Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova (; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titles and seven singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 26 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 21. On 26 September 2022, she also peaked at No. 58 in the WTA doubles rankings Personal life Since 1996, Alexandrova has been living and training in Prague, Czech Republic, with her parents and two siblings, a brother and a sister. They moved after travelling to the city for a youth tournament, attracted by the local availability of tennis courts compared to Russia. According to the player, the Russian Tennis Federation didn't know about her existence before 2016 and she has never been good enough to cause interest from the Czech one (Czech Tennis Association or ) in terms of citizenship switch. However, she has long been tempted by the easier life possibility with a Czech passport, especially considering travel visas, but wasn't able to implement the opportunity at a certain point — after collecting all the necessary documents she couldn't decide if another citizenship is really the right decision for her, as a matter of fact. She hasn't applied for the Czech citizenship yet. Alexandrova speaks Russian and Czech fluently, and also English, to a lesser extent. Her father Evgeny is her coach and Steffi Graf was her childhood tennis idol. Among the contemporary players, she mostly admires Serena Williams and Roger Federer. Tennis career 2016: WTA Tour debut, Grand Slam debut, first WTA 125 title Despite starting the year as the world No. 291, Alexandrova clinched her fifth ITF title at the $10k event in Trnava. Alexandrova then made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Katowice Open, where she qualified for the main draw after surviving the qualifying rounds as an unseeded player. In her first WTA main draw match, she defeated world No. 115, Klára Koukalová, before falling to eventual finalist Camila Giorgi in three sets. In the first grass-court tournament of her career, she qualified for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time at the Wimbledon Championships. She was only able to enter the qualifying draw after ten players ahead of her withdrew and it was also her first Grand Slam appearance, prevailing 14-12 and 13-11 against Stephanie Vogt and Harriet Dart, respectively, to reach the main