Last season was a dream for the Slovak player. It won the first tournament of champions Singapore, and other three WTA tournaments, Katowice, Eastbourne and Linz. At Singapore, it has managed to win the final tournament player was ranked first in WTA ranking, Angelique Kerber, 6-3, 6-4.

For Dominika, 2017 started the tournament in Brisbane, where she reached the quarter-final stage, she defeated Alize Cornet being (WTA 43) 6-3, 7-5, after this, she attended the competition in Sydney, where she succumbed phase IMIL 8th finals, 6-3, 6-4 against Eugenie Bouchard (WTA 47).

At the Australian Open, which began with success in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2 in front of Denise Allertova (WTA 90). In the second round, Cibulkova played against Su-Wei Hsieh (WTA 91),and she defeat her: 6-4 7-6.

Without victory in Melbourne until 2017, the Russian did not impress in the start of the tournament, when she won in 3 sets the match played against Ekaterina Alexandrova (108 WTA), score 6-0, 4-6, 6-1. In the next round, it met a veteran WTA circuit, Sara Errani (WTA 53), but the duel between the two lasted no more than a set and a half, the Italian was forced to retire at 6-2, 3 -2 for his opponent

Before the Australian Open, Makarova has attended only two tournaments this season, Brisbane and Sydney, but each time left the competition after the first match. In the first tournament, it was eliminated by Misaki Doi (WTA 41) 7-6, 6-4, and in the second of Barbora Strycova (WTA 16) 6-3, 7-5.

In the previous season, Ekaterina has not had success in the singles, doubles but it managed to win three competitions, tournament champions, the Olympic Games and Montreal, all with Elena Vesnina.