Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova is a Russian former professional tennis player, born on April 19, 1987, who was ranked world number 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 21 weeks. She won 36 WTA Tour level singles titles, including five major titles, and the 2004 WTA Tour Championships, and she is one of ten women to achieve the career Grand Slam in singles. She broke through by winning the 2004 Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17, took the 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open, completed the career Grand Slam at the 2012 French Open and won an Olympic silver medal in women's singles at the 2012 London Olympics. She was suspended for 15 months after failing a drug test at the 2016 Australian Open, retired in 2020 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2025. She has since taken up pickleball, and in 2024 she played a doubles match partnering John McEnroe against Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf.