Tatiana Makarova was named the Assistant Coach of the Arkansas women’s tennis team on July 6, 2023 after serving the previous season as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Texas A&M. Makarova helped lead the Aggies to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament and a 30-3 (13-0 SEC) record while winning their second consecutive SEC regular season title.
Makarova comes to Fayetteville after a very successful five-year career at Texas A&M. In 2021, she was an ITA All-American in both singles and doubles, an All-SEC First Team selection, a member of the SEC All-Tournament Team, and achieved her career-high singles ranking at No. 10. In 2022, Makarova was again named an ITA All-American in doubles, an All-SEC First Team selection, a member of the SEC All-Tournament Team, and was named the SEC Tournament MVP in addition to reaching her career-high doubles ranking at No. 2. She advanced to the National Quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles draw alongside Jayci Goldsmith in 2021 and 2022. Makarova ranks second in career doubles wins and third in career singles wins at Texas A&M.
