Nickname(s) :Masha
Country : Russia
Residence :Bradenton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth :April 19, 1987 (1987-04-19) (age 20)
Place of birth :Nyagan, Soviet Union
Height :1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight :59.1 kg (130 lb/9.31 st)[1]
Turned Pro :April 19, 2001
Plays :Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money: US$11,376,478
Singles:-
Career record: 280-66
Career titles: 17
Highest ranking: No.1 (August 22, 2005)
Grand Slam results:-
Australian Open :W (2008)
French Open :SF (2007)
Wimbledon :W (2004)
US Open :W (2006)
Doubles:-
Career record: 23-16
Career titles: 3
Highest ranking: 41 (June 14, 2004)
personal:-
The Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 compelled Sharapova's parents, Yuri and Yelena, to move from Gomel, Belarus, to the town of Nyagan in Siberia, Russia to live with Yelena's father.[10] Maria was born the following year.
Sharapova's father brought her to the United States when she was seven years old, to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida.[11][12][13] Her mother, Yelena, could not come with them because of visa restrictions, and followed two years later. Sharapova has lived in the United States since then, but retains her Russian citizenship. She has a home in Manhattan Beach, California.
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