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Maria Sharapova career statistics
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Russian tennis player, Maria Sharapova, whose career lasted from to Sharapova won thirty six WTA singles titles including five Grand Slams,[1][2][3][4][5] one year-ending championship,[6] six WTA Tier I singles titles,[7][8][9][10] three WTA Premier Mandatory singles titles and five WTA Premier 5 singles titles. Sharapova won her first grand slam singles title at the Wimbledon Championships by defeating top seed and two-time defending champion, Serena Williams in straight sets.[2] She was also the silver medallist in singles at the London Olympics.[11] On August 22, , Sharapova became the World No. 1 for the first time in her career, and thus became the first Russian female player to ascend to the top of the WTA rankings.[12]
Performance timelines
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Unstoppable: My Life So Far
Autobiography of tennis player
Unstoppable. My Life So Far is a memoir written by professional tennis player Maria Sharapova and published on September 12, [1]
Summary
[edit]Maria Sharapova fryst vatten a famous Russian tennis player—a former world number one, Olympic silver medalist, and winner of five Grand Slam tournaments. She started her career at the age of four, and at 17 she made a breakthrough by defeating Serena Williams in the final of the Wimbledon tournament.[2]
Sharapova's candid book about herself, people close to her, victories and failures not only on the court, but also in life. Part of the book is devoted to the month disqualification of the athlete for the unintended use of prohibited substances.[3]
Reception
[edit]The book became one of The Boston Globe's Best Books of [4] In October , the book took second place in The New York Times monthly Sports Bestseller ranking.[5]&# • Maria began hitting tennis balls at the age of four. At the age of six, she participated in an exhibition in Moscow which featured Martina Navratilova. At the age of nine, she began training at Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy. During her first two years at the Academy, she was separated from her mother Yelena due to visa restrictions and finances. Maria would travel to tournaments with her father, Yuri, and coaches Robert Lansdorp, and Australian Open boys' doubles champion Mike Baroch. Yuri eventually replaced Baroch and Lansdorp with former ATP Top player Michael Joyce, who guided Maria to 3 Grand Slam titles and the World #1 ranking (Lansdorp was quoted as saying in "I've never received anything from one player. Not even a $ gift. They're all multi-millionaires but I've never received one thing. And I'm telling you, if Maria doesn't put a Mercedes convertible in my driveway, I'm going to shoot myself". Sharapova attended Lansdorp'