Fun Facts About Sharapova

Here are some interesting facts about tennis champion Maria Sharapova.

1. She started playing tennis from a very young age of 4. She continued training at the Florida Tennis Academy when she was only nine years old.

2. She is homeschooled and studying via the internet. She believes she will never spend precious time to build a career even though she has already paid a special contract or cash prize at the university, so she has no special plan to attend college. There is none.

3. On her 14th birthday, she became a professional tennis player.

4. 15-year-old Sharapova is the youngest person to reach the Australian Open Junior Tournament Final.

5. She likes Thai and Russian cuisine. Her favorite dish is crepes with nutella cream.

6. Her favorite drink to swallow is Orangina.

7. Some of her favorite movies are Pearl Harbor, Mona Lisa Smile, Love Actuary.

8. In the courtroom, she is interested in fashion and modeling. She is a swimsuit model and contracts with the IMG Modeling Agency.

9. Maria Sharapova's profile was most searched on Yahoo from 2005 to 2008. Apparently, people were interested in more than Maria Sharapova's statistics.

10. She won the Grand Slam title for the first time at age 17.

11. She signed the first approval contract with Nike when she was only 11 years old.

12. She is not a world famous superstar. She is also a UN Goodwill Ambassador.

13. Her parents are survivors of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Sharapova donated projects to Chernobyl related projects.

14. She was first discovered by tennis legend Martina Navratilova. Martina Navratilova advised her father to take her daughter to training at Borletelli Tennis Academy in Florida.

15. Her surname & # 39; Sharapova & # 39; is actually pronounced as "sharr-AA-puh-vuh", not "shuh-ruh-POH-vuh".

16. When she was awarded Numerono in August 2005, she became the first Russian woman to achieve the top ranking.

17. She is an enthusiastic stamp collector.

18. She is considered the best female athlete for seven consecutive years in Forbes magazine. In addition to the $ 70 million endorsement contract that went down with Nike in 2010, she won an incredible $ 25 million.

19. She goes out with former American tennis star Andy Roddick.

20. In 2007 she defeated Paris Hilton and Keira Knightley and joined the list of top 10 qualified bachelorettes.