us open tennis maria sharapova
us open tennis maria sharapova
us open tennis maria sharapova
The US Open grew from an exclusive entertainment event for high society to a $17 million prize money championship (about $1.4 million for each of the winners of the singles tournaments) for over 600 male and female professional players: like maria sharapova
Ranking: 5 (seeded fifth)
Plays: Right handed (two handed backhand)
Career titles: 17
Grand slam titles: Wimbledon (2004); US Open (2006); Australian Open (2008)
* Born in Siberia, moves to Black Sea coastal resort of Sochi aged two.
Born: April 19, 1987 in Nyagan, Russia
Lives: Bradenton, Florida, United States
Moves to Florida in 1996 to train at Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Bradenton. Sharapova's father Yuri moves to US with her but mother, Yelena, has to stay in Russia due to visa restrictions.
* Turns professional in 2001.
* Wins first tour title at Tokyo in 2003. Finishes inside top-50 for first time.
* Becomes first Russian woman to win Wimbledon in 2004, beating defending champion Serena Williams in the final.
* In August 2005 becomes first Russian woman to reach the top of the world rankings.
* Wins her second grand slam after defeating second seed Justine Henin 6-4 6-4 in the 2006 US Open final
The main court is located at the 24,000-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, named after Arthur Ashe, the African American tennis player who won the inaugural men's final of the US Open in 1968. (The British tennis player Virginia Wade won the first woman's US Open final, five months after she turned professional.) Court Number 2 is Louis Armstrong Stadium, which stood as the main stadium until the completion of Ashe stadium. Court Number 3 is the Grandstand Stadium, which is attached to the Luis Armstrong Stadium. Sidecourts 4, 7 and 11 each have a seating capacity of well over 1,000.
Sharapova has won three Grand Slam singles titles. In 2004, she beat Serena Williams to take the Wimbledon title at the age of 17. Two years later, she defeated Justine Henin in the final of the 2006 U.S. Open. At the 2008 Australian Open, she beat Ana Ivanović in the final.
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