Maria Sharapova

This teenage tennis phenom was born on April 19, 1987 in Nyagan, Siberia, Russia. Sharapova was once the top-ranked female tennis player, and is the world’s highest paid female athlete. She has already won two Grand Slam singles titles in her young career, and is currently the reigning U.S. Open champion after defeating Justine Henin-Hardenne in September of 2006. Sharapova was the third-youngest Wimbledon woman’s champion in 2004 when she defeated two-time defending champion Serena Williams. Though she was born in Russia, she and her father moved to the United States when she was just 7 years old. Her father wanted his daughter to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Since her introduction to the tennis world, Sharapova has garnered big-time attention and celebrity status because of her combination of beauty and skills on the court. In April of 2005 she was named one of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World.” She has numerous endorsement deals, and has stirred some controversy with her loud on-court screaming.

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