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Common Misspelling: Maria Sharipova; Marie; Also Known As: Masha

 

Full Name

Date of Birth

Birth Place

Maria Sharapova

April 19, 1987

Nyagan, Siberia (Russia)

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  • Maria Sharapova was born on April 19, 1987 in Nyagan, Russia to Yuri and Yelena Sharapova.  When she was two years old, her family moved to Sochi (also in Russia, near the Black Sea). She became enamored by the game at age four, and has played ever since, in fact, she was part of an exhibition in Moscow with tennis legend Martina Navratilova when she was six year’s old.

  • At the ripe young age of nine, she moved to the United States to study tennis at Nick Bollettieri’s Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida.  She came with her father, and had to leave her mother behind in Russia for two years do work out finances and many issues with receiving visas.

  • In 2001 she joined the junior circuit where she won the Sacramento, Hilton Head and Pilsen titles, with a record of 25-3.

  • In 2002 she had a record of 26-3 and won the Vancouver, Peachtree and Gunma titles. She also played three matches in the professional tour (record of 1-2).  She did well enough to be ranked 186 on the WTA charts.
    IN 2003 She joined the professional tour with a record of 34-11 while winning the  Quebec City and Japan Open titles. Her ranking improved to place her at #32 on the WTA charts.

  • In 2004 she did even better, winning a few titles, including the coveted Wimbledon's singles title (the others were Birmingham, Seoul and the Japan Open) and had an overall 54-15 record.

  • Maria begins this season ranked #2 in the world.

  • A repeat of Wimbledon was not in the cards for Sharapova in 2005. She failed to defend her title there by a semi-finals loss to Venus Williams (6-7 and 1-6)

  • In August 2005, she was ranked #1 by the WTa for the first time in her professional career!

  • She has leant her name to a sports designer watch in August 2005, the TAG Heuer Formula 1 Diamonds, which she helped design.

  • Maria lost in the semi-final match at the U.S. Open, but was still ranked #1. She finished 2005 ranked at #4.

  • In 2005 Men's tennis champ Andy Rodick and Sharapova came public about their dating each other.

  • In 2006, Sharapova only made made it to the semi finals of the Australia Open. However, she won the U.S. Open in September of that year.

  • She started out 2007 with a trip to the finals in the Australia Open, but lost to Serena Williams -- however, getting to the finals was enough to get her rank back up to #1.

  • 2008 started with her third Grand Slam title with a win at the Australia Open, having defeated both Lindsay Davenport and Justine Henin on her way to the win. She won the Bausch & Lomb Championships later that year, but after a huge upset at Wimbledon against 154th ranked Alla Kudryavtseva, and shoulder injuries, she took to the sidelines to rest and recuperate for a little while.

  • She sat out of the Australian Open in 2009 to continue healing her shoulder, but did play at Wimbledon and lost in her second round.  She played decently during the mid-year matchups, and eventually had her first win of the year at Tokyo.  At the end of the year, due to her mild successes, she was able to move back up to #14 in the rankings -- all the way up from 126th at the beginning of the year.

  • The year 2010 did not start off well for Sharapova, losing in the first round at the Australian Open.  She had many ups and downs during the year, but made it to the 4th round at Wimbledon and way beat after a well fought match by Serena Williams.  She also made it to the fourth round of the US Open losing to Caroline Wozniacki.

  • In October 2010, Maria Sharapova and Sasha Vujačić (a Slovenian Professional basketball player) announced that they were engaged.

  • She did well at a number of smaller tournaments to begin 2011, and then made it to the fourth round of the Australian Open.  Soon afterwards she made it to the semi-finals of the BNP Paribas Open (losing to Wozniacki).  She also made it to the semifinals at the French Open losing to Li Na. Later in the year, she won the Western & Southern Open.  She then made it to the third round of the U.S. Open (although she did not make it to the finals, due to losses of other top seeds, she was ranked #2 after the Open was finished).  She suffered an ankle injury at a later competition, and due to its results, and withdrawal from other competitions, she ended her year ranked at #4 - her first top 5 finish since 2007.

  • Due to her ankle injury, her first tournament of 2012 was the Australian Open, where she made it to the Finals, but lost to Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 0-6.

  • Hobbies and Interests include: dancing (jazz), watching movies (favorite = Pearl Harbor), reading (Sherlock Holmes, Russian music and Russian food and eating desert.

Statistics:

Year

Level

Win-Loss

2001

Junior

25-3

2001

Challengers

0-1

2002

Junior

26-6

2002

Challengers

26-3

2002

WTA

1-2

2003

Challengers

4-1

2003

WTA

34-12

2004

WTA

55-15

2005

WTA

53-12

2006

WTA

11-3

2007 WTA 8-2
2008 WTA 32-4
2009 WTA 31-9
2010 WTA 33-11
2011 WTA 43-14

2012

WTA

6-1

(as of 1/30)

Total

WTA

418-105

 

For full Maria Sharapova statistics, see Wikipedia .

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