Ekaterina Afinogenova

Ekaterina Afinogenova (Russian: Екатерина Афиногенова, born 15 January 1987) is a retired Russian female tennis player.

Ekaterina Afinogenova
Екатерина Афиногенова
Country (sports) Russia
Born (1987-01-15) 15 January 1987
Turned pro2001
Retired2016
(last match 2010 played)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$54,881
Singles
Career record137 - 130
Career titles0
Highest ranking219 (08 October 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2007)
Doubles
Career record27 - 37
Career titles1 ITF
Highest ranking273 (09 July 2007)
Last updated on: 24 July 2011.

Afinogenova has won one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 8 October 2007, she reached her best singles ranking of 219. On 9 July 2007, she peaked at 273 in the doubles rankings.

Afinogenova made her WTA main draw debut at the 2007 Istanbul Cup. Afinogenova played her last match in 2010, and officially retired from the sport in 2016.

Tennis career

2007

She qualified for the main draw of the 2007 Istanbul Cup by defeating Kateryna Polunina, Casey Dellacqua and Mervana Jugić-Salkić. In the first round, she defeated German Sandra Klösel, but lost to Meghann Shaughnessy in the second.

In June, she participated in the WTA tournament of Barcelona in Spain endowed with $145,000 She qualified won German Carmen Klaschka and Georgian Margalita Chakhnashvili but lost In the final round against the Argentine María Emilia Salerni. Doubles with a partner the Belarusian Ekaterina Dzehalevich , they hoisted the Quarterfinals lost, beaten by the pair composed of Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja.

Personal life

Her older brother is professional ice hockey player Maxim Afinogenov.[1] She is married to professional ice hockey player Max Pacioretty since 2011. They have four sons and one daughter together.

In 2017, Afinogenova co-founded The Latte Co., a milk-substitute company specializing in plant-based powder formulas for babies older than 12 months and children younger than 8 years.[2]

Career statistics

Singles Finals: 4 (0–4)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 28 May 2002 10,000 Louisville, United States Hard Canada Mélanie Marois 6–1, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 30 May 2005 10,000 Hilton Head Island, United States Hard United States Ansley Cargill 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up 25 October 2006 25,000 Augusta, United States Hard Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall 0–6, 2–6
Runner-up 20 March 2007 25,000 Redding, United States Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1 October 2001 10,000 Aventura, United States Clay Haiti Neyssa Etienne United States Milangela Morales
United States Shenay Perry
W/O
Winner 26 June 2006 10,000 Kharkiv, Ukraine Clay Russia Vasilisa Davydova Ukraine Galyna Kosyk
Russia Anna Lapushchenkova
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 29 May 2007 25,000 Moscow, Russia Clay Ukraine Oksana Uzhylovska Russia Alisa Kleybanova
Russia Ekaterina Makarova
3–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Runner-up 14 April 2008 25,000 Palm Beach Gardens, United States Clay United States Lauren Albanese Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]

References

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