Elena Alekseyevna Makarova (,[ Federation Cup]
Makarova played in the WTA Tour from 1991 to 1999.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)
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| Loss | 1. | 12 August 1991 | Rebecq, Belgium | Clay | Kateřina Šišková | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1. | 15 September 1991 | Haskovo, Bulgaria | Clay | Lubomira Bacheva | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 9 December 1991 | Érd, Hungary | Hard (i) | Petra Holubová | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 3. | 20 January 1992 | Bergen, Norway | Carpet (i) | Julia Jehs | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2. | 27 July 1992 | Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany | Clay | Barbara Mulej | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 4. | 19 October 1992 | Moscow, Russia | Clay | Svetlana Parkhomenko | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | 14 November 1992 | Manchester, England | Carpet (i) | Nancy Feber | 5–7, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Win | 5. | 22 November 1992 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Elena Pampoulova | 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 6. | 6 December 1993 | Val-d'Oise, France | Hard (i) | Petra Langrová | 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | 4 October 1998 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Clay | Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 5. | 1 November 1998 | Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | Sandra Načuk | 0–6, 7–5, 1–6 |
Doubles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Loss | 1. | 1 April 1991 | Šibenik, Yugoslavia | Clay | Irina Sukhova | Zdeňka Málková
Janette Husárová | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1. | 30 March 1992 | Moncalieri, Italy | Clay | Kateřina Šišková | Radka Bobková
Jana Pospíšilová | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 2. | 25 May 1992 | Putignano, Italy | Hard | Olga Lugina | Aida Khalatian
Karina Kuregian | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | 15 November 1992 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Carpet (i) | Elena Likhovtseva | Elena Pampoulova
Natalie Tschan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 28 March 1993 | Brest, France | Hard | Elena Likhovtseva | Kristie Boogert
Linda Niemantsverdriet | 6–4, 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 4. | 5 July 1993 | Erlangen, Germany | Clay | Eugenia Maniokova | Janette Husárová
Danielle Thomas | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | 6 December 1993 | Val-d'Oise, France | Hard (i) | Magdalena Feistel | Isabelle Demongeot
Catherine Suire | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6. | 1 November 1998 | Poitiers, France | Hard (i) | Olga Lugina | Gabriela Kučerová
Radka Pelikánová | 6–0, 6–1 |
Head to head
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles: 1 (runner-up)
Legacy
In Russia, despite her modest popularity as a top-50 player, Makarova is well-known for providing her explanation for the issue of LGBT-athletes being more common among female tennis players than on the ATP Tour (while the most popular example was Toomas Leius according to the locally popular 1993 short story Fugue with Male Tennis Player by Mikhail Veller).[
] — 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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