Yelena Makarova

Yelena Makarova was a Russian tennis player who played professionally from 1991 to 1999. Makarova achieved a career-best singles ranking of #43 in the world in June 1996, and a doubles ranking of 36 in the world in June 1995.

Makarova won six singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit between 1991 and 1998. Her first singles victory came in September 1991 in Haskovo, Bulgaria, with a straight sets win against Lubomira Bacheva. The following March she won her first doubles title when she was paired with compatriot Kateřina Sisková in Moncalieri, Italy. On the WTA Tour Makarova was a two-time singles runner-up, with the first coming at the 1995 Kremlin Cup, and the second at the 1997 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo tournament. She won her one and only doubles title at the 1994 Kremlin Cup with partner Yevgeniya Manyukova, beating the pair of Laura Golarsa and Caroline Vis in straight sets.

Makarova reached the third round in the singles at all the Grand Slams apart from Wimbledon. She did slightly better in the doubles, reaching the quarter-finals of the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Australian Open. She competed in the singles and doubles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics but lost in the first round in both events.