Biography
Ekaterina Makarova is a Russian tennis player, which completed his career by the leader of the pair-ranking rating and on the 8th line of the top 10 single. Few people know that for 5 years this fragile blonde had to go to the court, overcoming pain. Despite the difficulties, the athlete was realized in the profession, because she was submitted by the main vertex - the Olympiad.Childhood and youth
The future Olympic champion in Moscow in Moscow was born in the summer of 1988 in a family that is not related to sport. Mom Ekaterina Makarova - Housewife, engaged in the upbringing of Kati and her brother Andrei. The head of the family is a bank employee. According to unconfirmed data, today Valery Makarov works in Gazprom.
Athletic biography of Catherine Makarova began at 6 years old: about tennis girl asked the parents a year earlier - her friend was written to the section. So Katya fell into the club "Luzhniki", where first came to the court.
According to another information, Catherine came to tennis with a light hand of the family friends who gave the baby racket. In the older classes Makarova had to do a difficult choice: sport or clothing design. Still at the school, Mom taught Katya to sew and needleformen, and this occupation was fascinated by the girl.
After graduating from school, Catherine entered the Institute of Design, but a year later chose Sport: Tennis did not allow split and took all his free time. And the achievements of the tennis players were impressive: after 10 years, Makarov's classes made his debut in the qualifications of the Kremlin Cup.
Tennis
On the junior tour, the athlete first made in the spring of 2002. By the end of 2003, Ekaterina Makarova entered the tap-50 juniors of pair and solitary discharges. And under the curtain of 2004, he fell into the semi-finals of Orange Bowl - the prestigious children-youth tournament category "A", which takes place in America.2005 was marked by a new victory: 17-year-old Makarov was held in the quarterfinal of the competition in Wimbledon, leaving behind the Slovak colleague, the grotto, and noted in the semifinals of the European Championship for juniors, Becoming German Julia Görges.
The first steps of Catherine in adult tennis walked around the increasing. In 2006, the athlete managed to win 4 competitions of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in the Women's Circle and complete the pair season in the top 150 rating.
After a year, Makarova improved the results in the category of single rooms - in the Spanish Torrent played in the quarterfinals. And in the summer, Russian tennis players took place in the main tournament in a single competition of the women's tennis association in Los Angeles.
In 2007, the Muscovite for the first time at the US Open, Muscovite participated in the main competition of the Grand Slam tournament and reached the 3rd round.
Season 2008 for the Russian racket began in Australia: at WTA competitions she repeated the successes of a big helmet. To the tournament in the British Birmingham, the athlete was part of the top 70 single beds.
In the same year, the tennis player twice reached the final competitions of the WTA tournaments and fell into the quarterfinal Wimbledon. 2008 ended for Kati on the 48th line of a single rating and 62nd - pair, but most importantly, Muscovite managed to win the Federation Cup.
According to the results of the season, 2009-10 Russian woman became the 60th racket of the world. In September, Makarova flashed on US Open: reached the semi-finals, giving only Sisters Williams. And in October, the tennis player made rapid career jerks: he fell into the final of the WTA tournament in Beijing. According to the results, it became the 20th racket of the world. In the tournament of the Grater Helmet, Catherine left behind all rivals.
In 2013, he took a place in the top 30, but due to problems with hand, the autumn competitions had to be reduced to a minimum. Alliance Makarova and Spring pleased the coaches and fans of tennis: athletes reached the semi-finals on Australian Open, and in the summer they won the Tournament of the Grand Slam. The successes allowed Catherine to enter the top 10 and take the 4th line of classification in the summer.
2014 brought Catherine Makarova a lot of victories, which made it possible to take the 7th step in the pair rating and the 12th in single, and in 2015 the results improved: the tennis player rose to the 3rd position in the pair game and on the 11th - among the singles .
In Tandem with Elena Spring, she won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio and upon returning from the games received a reward - the Order of Friendship.
Often the rivals of Makarova became compatriots. So, in the quarterfinel of the Open Championship of Australia, 2017, Catherine gave way to Maria Sharapova with a score of 2: 6, 2: 6. Into the year before I beat the faith of Zvelv.
The brightest victory in the court courts athlete considers the match with Serena Williams. Russian woman managed to beat tennis star with a score of 6: 2, 6: 3.
News about the professional career of athletes was published on the official website of the women's tennis association.
In the 2018 season, Ekaterina Makarova participated in the open championship of Australia, where he made a single discharge. Catherine lost in the first round of the Romanian colleague Irina-Camellia run, and in the paired discharge in tandem with spring reached the final. Russian tennis players lost to Hungarian Timee Babich and Frenchwoman Kristine Infanovich.
Later, the athlete added another 2 victories to the piggy bank - on a steam tournament in St. Petersburg and in Dubai, after which she took a pause.
The Olympic champion announced the completion of the Career Olympic champion in late January 2020. In many respects, the decision of the tennis player influenced the injury, because of which Ekaterina Valerievna was in forced vacation practically for almost a year.
Personal life
The athlete is not married, but she has a young man Alisher Bikbulatov. He comes from Uzbekistan, according to the nationality of Tatar, is engaged in investment, the development of the network of bakeries "Makovka". Catherine holds a personal life in secret, not wanting to share details with outsiders.
Native athlete indulges corona dishes - pizza and chocolate cupcake. Intensive workouts allow you to preserve the shape of slim: with an increase in 1.8 m Makarov weighs 58 kg.
Followers of the pages in Twitter and Instagram Tennis player pleases fresh photos. Among the personal pictures outside the court, Catherine demonstrates a figure in a swimsuit and in stylish outfits. The athlete admits that he loves to dance and with a familiar choreographer is honored by Hip-Hop and Ladies Dance technique. Katya says that if not tennis, he would have become a dancer.
Ekaterina Makarova now
Now the Olympic champion is engaged in coaching activities, conducts master classes, classes at the Academy of Alexander Ostrovsky. In March 2021 she visited Shamil Tarpishchev's tennis academy.Awards and achievements
- 2004 - Single Orange Bowl Single Tournament semi-final
- 2008 - the owner of the Federation Cup in the national team of Russia
- 2016 - Olympic champion in a pair with Elena Spring
- 2016 - Winner of the final WTA tournament in the double room
- The winner of the four tournaments of the Grand Helmet (three - in the double discharge, one - in the mix)
- Finalist five tournaments of a big helmet (four - in the double room, one - in a mix)
- semifinalist two tournaments of a big hat in a single discharge
- Winner of 18 WTA tournaments (three - in a single discharge)
- The former eighth racket of the world in a single discharge
- The former first racket of the world in the paired discharge
- Honored Master of Sports of Russia