All About Sport Stars

Country : Russia
Residence : Bradenton, Florida, United States
Born : April 19, 1987 (age 25)
Nyagan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height : 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight : 59 kilograms (130 lb)
Turned pro : April 19, 2001
Plays : Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Maria Sharapova's parents, Yuri and Elena, are from Gomel, Belarus. Concerned about the regional effects of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, they left their homeland shortly before Sharapova was born.There her father befriended Aleksandr Kafelnikov, whose son Yevgeny would go on to win two Grand Slam singles titles and became Russia's first no. 1 world-ranked tennis player.Every field of life Maria make stand herself and competition with every match of Tennis.She known in the tennis world.Every one like her position and her style.She took her first tennis lessons with veteran Russian coach Yuri Yutkin, who was instantly impressed when he saw her play, noting her "exceptional hand-eye coordination.