H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Ekaterina Makarova vs Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez H2H: 4-0

Ekaterina Makarova holds a 4–0 lead over Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Ekaterina Makarova leads 3–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Ekaterina Makarova won the 2012 Korea Open quarterfinal 6-1 6-1.

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Ekaterina Makarova
RUS Age 38 Left-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
4 – 0
4 main-draw meetings
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
Spain Age 44 Left-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Ekaterina Makarova #28 6-1 6-1 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #93 Match data Sep 22, 2012* QF Korea Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Ekaterina Makarova #40 7-5 6-3 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #35 Match data Aug 17, 2011* R64 Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Ekaterina Makarova #37 6-0 5-7 6-4 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #84 Match data May 11, 2011* R64 Italian Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Ekaterina Makarova #49 6-4 7-5 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #25 Match data Sep 24, 2010* R16 Korea Open International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. 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 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Ekaterina Makarova #1,000 #8 3,620 1,942 252 225 52.8% 0 0 0 1 2 3
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #761 #19 2,635 1,894 107 101 51.4% 0 1 0 0 4 5

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 Ekaterina Makarova Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
18 — — — — — — — 2001 10–16 38.5% #93 1,520 0 0
19 2007 2–2 50.0% #110 1,536 0 0 2002 0–4 0.0% #282 1,461 0 0
20 2008 17–20 45.9% #46 1,626 0 0 — — — — — — —
21 2009 19–22 46.3% #60 1,634 0 0 — — — — — — —
22 2010 14–20 41.2% #49 1,663 0 1 — — — — — — —
23 2011 15–23 39.5% #53 1,606 0 1 2006 5–6 45.5% #106 1,488 0 0
24 2012 26–19 57.8% #20 1,757 0 1 2007 2–2 50.0% #174 1,506 0 0
25 2013 24–18 57.1% #24 1,836 0 1 2008 7–9 43.8% #93 1,556 0 0
26 2014 39–21 65.0% #11 1,840 0 2 2009 30–17 63.8% #26 1,781 0 2
27 2015 26–16 61.9% #23 1,794 0 2 2010 23–16 59.0% #28 1,806 0 3
28 2016 27–21 56.2% #30 1,776 0 2 2011 23–17 57.5% #35 1,818 0 5
29 2017 27–21 56.2% #33 1,840 0 3 2012 6–13 31.6% #162 1,677 0 5
30 2018 16–19 45.7% #57 1,756 0 3 2013 1–1 50.0% #555 1,668 0 5
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 Ekaterina Makarova Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
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 %
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 0 4 4 0.0% 10 11 21 47.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
19 2007 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 0 2 2 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2008 9 13 22 40.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 2009 7 14 21 33.3% 9 4 13 69.2% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2010 6 14 20 30.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2011 9 15 24 37.5% 5 4 9 55.6% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2006 0 3 3 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — —
24 2012 17 12 29 58.6% 3 4 7 42.9% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2007 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
25 2013 17 11 28 60.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2008 1 4 5 20.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
26 2014 30 15 45 66.7% 3 4 7 42.9% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2009 11 9 20 55.0% 19 6 25 76.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
27 2015 18 9 27 66.7% 7 5 12 58.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2010 11 11 22 50.0% 10 4 14 71.4% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
28 2016 17 14 31 54.8% 4 5 9 44.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2011 12 10 22 54.5% 8 5 13 61.5% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
29 2017 21 14 35 60.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2012 3 7 10 30.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
30 2018 12 13 25 48.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2013 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
31 2019 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 165 149 314 52.5% 45 46 91 49.5% 42 28 70 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — 38 50 88 43.2% 61 41 102 59.8% 8 10 18 44.4% — — — —

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 442/477 of Ekaterina Makarova's and 148/178 of Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez'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 Ekaterina Makarova Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
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%
19 2007 4/4 2.3 2.5 66.4% 54.5% 37.8% 48.4% 66.9% 48.3% 39.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2008 30/37 2.6 2.5 60.2% 62.5% 44.2% 40.5% 45.0% 55.1% 43.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2009 39/41 2.2 4.0 58.6% 64.0% 40.9% 48.2% 50.2% 54.2% 43.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2010 31/34 2.5 2.1 59.6% 59.5% 47.6% 57.5% 52.7% 54.8% 41.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2011 36/38 2.5 2.4 60.5% 64.0% 43.2% 47.4% 47.1% 55.6% 39.4% 2006 1/11 0.0 2.0 55.8% 31.0% 39.1% 53.3% 28.6% 34.6% 40.0%
24 2012 45/45 2.1 2.0 62.9% 64.9% 50.6% 55.1% 49.3% 59.5% 43.6% 2007 3/4 3.0 4.3 60.5% 58.4% 47.3% 54.9% 69.2% 53.3% 51.1%
25 2013 41/42 2.9 2.1 64.4% 66.3% 47.4% 57.6% 50.6% 59.3% 45.1% 2008 13/16 2.8 2.0 55.4% 65.0% 46.6% 60.2% 51.5% 57.0% 44.5%
26 2014 56/60 2.6 2.1 64.0% 65.1% 47.7% 59.9% 44.7% 58.9% 45.0% 2009 41/47 3.6 2.5 53.0% 68.2% 48.5% 56.6% 51.7% 59.1% 45.0%
27 2015 36/42 2.1 1.8 66.0% 65.8% 54.1% 55.9% 53.9% 61.6% 43.2% 2010 37/39 4.4 2.8 53.9% 69.4% 47.4% 58.5% 46.3% 59.1% 44.1%
28 2016 40/48 2.5 2.8 65.6% 65.1% 47.3% 58.4% 53.6% 59.0% 42.4% 2011 37/40 2.3 3.1 54.7% 66.0% 45.0% 50.5% 45.9% 56.7% 44.1%
29 2017 47/48 2.9 2.9 65.5% 64.2% 45.5% 52.2% 45.3% 57.7% 43.3% 2012 14/19 2.3 3.8 57.0% 57.8% 42.5% 47.2% 44.7% 51.4% 38.8%
30 2018 34/35 2.4 4.1 64.4% 63.8% 43.6% 56.6% 44.0% 56.6% 41.5% 2013 2/2 0.5 1.0 66.7% 59.3% 58.9% 50.0% 41.7% 59.0% 42.8%
31 2019 3/3 3.3 3.0 67.3% 61.0% 43.4% 52.0% 36.3% 55.6% 38.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 442/477 2.5 2.6 63.2% 64.2% 46.6% 54.0% 48.7% 57.6% 43.0% — 148/208 3.2 2.8 54.6% 66.1% 46.7% 54.8% 48.3% 57.3% 44.0%

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 Ekaterina Makarova Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
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
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2001 1521 114.8 — — — — -18 +66 — 38.7% -0.92 6–6 (50%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.35
19 2007 1536 118.3 +1.82 -0.84 0.769 44.4% +21 — — 40.0% -1.10 2–0 — — -0.12 2002 1462 95.8 — — — — — — — 20.0% -2.00 0–2 — — +0.36
20 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 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 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 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 2006 1489 110.8 -2.04 -2.00 0.612 37.3% -75 +135 — 46.2% +0.04 2–2 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 100.2 +0.19
24 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 2007 1506 110.3 -2.03 +0.86 1.092 52.3% — +140 — 50.0% -0.30 1–1 1–1 — -0.08
25 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 2008 1556 123.2 +0.69 +0.59 1.033 50.5% -136 +102 +74 44.4% -0.14 2–4 (33%) 1–2 (33%) 98.1 -0.04
26 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 2009 1781 138.2 +3.43 +1.20 1.100 51.5% -175 +81 — 60.9% +0.45 11–10 (52%) 6–3 (67%) 106.6 +0.37
27 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 2010 1807 143.6 +3.06 +1.20 1.078 51.4% -128 +98 -159 55.7% +0.42 7–7 (50%) 6–6 (50%) 101.9 -1.22
28 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 2011 1819 139.3 +0.93 +0.43 1.019 50.2% -71 +47 -121 57.3% +0.43 4–5 (44%) 9–4 (69%) 103.5 -1.02
29 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 2012 1677 115.8 -1.76 -1.58 0.798 45.1% -13 +152 -9 37.2% -0.95 1–6 (14%) — — -0.84
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 2013 1669 99.6 -1.32 -1.04 1.045 51.4% — — — 50.0% -0.25 — — — +0.03
31 2019 1707 109.2 -2.16 -1.63 0.871 47.4% +6 — — 25.0% -1.00 0–2 0–1 — 0.00 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 1630 101.7 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1583 96.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 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 — 1895 134.8 +1.77 +0.63 1.030 50.4% -104 +88 -60 51.1% 0.00 34–43 (44%) 25–20 (56%) 102.4 -1.26

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.