpenresult = 2R ([[2009 French Open – Men's Singles|2009]])
| Wimbledonresult = 1R ([[2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|2009]], [[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|2010]], [[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|2011]], [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|2014]])
| USOpenresult = 2R ([[2008 US Open – Men's Singles|2008]])
| doublesrecord = 34-56
| doublestitles = 0
| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R ([[2015 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|2015]])
| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = SF ([[2014 French Open – Men's Doubles|2014]])
| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R ([[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles|2010]])
| USOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[2009 US Open – Men's Doubles|2009]], [[2010 US Open – Men's Doubles|2010]], [[2014 US Open – Men's Doubles|2014]])
| highestdoublesranking = No. 65 (23 March 2015)
| currentdoublesranking = No. 172 (20 March 2017
| Team = yes
| DavisCupresult = QF ([[2011 Davis Cup World Group|2011]], [[2013 Davis Cup World Group|2013]], [[2014 Davis Cup World Group|2014]])
| updated = 2 April 2017
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | Men's tennis }}
{{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[Tennis at the 2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]] | [[Tennis at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's team|Team Event]] }}
}}

'''Andrey Golubev''' ({{lang-ru|''Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Го́лубев''}}, born July 22, 1987) is a Kazakh professional [[tennis]] player of Russian origin. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 33, achieved in October 2010. He has participated in all [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments, the first being the [[2008 US Open (tennis)|2008 US Open]], as well in the main draw of [[ATP Masters Series]] and [[ATP International Series]] events. He has won three [[Challenger tournament]]s and reached the final of the [[2008 St. Petersburg Open – Singles|2008 St Petersburg Open]]. He won the [[2010 International German Open]], an ATP World Tour 500 series event.

== Tennis career ==

Golubev has amassed a career record of 94-52 in the main draw of senior [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] Futures events (4 titles) and 90-63 in [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] Challenger events (3 titles).

=== Early career ===

Golubev's first senior [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] experience came primarily on the [[Satellite tournaments|satellite]] tour in 2003. The first ranking point(s) earned by Golubev were from a four-week satellite tour in [[Serbia]], and he gained another from a satellite event in Italy. In 2004, he turned his focus to attempting to qualify for [[Futures tournaments|futures]] and [[ATP Challenger Series|challenger]] events. His first appearance in the main draw of one of these events was from a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]] in the [[Arpa Ceramic Cup]] in [[Reggio Emilia]], Italy, where he lost to world #219 [[Salvador Navarro]], but did manage to win a set.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2004 Reggio Emilia Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100010311&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

This performance earned him enough ranking points to qualify for a futures event in [[Helsingør]], Denmark, where he had a strong run to the semifinals.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2004 Denmark F1 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100009588&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> He would get to at least the quarterfinals of three other events, all in Italy, including making his first final in [[L'Aquila]], losing to [[Mathieu Montcourt]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2004 Italy F20 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100010160&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> By the end of 2004, he was ranked as the 561st player in the world, with 25 [[ATP Entry Ranking]] points.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2004 ATP Ranking History
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Go/A/Andrey-Golubev.aspx?t=rh&y=2004#
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

=== 2005 ===

Golubev continued to enter futures events in 2005, with his best performances a semifinal and a quarterfinal, until Mid-May, when he won events on back-to-back weeks, the first in [[Grottaglie]], the other in [[Teramo]]. The Grottaglie event was the first time that Golubev had ever been seeded in the main draw of a futures event, and as the #7 seed he survived losing the first set in the semifinals before beating #1 seed [[Malek Jaziri]] of [[Tunisia]] in the finals.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 Italy F13 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100011437&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> Because of this win, he earned a special exemption for the Teramo event, where he continued his good form by beating #5 seed [[Alessandro Accardo]] in the final, having already taken out the tournament's #1 seed in the semis.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 Italy F14 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100011441&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

The schedule of rankings changes meant that both these events were added to the points count on the week of June 6, 2005, lifting Golubev up into the top 500 for the first time in his career.<ref name="2005 Ranking">{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 ATP Ranking History
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Go/A/Andrey-Golubev.aspx?t=rh&y=2005#
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

In late July, Golubev earned his first direct acceptance into a challenger event, a clay court tournament in [[Valladolid]], Spain. He was the lowest ranked player to receive direct acceptance, and managed to win his first match against a Spanish wildcard ranked outside the top 1000 in the world, before losing to an Australian qualifier.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 Valladolid Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100012259&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

In August, he won three straight qualifying matches to make the field for a challenger in [[Pamplona]], where he would again make the second round.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 Pamplona Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100012265&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> However, unable to consistently achieve strong results in the challengers, Golubev resumed playing futures events in September, making the finals in a November event in [[Sint-Genesius-Rode]], Belgium.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 Belgium F2 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100012344&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> The ranking points from this event would be enough to move Golubev into the top 400 for the first time on November 21, 2005, and he finished the year ranked 393rd.<ref name="2005 Ranking" /> Later in June, he earned a second wild card in [[Reggio Emilia]], but lost his first round match.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 Reggio Emilia Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100012184&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

Golubev also moved into the top 1000 in doubles in 2005, after making the semifinals of a futures event with [[Marco Gualdi]]. He would also move up by making the quarterfinals at three straight challengers, with three different partners. In September, at a futures event in [[Porto Torres]], Italy, he teamed with [[Adriano Biasella]] and won the tournament, losing only a single set. He finished the year ranked #552 in doubles.<ref name="2005 Ranking" /><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2005 Italy F30 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100070467&tournament=1100012163
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

=== 2006 ===
Despite finishing the 2005 season with a career-high ranking, Golubev struggled to start the 2006 season, not making it beyond the quarterfinals of a futures event until mid-May and dropping back below the 400th ranking place in mid-March. He returned to the top 400 after making the finals in [[Vicenza]], rising to a new career-high ranking, but in this tournament he benefited from drawing a wild card in his first match, and getting both a withdrawal and a retirement from other opponents.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 Italy F13 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100013494&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref><ref name="2006 Ranking">{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 ATP Ranking History
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Go/A/Andrey-Golubev.aspx?t=rh&y=2006#
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

He returned to the challenger circuit for the start of June, qualifying for an event in [[Turin]], where he lost in the first round, but his ranking suffered a major blow when his two wins from the previous season dropped off, sending him down to #448.<ref name="2006 Ranking" /><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 Turin Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100013879&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> Despite this setback, Golubev had a major breakthrough in [[Milan]], where, as a wild card, he won back-to-back challenger matches for the first time, progressing to the quarterfinals before losing to Sydney Olympic bronze medalist [[Arnaud Di Pasquale]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 Milan Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100014208&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

His next three attempts at qualifying for challengers, though, all failed, so he again returned to the futures circuit, but with more success than his early season appearances, making finals at both [[Modena]] and [[Piombino]], and returning him to the top 400. He briefly dropped back below this line, but came back up after a good challenger performance in [[Grenoble]], where he won five straight matches, four in three sets, to qualify and make the quarterfinals.<ref name="2006 Ranking" /><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 Grenoble Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100014525&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

Golubev again focused on futures play to end the season, and had some significant success. He defeated [[Adrian Mannarino]] in the final of an event in [[Rodez]] to set a new career-high ranking of #336, then made back to back finals in November, losing in [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]], England, and winning over [[Jeroen Masson]] in [[Las Palmas de Gran Canaria]], further boosting his ranking to #303, and ending the year ranked #305 in the world.<ref name="2006 Ranking" /><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 France F19 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100014409&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 Great Britain F17 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100014412&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2006 Spain F37 Futures drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100014414
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

Golubev's ranking also improved in doubles, though not by as wide a margin. After making two tournament finals in June, he moved into the top 500, and nearly ended up in the top 400 before inactivity at the end of the season cost him points and dorpped him back below #500. He finished the year ranked 510th in doubles.<ref name="2006 Ranking" />

=== 2007 ===
Golubev's first tournament of 2007 was a first for him, as he attempted to qualify for his first [[ATP International Series]] event, the [[Qatar ExxonMobil Open]] in [[Doha]]. He lost his first match in straight sets, but continued his attempts to qualify for large events when he entered qualifying for the [[Australian Open (tennis)|Australian Open]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2007 Qatar ExxonMobil Open qualifying drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2007/451/qs.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref> In Melbourne, he won his first qualifying match against [[Ernests Gulbis]], but lost the second and failed to advance.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2007 Australian Open qualifying drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100086159&tournament=1100015066
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> Still, the ranking points that this attempt garnered moved Golubev into the top 300 for the first time in his career.<ref name="2007 Ranking">{{Citation
  | title      = 2007 ATP Ranking History
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Go/A/Andrey-Golubev.aspx?t=rh&y=2007#
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

Through the early months of the year, Golubev continued to attempt to qualify for both ATP and challenger events, with no success. He made the final round of qualifying on several occasions, including losing to [[Radek Štěpánek]] at the [[Open 13]] in [[Marseille]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2007 Open 13 qualifying drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100087455&tournament=1100015205
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

He was able to gain direct acceptance to a challenger event in Rome in May, his first appearance in a main draw since September 2006, making the quarterfinals. His first challenger semifinal appearance came in [[Sassuolo]] a month later, as he won six straight matches to move into the top 250 for the first time.<ref name="2007 Ranking" /><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2007 Sassuolo Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100016136&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> This made it easier to earn direct acceptance to challengers, and also helped him enter [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] qualifying. In his first major event on grass, Golubev defeated #1 seed [[Olivier Patience]], but fell short in the final round, losing his first five-set match to [[Wang Yeu-Tzuoo]], and failing to qualify.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2007 Wimbledon qualifier drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100091558&tournament=1100016129
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

Wang would serve as Golubev's nemesis again, later in July at [[Recanati]], where Golubev beat [[Rainer Schüttler]] and [[Gilles Müller]] to make his first challenger-level final, where he again lost to Wang, this time managing to take a set from him. This performance lifted him into the top 200 for the first time in his career.<ref name="2007 Ranking" /><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2007 Rencanati Challenger drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100016261&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>

He would continue to play challengers for the remainder of the season, with his best result coming in [[Grenoble]], where he made the semifinals.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Grenoble Challenger 2007 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100016549&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> In late October, Golubev again attempted to qualify for an ATP tour event, this time the [[Davidoff Swiss Indoors]] in [[Basel]]. This time, he was successful, not dropping a set in qualifying, and so made his first career ATP International Series main draw. He would actually improve on this, winning his first ATP match over American [[Amer Delic]], and winning a set from #8 seed [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]] before losing the next two to go out.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Davidoff Swiss Indoors 2007 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2007/328/mds.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref> He would  finish his season ranked #177.<ref name="2007 Ranking" />

Golubev played fairly few doubles matches in 2007, but did record his first career challenger victory at [[Mantua]] with [[Francesco Piccari]], and again teamed with Piccari to make the semi-finals in Cordenons.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Mantova Challenger 2007 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100092025&tournament=1100016255
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> He reached a new career high doubles ranking of #350 after these results, and finished the year at #389.<ref name="2007 Ranking" />

=== 2008 ===
Golubev began the season by qualifying for his second ATP event, the [[Next Generation Adelaide International]], but lost to a man he had beaten in Australia the year before, [[Ernests Gulbis]], in the first round.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Next Generation Adelaide 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2008/339/mds.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref> In Australian Open qualifying, Golubev again fell short at the second round, but this time he quickly moved on to a challenger event in [[Heilbronn]], Germany, where he reeled off eight straight wins, including beating #1 seed [[Florian Mayer]] and [[Philipp Petzschner]] in the final, winning his first career challenger event, and putting him to a new career-high ranking of 135.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Australian Open qualifying 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100098313&tournament=1100017238
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Heilbronn 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100017294&event=
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref>  Despite being inactive, shifts from other players moved Golubev to his current career-high of No. 132 on February 11.<ref name="2008 Ranking">{{Citation
  | title      = 2008 ATP Ranking History
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Go/A/Andrey-Golubev.aspx?t=rh&y=2008#
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

Golubev again attempted to qualify for the Open 13 in Marseille, but fell just one set short, losing to [[Ivan Dodig]]. He then went on a long losing streak, failing to win a singles match between mid-February and mid-April.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Open 13 qualifying 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyRound.asp?event=1100098833&tournament=1100017304
  | accessdate = July 30, 2008
}}</ref> This included a failure in his first attempt to qualify for an [[ATP Masters Series]] event, losing in the first qualifying round at [[Monte Carlo]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Monte Carlo Masters qualifying 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2008/410/qs.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

He won a match in qualifying for the [[Open Seat|Open Sabadell Atlántico]] in [[Barcelona]] to end a seven-game losing streak, but did not win consecutive matches until a quarterfinal in a challenger in [[Sanremo]]. He attmpted to qualify for both Wimbledon, and, for the first time, the [[French Open (tennis)|French Open]], but failed in both attempts, losing in the second round of Wimbledon qualifying.

Golubev reached another new milestone at the [[Canada Masters]] in Toronto, beating [[Phillip King (tennis)|Phillip King]] and [[Rohan Bopanna]] to qualify for his first career ATP Masters series event main draw.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Canada Masters qualifying 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2008/421/qs.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref> He lost his first round match, though, to veteran [[Thomas Johansson]] of Sweden.

Golubev continued his attempts to qualify for ATP level events, succeeding at the [[Countrywide Classic]] in Los Angeles, but losing in the first round to [[Florent Serra]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Countrywide Classic 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2008/423/mds.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref> and falling one match short in Washington, D.C., at the [[Legg Mason Tennis Classic]].<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = Legg Mason Tennis Classic qualifying 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2008/418/qs.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

Golubev entered qualifying for the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] for the first time in 2008, losing in the final round to Switzerland's [[Stéphane Bohli]]. However, when [[Juan Carlos Ferrero]] pulled out of the tournament, Golubev was chosen as the [[lucky loser]] to replace him, and made his [[grand slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] debut against an American wildcard, [[Brendan Evans]]. Golubev defeated Evans in three sets, but then lost to seventh seed [[David Nalbandian]] in the second round.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = US Open 2008 drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.itftennis.com/mens/tournaments/drawsheetbyround.asp?tournament=1100018556&event=
  | accessdate = September 5, 2008
}}</ref>

Golubev has had another year of only light doubles play, with his best result a semifinal with Francesco Piccari in [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]].

He reached the final of the [[2008 St. Petersburg Open]]. His first win came against [[Olivier Rochus]], where he prevailed 6–1, 6–4. He then surprised home hero [[Marat Safin]] in the second round, beating the Russian 6–4, 6–2 to progress to the quarterfinals. His next opponent was [[Mischa Zverev]], whom he beat 6–7, 6–4, 7–6. He then went on to beat [[Victor Hănescu]] 6–3, 6–0 in the semifinals, but lost to [[Andy Murray]] 1–6, 1–6 in the final.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = St. Petersburg Open 2008 Drawsheet
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2008/568/mds.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

=== 2010 ===
Golubev began the year by reaching his first [[Australian Open]] 2nd round by upsetting [[Ivan Ljubičić]] 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 but losing to [[Mardy Fish]] in the following round 6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3. He then rech the final of the [[2010 Intersport Heilbronn Open]] challenger losing to [[Michael Berrer]] 3–6, 6–7. he then suffered first round losts in the [[2010 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament]] and [[2010 PBZ Zagreb Indoors]]. He then came back to the challengers of the [[2010 GEMAX Open]], where he retired in the quarterfinals against [[Ilija Bozoljac]], 4–6, 3–5 ret. Representing [[Kazakhstan]] against [[South Korea]], he was able to win both of his matches in straight sets. At the challengers of the [[2010 BMW Tennis Championship]], he fell in the second round to [[Michael Berrer]].

He was able to qualify in the [[2010 BNP Paribas Open]], but lost to [[Daniel Gimeno-Traver]] 6–3, 6–4 in the first round. At the [[2010 Tennis Napoli Cup]] challengers, he fell to [[Rui Machado]], 6–3 6–3 in the semifinals. He then reached the second round of the [[2010 Grand Prix Hassan II]] and as a qualifier in the [[2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters]], falling to [[Richard Gasquet]] and [[David Ferrer]], respectively. Andrey fell in the qualifier of the [[2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia]]. In a Davis Cup tie against China, he again won both his matches to give Kazakhstan a play-off spot.

He then suffered first-round loses in the [[2010 French Open]], [[2010 Aegon Championships]], [[Aegon International]], and [[2010 Wimbledon Championships]]. However, he reach the semifinals of the challenger [[2010 UniCredit Czech Open]], losing to [[Radek Štěpánek]], 6–3, 6–2. At the [[2010 Swedish Open]], he lost in the second round to [[Tommy Robredo]], 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. Golubev played world no.6 and defending champion [[Nikolay Davydenko]] in the [[2010 International German Open]] to earn a spot in the quarterfinals, and then defeated [[Denis Istomin]], 6–4, 6–1 to earn a semifinal berth. He then defeated [[Jürgen Melzer]] in the final, 6–3, 7–5, earning his first ATP World Tour title and becoming the first man from Kazakhstan to win an ATP World Tour title. Golubev followed this up by reaching the final of the [[2010 Malaysian Open]], losing to US Open semifinalist [[Mikhail Youzhny]], having won the first set.

===2011===
Golubev lost to [[Rafael Nadal]] in the first round of the [[2011 US Open (tennis)|US Open]] in straight sets, but he led early in each of the sets 3–1 in the first, 3–0 in the second, and 3–1 in the third, and was able to hold to force the second set into a tiebreak. The final score was 4–6, 6–7, 5–7.

== Change in nationality ==
For the first years of his career, up to and including 2008 Wimbledon, Golubev competed as an athlete from Russia.<ref>{{Citation
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}} </ref> However, before the [[2008 Canada Masters]], he changed his affiliation, appearing on the draw as an athlete from [[Kazakhstan]], and his ATP profile now reflects this.<ref>{{Citation
  | title      = 2008 Rogers Cup draw
  | url        = http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2008/421/mds.pdf
  | accessdate = June 5, 2015
}}</ref>

==ATP career finals==

===Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)===
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|- bgcolor=#e9e9e9
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
|- bgcolor=#d4f1c5
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
|-
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%
! Outcome
! No.
! Date
! Tournament
! Surface
! Opponent
! Score
|-
| bgcolor=#FFA07A | Runner-up
| 1.
| 20 October 2008
| [[St. Petersburg Open]], St. Petersburg, Russia
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Murray]]
| 1–6, 1–6
|- bgcolor=#d4f1c5
| bgcolor=#98FB98 | Winner
| 1.
| 25 July 2010
| [[International German Open]], Hamburg, Germany
| Clay
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Jürgen Melzer]]
| 6–3, 7–5
|-
| bgcolor=#FFA07A | Runner-up
| 2.
| 27 September 2010
| [[Proton Malaysian Open]], Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| Hard (i)
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Youzhny]]
| 7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 2–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|}

===Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
{| width=43%
| valign=top width=33% align=left | 
{| class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Legend (pre/post 2009)'''
|- bgcolor="#f3e6d7"
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
|- bgcolor="ffffcc"
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
|- bgcolor="#e9e9e9"
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
|- bgcolor=#d4f1c5
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
|-
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
|}
| valign=top width=33% align=left | 
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| '''Finals by Surface'''
|-
| Hard (0–0)
|-
| Clay (0–1)
|-
| Grass (0–0)
|-
| Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}

{| class=wikitable style=font-size:97%
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| width=80 | '''Outcome'''
| width=40 | '''No.'''
| width=125 | '''Date'''
| width=260 | '''Tournament'''
| width=75 | '''Surface'''
| width=240 | '''Partner'''
| width=260 | '''Opponents in the final'''
| width=180 | '''Score in the final'''
|-
| bgcolor=FFA07A | Runner-up
| 1.
| August 2, 2014
| [[Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel]], Kitzbühel, Austria
| Clay
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Daniele Bracciali]]
| {{Flagicon|FIN}} [[Henri Kontinen]]<br />{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jarkko Nieminen]]
| 1-6, 4-6
|}

==Singles performance timeline==
{{Performance key}}

''Current till [[2015 US Open (tennis)|2015 US Open]].
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
! width=150 | Tournament !! width=35 | [[2007 ATP Tour|2007]] !! width=35 | [[2008 ATP Tour|2008]] !! width=35 | [[2009 ATP World Tour|2009]] !! width=35 | [[2010 ATP World Tour|2010]] !! width=35 | [[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]] !! width=35 | [[2012 ATP World Tour|2012]] !! width=35 | [[2013 ATP World Tour|2013]] !! width=35 | [[2014 ATP World Tour|2014]] !! width=35 | [[2015 ATP World Tour|2015]] !! width=40 | SR !! width=40 | W–L !! width=40 | Win %
|-
| colspan=15 align=left | '''[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam tournaments]]
|-
| align=left | [[Australian Open]]
| Q2
| Q2
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2009 Australian Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2010 Australian Open – Men's Singles|2R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2011 Australian Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2012 Australian Open – Men's Singles|2R]]
| [[2013 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q1]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2014 Australian Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2015 Australian Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| 0 / 6
| 2–6
| 25.00
|-
| align=left | [[French Open]]
| A
| Q1
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2009 French Open – Men's Singles|2R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2010 French Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2011 French Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| [[2012 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q1]]
| [[2013 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q1]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2014 French Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2015 French Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| 0 / 5
| 1–5
| 16.67
|-
| align=left | [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
| Q3
| Q2
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2009 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1R]]
| A
| A
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2014 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles|1R]]
| A
| 0 / 4
| 0–4
| 0.00
|-
| align=left | [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
| A
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2008 US Open – Men's Singles|2R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2009 US Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2010 US Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2011 US Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| [[2012 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q2]]
| [[2013 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q3]]
| bgcolor=afeeee | [[2014 US Open – Men's Singles|1R]]
| [[2015 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying|Q2]]
| 0 / 5
| 1–5
| 16.67
|-
! style=text-align:left|Win–Loss
! 0–0
! 1–1
! 1–4
! 1–4
! 0–4
! 1–1
! 0–0
! 0–4
! 0–2
! 0 / 20
! 4–20
! 16.67
|-
| colspan=15 align=left | '''Career statistics
|-
! style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals
! 0–0
! 0–1
! 0–0
! 1–2
! 0–0
! 0–0
! 0–0
! 0–0
! 0–0
! 1 / 3
! 1–2
! 33.33
|-
| align=left | Year End Ranking
| 177
| 89
| 133
| 36
| 147
| 161
| 82
| 74
|
| colspan=3 | '''$2,024,068
|}

==Top 10 wins per season==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Season || 2005 || 2006 || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2014 || '''Total'''
|- align=center
| Wins || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || '''4'''
|}

===Wins over top 10 players per season===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! width=150 | Player
! Rank
! width=275 | Event
! Surface
! Rd
! width=200 | Score
|-
| colspan=7 style=text-align:center|'''[[2010 ATP Tour|2010]]
|-
| 1.
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikolay Davydenko]]
| bgcolor=EEE8AA | 6
| bgcolor=d4f1c5 | [[International German Open|Hamburg]], Germany
| bgcolor=#EBC2AF | Clay
| bgcolor=afeeee | 3R
| 6–4, 6–4
|-
| 2.
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Robin Söderling]]
| bgcolor=EEE8AA | 5
| [[Kuala Lumpur Open|Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
| style="background:#ccf;"|Hard (i)
| bgcolor=ffebcd | QF
| 6–3, 6–2
|-
| colspan=7 style=text-align:center|'''[[2011 ATP World Tour|2011]]
|-
| 3.
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Berdych]]
| bgcolor=EEE8AA | 7
| style="background:#ffea5c;"|[[Davis Cup]], Ostrava, Czech Republic
| style="background:#ccf;"|Hard (i)
| bgcolor=afeeee | RR
| 7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
|-
| colspan=7 style=text-align:center|'''[[2014 ATP World Tour|2014]]
|-
| 4.
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Stanislas Wawrinka]]
| style="background:#9cf;"|3
| style="background:#ffea5c;"|[[Davis Cup]], Geneva, Switzerland
| style="background:#ccf;"|Hard (i)
| bgcolor=afeeee | RR
| 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 6–2, 3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|3}}

== External links ==
* {{ATP|G806}}
* {{ITF profile|100025300}}
* {{DavisCup player|100025300}}

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