Anna Kournikova Biography
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Anva (Anna) Kournikova
was born on June 7, 1981 in Moscow, Russia to
Alla and Sergei Kournikova.
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Anna started playing
tennis at age five and soon began to enter
competitions (she received her first tennis
racquet as a Christmas present from her
parents). Her talent was noticed early and she
soon bgan playing at the exclusive Spartak
Tennis Club and was coached by Larissa
Preobraschenskaja. At
nine years old, she impressed people on an
international level when she competed in the ATP
tour when it came to Moscow.
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In 1992, at age 11,
she moved to Bradenton, Florida so she could be
coached by Nick Bolletierri at his tennis
academy.
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At age 14, she was the
youngest player to win the Fed Cup. She followed
this up by also winning the European
Championship and the Italian Open for the junior
bracket. By the end of 1995, she was ranked
number one in the Junior Circuit (ITF Junior
World Champion) and was ready for the big time.
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In 1996, she reached
the fourth round in the U.S. Open (her first
Grand Slam tournament) and reached the
semifinals the following year at Wimbledon. She
also played on the Russian Olympic Tennis Team
that year.
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When she paired up
with Martina Hingis for the 1999 Australian
Open, they came home with the Grand Slam Doubles
title. She also managed to reach the fourth
round of three Grand Slam singles tournaments.
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By 2000, she was
dominating most female pros, and ended the
season ranked 8th in the world.
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In 2001, she began to
be plagued by injuries that severely affected
her playing abilities. It was also about this
time that the young beauty began to do
advertisements (prompted by the huge positive
reaction to her gracing the cover of the June
2000 Sports Illustrated). By 2002, she
was making over ten million dollars in
endorsement deals.
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She retired from
professional tennis in 2004 because of chronic
lower back pain. She was also featured in the
2004 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition.
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Hobbies &
Interests:
Reading, dancing, listening to music and
watching TV
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Favorites:
Color = black; Food = steak & sushi; movie =
Austin Powers; Music =
Madonna, Bush,
Elton John
Anna
Kournikova Career Statistics
Year to Year:
1995
6-3 Rank 285
1996
22-8 (won ITF
Midland and ITF Rockford) Rank 58
1997
17-10 (note:
made it to the semi-finals at Wimbledon) Rank 32
1998
40-9 Rank 13
1999
35-18 Rank 12
2000
47-26 Rank 8
2001
10-10 Rank 34
2002
28-24 Rank 70
2003
4-6
Total Matches -
310
Win -
Loss Record Breakdown
|
Career |
Hard |
Clay |
Grass
|
Carpet |
Indoors |
Outdoors
|
Grand Slams |
|
186 : 124 |
96 : 63 |
45 : 29 |
16 : 7 |
29 : 25 |
45 : 40 |
141 : 84
|
40 : 22 |
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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