Maria Sharapova

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian tennis player.Sharapova s parents moved from Homyel,Belarus,to Siberia,Russia, in 1986,after the Chernobyl nuclear accident.She was born the following year in Nyagan, Russia.At seven,Sharapova was brought to the United States by her father,Yuri Sharapov,to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton,Florida.Her mother,Yelena,who could not come with them because of visa restrictions,followed a few years later.Sharapova has lived in the United States since then but retains her Russian citizenship.In 2002,Maria bought a beach home in Manhattan Beach,California,a suburb of Los Angeles,But lives most of the year near the IMG training facility in Bradenton.


Date of birth:04. 19. 1987
Residence:Bradenton, Florida. USA
Height:62
Weight: 59
Plays:Right-handed