Elena Alekseyevna Makarova (russian: Елена Алексеевна Макарова, ; born 1 February 1973), is a former Russian professional

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player. Makarova played in the WTA Tour between 1991 and 1999. Her best performances were in 1995, when she was ranked world No. 36 in doubles, and in 1996, when she was ranked No. 43 in singles. She as of 2011 coached Russian tennis player

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WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

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

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

Head vs. head

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Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legacy

In Russia, despite her modest popularity as a top-50 player, Makarova is well-known for providing her locally much-quoted 1990s explanation for the issue of

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-athletes being more common amongst female tennis players than on the

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. 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 bsenceby means of "lesser bloodshed" ocal idiom which means "easy" in a dual meaning: the simpler the better or silly— 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".

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