Ekaterina Alexandrova

Alexandrova made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Katowice Open, where she qualified for the main draw. She qualified for the first time into a Grand Slam main draw at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. In the first round, she defeated Ana Ivanovic in straight sets, after enduring two marathon matches in the qualifying. There she beat Stephanie Vogt and Harriet Dart in three sets. Overall, she played 108 games in just three matches.[1] Alexandrova won her first WTA 125k title at the Open de Limoges in France. En route, she defeated second seeded Alizé Cornet in the semifinals and top seeded Caroline Garcia in the final. That tournament became her last one in the 2016 season.

In the 2017 season, Alexandrova tried herself in the WTA Tour, achieving no major success. At the Open de Limoges, she reached the quarterfinals. However, the Russian entered the top 100 for the first time. She progressed in the 2018 season, reaching the quarterfinals of the Korea Open after beating world No. 10, Jeļena Ostapenko in straight sets. This was the first time she beat a tennis player from the top 10. Alexandrova made an astonishing run at another International tournament, now in Linz, Austria, reaching as qualifier the final of a WTA tournament for the first time, losing there, however, to Camila Giorgi in straight sets. She ended the season by tradition at the Open de Limoges, winning the title for the second time after beating Evgeniya Rodina in straight sets.

In 2019, Alexandrova had more success in the WTA Tour. Seeded sixth, she reached the quarterfinals of the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy, followed by a semifinal entry at the Hungarian Ladies Open. She entered the 3rd Round of the Premier Mandatory BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, after beating World No. 13 Caroline Wozniacki in three sets. She performed not satisfying on clay tournaments, except at French Open, reaching the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. In the grass court season, Alexandrova made it into the quarterfinals of the Premier Eastbourne International tournament, losing there to Karolina Pliskova. She achieved her best run in a Premier 5 tournament at the Rogers Cup, reaching the 3rd Round as qualifier. She lost to Serena Williams. After reaching the 2nd Round of the US Open and following Daria Kasatkina's 1st Round loss, Alexandrova became Russia's number one female tennis player.

Alexandrova started the 2020 WTA Tour by winning the Shenzhen Open. Alexandrova defeated Wang Qiang and Garbiñe Muguruza on her way to the final, and then defeated Elena Rybakina in straight sets.[2] She became the first female player to win a WTA tournament in 2020. At the Australian Open, Alexandrova defeated Jil Teichmann and Barbora Krejčíková, before losing to Petra Kvitová in the third round. She next won her two rubbers against Romania in the Fed Cup Qualifying Round, defeating Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Ana Bogdan; Russia eventually progressed to the Fed Cup Finals. She next participated at St. Petersburg, where she defeated Daria Kasatkina and Donna Vekić, and received a walkover from an injured Kvitová, before losing in three sets to the defending champion, and eventual repeat champion, Kiki Bertens. At Doha, Alexandrova lost in the first round to Amanda Anisimova. Before the WTA tour was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alexandrova was ranked No. 27 in the world.

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

Notes

• ^a The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• ^b 2012: WTA Ranking–772,
  2013: WTA Ranking–410,
  2014: WTA Ranking–256,
  2015: WTA Ranking–269.