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| Country: | Russia |
| Residence: | Bradenton, Florida, USA |
| Height: | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight: | 59 kg (131 lbs) |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Turned pro: | 2001 |
| Highest singles ranking: | 1 (2005/08/22) |
| Highest doubles ranking: | 41 (2004/06/14) |
| Singles titles: | 10 |
| Doubles Titles: | 3 |
| Career Prize Money: | $4,673,351 |
| Grand Slam Record Titles: 1 |
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| Australian Open | SF (2005, 2006) |
| French Open | QF (2004-05) |
| Wimbledon | W (2004) |
| U.S. Open | SF (2005) |
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова; born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 1 Russian professional tennis player, and currently World No. 4. Her parents are originally from Homiel, Belarus, but moved to Russia in 1986 in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Sharapova was born in Nyagan, Russia, the following year. While having Belorussian roots and residing in the USA, Sharapova holds Russian citizenship.
At the age of three, Sharapova moved with her family to the resort town of Sochi, beginning to play tennis at the age of four, using a racquet given to her by Yevgeny Kafelnikov's father. At age five or six, at a tennis clinic in Moscow, Sharapova was spotted by Martina Navratilova, who urged her parents to get her serious coaching in the United States.
In 2004, Sharapova became the second youngest Wimbledon women's champion in the Open Era (after Martina Hingis) by defeating defending two-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets (6-1, 6-4). She also became the first Russian ever to win that tournament.
Maria Sharapova uses the Prince Shark Racket and consequently the popularity of the racket has gone through the roof.
A 6 ft 2 in. and growing blonde, Sharapova is regarded by many as possessing a natural beauty and figure and has done some modeling in November 2003 with IMG Models. She enjoys fashion and is known to read celebrity magazines. However, she says she does not want to overdo these activities, preferring to focus on her tennis. She is often compared to Anna Kournikova, also a Russian Bollettieri student and model. However, Sharapova, Bollettieri, and Kournikova all reject the comparison.
From June 2004 until her Wimbledon semi-final appearance in 2005, Sharapova had a 22-match winning streak on grass, including back-to-back Birmingham titles and the Wimbledon crown. Sharapova's huge success continued after winning Wimbledon, with a victory at the WTA Season-Ending Championships and consistent results.
In November 2004, Sharapova signed a deal to represent Canon Inc. and promotes both their cameras and office products.
In April 2005, Sharapova was listed by People Magazine as among the 50 most beautiful celebrities in the world. In June 2005, Forbes magazine listed Sharapova as the highest-paid female athlete in the world, with annual earnings of $18 million. A significant portion of this amount came from endorsements.
Defending her Wimbledon title in 2005 proved to be a simple enough task at first, with Sharapova sailing through to the semi-finals with ease without losing a set. However, she dropped her first set of the tournament against a rejuvenated Venus Williams and lost the match 6-7 1-6 in one of the most thrilling and masterful displays of power and accuracy seen in the women's game. Sharapova's streak on grass was ended, as was her quest for the No. 1 ranking, with Lindsay Davenport, who lost a historic match to Venus Williams in the 2005 Wimbledon final, holding firm.
However, a back injury that Davenport sustained in the Wimbledon final meant that she could not defend her titles won during the US hard court season of 2004. Because of this, she lost valuable ranking points. Sharapova was also suffering from an injury and did not complete a tournament during the season, but she had fewer points to defend and therefore rose to the No. 1 ranking on August 22, 2005. Sharapova's reign was short-lived, lasting only a week after Davenport re-ascended after winning the New Haven title. Sharapova rose to the No. 1 ranking again on September 12, 2005 despite losing in the Semi-finals of the US Open.
Her loss in the semifinal of the 2005 US Open against Kim Clijsters marked the fourth time that season that she lost at a Grand Slam tournament against the eventual champion: Australian Open-SF-Serena Williams, French Open-QF-Justine Henin-Hardenne, Wimbledon-SF-Venus Williams, US Open-SF-Kim Clijsters. That streak was broken in January 2006, when Sharapova lost in the Australian Open semi-final to Justine Henin-Hardenne. Henin-Hardenne went on to lose in the final of the Australian Open to Amelie Mauresmo, retiring due to a stomach ailement.
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For example, (system) configuration information may also be considered input, although not necessarily considered data (and certainly not applications data). Sharapova's huge success continued after winning Wimbledon, with a victory at the WTA Season-Ending Championships and consistent results. However, data is not the only possible output or input. From June 2004 until her Wimbledon semi-final appearance in 2005, Sharapova had a 22-match winning streak on grass, including back-to-back Birmingham titles and the Wimbledon crown. Data has generally been considered as either the output or input of executed software. However, Sharapova, Bollettieri, and Kournikova all reject the comparison. As computational science becomes increasingly complex, the distinction between software and data becomes less precise. She is often compared to Anna Kournikova, also a Russian Bollettieri student and model. Software has historically been considered an intermediary between electronic hardware and data, which latter the hardware processes according to the sequence of instructions defined by the software. However, she says she does not want to overdo these activities, preferring to focus on her tennis. High-level languages are compiled or interpreted into machine language. She enjoys fashion and is known to read celebrity magazines. It is generally written in 'high-level languages' that are easier and more efficient for humans to use (closer to natural language) than machine language. and growing blonde, Sharapova is regarded by many as possessing a natural beauty and figure and has done some modeling in November 2003 with IMG Models. Software is an ordered sequence of instructions for changing the state of the computer hardware in a particular sequence to obtain a particular result. A 6 ft 2 in. A machine language consists of groups of binary values signifying processor instructions and data, which change the state of the computer from its preceding state. Maria Sharapova uses the Prince Shark Racket and consequently the popularity of the racket has gone through the roof. At the lowest level, software consists of a machine language specific to an individual processor, and an operating system, which is a master control program for that computer. She also became the first Russian ever to win that tournament. In computers, software is loaded into RAM and executed in the central processing unit. In 2004, Sharapova became the second youngest Wimbledon women's champion in the Open Era (after Martina Hingis) by defeating defending two-time champion Serena Williams in straight sets (6-1, 6-4). Computer software is so called in contrast to computer hardware, which is the physical substrate required to store and execute (or run) the software. At age five or six, at a tennis clinic in Moscow, Sharapova was spotted by Martina Navratilova, who urged her parents to get her serious coaching in the United States. . At the age of three, Sharapova moved with her family to the resort town of Sochi, beginning to play tennis at the age of four, using a racquet given to her by Yevgeny Kafelnikov's father. The concept of software was first proposed by Alan Turing in an essay. . In computer science and software engineering, computer software is all information processed by computer systems, programs and data. While having Belorussian roots and residing in the USA, Sharapova holds Russian citizenship. Tukey in 1957. Sharapova was born in Nyagan, Russia, the following year. The term "software" was first used in this sense by John W. Her parents are originally from Homiel, Belarus, but moved to Russia in 1986 in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The term is roughly synonymous with computer program but is more generic in scope. 4. Computer software (or simply software) is that part of a computer system that consists of encoded information (or computer instructions), as opposed to the physical computer equipment (hardware) which is used to store and process this information. 1 Russian professional tennis player, and currently World No. Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова; born April 19, 1987) is a former World No. 42. New Straits Times, p. 11, 2005). (Nov. "Maria puts world domination on hold". 2005: Miami (lost to Kim Clijsters). 2004: Zurich (lost to Alicia Molik). awarded the honorary Master of Sports of Russia title. Named Russia's tennis federation as the country's best female player for the year. ESPY Best Female Tennis Player. WTA Player Service. WTA Most Improved Player of the Year. WTA Player of the Year. WTA Newcomer of the Year. |