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Maria Sharapova

Retired Tennis Player Ranked World No. 1 at Age 18 & Olympic Silver Medalist; Model & Highest-Paid Female Athlete in the World

Retired Tennis Player Ranked World No. 1 at Age 18 & Olympic Silver Medalist; Model & Highest-Paid Female Athlete in the World

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Maria Sharapova Biography

Maria Sharapova is a retired Russian professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions, for a total of 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to hold the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won silver in women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Sharapova became the world No. 1 for the first time in 2005, at the age of 18, becoming the first Russian female tennis player to top the singles rankings. Her 36 singles titles and five Grand Slam titles—two at the French Open and one each at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and US Open—rank third among active players, behind Serena and Venus Williams. She won the year-ending WTA Finals in her debut in 2004. She has also won three doubles titles.

She first began playing tennis at the tender age of four and quickly began showing early promise, so much so that when Maria was nine she and her father moved to Florida in order for her to attend the prodigious Nick Bollettieri tennis academy. Whilst at the time this must have been a stressful change for the young Sharapova, having to move away from her native Russia at such a young age, it had a positive result as the skills she learned at the Bollettieri academy meant she was able to turn professional in 2001 aged only 14.

Since then Sharapova has never looked back. Just two years later she won her first victory on the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) tour at the Japan Open. As her name started to become well-known on the tour because of her ability, so it did off the court also as Maria began doing modeling shoots and product endorsements. In 2005, Forbes magazine declared Sharapova the highest paid female athlete in the world, earning a staggering $18 million in prize money, sponsorship and product endorsements such as Canon Cameras.

In 2018, she launched a new program to mentor women entrepreneurs. In 2020, she retired from tennis at age 32.

Maria Sharapova Videos

  • Maria Sharapova Retires! Her Best Moments at the US Open
    Maria Sharapova is retiring from Tennis at 32. Sharapova won five Grand Slam singles titles, including the US Open in 2006. Relive her best moments...
  • Maria Sharapova on the Loneliness of Losing and Winning | WSJ
    Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova talks to Veronica Dagher about managing her money, career, and other people's expectations. More...
  • Maria Sharapova on the Keys to Building Grit and Discipline ...
    Maria Sharapova moved to the U.S. during the collapse of the Soviet Union when she was just six years old. Though she did not speak a word ...

Maria Sharapova Books

  • Unstoppable: My Life So Far
    Unstoppable: My Life So Far

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    Maria Sharapova is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Tennis, Virtual Speakers, Women Legends.
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Maria Sharapova is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Maria Sharapova for your event is available upon request. Maria Sharapova generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Novak Djokovic, Martina Hingis, Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Maria Sharapova for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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