Residence: Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born: April 19, 1987 (age 24)
Nyagan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight: 59 kilograms (130 lb)[1]
Turned pro: April 19, 2001
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money: $17,874,677[2]
Singles,
Career record: 420–106
Career titles: 24 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 1 (August 22, 2005)
Current ranking No. 2 (March 5, 2012)[3]
Grand Slam results:
Australian Open W (2008)
French Open: SF (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon: W (2004)
US Open W (2006)
Other tournaments
Championships: W (2004)
Doubles
Career record: 23–17
Career titles 3 WTA
Highest ranking: 41 (January 30, 2012)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2003, 2004)
Maria Sharapova
In the summer of 2004, seventeen-year-old Maria Sharapova became the first Russian player to win Wimbledon, the prestigious tennis event that takes place every summer in London, England. Wimbledon is one of the four Grand Slam events in tennis, along with the U.S., French, and Australian Open tournaments, and winners of these contests have triumphed over the best players in the world. Sharapova, who had spent much of her life in Florida at a renowned tennis academy, was the third youngest champion in Wimbledon history, and her women's singles Wimbledon title came with a $1 million prize purse. Afterward, she was signed to a number of product endorsement deals. By the summer of 2005, she had won a spot on Forbes magazine's Celebrity 100 list as the highest paid female athlete in the world.
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Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova
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