48 Facts About Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova is a Russian professional tennis player.

Ekaterina Alexandrova has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Since 1996, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister.

Ekaterina Alexandrova speaks Russian and Czech fluently, and English, to a lesser extent.

Ekaterina Alexandrova then made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Katowice Open, where she qualified for the main draw after surviving the qualifying rounds as an unseeded player.

Immediately after her Wimbledon run, Ekaterina Alexandrova returned onto clay and reached the final of the ITS Cup, a $50k event, losing to compatriot and top seed Elizaveta Kulichkova in three sets.

Ekaterina Alexandrova received direct entry into the Australian Open main draw for the first time in her career, but lost to compatriot and 30th seed Ekaterina Makarova in the first round.

Ekaterina Alexandrova made her top-100 debut with consecutive title runs a $60k events Pingshan Open and Open de Seine-et-Marne.

At the Wimbledon Championships, Ekaterina Alexandrova lost to eventual champion Garbine Muguruza in the first round.

Ekaterina Alexandrova enjoyed a breakthrough season on the WTA Tour in the year.

Ekaterina Alexandrova made her first WTA quarterfinal at the Korea Open, clinching her first top-10 victory over world No 10, Jelena Ostapenko, in straight sets.

Ekaterina Alexandrova made an astonishing run at another international tournament, now in Linz, Austria, reaching the final of a WTA tournament for the first time.

Ekaterina Alexandrova ended the season by tradition at the Open de Limoges, winning the title for the second time in her career after beating Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets.

In 2019, Ekaterina Alexandrova continued to earn more success on the WTA Tour.

Ekaterina Alexandrova began her season at the Shenzhen Open, where she lost in the second round to eventual champion and top seed Aryna Sabalenka.

Ekaterina Alexandrova then set a new career-high ranking of No 59 after a semifinal run at the Hungarian Ladies Open where she held five match points against eventual champion Alison Van Uytvanck.

Ekaterina Alexandrova did not perform well on clay-court tournaments, except at the French Open, reaching the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career.

Ekaterina Alexandrova beat 30th seed Mihaela Buzarnescu in the first round, before stunning 2010 finalist Samantha Stosur in the second round.

Ekaterina Alexandrova achieved her best run in a Premier 5 tournament at the Canadian Open, reaching the third round as qualifier.

Ekaterina Alexandrova was defeated by 33rd seed Zhang Shuai in the second round of the US Open, a player whom she defeated in Cincinnati earlier on.

Ekaterina Alexandrova reached her second career WTA Tour semifinal at the Korea Open, where she beat Kristie Ahn in the quarterfinals by hitting a personal-record 22 aces.

Ekaterina Alexandrova then represented Russia for the first time in her career, leading the team against Romania in the Fed Cup as the Russian No 1.

Ekaterina Alexandrova next participated at the St Petersburg Trophy, where she reached the semifinals losing in three sets to defending champion and eventual champion, Kiki Bertens.

At the Italian Open in Rome, Ekaterina Alexandrova was defeated in the first round by tenth seed Elena Rybakina.

At the first edition of the Ostrava Open, Ekaterina Alexandrova lost in the first round to eighth seed Anett Kontaveit.

Ekaterina Alexandrova started her season at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open.

Ekaterina Alexandrova was defeated in the semifinal by Kaia Kanepi.

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Ekaterina Alexandrova made it to the quarterfinals in a WTA Tour clay tournament for the first time in her career where she was defeated by second seed Simona Halep.

Ekaterina Alexandrova was defeated in the second round by eventual champion Krejcikova.

Ekaterina Alexandrova played only one grass-court tournament to prepare for Wimbledon.

Ekaterina Alexandrova lost in the quarterfinals to fifth seed and eventual finalist, Belinda Bencic.

Ekaterina Alexandrova ended a three-match losing streak at the US Open, defeating former Grand Slam finalist Sara Errani in the first round with 42 winners.

Ekaterina Alexandrova lost to Tauson for the second time in 2021 at the Luxembourg Open before she retired in the final qualifying round of the Ostrava Open.

Ekaterina Alexandrova took the first set against top-10 player Ons Jabeur in the first round before her opponent was forced to retire.

Ekaterina Alexandrova was part of the Russia team that won the inaugural Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Prague.

Ekaterina Alexandrova lost in the first round to Leylah Fernandez which is followed by a second round exit to Garbine Muguruza in Sydney.

Ekaterina Alexandrova suffered early exits in both Indian Wells and Miami losing to Simona Halep and Victoria Azarenka, respectively in the second rounds.

Ekaterina Alexandrova eventually turned her underwhelming season around and reached the semifinals of the Charleston Open, defeating Allie Kiick, Zheng Qinwen, Karolina Pliskova and Magda Linette in route.

Ekaterina Alexandrova lost to the eventual champion Belinda Bencic, in straight sets.

Ekaterina Alexandrova lost to the eventual champion Ons Jabeur in the semifinal.

Ekaterina Alexandrova won her second WTA Tour title at the Rosmalen Open cruising past Dayana Yastremska, Anhelina Kalinina, Caty McNally, Veronika Kudermetova and Aryna Sabalenka dropping only one set.

Ekaterina Alexandrova suffered some early exits after returning from injury, losing in the second rounds of Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Ekaterina Alexandrova won her second title of the season in Seoul defeating Jelena Ostapenko in the final.

Ekaterina Alexandrova continued her great run of form in Ostrava as she surges into the semifinals with wins over Victoria Azarenka, Daria Kasatkina and Tereza Martincova.

Ekaterina Alexandrova lost in the first round to Marketa Vondrousova in three sets.

Ekaterina Alexandrova has been endorsed by Fila for apparel and shoes since 2020.

Ekaterina Alexandrova was sponsored by Lotto earlier in her career.

Ekaterina Alexandrova is endorsed by Wilson for rackets, specifically using Wilson blade range.