H2H data updated: 2026-10-08 00:00 UTC

Belinda Bencic vs Ekaterina Makarova H2H: 1-0

Belinda Bencic holds a 1–0 lead over Ekaterina Makarova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Belinda Bencic leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Belinda Bencic won the 2016 Sydney International quarterfinal 6-0 2-6 6-4.

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Belinda Bencic
Switzerland Age 29 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Ekaterina Makarova
RUS Age 38 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Belinda Bencic #14 6-0 2-6 6-4 Ekaterina Makarova #23 Match data Jan 13, 2016 QF Sydney International Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard

Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS Olympics 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Belinda Bencic #12 #4 4,745 2,035 311 193 61.7% 0 1 2 0 7 0 10
Ekaterina Makarova #1,000 #8 3,620 1,942 252 225 52.8% 0 0 0 0 1 2 3

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Belinda Bencic Ekaterina Makarova
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 2012 0–1 0.0% #612 1,498 0 0 — — — — — — —
16 2013 2–3 40.0% #184 1,512 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 2014 18–17 51.4% #32 1,687 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2015 40–21 65.6% #14 1,916 0 2 — — — — — — —
19 2016 18–21 46.2% #43 1,682 0 2 2007 2–2 50.0% #110 1,536 0 0
20 2017 3–8 27.3% #98 1,684 0 2 2008 17–20 45.9% #46 1,626 0 0
21 2018 14–14 50.0% #54 1,719 0 2 2009 19–22 46.3% #60 1,634 0 0
22 2019 48–21 69.6% #8 1,919 0 4 2010 14–20 41.2% #49 1,663 0 1
23 2020 7–7 50.0% #12 1,848 0 4 2011 15–23 39.5% #53 1,606 0 1
24 2021 34–19 64.2% #23 1,902 0 5 2012 26–19 57.8% #20 1,757 0 1
25 2022 38–19 66.7% #12 1,908 0 6 2013 24–18 57.1% #24 1,836 0 1
26 2023 31–13 70.5% #17 1,925 0 8 2014 39–21 65.0% #11 1,840 0 2
27 — — — — — — — 2015 26–16 61.9% #23 1,794 0 2
28 2025 36–16 69.2% #11 2,004 0 10 2016 27–21 56.2% #30 1,776 0 2
29 2026 22–13 62.9% #12 1,956 0 10 2017 27–21 56.2% #33 1,840 0 3
30 — — — — — — — 2018 16–19 45.7% #57 1,756 0 3
31 — — — — — — — 2019 0–3 0.0% #997 1,707 0 3

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Belinda Bencic Ekaterina Makarova
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 2012 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2013 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2014 10 9 19 52.6% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2015 23 12 35 65.7% 3 6 9 33.3% 14 3 17 82.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2016 14 16 30 46.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 2007 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2017 3 8 11 27.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 9 13 22 40.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
21 2018 9 11 20 45.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2009 7 14 21 33.3% 9 4 13 69.2% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2019 30 12 42 71.4% 11 6 17 64.7% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 2010 6 14 20 30.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — —
23 2020 7 6 13 53.8% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2011 9 15 24 37.5% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 2021 24 11 35 68.6% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — 2012 17 12 29 58.6% 3 4 7 42.9% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — —
25 2022 19 12 31 61.3% 13 4 17 76.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2013 17 11 28 60.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
26 2023 24 10 34 70.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2014 30 15 45 66.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 18 9 27 66.7% 7 5 12 58.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
28 2025 28 11 39 71.8% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2016 17 14 31 54.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
29 2026 11 8 19 57.9% 8 4 12 66.7% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2017 21 14 35 60.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 12 13 25 48.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 204 129 333 61.3% 53 39 92 57.6% 54 25 79 68.4% — — — — — 165 149 314 52.5% 45 46 91 49.5% 42 28 70 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 449/508 of Belinda Bencic's and 442/477 of Ekaterina Makarova's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Belinda Bencic Ekaterina Makarova
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
15 2012 1/1 1.0 2.0 60.0% 56.7% 25.0% 58.3% 33.3% 44.0% 37.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
16 2013 5/5 2.8 4.6 57.6% 63.2% 44.7% 31.0% 45.6% 55.2% 44.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
17 2014 30/35 2.7 3.4 58.2% 63.1% 42.2% 47.6% 46.5% 54.5% 44.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2015 50/61 2.1 3.0 66.1% 65.0% 50.9% 49.8% 46.0% 60.1% 42.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2016 35/39 2.2 4.9 60.9% 65.0% 43.9% 55.0% 39.1% 56.6% 39.7% 2007 4/4 2.3 2.5 66.4% 54.5% 37.8% 48.4% 66.9% 48.3% 39.8%
20 2017 11/12 2.4 4.7 59.2% 64.6% 40.9% 52.1% 53.3% 55.3% 38.8% 2008 30/37 2.6 2.5 60.2% 62.5% 44.2% 40.5% 45.0% 55.1% 43.0%
21 2018 25/28 2.9 4.0 63.8% 64.7% 43.4% 54.8% 47.8% 57.2% 43.1% 2009 39/41 2.2 4.0 58.6% 64.0% 40.9% 48.2% 50.2% 54.2% 43.9%
22 2019 64/69 3.0 4.8 62.0% 68.6% 46.9% 51.4% 47.6% 60.3% 45.5% 2010 31/34 2.5 2.1 59.6% 59.5% 47.6% 57.5% 52.7% 54.8% 41.5%
23 2020 14/14 3.5 5.4 60.4% 65.1% 40.4% 47.6% 53.4% 55.5% 39.5% 2011 36/38 2.5 2.4 60.5% 64.0% 43.2% 47.4% 47.1% 55.6% 39.4%
24 2021 45/53 3.8 5.1 59.8% 70.6% 47.5% 57.7% 44.0% 61.4% 41.2% 2012 45/45 2.1 2.0 62.9% 64.9% 50.6% 55.1% 49.3% 59.5% 43.6%
25 2022 56/57 3.5 4.3 63.2% 70.8% 49.0% 62.0% 48.2% 62.7% 43.6% 2013 41/42 2.9 2.1 64.4% 66.3% 47.4% 57.6% 50.6% 59.3% 45.1%
26 2023 42/44 3.1 4.2 60.7% 70.3% 52.4% 54.1% 53.3% 63.2% 44.6% 2014 56/60 2.6 2.1 64.0% 65.1% 47.7% 59.9% 44.7% 58.9% 45.0%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2015 36/42 2.1 1.8 66.0% 65.8% 54.1% 55.9% 53.9% 61.6% 43.2%
28 2025 39/54 1.9 2.9 64.8% 67.0% 46.4% 55.6% 49.4% 59.7% 43.1% 2016 40/48 2.5 2.8 65.6% 65.1% 47.3% 58.4% 53.6% 59.0% 42.4%
29 2026 32/36 2.0 3.4 63.4% 67.7% 51.7% 57.3% 52.5% 62.1% 47.2% 2017 47/48 2.9 2.9 65.5% 64.2% 45.5% 52.2% 45.3% 57.7% 43.3%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 34/35 2.4 4.1 64.4% 63.8% 43.6% 56.6% 44.0% 56.6% 41.5%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 3/3 3.3 3.0 67.3% 61.0% 43.4% 52.0% 36.3% 55.6% 38.7%
Career — 449/508 2.8 4.1 62.2% 67.5% 47.3% 54.1% 47.7% 59.8% 43.2% — 442/477 2.5 2.6 63.2% 64.2% 46.6% 54.0% 48.7% 57.6% 43.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Belinda Bencic Ekaterina Makarova
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 2012 1498 109.0 +0.38 +1.75 0.665 40.6% — — — 0.0% -4.00 — — — -0.32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 2013 1512 112.4 -1.40 -1.46 0.993 49.7% +35 — — 41.7% -0.08 1–1 — — +0.07 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2014 1687 133.0 -1.06 +0.66 0.968 49.4% -36 -88 -56 46.8% -0.19 7–4 (64%) 1–5 (17%) 103.6 -0.45 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2015 1917 142.9 +1.98 +1.43 1.055 50.8% -43 -371 -32 61.7% +0.71 13–5 (72%) 10–7 (59%) 110.5 +0.12 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2016 1682 132.7 +0.67 -2.42 0.916 48.4% +13 — +122 50.6% +0.01 8–5 (62%) 5–5 (50%) 98.8 +0.39 2007 1536 118.3 +1.82 -0.84 0.769 44.4% +21 — — 40.0% -1.10 2–0 — — -0.12
20 2017 1684 116.5 +0.34 -2.98 0.868 47.5% +4 — — 33.3% -1.00 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — -0.56 2008 1626 124.1 -0.08 -0.65 0.958 48.7% -33 -52 +24 46.5% -0.34 6–6 (50%) 4–5 (44%) 102.4 -0.55
21 2018 1720 131.9 +0.41 +0.77 1.005 50.1% -15 — +137 50.8% -0.14 4–7 (36%) 6–3 (67%) 98.4 -0.88 2009 1634 131.6 -1.02 +0.38 0.960 49.1% -45 +48 +32 47.4% -0.49 7–8 (47%) 7–0 (100%) 107.5 -0.92
22 2019 1919 153.4 +3.67 +3.33 1.146 52.8% +7 -198 -22 63.7% +0.75 19–10 (66%) 11–3 (79%) 113.3 -0.19 2010 1663 122.5 -0.26 -1.13 0.918 48.3% -104 -64 +173 45.5% -0.53 2–7 (22%) 5–2 (71%) 98.1 -2.59
23 2020 1849 132.9 -0.10 -2.02 0.889 47.8% +28 — — 53.1% -0.50 1–3 (25%) 4–0 (100%) 98.8 +0.36 2011 1606 131.9 +0.66 -2.66 0.887 47.4% -47 +70 +141 40.9% -0.75 6–6 (50%) 3–6 (33%) 101.5 -1.38
24 2021 1903 145.9 +4.09 -0.65 1.068 51.2% +31 -180 +37 57.6% +0.47 12–4 (75%) 8–1 (89%) 110.4 +2.66 2012 1758 146.6 +3.45 +1.31 1.076 51.4% -30 -80 +28 57.1% +0.51 4–6 (40%) 4–6 (40%) 96.8 -2.49
25 2022 1908 148.8 +4.85 +1.47 1.169 52.9% +16 -43 +29 62.3% +0.89 16–10 (62%) 8–9 (47%) 99.1 -0.23 2013 1836 145.0 +3.78 +1.69 1.108 52.2% -22 -149 -40 59.3% +0.60 5–8 (38%) 3–6 (33%) 94.8 -1.08
26 2023 1926 154.5 +5.48 +2.15 1.211 53.6% +23 -57 +17 65.6% +0.99 9–5 (64%) 9–5 (64%) 102.7 +0.65 2014 1841 150.2 +3.13 +1.93 1.095 51.8% +1 -157 +25 60.2% +0.56 11–2 (85%) 5–6 (45%) 106.8 -1.18
27 2024 1909 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 1795 142.0 +3.14 +1.65 1.125 52.5% +49 -71 +5 64.8% +0.89 4–7 (36%) 5–1 (83%) 98.0 +1.69
28 2025 2004 160.1 +2.92 +0.83 1.069 51.4% +49 -160 +82 62.8% +0.71 14–6 (70%) 10–6 (63%) 106.3 -1.94 2016 1776 140.5 +2.86 -0.13 1.035 50.8% +17 -78 +71 55.0% +0.41 8–9 (47%) 3–2 (60%) 96.7 +0.36
29 2026 1956 156.1 +4.55 +3.76 1.244 54.3% +37 -36 +107 65.8% +1.13 4–8 (33%) 6–3 (67%) 94.7 +1.08 2017 1841 148.6 +1.78 +0.54 1.022 50.2% +18 -103 -20 52.7% +0.19 10–6 (63%) 6–6 (50%) 104.6 -2.16
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1757 140.7 +0.52 -0.09 0.957 49.2% +11 -59 +62 45.8% -0.40 7–6 (54%) 4–2 (67%) 101.3 -2.54
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1707 109.2 -2.16 -1.63 0.871 47.4% +6 — — 25.0% -1.00 0–2 0–1 — 0.00
Career — 2036 153.4 +2.84 +1.04 1.076 51.4% +11 -136 +29 58.8% +0.52 110–70 (61%) 79–48 (62%) 111.1 +0.15 — 1942 146.2 +1.78 +0.38 1.014 50.2% -11 -55 +51 52.5% +0.08 72–73 (50%) 49–43 (53%) 104.0 -2.73

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.