Nationality: Russia

Birthdate: June 7, 1981

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Residence: South Beach, Florida (maybe Moscow sometimes)

Hair: Beautiful blond

Eyes: Brown

Height: 1.73 cm

Weight: 55 KG

Parents: Father Sergei and Mother Alla

Pet name: "Murzik" which means "my little pet"

Dream job (besides tennisplayer): Actress and maybe Model

Hobbies: Reading, listen to music, watch T.V., Dancing and Party

Plays: Forehand right-handed, and backhand double-handed

Equipment: Yonex racket, shoes and clothes from Adidas

Coach: Pavel Slozl

Turned Pro: 1995

Her comment after losing 0:6,0:6 at the 1994 junior US Open to archrival Martina Hingis:

"You won, but I'm prettier and more marketable !"

Or something like that !

Her favorite city is Paris and Rome!

Her favorite tournament is Roland Garros (French Open) and Wimbledon !

Her favorite food fish and italian food !

Her favorite season is Spring!

Her favorite number is 42!

Her favorite color is black!

Her favorite band is Jane's Addiction and her favorite song is Summertime Rolls!

Her favorite TV Shows are the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Melrose Place!

Her favorites tennisplayers are Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Steffi Graf and Monica Seles!

Her favorite athlete is Sergej Fedorov, and her favorite sport to watch is Ice Hockey (Sergej plays Ice Hockey)!

Her boyfriend is Sergej Fedorov, he's about 28 years old and plays Ice hockey for the Detroit Red Wings. He earns a lot of money (around 38 million Dollar in just 5 years) and so he's a big deal for every woman!

Anna began playing tennis when she was only five years old. When Anna was nine years old the Kournikova's moved to Bollettieri's Bradenton tennis academy .

Her childhood surrounded by the rich and famous, and was very much secluded from the outside world. Growing up has been extremely hard for Anna, with the pressure she placed on herself as well as that from the media, both expecting results that her enormous early potential had promised. With these pressures and the struggles of day to day life, it would have been easy to give it all up and live a nice easy life, but as is Anna Kournikova she continued on to follow her dream as a professional tennis player on the WTA tour. But life as an adolescent has not been as alien to her as it is to hoi polloi. On one occasion, she was asked to leave the academy after insulting some of the coaches.

When Anna was only 13 years old she made it to the final in the Rolex Orange Bowl tournament. There she unfortunatley lost to 18 year old Spaniard Marion Ramon, 7-5,6-4. If Anna had won the match she would have been the youngest winner in the tournament´s history. But the revange for Anna would come as soon as the next year. Then Anna made it all the way to the final again and there she defeated Sandra Nacuk of Yougoslavia, 6-3,6-2. The same year, Anna also won the European Championships, and the 1995 Italian Open Juniors. She made it to the semi final in the juniors Wimbledon, and Anna also was a French Open Juniors quater finalist. She ended 1995 as the ITF Junior world Champion ranked No.1.

She attacked the way in which Williams sisters played the game, and boasted her skill and superiority on the court. In 1996, Anna turned professional and it didn´t took long time before Anna stod as the champion of her first tournament as a pro.

This happened in a ITF Women´s Circuit Satellite event in Midland, Michigan, USA, where she qualified in to the tournament and then went all the way to a terrific win over Lindsay Lee in the final. Later on the same year Anna took her second tournament win as a pro. As the fifth seed, she earned the win of an ITF Women´s Circuit Satellite event in Rockford, Illinois, USA. Anna also made her Grand Slam debut in 1996. This was in the U.S. Open. After winning her first three qualifing matches in the tournament, Anna made it to the fourth round where she unfortunatley lost to number one seed, Steffi Graf, wich later on won the hole tournament. Anna ranking at this time was 144.

The results of last year's Wimbledon could soon classify her as the over-ambitious tennis player, and the implications in her comment could damage her image still further if she fails to live up to expectations. But one thing's for sure; whether she's playing tennis or not, heads are turning all around the country in her presence. If she can't make it in the tennis court, she has a guaranteed place as a model or actress. Her stunning figure and those gorgeous legs have already attracted offers from Yonex and Adidas, both of which have been turned down, but undoubtedly would be available if she wanted to pursue that profession in the future. It is because of players like Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis that the sports popularity has skyrocketed. This brand of modern woman tennis player with the stunning tennis skills and the stunning bodies to match, are pulling people through the gates by the thousand and are once again making tennis a popular form of entertainment. Some critic says that her playing could be better if she would play for the tennissport and not for the showeffect, wich she loves so much.

That means many unforced errors, like in the Key Biscayne final, wouldn't be made if she plays with more control! Only thoughts ?!?

Anna Kournikova

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