Ekaterina Kosminskaya (; born 24 June 1988) is a former professional tennis player from Russia.
Early life Ekaterina was born to Petr and Irina Kosminskaya on 24 June 1988 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin received a scholarship for tennis from her foundation. Ekaterina Kosminskaya At age five or six she was sent by her parents to the Luzhniki per the attending the sports club there, coached by her Irina Granaturova.
Career Kosminskaya had a successful junior career, Her career-high world doubles ranking as a junior was world No. 10. In 2003 Kosminskaya won a prestigious tournament for juniors Orange Bowl partnering Marina Erakovic (Grade A). She has won 1 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She decided to follow the college route and was part of the Penn Quakers tennis team from 2006 to 2009.
ITF junior results Singles (2–0) Legend (Win/Loss)Category GACategory G1Category G2Category G3Category G4Category G5 ResultNo.DateLocationGradeSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. March 2003 Haslevangen, Norway G4 Carpet Michaela Johansson 6–2, 6–2Win 2. October 2003 Bangkok, Thailand G2 Hard Marina Erakovic 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles (7–4) ResultNo.DateLocationGradeSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. May 2002 Alicante, Spain G5 Hard Ekaterina Makarova Susan Delport Mandy Septoe 2–6, 6–3, 6–3Win 2. January 2003 Västerås, Sweden G4 Carpet Anna Chakvetadze Georgia Smith Melanie South 6–4, 6–0Win 3. March 2003 Udmurtia, Russia G4 Hard Ekaterina Makarova Alexandra Panova Olga Panova 6–2, 5–7, 6–4Win 4. May 2003 Prato, Italy G2 Clay Ekaterina Makarova Ekaterina Kirianova Irina Kotkina 6–1, 6–4Loss 1. July 2003 Essen, Germany G1 Clay Ekaterina Makarova Kelly de Beer Nikola Fraňková 3–6, 6–7Loss 2. August 2003 Domžale, Slovenia G3 Clay Anja Poglajen Tina Obrez Romina Raonic 6–2, 4–6, 1–6Loss 3. December 2003 Key Biscayne, Florida, USA G1 Hard Marina Erakovic Andrea Hlaváčková Emma Laine 6–7, 4–6Win 5. December 2003 Orange Bowl, Miami, USA GA Hard Marina Erakovic Victoria Azarenka Olga Govortsova 6–0, 4–6, 7–6Win 6. May 2004 Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy G2 Clay Ekaterina Makarova Giulia Gabba Verdiana Verardi 1–6, 6–2, 6–2Loss 4. May 2004 Charleroi, Belgium G1 Clay Alla Kudryavtseva Stéphanie Dubois Yasmin Schnack 5–7, 3–6Win 7. Sep 2005 Lexington, USA G1 Hard Alisa Kleybanova Julia Cohen Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7–5, 7–6
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