Maria Sharapova, born April 19, 1987, in Nyagan, Russia, is a former world number one tennis player and five-time Grand Slam champion, winning Wimbledon (2004), US Open (2006), Australian Open (2008), and Roland Garros twice (2012, 2014). She turned professional at 14 after training at the Bollettieri Academy and accumulated 36 WTA titles and over $38 million in prize money during her career. Sharapova was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2025 and retired in 2020 due to injuries.
After retiring, Sharapova became a businesswoman with her Sugarpova candy brand and a philanthropist. She has a son, Theodore, born in 2022, with her fiancé Alexander Gilkes. Originally from a family that emigrated from the Chernobyl zone, she moved to the United States at age seven with her father. Sharapova remains active on social media, sharing insights about her family and business ventures. She is 188 cm tall and holds Russian nationality.
