ANNA KOURNIKOVA BIO
Residence: Miami, Florida, USA
Date of Birth: June 7, 1981
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Height: 5' 8 1/4'' (1.73 m)
Weight:123 lbs. (56 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (October 1995)
Career Prize Money: $3,584,662

DOUBLES TITLES
Winner (16): 2002 - Australian Open (w/Hingis), Shanghai (w/J.Lee); 2001 - Sydney (w/Schett), Moscow (w/Hingis); 2000 - Season-Ending Championships, Filderstadt, Zurich, Philadelphia (all w/Hingis), Gold Coast (w/Halard-Decugis), Hamburg (w/Zvereva); 1999 - Australian Open, Season-Ending Championships, Indian Wells, Rome, Eastbourne (all w/Hingis); 1998 - Tokyo [Princess Cup] (w/Seles)

MIXED DOUBLES
Finalist (2): 2000 - US Open (w/Mirnyi); 1999 - Wimbledon (w/Bjorkman)

OVERALL DOUBLES GRAND SLAM TITLES
Winner (2): 2002 - Australian Open (w/Hingis); 1999 - Australian Open

SINGLES FINALS
Finalist (4): 2002 - Shanghai; 2000 - Moscow; 1999 - Hilton Head; 1998 - Miami.

ADDITIONAL
Russian Fed Cup Team 1996-97, 2000. Russian Olympic Team 1996.

CAREER WIN/LOSS RECORDS
Singles: 209-129
Doubles: 200-71

RANKING
Career-High Singles: No. 8 (November 20, 2000)
Career-High Doubles: No. 1 (November 22, 1999)

ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS
** Reached the fourth round or better at all four Grand Slams
** Was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1997 and a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open in 2001
** Has career wins over Lindsay Davenport, Steffi Graff, Monica Seles, Jennifer Capriati, and Martina Hingis
** Featured prominently in the July 14, 2008 Sports Illustrated “Where are they now” issue
** Appeared on July 5, 2004, Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100
** Featured in the 2004 40th Anniversary Edition of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
** Ranked No. 6 on 2003 Top 10 Most-Marketable Female Athletes, as published by Sports Business Daily (determined by a poll of 60 marketers, sponsorship consultants and members of media): No. 1 S. Williams, No. 2 Annika Sorenstam (golf), No. 3 Mia Hamm (soccer); No. 4 V. Williams, No. 5 Lisa Leslie (basketball)
** With Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and NASDAQ President and CEO, Bob Greifeld, presided over opening of NASDAQ Market on August 22, 2003, co-hosted the 2003 World Music Awards and was a presenter at the GQ Men of the Year Awards 2003
** Profiled in various television documentaries including hour-long features during 2003 on VH1 and E! Network and a30-minute feature "A Date with Anna: The Making of the Anna Kournikova Calendar" on ESPN/ESPN 2 cable network in December 2002
** Most popular sports figure of 2000 and 2001, according to Web site searches by Lycos users
** In 2002, appeared in Enrique Inglesias music video Escape and made a cameo appearance in the movie Me, Myself & Irene, starring Jim Carrey
** Named FHM Magazine's 2002 Sexiest Woman in the World
** In 2000, one of five female tennis players named to Forbes magazine Power 100 in Fame and Fortune list at No. 58;
** Selected to the 1998 People Magazine 50 Most Beautiful People list, one of only two athletes to make list
** At age 14, became youngest player to compete and win in Fed Cup (first tie of 1996), helping Russia defeat Sweden 3-0
** In juniors, ended 1995 as ITF Junior World Champion ranked No. 1

PERSONAL
First coach in Russia was Larisa Preobrazhenskaya; went to Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida for tennis training in February 1992 and stayed until moving to Miami in 1997...Began playing tennis at age five with friends in a weekly childrenÆs sports program...MotherÆs name is Alla; fatherÆs name is Sergei..Graduated from a Russian high school in 1997, and started Physical Culture Russian Academy in September 1997...In 2000, made a $10,000 donation to junior tennis in Russia and financially assisted the upgrade of her first tennis club, Spartak...Likes to dance, read and listen to music...Favorite tournaments are Roland Garros and Wimbledon...Other sports interests include NBA basketball, ice hockey and Major League Baseball...Favorite color is black...Loves animals, art, fashion, the ocean and beaches…In addition to her affiliations with K-Swiss and Yonex, Kournikova is an active supporter of the Boys and Girls Club.