ANNA KOURNIKOVA
Date of Birth: June 7th
1981
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Height: 170 cm
Eyes:
Green
Hair: Blonde
Weight:55 kg.
Parents: Alla and
Sergei
Residence: Miami Beach, Florida
Nickname: Murzik (it means
"my little pet" in Russian)
School: she graduated from a Russian high
school in 1997, and started at Physical Culture Russian University in
September 1997
Favourite job (not including tennis):
actress
Hobbies: she likes reading, listening to music, watching TV,
dancing, going to parties, swimming, rollerblading, giving tennis coaching
to children
Collections: dolls from every country she has
visited
Plays: right-handed, two-handed backhand, excellent technique
in every shot, good moving up, tactical intelligence, great
fighter
Equipment: Adidas clothing and shoes, Yonex tennis
racket
Coach: Pavel Slozl
Agency: Advantage
Year turned pro:
October 1995
WTA Tour ranking (season ending, singles): 1998-13;
1997-32; 1996-57; 1995-281
Highest Singles Ranking: No. 10 (June 22nd
to July 5th, 1998)
Voted by People Magazine: one of the 50 most
beautiful people in the world!
Anna Kournikova was born June 7th
1981 in Moscow. Her parents names are Allah and Sergei. She received her
first tennis raquet at 5 years old when her parents sold their tv to buy
her for christmas. She played in a club near her place untill age 11.
After, she moved to Bradenton, Florida (USA) to train with Nick
Bollitierri. At 14, she represented Russia in a Fed cup match and became
the youngest player ever to win a fed cup match.
She won her first
professionnel title in 1999at Midland, Michigan, an ITF tournament. She
was 5th favoutie in Illinois the same year and won her 2nd career ITF
tournament.
Kournikova made her WTA debut at 15 years old at the US
Open where she finally lost against #1 player Steffi Graf. She also made
it to the double quarter finals that same tournament.
More recently,
she won the rookie of the year award in 1996. EIn 1997, she improved very
much to even make it to the semis in Wimbledon. She lost to world number
one Martina Hingis at the French Open and at Wimbledon. This year, she
made her first career WTA final in Key Biscane against Venus Williams in a
tough 3 set match. She also won her first doubles title with Monica Seles
in Tokyo.
Kournikova is still very young and she seems to have a great
future ahead. Her best WTA ranking is 10th reached a few months ago...
She's currently 13th in the world and hopes to break the top 5 for next
year...
Kournikova won her first grand slam title this year (1999) with
Martina Hingis in doubles at the Australian Open. Since then, they have
played reguraly together and have rapidly became one of the best pairs
actually...Anna became #2 in doubles in september 1999, quite a good
performance considering she didn't compete in Wimbledon or in the US
Open...
Anna now resides in Miami with her mom and is ready to give all
she has to enter the top 10 and eventually the top 5 as it is the
objective announced by her coach..
For more information on Anna
Kournikova visit
http://www.kournikova-anna.com/
