Maria Sharapova | Russian tennis player | Biography In English |

 

Maria Sharapova she is a famous tennis player she was born on April 19th 1987 in nagin Russia her father's name is Yuri Sharapova and mother's name is Alina Sharapova in 1994 she moved from

Russia to the United States of America to enroll at the Nick Bollettieri tennis academy in Florida Maria was not granted admission to Nick Bollettieri tennis academy immediately as she was too young to join the Academy she initially took up tennis training at the RIC mixi tennis academy and later

signed a deal with the International Management Group a global sports and talent organization based in New York when Maria was merely 13 years old she won the Eddie her international junior tennis championships in the girls 16 division and was then awarded the Rising Star Award

she began her professional tennis career in 2001 and made her first WTA debut at the Pacific Life open in 2002 in she was young there were restrictions on how many professional events she could play therefore she decided to concentrate on junior tournaments in 2002 she reached the finals of the girls singles events at the Australian Open and Wimbledon in

2003 Maria made her debut at the Australian Open and French Open but lost in the first round at both the tournaments she won her maiden WTA title at the Japan Open tennis championship she was awarded the WTA newcomer of the Year in 2003 she won her first Grand Slam singles title at the Wimbledon in 2004 at the age of 17 after defeating defending champion Serena Williams she

thus became the second Russian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title as a result of her win she entered the top ten in the rankings for the first time on August 22nd 2005 she became the first Russian woman to hold a world number one ranking but a reign at the top was short-lived and within a week she lost her number-one ranking to Lindsay Davenport

Maria had dated singer Adam Levine in 2005 but the couple split after a short while in 2006 she won the second Grand Slam singles title of her career when she defeated justine henin to win the US Open in 2007 she reached the finals of the Australian Open reached the semi-finals of the French Open lost in the fourth round of the Wimbledon and made of exit in the third round of the United States Open Sharapova was also

troubled by the injuries during the year in her ranking fell below top 5 in 2007 Maria Sharapova became the goodwill ambassador of the UNDP in 2008 she won the third Grand Slam title of her career when she defeated on Ivanovic in the finals of the Australian Open in May 2008 she once again became the number one player in 2009 she began dating Slovenian basketball player Sasha

Vujacic and the couple had announced their engagement in 2010 however Maria Sharapova announced the end of the relationship in 2012 in 2012 Sharapova won her first French Open title and became only the 10th woman to complete a career grand slam in the process she also regained the world number one ranking she won a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics in 2013 she reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open

reached the finals of the French Open lost in the second round of the Wimbledon and withdrew from United States Open due to a shoulder injury in 2014 Maria won the second French Open title of her career by defeating Simona Halep she also won the Stuttgart open madrid open and china opened that year her ranking rose from number 4 to number 2 at the end of the year in 2015 she reached the finals of the Australian

Open won the Italian Open and lost in the semi-finals of the Wimbledon Maria has been the brand ambassador of many leading brands such as Motorola Tiffany landrover Canon Tropicana Gatorade Knight Porsche Tag Heuer etc the Maria Sharapova foundation in collaboration with the United Nations is working towards helping children around the world achieved their dreams no matter what you study the thing that you know best is what you grew up with said Maria Sharapova you.