Ekaterina Alexandrova

Although born in Russia, she started playing tennis at 6 (2000) in Prague, Czech Republic, due to the city’s surplus availability of local tennis facilities. There is not much information available about Ekaterina Alexandrova’s junior career.

In the first grass-court tournament of her career, she qualified for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the Wimbledon Championships. She was only able to enter the qualifying draw. In the first round, she defeated former world No. 1, Ana Ivanovic, in straight sets, causing one of the biggest upsets in the tournament. She made her top-100 debut with consecutive title runs at the $60k events Pingshan Open and Open de Seine-et-Marne. Making her first French Open main-draw appearance, she beat Kateřina Siniaková before falling short of eventual semifinalist and world No. 2, Karolína Plíšková. She made her first WTA quarterfinal at the Korea Open, clenching her first top-10 victory over world No. 10, Jeļena Ostapenko. In the semi finals she recovered from a bagel to beat former top-10 player Andrea Petkovic and booked her spot in the final. 

In 2019, Alexandrova continued to earn more success on the WTA Tour. She achieved her best run in a Premier 5 tournament at the Canadian Open, reaching the third round as a qualifier. After leading throughout the majority of both sets, Alexandrova fell to Serena Williams in straight sets. Alexandrova also led world No. 4, Simona Halep, by a set and a break in the second round of the Western & Southern Open, but failed to sustain her high level. She was defeated by 33rd seed Zhang Shuai in the second round of the US Open, a player whom she defeated in Cincinnati earlier on. Nonetheless, she became the Russian no. 1 after this tournament. Alexandrova started the 2020 season at the Shenzhen Open. Seeded fifth, she won her first WTA singles title beating seventh seed Elena Rybakina in the final. As a result, she became the first player to win a WTA tournament in the new decade.

Ekaterina Alexandrova is currently single, and there is little information about her personal life. Even though she is very active on social media, posting pictures and keeping her fans updated, she does not share much about her personal life in public. There is also little information about her previous relationships.

Ekaterina Alexandrova was born to Evgeny Alexandrov and Julia Alexandrova on 15 November 1994 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Her parents are Czech. Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister, since 1996. Her father Evgeny was her childhood coach.