Maria Sharapova

Biography of Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is a tennis champion who became the first Russian woman to win Wimbledon and took a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

Maria Sharapova moved to the United States at a young age and began training at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. After turning professional as a teenager, she burst into the spotlight by winning the 2004 Wimbledon women's singles title. Sharapova became the 10th woman to win a career Grand Slam with her win at the French Open in 2012, and added a second French crown in 2014. In 2016, she was banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation after of his positive test of prohibition substance.

Off the court, Sharapova has secured significant business endorsements with companies such as Nike, Avon, Evian, TAG Heuer, Porsche, and Tiffany & Co., among others. She was the world's highest-paid female athlete for several years, with Forbes estimating her earnings at $29.7 million in 2015.

In her personal life, Sharapova began a relationship with Slovenian basketball player Sasha Vujacic in 2009. After a year of dating, the couple announced that they were engaged in October 2010. During a post-match conference at the 2012 US Open, Sharapova announced that the engagement was off and her relationship with Vujacic was over. She subsequently dated Bulgarian tennis professional Grigor Dimitrov from 2013 to 2015. She has been linked to Paddle8 co-founder Alexander Gilkes since 2018.

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