Ekaterina Makarova - 2006

2006

At Ortesei, a qualifier she lost to Eva Birnerová in the first round 2–6, 1–6. She then qualified in Capriolo, Italy, and in the main draw, she defeated Kathrin Wörle before losing to Magda Mihalache. She then lost in the qualifying in the Qatar Total Open. At St. Petersburg, Russia, she defeated her compatriot Vesna Manasieva 6–2, 7–5 and Petra Cetkovská 6–2, 6–4 but lost to Alberta Brianti 3–6, 2–6 in the quarter-finals.

At Biarritz, France she lost in the second round to Tatiana Poutchek 6–7, 6–4, 4–6. She then entered at Torrent, Valencia, Spain, where she reached the finals with notable wins over Oxana Lyubtsova and Petra Cetkovská, But she lost in the final to Romina Oprandi 1–6, 3–6. She then lost in the second rounds of ITF on Monzón, Spain and Fontanafredda, Italy, and the first round in Gorizia, Italy. She the lost in the first rounds o ITF event in Vittel, France, as a qualifier, And in Pétange, Luxembourg, as a lucky loser, and in Rimini, Italy. At an ITF event in Moscow she reached the finals defeating Vesna Manasieva in the quarter-finals and Anna Lapushchenkova in the semi-finals. But lost to Evgeniya Rodina 7–6, 6–3. At Denain, France, she lost to Romina Oprandi in Round Two 0–6, 6–4, 4–6. At Bordeaux, she lost in the first round to Émilie Loit 6–3, 3–6, 2–6,after qualifying. At Nantes, she reached the semi-finals with wins over Virginie Pichet, Amanda Keen and Sabine Lisicki but lost to Iryna Kyryanovich 4–6, 6–7.

She then lost in the second-round of qualifying at Saint Raphael, France, in the first round of Podolsk, in the second round of Minsk, Russia, and in the first round of Opole, Poland. At Poitiers, France, she qualified, In the main draw, she lost in the second round to Ekaterina Bychkova 6–7, 1–6. At Milan, Italy she lost in the qualifying round to Olga Govortsova 3–6, 4–6. Although awarded main draw entry as a lucky loser, she immediately lost to Italian Giulia Gabba in three sets.