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Maria Sharapova

1987 - Today

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Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Шарапова, romanized: Mariya Yuryevna Sharapova, pronounced [mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə] ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. Sharapova won 36 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including five major titles, as well as the 2004 WTA Tour Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Sharapova is the 58th most popular tennis player (up from 65th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Russia (up from 871st in 2019) and the most popular Russian Tennis Player.

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Maria Sharapova ranks 58 out of 1,569Before her are Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, Kerry Melville, Monica Seles, Louis Raymond, and Henri Cochet. After her are Yannick Noah, Momčilo Tapavica, Mansour Bahrami, Rosemary Casals, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, and Andrés Gimeno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Maria Sharapova ranks 16Before her are Sebastian Vettel, Dan Reynolds, Cesc Fàbregas, Edinson Cavani, Gerard Piqué, and Jon Jones. After her are Karen Gillan, Fabio Mancini, Gonzalo Higuaín, Nico Hülkenberg, John Obi Mikel, and Pedro.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maria Sharapova ranks 664 out of 3,761Before her are Lev Pontryagin (1908), Sergey Taboritsky (1897), Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), Viktor Medvedchuk (1954), Zinaida Gippius (1869), and Ruslan Khasbulatov (1942). After her are Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov (1782), Ğabdulla Tuqay (1886), Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov (1890), Mikhail Miloradovich (1771), Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (1842), and Konstantin Pobedonostsev (1827).

Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Russia

Among tennis players born in Russia, Maria Sharapova ranks 1After her are Anna Kournikova (1981), Marat Safin (1980), Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1974), Svetlana Kuznetsova (1985), Dinara Safina (1986), Daniil Medvedev (1996), Andrey Rublev (1997), Elena Dementieva (1981), Mischa Zverev (1987), Olga Morozova (1949), and Anastasia Myskina (1981).