Over her entire tennis career, Ekaterina Makarova managed to become one of the best racquets in the world and give a record series of eight consecutive wins, leaving other eminent tennis players on the other side of the court. At the moment, she occupies a leading position in the world ranking and each time only improves her results.
Childhood and youth
Ekaterina Makarova was born on June 7, 1988, in a family where no one had ever been involved in sports. Catherine's mom was a housewife, and her father was a bank employee.
Parents decided to give tennis to Makarov when she was 6 years old. Together with a girlfriend, they were recorded in the local section at the Luzhniki club, where they first went to the tennis court.
According to other sources, Ekaterina got into the sport thanks to family friends who gave her a tennis racket on one of the holidays. After leaving school, Catherine had a difficult choice - to give herself to sports or go to university to become a designer. Since my mother taught her daughter all kinds of needlework all her life, this lesson was seriously attracted to the future tennis player.
While studying at Makarov University, tennis was inseparable, and therefore, even in difficult periods, the girl did not quit sports and devoted all her free time to hobby. When the time came to choose the continuation of life between tennis and design, Makarova leaves the university and is fully committed to sports.
Carier start
The first major tournament for Makarova was the junior championship, where she made her debut in 2002. A year later, Katya was able to enter the top 50 best tennis players of her age. In 2004, she reached the semifinals of the Orange Bowl international tournament, which was held in America.
In 2005, Ekaterina Makarova surprised many when she was able to reach the quarter finals of the competition in Wimbledon, beating the famous Slovak athlete Yarmila Wolfe. In the same year, together with her colleague Alla Kudryavtseva, Makarova took the first serious trophy, having won the European Championship. In 2006, Katya decided to end her career in the junior category as the 20th racket of the world.
Adult career
Makarov took her first steps in adult tennis on an increasing basis. In 2006, the Russian woman managed to win four trophies in competitions under the auspices of ITF and end the season at the 150th line in the world ranking. Just a year later, Makarova was able to strengthen her leading position and reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Torrent. A little later, in the wake of this success, the tennis player entered the main round of the Women's Tennis Association, which was held in Los Angeles.
In 2007, Ekaterina Makarova for the first time in her life got to the Grand Slam tournament, where she was able to reach only the third round.
Russian tennis player began the year 2008 in Australia, where at the WTA competitions she repeated the result of last year's Grand Slam competitions, raising her rating. Every month, Makarova in tennis strengthened her position, which allowed her to be on the 70th line.
In the same season, Katerina twice reached the final of the WTA tournaments and once in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. This year the girl finished on the 48th line of the rating thanks to her victory in the Confederations Cup.
Wave of success
According to the results of the next two seasons, Ekaterina Makarova occupied the 60th position in the world ranking. In 2010, there was a turning point in the career of Makarova, whose tennis results were simply fantastic. In September, Makarova reached the semifinals of the US Open tournament, losing only to the famous Serena Williams. A month later, the tennis player did the incredible when she got into the Beijing WTA finals. Thanks to the victory in the Grand Slam tournament, Catherine was able to finish the season on the 20th line.
In 2011, Makarova remained in the top twenty tennis players, but during the season she sank lower and lower, being on the 60th line. But bright victories at tournaments in Miami and Madrid allowed her to return to the leading position.
In 2013, Catherine receives a hand injury and misses half the season. After recovery, she, along with Elena Vesnina, reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, and after a couple of months she won the Grand Slam at all. These incredible successes allowed Katya to feel comfortable in the company of the ten best rackets in the world.
Since 2014, Makarova has not had a season that she would have completed without a title. Every year she improves her results. At the moment, in the world ranking, she takes third place in doubles and 11th among single athletes.
Also in 2016, together with her trusted partner Vesnina, she was able to take gold at the Olympics in Rio, for which she was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Personal life
Ekaterina Makarova is not married, but at the moment she has a young man, with whom she does not expose relations, wanting to keep her personal life secret.
In addition to tennis, Makarova reads books and watches films in her free time. She also meets with old friends and cooks very well. She spoils relatives with her specialties. But even the ability to cook does not harm her figure, which is necessary for observing the sports regime and beautiful photos. Tennis for Makarova has become more than just a hobby. She admitted that she was very happy because she connected her life with sports.