Ekaterina Makarova

Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova (Екатери́на Вале́рьевна Мака́рова; ; born 7 June 1988) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles, and world No. 8 in singles.

At her last tournament of 2003 in Zhukovsky, Russia, she lost in the first round.

She then played in Cairo, Egypt, reaching the second round as a qualifier.

At Antalya, Turkey, she won her career first title over Kateryna Avdiyenko.

Appearing at Felixstowe, Great Britain, she lost in the first round.

At Târgu Mureş, Romania, Makarova claimed her second $10k title without dropping a set, defeating Simona Matei in the finals.

In Moscow as a wildcard in the qualifier, she earned her first top 100 victory over Tatiana Perebiynis and Marta Domachowska, but lost to compatriot Anna Chakvetadze.

At Redbridge, Makarova lost to Baltacha in the semifinals.

In the next tournament at St. Petersburg, she again reached semifinals, in which she lost to compatriot Ekaterina Bychkova.

Bychkova beat her in the semifinal at the tournament in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France.

In the second round of qualifying for the US Open she lost to Indian Shikha Uberoi.

In her next tournaments, she was often reaching first rounds or losing in qualifying.

Her first tournament in 2006 was at Ortesei, in which as a qualifier she lost to Eva Birnerová in the first round.

At Torrent, Spain, she reached the finals, eventually losing to Romina Oprandi.

At an ITF event in Moscow, she reached the final defeating Vesna Manasieva in the quarterfinals and Anna Lapushchenkova in the semifinals, before falling to Evgeniya Rodina.

Makarova began 2007 season losing to Olga Blahotová, at Tampa, Florida.

In Moscow, she won the title with victories over Evgenia Grenbenyuk, and Evgeniya Rodina in the final.

Makarova entered the qualifying draw for the French Open defeating Erika Takao but was defeated again by Ioana Raluca Olaru.

Then, in Zagreb, she reached the semifinals, before losing to Kyra Nagy.

Makarova then lost in qualifying for the Wimbledon Championships to Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová after defeating Lilia Osterloh.

Makarova qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the US Open; in the main draw she defeated Julia Schruff and Ai Sugiyama, but lost to reigning world No. 1 and eventual champion, Justine Henin in straight sets.

In her last tournament of the year in Minsk, she reached the second round, losing to Ekaterina Dzehalevich.

Makarova began the year by losing in the qualifying round of the Sydney International.

She earned her first win over a top 20 at the Australian Open, where she overcame No. 19 Ágnes Szávay.

Makarova was also part of the Russian team which won the 2008 Fed Cup.

Ekaterina Valeryevna Makarova was born to Valery and Olga in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Her father is a banker and her mother a housewife.

At age five or six she was sent by her parents to the Luzhniki per the recommendation of friends.

In her first professional tournament in Elektrostal as a wildcard, she reached the quarterfinals losing to Olga Savchuk.

She and Jaroslav Levinský reached the mixed doubles final at the 2010 Australian Open.

She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open and 2017 Wimbledon Championships in women's doubles, all alongside compatriot Elena Vesnina, as well as the 2012 US Open in mixed doubles with Bruno Soares.

Makarova and Vesnina also finished runners-up at the 2014 and 2018 Australian Opens, 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 French Open.

In singles, Makarova achieved her best Grand Slam results at the 2014 US Open and 2015 Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals.

14th seed Nadia Petrova hindered her way to the fourth round.

In the opening season Makarova had a number of second round achievements, such as at the French Open.

Makarova suffered consecutive first round losses at Wimbledon, the Slovenia Open, Nordic Light Open and Cincinnati Open.

At the US Open she earned her first top-10 win over world No. 9, Anna Chakvetadze, until falling to Li Na.

She reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 on 6 April 2015, and won three WTA titles, most notably at the 2010 Eastbourne International.

Makarova and Vesnina also won Olympic gold in 2016.

She became world No. 1 in doubles on 11 June 2018, and won 15 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2016 WTA Finals and seven at Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 level.