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Maria Sharapova by Maria S Forever

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Maria Sharapova by Maria S Forever

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Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Maria_sharapova.ogg Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова​ (help·info), Mariya Yur’evna Shara'pova [pronounced Sha-RA-po-va]; born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player and three time Grand Slam singles champion. She is currently ranked World No. 49.

When Sharapova was seven, she and her father moved from their life of poverty in Russia to the United States, to enroll in the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. After graduating rapidly through the junior and then professional ranks in the years that followed, Sharapova won her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2004 at the age of 17. In the two years that followed, Sharapova won eight titles on the WTA Tour and had two brief stints as the World No. 1, but was defeated in all five Grand Slam semifinals she competed in during this period. She eventually won her second Grand Slam title at the 2006 US Open.

Starting in 2007, Sharapova began to suffer from a right shoulder injury, which forced her to withdraw from numerous tournaments during the season. It was partly due to this that she dropped out of the top five on the WTA world rankings for the first time in three years in October 2007.

Although she won her third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open at the beginning of 2008 and returned to the World No. 1 position later in the year, her shoulder problems eventually resurfaced, with Sharapova ultimately undergoing surgery for the injury in October 2008. Sharapova did not return to the sport until May 2009, having been out for ten consecutive months, and as a consequence had dropped out of the top 100 on the rankings. Since returning, Sharapova's standing has recovered to World No. 49.

Sharapova's public profile extends beyond tennis. She has been featured in a number of modeling assignments, including a feature in Sports Illustrated. Sharapova was the most searched-for athlete on Yahoo! in both 2005 and 2008.

In July 2008, as a result of her success both on and off court, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete, earning $26 million. Sharapova is on track to repeat this feat again in 2009; despite playing few matches due to injury Sharapova made $22 million between June 2008 and June 2009. Since February 2007, she has been a United Nations Development Project Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with efforts in Chernobyl to recover from the 1986 nuclear disaster.

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