| Country (sports) |  Soviet Union | |||||||||||
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| Born | (1957-03-26) 26 March 1957 (age 67) Siberia, USSR | |||||||||||
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Ludmila Makarova (born 26 March 1957), also known as Luda Makarova, is a Russian former tennis player.
Makarova, trained at Moscow's Spartak Club, won two medals for the Soviet Union at the 1981 Summer Universiade in Bucharest and was a national Federation Cup player in 1982, helping the team reach the World Group quarter-finals.
Now living in San Diego, Makarova is married to microbiologist Mikhail Popkov and has two daughters. Her youngest daughter, Christina, played professional tennis. The family left Russia in the 1990s.
See also
References
- Amdur, Neil; Mifflin, Lawrie (30 July 1982). "Scouting; American Dream". The New York Times.
- "Focused on a future in pro tennis". San Diego Union-Tribune. 11 August 2010.
External links
- Ludmila Makarova at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Ludmila Makarova at the International Tennis Federation
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Soviet female tennis players
- Russian female tennis players
- Russian emigrants to the United States
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
- Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Russian sportswomen