March 29, 2024

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Ekaterina Makarova retires at age 31

Ekaterina Makarova, who reached No. 8 in singles and No. 1 in doubles (just over 18 months ago), has announced her retirement.

It was not unexpected; the 31-year-old Russian played just three singles matches in 2019, the last in Dubai nearly a year ago.

She entered, and withdrew from, numerous tournaments in 2019.

She is officially on the ITF’s anti-doping retired list, dated Jan. 28, 2020.

In all, Makarova won 14 doubles titles and three singles titles.

Of those 14 doubles titles, three were majors; she was denied twice in the Australian Open final in a quest to own a “career Slam”.

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