Anna Kournikova

Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (Russian: This is the sound of Anna S. Kournikova, born June 7, 1981), a retired Russian professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the most famous tennis stars all over the world, despite her never to win a WTA singles title. At the peak of his fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name one of the most popular search string on Google.

Despite reaching number 8 in the world in 2000, she has never won a WTA title in singles. Forte Kournikova was twice, where she sometimes was the World number 1 player. With Martina Hingis as her partner, she won Grand Slam titles in Australia in 1999 and 2002. Based on their looks, Hingis and Kournikova called themselves the "Spice Girls of tennis."

Kournikova tennis professional career has been limited, and possibly ended, serious back and spine in the last few years. She lives in Miami Beach, Florida and played in random exhibitions and in doubles in Saint-Louis Aces of World Team Tennis. She was a new coach for season 12 television show The Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels replaced, but will not return for season 13. In addition to his television work, and tennis, Kournikova serves as a global ambassador of the living and the five programs Population Services International, which addresses the health crises faced by children aged under five and their families.

Anna Kournikova was born in Moscow, USSR, June 7, 1981. Her father, Sergei Kournikov (b. 1961), was 19 years old. Sergei, a former Greco-Roman wrestling champion, had earned his doctorate and was a professor at the University of Physical Education and Sport in Moscow. In 2001 he was a part-time martial arts instructor. mother Alla (born 1962), who was 18 when Kournikova was born, was the 400-meter wheel.
Sergei Kournikov said: "We were young and we liked the clean, physical life, so Anna was in a good environment for sport from the beginning."  the name is written in Russian without the "o", so a direct transliteration would be "Kournikova" and it is sometimes written that way. But it is pronounced as "Kournikov", so the family chose their English spelling.
Kournikova won her first tennis racket as a New Year's gift in 1986 at the age of 5 years . Describing her early treatment, she said: "I've been playing twice a week to six years. This was a program for children. And that was just for fun .. my parents did not know what I was going to play professionally, they just wanted to I have to do something, because I had a lot of energy just when I started playing, and at seven, I went to a professional academy, I would be in school and then my parents had me in the club, and I wanted to spend the rest of the day there just having fun together with their children. " In 1986, Kournikova became a member of the club Spartak tennis coach Larissa Preobrazhenskaya.In 1989, at the age of eight years, Kournikova began appearing in junior tournaments, and the next year, has been attracting attention from tennis scouts across the world. Kournikova has signed a deal to manage the age of ten and went to Bradenton, Florida, training at the famous Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in.