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MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS)

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Residence Bradenton, Florida, USA
Date of Birth April 19, 1987
Birthplace Nyagan, Siberia, Russia
Height 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Weight 130 lbs. (59 kg)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed back.)
Status Pro (April 19, 2001)
   

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YTD Career
WTA Tour singles titles 2 12
WTA Tour doubles titles 0 3
ITF Women's Circuit singles titles 0 4
ITF Women's Circuit doubles titles 0 0
Prize Money $1,468,863 $6,142,214
Win Loss Record - Singles 37-7 211-53
Win Loss Record - Doubles 0-0 23-16
WTA Ranking History
Season-Ending Singles 2005-4 ; 2004-4 ; 2003-32; 2002-186
Career-High Singles No. 1 (August 22, 2005)
Career-High Doubles No. 41 (June 14, 2004)
Clothing/Equipment
Racquet: Prince O3 White Order Online
Clothing: Nike Order Online
Shoes: Nike Air Zoom Mystify Order Online
Grand Slam (singles) History
WL 06 05 04 03
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 12-4 SF SF 3r 1r
ROLAND GARROS 11-4 4r QF QF 1r
WIMBLEDON 20-3 SF SF W 4r
US OPEN 8-3 - SF 3r 2r
Championships History
WL 05 04 03 02
Singles 6-3 SF W - -
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MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS)

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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SINGLES
Winner (11): 2006 - Indian Wells; 2005 - Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Doha, Birmingham; 2004 - Wimbledon, Season-Ending Championships, Birmingham, Seoul, Tokyo [Japan Open]; 2003 - Tokyo [Japan Open], Quйbec City, ITF/Sea Island, GA-USA; 2002 - ITF/Gunma-JPN, ITF/Vancouver-CAN, ITF/Peachtree City, GA-USA.
Finalist (4): 2006 - Dubai, Miami; 2005 - Miami; 2004 - Zьrich.
Semifinalist (16): 2006 - Australian Open, Tokyo [Pan Pacific], Birmingham, Wimbledon; 2005 - Australian Open, Indian Wells, Rome, Wimbledon, US Open, Beijing, Season-Ending Championships; 2004 - Memphis, Beijing, Philadelphia; 2003 - Birmingham, Luxembourg.
Quarterfinalist (?): 2006 - ?. 2005 - ? 2004 - ?- Roland Garros; 2003 - Shanghai.

DOUBLES
Winner (3): 2004 - Birmingham (w/Kirilenko); 2003 - Tokyo [Japan Open] (w/Tanasugarn), Luxembourg (w/Tanasugarn).
Final (1): 2004 - Memphis (w/Zvonareva).

CAREER IN REVIEW
2001 – Debuted at ITF/Sarasota, FL-USA.

2002 – In third pro event, received WC into Indian Wells unranked, aged 14 years, 10 months; d. No.302 Rippner in 1r (l. to Seles in 2r); debuted on Tour Rankings on March 18 at No.532; reached final at five consecutive ITF Circuit events, winning first three; WC into Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. 1r to Gagliardi in 3s).

2003 – First Top 50 finish; qualified for first majors at Australian Open and Roland Garros (d. Beygelzimer in final round of qualifying 86 third set after trailing 76(6) 51); after first Tour SF at Birmingham as a qualifier (d. No.15 Dementieva in QF, l. to Asagoe 76 third set), broke into Top 100 (June 16) at No.88; at Wimbledon, equaled best showing by female WC in reaching 4r (preceded by Garrison-1982, A.Smith-1985 and S.Smith-1998); d. No.22 Bovina in 2r and No.12 Dokic in 3r before falling to compatriot Kuznetsova 75 third set; was youngest of five Russians in Wimbledon 4r (a Grand Slam record); extended No.2 Clijsters to 3s in Los Angeles 3r; following 2r US Open exit, reached first Tier II QF at Shanghai (l. to Dementieva) then at Tokyo [Japan Open] picked up career-first Tour singles and doubles titles; in singles, d. Kapros in final after trailing 5-2 in third-set tie-break, having held 2mp at 5-4 third set, becoming youngest winner on Tour in 2003 (aged 16 years, five months, 16 days); won doubles (w/first-time partner Tanasugarn); extended win streak with Tanasugarn to eight with doubles title at Luxembourg, where she reached singles SF (l. to Clijsters); in final event of season, seeded No.2 at Quйbec City, won second Tour singles title (Sequera ret. in final w/left ankle fracture after losing first set 62); on ITF Circuit, won ITF/Sea Island, GA-USA.

2004 – Breakthrough season highlighted by first Grand Slam title, season-ending Championships and Top 5 finish; as world No.15 (No.13 seed) in just second career Wimbledon (seventh Grand Slam), d. Sugiyama in 3s in QF (to reach first Grand Slam SF; was five points from defeat in second set), 1999 champion Davenport 26 76(5) 61 in SF (first Top 5 win of career after trailing 3-1 second set and being three points from defeat in tie-break), and two-time defending champion (top seed) S.Williams 61 64 in final to become lowest-seeded and second-youngest ladies Wimbledon singles champion in Open Era (fourth youngest at all majors after Hingis-1997 Australian Open, Seles-1990 Roland Garros and Austin-1979 US Open) and third-youngest all-time at 17 years, two months (Hingis was 16 years, nine months in 1997), as well as first-ever Russian Wimbledon champion and second female Russian Grand Slam champion; had won first grass court title two weeks earlier at Birmingham (d. Golovin in final; was third-youngest final in Open Era with combined age of 33 years, five months, behind 1991 San Diego and 1980 Tampa); also doubles title (w/Kirilenko); qualified for first season-ending Championships, reaching SF with 2-1 RR record (l. to Mauresmo), then d. Myskina (first time in four meetings) and overcame 4-0 deficit in third set of final vs. S.Williams to win 46 62 64, becoming second debutante to win title (S.Williams-2001); first player since Davenport in 1999 to win Wimbledon and season-ending Championships in same season; also won titles at Seoul (d. Domachowska in final) and Tokyo [Japan Open] (d. Washington in final; was first successful title defense); runner-up at Zьrich (d. V.Williams in QF and Dementieva in SF; l. to Molik in 3s in final, ending 12-match win streak); SF at Memphis (l. to Zvonareva), Beijing (l. to Kuznetsova) and Philadelphia (withdrew prior to SF vs. Mauresmo w/right shoulder strain) and QF at Roland Garros (first Grand Slam QF; l. to Suбrez) and San Diego (l. to Myskina, ending 14-match win streak); 4r at Indian Wells and Miami, and 3r five other times, incl. Australian Open (l. to Myskina), US Open (l. to Pierce) and Rome (d. No.10 Dementieva for career-first Top 10 win); Top 20 debut at No.19 (April 5, after Miami), Top 10 debut at No.8 (July 5, after Wimbledon), Top 5 debut at season’s end (November 15); career-high No.41 in doubles on June 14; topped 2004 prize money list with $2,506,263; withdrew from Eastbourne and Los Angeles for rest and recovery.

2005 - Second straight No.4 finish in season highlighted by ascension to No.1 ranking and three titles; after a Tour-leading 41-7 record through Wimbledon, injury marred second half of the year, going 12-5 in five events for the remainder of the season, withdrawing from four other events; on August 22, became 15th woman (first Russian) in Tour history to become No.1 (aged 18 years, four months, fifth-youngest behind Hingis, Austin, Seles and Graf); lost top spot one week later on August 29 (with Davenport reaching New Haven final, going on to win title), regained it on September 12 (after US Open), before surrendering on October 24 (Davenport won Zьrich); spent a total of seven weeks at the top spot, the only player other than Davenport to spend any time there in 2005; QF or better at all 15 events contested, capturing eighth, ninth and 10th career Tour singles titles at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (d. Davenport 76 third set in final; first Tier I title), Doha (d. Molik in final) and Birmingham (d. Jankovic in final; second successful title defense of career after 2004 Tokyo [Japan Open]); runner-up at Miami (d. Henin-Hardenne and V.Williams en route to final, falling to Clijsters; fell to 10-2 lifetime in Tour singles finals); won 19 of 23 Grand Slam matches, the only player to reach SF at three of four majors (fell to eventual champions at all four); seven of her completed 11 losses all season came at the hands of the eventual tournament winner; reached first Australian Open SF (l. to S.Williams 26 75 86, having served for match in second and third sets and holding 3mp at 5-4 in third; first Russian woman to reach SF there since Chmyreva in 1975), second Roland Garros QF (l. to Henin-Hardenne), second Wimbledon SF (l. to V.Williams, ending 22-match grass court win streak) and first US Open SF (l. to Clijsters 62 67(4) 63, saving 5mp in second set; was first time to be seeded No.1 and first Russian No.1 seed at a major); qualified for season-ending Championships (No.3 in Porsche Race), reaching SF on account of 2-1 RR record (d. Schnyder, Davenport (first Top 5 win in nine months - also Davenport in Tokyo [Pan Pacific] final); l. to Petrova), falling to eventual champion Mauresmo (also fell to Mauresmo in RR play in 2004 title run); also reached SF at Indian Wells (d. Pierce in QF; l. to Davenport 60 60 in SF, first ever ‘double-bagel’ loss), Rome (l. to Schnyder in 3s in first clay court SF; had she reached final, would have ascended to No.1 on May 23); QF at Berlin (l. to eventual champion Henin-Hardenne), Moscow (l. to Safina 16 64 75, having led 4-2 second set) and Los Angeles (withdrew prior to match vs. Hantuchova w/right pectoralis muscle strain; had she won QF, would have ascended to No.1 on August 15); same injury caused withdrawals from Toronto [Canadian Open] (nonetheless rose to No.1 the following week due to Davenport’s 2004 Cincinnati champion points dropping off), Filderstadt and SF retirement in Beijing, trailing Kirilenko 64 21; new career-high of No.3 on February 7 (after Tokyo [Pan Pacific]), moved to No.2 on April 11 (shortly after Miami) and No.1 on August 22 (see above); withdrew from San Diego w/low back injury and from Philadelphia w/right thumb sprain.

2006 IN DETAIL
JANUARY - Withdrew from Gold Coast w/right shoulder injury; reached third consecutive Grand Slam SF at Australian Open (as No.4 seed, l. to No.8 seed and eventual runner-up Henin-Hardenne in 3s); also SF at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] (as top seed and defending champion, fell to WC Hingis 63 61).

FEBRUARY - Reached first Tour singles final since June 2005 (Birmingham) at Dubai (as No.3 seed, d. WC Hingis and No.2 seed Davenport en route, falling to No.4 seed Henin-Hardenne 75 62 after holding 5-3 first-set lead; afterwards became 29th player in Tour history to pass $5 million in career earnings).

MARCH - Captured 11th career Tour singles title (third at Tier I level or higher) at Indian Wells (as No.3 seed, d. No.19 seed and WC Hingis in SF and No.4 seed Dementieva in seventh all-Russian final in Tour history; was first Russian champion in tournament's 18-year history); extended win streak to 11 matches in reaching Miami final (as No.4 seed, survived 5-2 deficit and eight set points in 62 76(2) 3r victory vs. qualifier Camerin, then d. No.20 seed Kirilenko in 4r, No.10 seed Myskina in QF and advanced to final when No.22 seed Golovin ret. during third set of SF w/sprained left ankle; in eighth all-Russian final in Tour history (second straight), fell to No.12 seed Kuznetsova 64 63).

MAY - Withdrew from Rome and Istanbul w/right foot injury; playing first event in nearly two months (and first on clay this season), reached 4r at Roland Garros (as No.4 seed, overcame 5-2 third set deficit and 2mp in 62 57 75 1r win over Washington, then d. Benesova in 2r and WC Molik in 3r; l. to No.14 seed Safina, 75 26 75, having held 5-1 lead in third set).

JUNE - As top seed and two-time defending champ at Birmingham, fell in SF (notched 200th singles match win in 3r over N.Li; l. to unseeded world No.81 Jackson, just her third loss to a non-Top 50 player since falling in the same round here three years earlier to Asagoe); reached fifth SF in last seven majors at Wimbledon (as No.4 seed, d. No.7 seed Dementieva in QF before falling to top seed and eventual champion Mauresmo).
PERSONAL
Coached by her father, Yuri Sharapov, and Michael Joyce ... Mother’s name is Yelena ... Started hitting tennis balls at age four; at six, participated in exhibition in Moscow that featured Martina Navratilova; began training at Nick Bollettieri’s Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida, USA, at age nine (which required a two-year separation from mother due to visa restrictions and finances) ... Off-court interests include fashion, singing, dancing and movies (favorites are Mona Lisa Smile, Something’s Gotta Give and Love Actually) ... In second year of high school and studies via an Internet school ... Enjoys reading books in the Sherlock Holmes and Pippi Longstocking series ... Prefers Russian and Thai cuisine; favorite dessert is French crкpes with Nutella; favorite drinks are orangina and virgin strawberry daiquiris ... Signed with IMG Models in November 2003. ... At 2005 Australian Open, donated value of Porsche Cayenne she won at 2004 Tour Championships (approx. US$56,300) to those affected by Russian school hostage crisis in Beslan.
AWARDS
• Became 15th woman and first from Russia to hold world No.1 ranking on August 22.
• Featured on cover of June 2005 ESPN the Magazine and also on July 2005 issue of Forbes Magazine, where she is listed as the richest female athlete in the world.
• Named as one of People Magazine’s '50 Most Beautiful People' in 2005.
• Won 2004 Tour Player of the Year Award, along with Most Improved Player of the Year honors.
• Named one of the most marketable female athletes by public relations and marketing industries in 2005.
• Along with $1 million in prize money, was presented with a Porsche Cayenne S for winning the 2004 Tour Season-Ending Championships.
• Following 2004 Wimbledon win, appeared on NBC’s Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, the Mike and Mike Show on ESPN Radio, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, ESPN’s SportsCenter, Fox and Friends, ESPN’s Cold Pizza, the CBS Early Show, MTV’s TRL (Total Request Live) where she played table tennis; followed by film by crews from Inside Edition, Access Hollywood and the WTA Magazine Show; on July 8, became first tennis player in over two years to appear on cover of Sports Illustrated in a special double-issue on newstands for two weeks; appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles on July 16.
• Featured in Vogue Italia in August 2004 and October 2005.
• Nominated for Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award in March 2005 and was also a nominee for Laureus World Newcomer of the Year Award in 2004.
• Was top search on KaZaZZ! Personalized Search Engine during the week ending October 10, 2004, beating out Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, New York Yankees, New England Patriots, Christina Aguilera, Tiger Woods, Alicia Keys and Usher.
• With Angela Haynes, Maria Kirilenko, Nicole Vaidisova, Rennae Stubbs, state Governor Jeb Bush and Jennifer Capriati (off-court activities only), participated in a tennis exhibition in Tampa, Florida on December 18, 2004, to raise money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund.
• In 2003, profiled in W magazine and USA Today, named one of the “coolest girls” in America by YM magazine and ‘On the Move’ by People Magazine in a September issue, appeared on CBS-TV Craig Kilborn Show November 20.
• In 2002, appeared on Teen People’s list of 20 teens who will change the world and named by SPORT Magazine as one of 21 athletes to watch for in the 21st Century.
• Finalist at 2002 Junior Australian Open.
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