Maria is not only a tennis player but also a swimsuit model!


Here are a few fun facts to file about Maria:

Off-court interests include: fashion, singing, dancing

Favorite movies: Mona Lisa Smile, Something’s Gotta Give, Love Actually

Education: Maria is home-schooled, with no plans to attend college after finishing high school. She doesn't think there is a point ot attending college when money is getting thrown at her now.

Boyfriends: Maria Sharapova has been secretly dating Andy Roddick for a year.


Philanthropy: In 2004, she gave some $56,000 to families affected by the hostage crisis in the Russian town of Beslan, where terrorists took schoolchildren hostage. The pledge equaled the value of the Porsche Cayenne she was awarded for winning the 2004 Season-Ending Championships. She also was awarded $1 million.

Awards: In 2003, she was named one of the “coolest girls” in America by YM magazine.

Modeling: She signed with IMG Models in 2003.

Favorite books: Sherlock Holmes, and the Pippi Longstocking series

Favorite foods: Thai and Russian. She also likes crepes with Nutella.

Favorite beverage: Orangina

Trivia: What tennis legend recommended that Maria move to the U.S.?

While Maria Sharapova was performing at a tennis clinic in Russia at 6 years old, Martina Navratilova was in the building and she was flabbergasted by the talent of the 6-year-old. Martina went to Maria's father, Yuri, and recommended that he take his daughter to the world-famous Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Florida.


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• Thus Spake Sharapova