Kournikova Anna Sergeevna
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She was born June 7, 1981, in Moscow, in a sports family. Parents - Alla and Sergei Kournikovi.
Height 173 cm, weight 56 kg.
Lives in: Miami, Florida / Moscow, Russia.
She lives with her parents (her mother Alla and Sergei Kournikovi).
In 1997 she graduated from the Russian University of Physical Culture.
Coach: Pavel Slozhil.
She is right-handed (on the back of the line she plays with two hands).
Favorite blow: Overhead
Favorite tournament: Wimbledon.
Favorite city: Paris.
Sports: tennis, hockey, basketball.
Sponsors of Anna Kournikova - Adidas, Rolex, YONEX, Berley.
Hobbies: shopping, learning foreign languages, music, sushi, cooking.
Celebrity, which I would like to meet most of all: Madonna.
Foreign languages: English, Italian, Spanish. Learning French.
Place in the world ranking for the year 2001: 14.
Grand Slam tournaments:
Anna Kournikova at the Australian Open:
1997 - Round 1
1998 - Round 3
1999 - Round 4
2000 - Round 4
Anna Kournikova at Roland Garros:
1997 - Round 3
1998 - Round 4
1999 - Round 4
Anna Kournikova at Wimbledon:
1997 - semi-finals
1999 - Round 4
Anna Kournikova at the US Open:
1996 - Round 4
1997 - Round 2
1998 - Round 4
Biography
If most professional athletes will tell you that their dream was to go to a professional level, for Anna Kournikova tennis was just a hobby, which eventually became the main job. When Anna first picked up the racket, she had no thought of becoming №1 in the world ranking. Anna had never taken part in tennis tournaments to become a tennis legend, she had gone to professional tennis with no intention to win the laurels of celebrity. From the very beginning of her career Kournikova plays tennis just for the love of the sport.
Anna first picked up a tennis racket at the age of five. Her parents, Sergei and Alla, wanted their daughter to grow up healthy and took part in sports competitions, as well as weekly sports programs for children. Anna just liked tennis, but she never imagined herself a star. Only at the age of seven years old Kournikova realized that she has an extraordinary talent. She became more serious about training. At that time, Anna took part in her first tournament. A year later, Kournikova won an open tennis tournament, held in Moscow. At that time, Anna began to take part in tournaments outside of the Russian Federation. She was 10 when, during a speech in Italy, Bollettieri proposed a scholarship for her in Bradenton, Florida.
To be able to train with Nick Bollettieri, one of the most prominent coaches, she moved with her mother to the United States. Academy immediately made a lasting impression on Anna. In contrast to Russia, where training opportunities have been limited by the material factor, as well as unfavorable weather conditions, the academy gave Anna a tennis outfit and sparring partners. Kournikova made Bollettieri so impressed that he once said: "Anna - the best among the promising young tennis players. We saw Agassi, Courier, Seles, but how plays Kournikova, leads me to an indescribable joy. "
Kournikova workouts become more frequent and intense. Success was not slow in coming. In 1995, after winning the Orange Bowl, the European Championships and the Italian Open Championship for
juniors, Kournikova became ITF champion among juniors. Her victories also include the semi-finals of Wimbledon and the quarter-final of the French Open Junior Championships.
At age 14, Kournikova became a professional tennis player, but because of her young age and WTA rules there was a limit in the number of tournaments in which Anna could participate. Despite these limitations, Anna achieved significant results. In the same year, Anna became the youngest tennis player in the Fed Cup, where Kournikova’s success allowed the team to beat Sweden 3-0. In 1996, she won a satellite in Midland, Michigan and Rockford, Illinois. Progress was evident Kournikova Anna goes to the fourth round of the US Open. In 1996, Kournikova was named the best rookie in COREL WTA Tour.
Kournikova reached the great success at Wimbledon in 1997. On the grass courts of the old English club, Anna became the second tennis player in the history of the Open championship, which succeeded in the year of her debut and reached the semi-finals (the first was Chris Evert in 1972). On the way to the semi-final, Kournikova defeated fifth-ranked Iva Majoli and Anke Huber, standing in the tenth position. The successful performance of Anna led the public to talk about the ascension of a new star.
Despite the overwhelming success, Anna continued to improve her game. The most important was the fact that the sport still delivered joy to Anna.Most of all, Kournikova liked to travel. Kournikova is aware now that tennis - this is a business where you can earn a lot of money and doing things you love at the same time.
Personal life
After the breakup with the hockey player Pavel Bure, Anna decided to connect her life with another hockey player named Sergei Fedorov.
Address Anna Kournikova:
Advantage International Inc.
c / o Anna Kournikova
1751 Pinnacle Dr # 1500
McLean, VA 22102
United States of America
The mailing address for fans
c / o Anna Kournikova
c / o WTA Tour
1266 E., Main Street 4
Stamford, CT 06902-3546
USA
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