Ekaterina Makarova

Ekaterina Makarova
Екатерина Макарова

Makarova at the 2010 US Open
Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Born	7 June 1988 (1988-06-07) Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	71 kg (160 lb)
Turned pro	October 2004
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$1,626,234
Singles
Career record	240–156
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 29 (6 June 2011)
Current ranking	No. 42 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	4R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2009, 2010)
US Open	3R (2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	137–90
Career titles	1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 18 (19 April 2010)
Last updated on: 20 June 2011.

Medal record
Competitor for Russia
Women's Tennis
Universiade
Gold	2009 Belgrade	Doubles

Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (Russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Макарова, born on 7 June 1988) is a professional tennis player from Russia. She achieved her career high ranking of number 29 on June 6, 2011.

Career

She began playing tennis when she was six years old and joined the senior women's circuit at the age of fifteen.

2003–2005

In her first professional tournament in Elektrostal, Russia as a wildcard, she reached the quarter-finals losing to Olga Savchuk 6–3, 3–6, 0–6. At the Zhukovsky, Russia, she lost in the first round after qualifying. This was her last tournament of 2003.

She then played in Cairo, Egypt, reaching the second round as a qualifying. At Antalya, Turkey a she won her career first title over Kateryna Avdiyenko 6–3, 6–3. Appearing at Felixstowe, Great Britain she lost in the first round. At Târgu Mureş, Romania, she claimed her second $10,000 title without dropping a set, defeating Simona Matei in the finals. In Moscow, she lost in the first round to Tatsiana Uvarova 4–6, 6–4, 6–7. At Balashikha, she lost to Elena Vesnina 3–6, 5–7,in the second round after qualifying. In Moscow as a wildcard in the qualifier, she earned her first top 100 victory over Tatiana Perebiynis 2–6, 6–4, 4–0 ret and Polish World No. 83 Marta Domachowska 7–6, 6–4 but lost to compatriot Anna Chakvetadze. In Minsk, Belarus, she came through qualifying in straight sets, losing to Ekaterina Dzehalevich 2–6, 1–6 in the quarterfinals.

At Sunderland, she qualified with ease but then lost a tight three-setter in the first round to Elena Baltacha 6–3, 6–7, 3–6. At Redbridge, she again came through qualifying with ease, and losing to Baltacha 4–6, 2–6 in the semifinals. At St. Petersburg, Russia where she came through qualifying, beating Kathrin Wörle, Alla Kudryavtseva, and Margit Rüütel in the main draw to reach her second successive semi-final, in which she lost to her compatriot Ekaterina Bychkova 6–7, 2–6. She entered the qualifying of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France. Where she qualified and defeated Anastasiya Yakimova 6–0, 6–1 and Julia Schruff 7–5, 6–2. But lost once again to Ekaterina Bychkova 6–2, 5–7, 6–1 in the semifinals.

She lost in the first rounds of Gorizia and Rimini, Italy. In the second round of qualifying for the US Open losing to Shikha Uberoi of India 5–7, 6–3, 4–6. She also lost in the first round of qualifying of Banka Koper Slovenia Open. In the Kremlin Cup she lost to Iveta Benešová 1–6, 4–6,in the qualifying draw. She then entered the qualifying draw at Saint Raphael, France, and this time succeeded in qualifying but lost to Virginie Pichet of France 1–6, 2–6 in the second round. At Istanbul, she lost to Timea Bacsinszky 3–6, 5–7 in the first round of the main draw. The last tournament she would play that year would be in Dubai, where as a wildcard she lost in the first round to Yaroslava Shvedova 5–7, 0–6.

2006

At Ortesei, a qualifier she lost to Eva Birnerová in the first round 2–6, 1–6. She then qualified in Capriolo, Italy, and in the main draw, she defeated Kathrin Wörle before losing to Magda Mihalache. She then lost in the qualifying in the Qatar Total Open. At St. Petersburg, Russia, she defeated her compatriot Vesna Manasieva 6–2, 7–5 and Petra Cetkovská 6–2, 6–4 but lost to Alberta Brianti 3–6, 2–6 in the quarter-finals.

At Biarritz, France she lost in the second round to Tatiana Poutchek 6–7, 6–4, 4–6. She then entered at Torrent, Valencia, Spain, where she reached the finals with notable wins over Oxana Lyubtsova and Petra Cetkovská, But she lost in the final to Romina Oprandi 1–6, 3–6. She then lost in the second rounds of ITF on Monzón, Spain and Fontanafredda, Italy, and the first round in Gorizia, Italy. She the lost in the first rounds o ITF event in Vittel, France, as a qualifier, And in Pétange, Luxembourg, as a lucky loser, and in Rimini, Italy. At an ITF event in Moscow she reached the finals defeating Vesna Manasieva in the quarter-finals and Anna Lapushchenkova in the semi-finals. But lost to Evgeniya Rodina 7–6, 6–3. At Denain, France, she lost to Romina Oprandi in Round Two 0–6, 6–4, 4–6. At Bordeaux, she lost in the first round to Émilie Loit 6–3, 3–6, 2–6,after qualifying. At Nantes, she reached the semi-finals with wins over Virginie Pichet, Amanda Keen and Sabine Lisicki but lost to Iryna Kyryanovich 4–6, 6–7.

She then lost in the second-round of qualifying at Saint Raphael, France, in the first round of Podolsk, in the second round of Minsk, Russia, and in the first round of Opole, Poland. At Poitiers, France, she qualified, In the main draw, she lost in the second round to Ekaterina Bychkova 6–7, 1–6. At Milan, Italy she lost in the qualifying round to Olga Govortsova 3–6, 4–6. Although awarded main draw entry as a lucky loser, she immediately lost to Italian Giulia Gabba in three sets.

2007

Makarova began her 2007 season losing to Olga Blahotová, at Tampa, Florida. She then advanced to the quarter-finals at Fort Walton Beach, losing to Jana Juricova. She then lost qualifying round at Midland, Missouri to Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 3–6, 7–6, 6–2. She lost in the first round at St. Paul, Minnesota and the first round of qualifying at 2007 Cellular South Cup. At Minsk, Belarus, she defeated both Akgul Amanmuradova and Evgenia Grebenyuk to reach the quarter-finals, but lost to Iryna Kuryanovich 1–6, 5–7. At Moscow she won the title with victories over Evgenia Grenbenyuk 6–1, 6–4, and Evgeniya Rodina in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–3. She then reached the quarter-finals at Putignano, Italy, losing to Maret Ani 6–4, 4–6, 2–6. In Civitavecchia, Italy she lost in the first round. At Torrent, Valencia, Italy, she qualified and reached the quarter-finals with wins over Arantxa Parra Santonja and Sara Errani, but lost to Ioana Raluca Olaru 2–6, 1–6. At the 2007 Estoril Open she lost to Arantxa Parra Santonja in the qualifying round 6–7, 3–6. She then reached the finals in Moscow, defeating compatriots Ekaterina Afinogenova and Alisa Kleybanova, before losing to Anastasia Pivovarova 3–6, 5–7.

Makarova entered the qualifying draw for the French Open defeating Erika Takao but was defeated again by Ioana Raluca Olaru 1–6, 5–7. Then at the Zagreb, Croatia she reached the semi-finals losing to Kyra Nagy 7–5, 6–2. Makarova the lost in the qualifying for Wimbledon Championships to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová after defeating Lilia Osterloh. At the Cuneo, Italy she lost 4–6, 5–7,in the first round against Eva Birnerová. She the lost in the qualifying round of Biella, Italy and 2007 Acura Classic to Hana Šromová 3–6, 7–5, 3–6. But qualified in 2007 East West Bank Classic losing to Elena Dementieva 3–6, 1–6 in the first round. At the ITF of Bronx, New York, she lost in the quarter-finals to Ahsha Rolle 4–6, 6–0, 5–7.

She the qualified to her first Grand Slam main draw in the 2007 US Open, in the main draw she defeated Julia Schruff and Ai Sugiyama, but lost to reigning world no. 1 Justine Henin 6–0, 6–2. At Kharkov, Ukraine she lost to Alyona Bondarenko in the first round 5–7, 3–6. At the 2007 Fortis Championships Luxembourg and 2007 Kremlin Cup she lost in the qualifying round to Kateryna Bondarenko and Alicia Molik respectively. She then reached the semifinals at Saint Raphael, losing to Stéphanie Foretz 6–1, 6–2. At t Bratislava, Slovak Republic, she lost Lilia Osterloh in the second 6–1, 5–7, 4–6. In her last torunament of the year at Minsk, she reached only the second round losing Ekaterina Dzehalevich.

2008

Makarova began the year by losing in the qualifying round of 2008 Medibank International. She then played the 2008 Australian Open, she earned her first win over a top 20 when she defeated No. 19 Ágnes Szávay 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 and then defeated Yvonne Meusburger 6–3,6–1. But lost to Nadia Petrova 1–6, 6–7. She then qualified for the 2008 Qatar Total Open but lost in the first round to Magdaléna Rybáriková 6–3, 5–7, 6–0. She also qualified for the 2008 Dubai Tennis Championships but again lost in he first round to Sybille Bammer 7–6, 6–3. She then lost in first round of 2008 Pacific Life Open and the second rounds of 2008 Sony Ericsson Open and 2008 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem. She entered the qualifying draw for the 2008 Qatar Telecom German Open but fell in the second round. She then made it to the second rounds of 2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia as a qualifier and the 2008 French Open.

In the grass season she made it to the third round of 2008 DFS Classic losing to Nicole Vaidišová 6–7, 6–2, 6–4,and the Quarterfinals of 2008 International Women's Open losing to eventual runner-up Nadia Petrova 6–4, 6–3. She then suffered consecutive first round loses in 2008 Wimbledon, 2008 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, 2008 Nordea Nordic Light Open and 2008 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open. She then reached the Quarterfinals of 2008 Forest Hills Tennis Classic losing to Iveta Benešová 2–6, 6–2, 6–4. At the 2008 US Open she earned her first top ten win over world no. 9 Anna Chakvetadze 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 and the defeated Ekaterina Bychkova 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, before losing to Li Na 6–1, 4–6, 6–2. She then made it to the quarterfinals of 2008 Hansol Korea Open losing to eventual runner-up Samantha Stosur 6–3, 6–4. She also made it to the second round of 2008 Kremlin Cup and the first round of 2008 Generali Ladies Linz as a qualifier.

2009

Ekaterina Makarova at the 2009 French Open.

Makarova started 2009 with early losses in the first rounds of the 2009 Medibank International Sydney, the 2009 Open GDF Suez, and the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships and the second rounds of the 2009 Australian Open and the 2009 BNP Paribas Open. However, she made an impressive run by reaching the fourth round of the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open with straight-sets wins over Ai Sugiyama and Nadia Petrova before losing to Li Na 6–7, 6–2, 6–2. She then reached her first WTA final in the 2009 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem with a win over Alisa Kleybanova and, without dropping a set leading up to the finals, she lost in a one-sided final to Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–0, 6–1. She also reached the final of the 2009 Estoril Open defeating Maria Kirilenko and Anna-Lena Grönefeld en route but losing to Yanina Wickmayer 7–5, 6–2.

She then suffered first match losses in the 2009 French Open and the 2009 AEGON Classic. Next, she reached the Quarterfinals as a qualifier at the AEGON International losing to eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–2. However, she was defeated in the second round at 2009 Wimbledon, the 2009 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, and the 2009 LA Women's Tennis Championships. Then she endured a 7-match losing streak spanning the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, the 2009 Rogers Cup, the 2009 Pilot Pen Tennis, the 2009 US Open, the 2009 Hansol Korea Open, and the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open. She finally broke her losing streak at the 2009 China Open by defeating Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 6–2 before losing to Serena Williams 6–3, 6–2. In her last tournament of the year, she lost in the first round to Lucie Šafářová 6–2, 6–2 in the 2009 Kremlin Cup.

2010

In 2010 Makarova continued her bad form in 2009, as she suffered first round loses in 2010 Brisbane International and 2010 Moorilla Hobart International. In the 2010 Australian Open she lost to Sara Errani 6–2, 6–3 after defeating Virginie Razzano with the same scoreline. she then failed to qualify in the 2010 Open GDF Suez and lost in the first round of 2010 Dubai Tennis Championships as a qualifier. She also lost in the first round of 2010 BNP Paribas Open and the second round of 2010 Sony Ericsson Open. She also lost in the first rounds of 2010 MPS Group Championships and 2010 Family Circle Cup. She lost in the qualifying draw of the 2010 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open and second rounds of 2010 Estoril Open and 2010 AEGON Classic. She also lost in the first round of 2010 French Open. At the 2010 AEGON International Makarova made a surprising run to the final without dropping a set, after entering as a qualifier. She triumphed over Victoria Azarenka 7–6, 6–4 in the final to earn her first WTA tour title. Makarova's surprise win was all the more impressive, as she defeated 5 top 20 players in the tournament, emerging victorious over #11 Flavia Pennetta, #13 Nadia Petrova, #20 Svetlana Kuznetsova, #7 Samantha Stosur, and #15 Victoria Azarenka. Makarova then made it to the second round at Wimbledon, but was beaten by #2 seed Venus Williams. In the 2010 US Open, she was defeated easily by Ana Ivanović 6–2, 6–3 in the first round.

2011

Makarova caused an upset in the first round of the Australian Open when she defeated #19 seed Ana Ivanović. She won 6–3, 4–6, 8–10, in 2 hours and 47 minutes. She said it was the biggest win of her career as Ivanovic previously had beaten her at the 2010 US Open in straight sets. She then went on to defeat qualifier Lesya Tsurenko 7–6, 6–1, and caused another upset by beating #13 seed Nadia Petrova 6–2, 3–6, 8–6. Makarova's career-best run at a Grand Slam tournament was ended in the fourth round by #3 seed and champion Kim Clijsters 7–6, 6–2. At the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Makarova upset defending champion María José Martínez Sánchez in the first round, but lost to eventual champion Maria Sharapova 1–6, 1–6, in the following round. Makarova would reach the fourth round of the 2011 French Open before losing to #4 seed Victoria Azarenka 2–6, 3–6.

2012

Makarova started her year at the 2012 Australian Open. In the second round, she defeated #25 seed Kaia Kanepi 6–4, 6–2. Then in the third round, she defeated #7 seed Vera Zvonareva 7–6, 6–1. In the Round of 16, she achieved arguably the biggest win of her career when she defeated #12 seed and 13-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams 6–2, 6–3, to advance to the first Grand Slam Quarterfinal of her career. There, she faced #4 seed and former champion Maria Sharapova and lost 2–6, 3–6, ending her tournament.

Grand Slam Finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2010	Australian Open	Jaroslav Levinský	Cara Black Leander Paes	5–7, 3–6

WTA Career Finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory (0–0) Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (1–0) International (0–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Grass (1–0) Clay (0–2) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	1.	2 May 2009	Fès, Morocco	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	9 May 2009	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Yanina Wickmayer	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	19 June 2010	Eastbourne, Great Britain	Grass	Victoria Azarenka	7–6(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 6 (1–5)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory (0–0) Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–1) International (1–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–4) Grass (0–0) Clay (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	4 May 2008	Fès, Morocco	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Sorana Cîrstea Maria Kirilenko	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	2.	27 July 2008	Portorož, Slovenia	Hard	Vera Dushevina	Anabel Medina Garrigues Virginia Ruano Pascual	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	2 May 2009	Fès, Morocco	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Sorana Cîrstea Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	10 October 2009	Beijing, China	Hard	Alla Kudryavtseva	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	13 February 2011	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Vera Dushevina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	25 October 2011	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Lucie Hradecká	Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	5–7, 3–6

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

NMS

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, played in Round Robin or lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-Off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	4R	QF	0 / 5	11–5
French Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	2R	1R	1R	4R		0 / 5	5–5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	LQ	1R	2R	2R	1R		0 / 4	2–4
US Open	A	A	LQ	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R		0 / 4	8–4
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			A	Not Held				0 / 0	0–0
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	А	A		0 / 0	0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R		0 / 3	2–3
Key Biscayne	A	A	A	A	A	1R	4R	2R	3R		0 / 3	4–3
Madrid	Not Held						A	LQ	2R		0 / 1	1–1
Beijing	NH	Not Tier I					2R	1R	1R		0 / 2	3–2
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I						1R	1R	1R		0 / 2	2–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1
Cincinnati	NH	Not Tier I					1R	LQ	2R		0 / 1	1–2
Montreal / Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R		0 / 2	4–2
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A		0 / 2	2–2
Career Statistics
Titles–Runner-ups	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0		1–2
Overall Win–Loss	4–3	20–6	24–12	41–24	48–26	30–24	22–22	35–25	19–24	7–2		250–168
Year End Ranking	N/A	381	258	264	108	48	60	50	52

Doubles

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Australian Open			2R	2R	1R	QF	5–4
French Open		2R	2R	2R	1R		3–4
Wimbledon		QF	QF	2R	3R		9–4
US Open		2R	SF	2R	3R		7–4

External links

• Ekaterina Makarova at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ekaterina Makarova at the International Tennis Federation