Elena Makarova

Elena Makarova
Елена Макарова
Country (sports)	Soviet Union (1991) ; CIS (1992) ; Russia (from 1993)
Born	1 February 1973
Turned pro	1991
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$ 594,200
Singles
Career record	178–128
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 43 (10 June 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1994, 1995)
French Open	3R (1996)
Wimbledon	2R (1995, 1997, 1998)
US Open	3R (1995)
Doubles
Career record	73–67
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 36 (12 June 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1996)
French Open	QF (1995)
Wimbledon	1R (1995)
US Open	3R (1996)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	F (1999), record 26–12

Elena Alekseyevna Makarova (Russian: Елена Алексеевна Макарова,^[1] listen^ⓘ, born 1 February 1973), is a former Russian professional tennis player.^[2]

Makarova played in the WTA Tour from 1991 to 1999.^[3] Her peak performances were in 1995, when she was ranked world No. 36 in doubles, and in 1996, when she was ranked No. 43 in singles. In 2011, she coached Russian tennis player Margarita Gasparyan.^[1]^[4]

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1995	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (i)	Magdalena Maleeva	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 1997	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sandrine Testud	5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	1
Tier IV & V	0

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1994	Moscow, Russia	Carpet (o)	Eugenia Maniokova	Laura Golarsa Caroline Vis	7–6, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	12 August 1991	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	15 September 1991	Haskovo, Bulgaria	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	9 December 1991	Érd, Hungary	Hard (i)	Petra Holubová	7–5, 6–1
Win	3.	20 January 1992	Bergen, Norway	Carpet (i)	Julia Jehs	6–0, 6–0
Loss	2.	27 July 1992	Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany	Clay	Barbara Mulej	5–7, 3–6
Win	4.	19 October 1992	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Svetlana Parkhomenko	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3.	14 November 1992	Manchester, England	Carpet (i)	Nancy Feber	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win	5.	22 November 1992	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Elena Pampoulova	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	6.	6 December 1993	Val-d'Oise, France	Hard (i)	Petra Langrová	0–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4.	4 October 1998	Tbilisi, Georgia	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	6–2, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	5.	1 November 1998	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Sandra Načuk	0–6, 7–5, 1–6

Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1 April 1991	Šibenik, Yugoslavia	Clay	Irina Sukhova	Zdeňka Málková Janette Husárová	1–6, 5–7
Win	1.	30 March 1992	Moncalieri, Italy	Clay	Kateřina Šišková	Radka Bobková Jana Pospíšilová	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	2.	25 May 1992	Putignano, Italy	Hard	Olga Lugina	Aida Khalatian Karina Kuregian	6–2, 6–4
Win	3.	15 November 1992	Manchester, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Elena Likhovtseva	Elena Pampoulova Natalie Tschan	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2.	28 March 1993	Brest, France	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Kristie Boogert Linda Niemantsverdriet	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Win	4.	5 July 1993	Erlangen, Germany	Clay	Eugenia Maniokova	Janette Husárová Danielle Thomas	6–1, 6–4
Win	5.	6 December 1993	Val-d'Oise, France	Hard (i)	Magdalena Feistel	Isabelle Demongeot Catherine Suire	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	6.	1 November 1998	Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Olga Lugina	Gabriela Kučerová Radka Pelikánová	6–0, 6–1

Head to head

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1991	Wimbledon	Grass	Barbara Rittner	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 3–6

Legacy

In Russia, despite her modest popularity as a top-50 player, Makarova is well-known for providing her explanation for the issue of LGBT-athletes being more common among female tennis players than on the ATP Tour (while the most popular example was Toomas Leius according to the locally popular 1993 short story Fugue with [Male] Tennis Player by Mikhail Veller).^[5] She said the following: “When you get tired after a match or training, you no longer want to dress up or go to a party. Therefore, some tennis players solve the problem of sex [absence] by means of "lesser bloodshed" [local idiom which means "easy" in a dual meaning: the simpler the better or silly]^[6] — with each other. Besides, you can't afford to take your beloved man with you — he has to work himself". The last part has been clarified to mean that "most female tennis players cannot afford traveling with their beloved man financially".^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "МАКАРОВА Елена Алексеевна". Энциклопедия «Российский теннис». Федерация тенниса России. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
^ Federation Cup
^ "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour". Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
^ "Маргарита Гаспарян: Мне очень комфортно работать с Еленой Макаровой" [Margarita Gasparyan: I really like the comfortable training with Elena Makarova] (in Russian). GoTennis.ru. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
^ "Fuga s tennisistom". litres.ru (in Russian). Litres. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
^
"Don't pray for an easy life, it will not make you grow". wisdomotoinspire.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- "О том, что хуже воровства" [About that which is worse than stealing]. pro-expert.ru. Expert. 28 January 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2022. In fact, these three words mean that simplicity is stupidity. Insanity is worse than almost anything. It's not just that. According to Vladimir Dal, "stupidity is worse than a thief." The reason is always worse than the effect. Theft, which is violation of human and divine laws, usually has a direct consequence in simplicity. Given the prevalence of this phenomenon, let me remind you that Vladimir Ivanovich Dal not only distinguished but also opposed simplicity (directness of the heart) and simplicity (emptiness of the mind). What are murder and robbery if not disgustingly simple solutions to problems?
^
"Знаменитые теннисные любовники" [Famous Tennis Lovers]. kommersant.ru (in Russian). Kommersant. 19 December 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "В её постели была даже Мадонна! Как теннисистка Мартина Навратилова меняла любовниц, разбивала сердца и нашла жену в 58 лет" [Even Madonna was in her bed! How the tennis player Martina Navratilova changed lovers, broke hearts and found a wife at 58]. news.myseldon.com (in Russian). Seldon News. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "Теннисные гомосексуалы" [Tennis Homosexuals]. tennis-i.com (in Russian). Alexander Ivanitsky Tennis Encyclopedia. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ Hone, Michael (13 January 2016). Boarding School Homosexuality: From Plato's Academy to the Princeton Rub. ISBN 978-1523368297.
^ Addicott, Adam (5 October 2021). "Tennis Players Who Come Out as LGBT Receive Widespread Acceptance From Teammates, Says Study". ubitennis.net. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

External links

Elena Makarova at the Women's Tennis Association
Elena Makarova at the International Tennis Federation
Elena Makarova at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)

[RussianTennis-1] "МАКАРОВА Елена Алексеевна". Энциклопедия «Российский теннис». Федерация тенниса России. Archived from the original on 18 September 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

[2] Federation Cup

[3] "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour". Archived from the original on 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2009-06-10.

[4] "Маргарита Гаспарян: Мне очень комфортно работать с Еленой Макаровой" [Margarita Gasparyan: I really like the comfortable training with Elena Makarova] (in Russian). GoTennis.ru. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

[5] "Fuga s tennisistom". litres.ru (in Russian). Litres. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

[6] "Don't pray for an easy life, it will not make you grow". wisdomotoinspire.com. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
"О том, что хуже воровства" [About that which is worse than stealing]. pro-expert.ru. Expert. 28 January 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2022. In fact, these three words mean that simplicity is stupidity. Insanity is worse than almost anything. It's not just that. According to Vladimir Dal, "stupidity is worse than a thief." The reason is always worse than the effect. Theft, which is violation of human and divine laws, usually has a direct consequence in simplicity. Given the prevalence of this phenomenon, let me remind you that Vladimir Ivanovich Dal not only distinguished but also opposed simplicity (directness of the heart) and simplicity (emptiness of the mind). What are murder and robbery if not disgustingly simple solutions to problems?

[7] "О том, что хуже воровства" [About that which is worse than stealing]. pro-expert.ru. Expert. 28 January 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2022. In fact, these three words mean that simplicity is stupidity. Insanity is worse than almost anything. It's not just that. According to Vladimir Dal, "stupidity is worse than a thief." The reason is always worse than the effect. Theft, which is violation of human and divine laws, usually has a direct consequence in simplicity. Given the prevalence of this phenomenon, let me remind you that Vladimir Ivanovich Dal not only distinguished but also opposed simplicity (directness of the heart) and simplicity (emptiness of the mind). What are murder and robbery if not disgustingly simple solutions to problems?

[7] "Знаменитые теннисные любовники" [Famous Tennis Lovers]. kommersant.ru (in Russian). Kommersant. 19 December 1999. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
"В её постели была даже Мадонна! Как теннисистка Мартина Навратилова меняла любовниц, разбивала сердца и нашла жену в 58 лет" [Even Madonna was in her bed! How the tennis player Martina Navratilova changed lovers, broke hearts and found a wife at 58]. news.myseldon.com (in Russian). Seldon News. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

"Теннисные гомосексуалы" [Tennis Homosexuals]. tennis-i.com (in Russian). Alexander Ivanitsky Tennis Encyclopedia. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[9] "В её постели была даже Мадонна! Как теннисистка Мартина Навратилова меняла любовниц, разбивала сердца и нашла жену в 58 лет" [Even Madonna was in her bed! How the tennis player Martina Navratilova changed lovers, broke hearts and found a wife at 58]. news.myseldon.com (in Russian). Seldon News. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[10] "Теннисные гомосексуалы" [Tennis Homosexuals]. tennis-i.com (in Russian). Alexander Ivanitsky Tennis Encyclopedia. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[8] Hone, Michael (13 January 2016). Boarding School Homosexuality: From Plato's Academy to the Princeton Rub. ISBN 978-1523368297.

[9] Addicott, Adam (5 October 2021). "Tennis Players Who Come Out as LGBT Receive Widespread Acceptance From Teammates, Says Study". ubitennis.net. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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