Maria Sharapova
Russian tennis player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Roushie: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова; born 19 April 1987) is a Roushie professional tennis player, that is rankit warld No. 180 bi the Weemen's Tennis Association (WTA). A United States resident syne 1994,[3] Sharapova haes competit on the WTA tour syne 2001. She haes been rankit warld No. 1 in singles bi the WTA on five separate occasions, for a tot o 21 weeks. She is ane o ten weemen, an the ae Roushie, tae haud the career Grand Slam an is an Olympic medalist, haein earnt silver for Roushie in weemen's singles at the 2012 Simmer Olympics in Lunnon.
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Kintra | Roushie |
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Residence | Bradenton, Florida, United States |
Born | (1987-04-19) 19 Aprile 1987 (age 37) Nyagan, Roushie SFSR, Soviet Union |
Hicht | .88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] |
Turned pro | 19 Aprile 2001 |
Plays | Richt-haundit (twa-haundit backhaund) |
Coach(es) | Sven Groeneveld, Jimmy Connors, Jimmy Connors |
Prize money | $23,151,623[2]
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Career record | 647–169 |
Career titles | 27 WTA, 4 ITF |
Heichest rankin | No. 1 (22 August 2005) |
Current rankin | No. 180 (Julie 3, 2017) |
Australian Open | W (2008) |
French Open | W (2012) |
Wimbledon | W (2004) |
US Open | W (2006) |
Tour Finals | W (2004) |
Olympic Gemmes | Siller medal (2012) |
Career record | 23–17 |
Career titles | 3 WTA |
Heichest rankin | No. 41 (14 Juin 2004) |
Australian Open | 2R (2003, 2004) |
US Open | 2R (2003) |
Last updatit on: December 31, 2012. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Weemen's tennis | ||
Representin Roushie | ||
2012 London | Singles |
Sharapova became the warld No. 1 for the first time on August 22, 2005 at the age o 18, an last haudit the rankin for the fift time for fower week frae 11 Juin 2012 til 8 Julie 2012.[4][5] Her 35 singles titles an five Grand Slam titles — twa at the French Open an ane ilka at the Australian Open, Wimbledon an the US Open — rank third amang active players, ahint Serena an Venus Williams. She won the year-endin WTA Finals in her debut in 2004. She haes won three doubles titles anaa.
Despite an injury-prone career, Sharapova haes achieved a rare level o longevity in the weemen’s gemme. She haes won at least ane singles title a year frae 2003 until 2015, a streak anly bested bi Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova an Chris Evert. Several tennis pundits an umwhile players hae cried Sharapova ane o tennis’s best competitors, wi John McEnroe calling her ane o the best the sport haes ever seen.[6]
Sharapova haes been featurt in a feck o modelin assignments, includin a featur in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She appeared in mony advertisements, includin thaim for Nike, Prince, an Canon, bein the face o several fashion houses, maist notably Cole Haan. Syne Februar 2007, she haes been a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador, concerned speceefically wi the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme. In Juin 2011, she wis named ane o the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" bi Time,[7] an in Mairch 2012 wis named ane o the "100 Greatest of All Time" bi Tennis Channel.