Grand Slams
| Year | Singles AO | Doubles AO | Singles RG | Doubles RG | Singles WI | Doubles WI | Singles UO | Doubles UO |
| 2012 | RU | - | WR | - | R16 | - | - | - |
| 2011 | R16 | - | SF | - | RU | - | R32 | - |
| 2010 | R128 | - | R32 | - | R16 | - | R16 | - |
| 2009 | - | - | QF | - | R64 | - | R32 | - |
| 2008 | WR | - | R16 | - | R64 | - | - | - |
| 2007 | RU | - | SF | - | R16 | - | R32 | - |
| 2006 | SF | - | R16 | - | SF | - | WR | - |
| 2005 | SF | - | QF | - | SF | - | SF | - |
| 2004 | R32 | R32 | QF | - | WR | - | R32 | - |
| 2003 | R128 | - | R128 | - | R16 | - | R64 | - |
WTA Tour 2012 Totals
| Result | Singles | Doubles |
| Winner | 3 | - |
| Runner-up | 3 | - |
| Semifinal | - | - |
WTA Tour 2012 Titles
| Singles |
| Roland Garros |
| Porsche Tennis Grand Prix |
| Internazionali BNL d'Italia |
| Doubles |
| - |
Nickname
Masha. (WTA 04/05/06)
Hobbies
Reading, fashion, singing, dancing and watching films. (sonyericssonwtatour.com 17/07/08)
Occupation
Athlete
Family
Engaged to Slovenian basketball player Sasha Vujacic.
Language(s) spoken
English, French, Russian
Coach
Thomas Hogstedt (SWE) from 2010 (latimes.com, 04 Jun 2012)
Position and style
Double-handed backhand (sonyericssonwtatour.com, 20 May 2012)
Handedness
Right (sonyericssonwtatour.com, 20 May 2012)
Debut
2008 for Russia, against Tzipi Obziler (fedcup.com, 2012)
Injuries
She pulled out of the 2011 China Open after injuring her left ankle. (espn.go.com, 30 Sep 2011)
She underwent a shoulder surgery in 2008 and spent about a year off the court. (bfm.ru, 29 May 2011)
In 2007 she withdrew from the semifinals of the Fed Cup because of a shoulder injury. (WTA, 10 Sep 2007)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She started playing tennis at the age of four. (BBC 02/07/04)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning the Wimbledon singles title at age 17 and becoming world number one at age 18. "I don't think anyone expected me to win Wimbledon at 17," she said. "And no one expected me to be number one by 18. Just the fact you are number one puts a smile on your face. It's something I've dreamed of all my life." (bradenton.com 23/08/05)
Most influential person in career
Her parents. "My parents are my core. I could never have achieved what I have without their support." (Times Online 26/06/06, WTA 22/04/08)
Awards
She was chosen by the Russian Olympic Committee to be the flag bearer at the Olympics opening ceremony in London on 27 July 2012 and thus became the first female Russian athlete to get this honour. (mariasharapova.com, 13 Jun 2012)
After winning the French Open in 2012, she became the sixth female tennis player in the Open era to win a career Grand Slam. (rolandgarros.com, 09 Jun 2012)
She holds the national sports title of Honoured Master of Sport. (tennis-russia.ru, 12 Dec 2011)
In February 2007 she was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme [UNDP]. (WTA, 22 Apr 2008)
General
GIVING BACK
In August 2006 she started the Maria Sharapova Foundation, aimed at helping at risk children around the world achieve their dreams. "It goes towards children that don't get the opportunity to do the things that they dream of and want to do," she said. "One of the greatest things about being an athlete and making money is realising that you can help." During the 2005 Australian Open, she donated the value of the Porsche Cayenne car [approx USD56,300] she won at 2004 Tour Championships to those affected by the Russian school hostage crisis in Beslan, and in December 2004 she participated in a tennis exhibition in Florida with fellow players Angela Haynes, Maria Kirilenko, Nicole Vaidisova, Rennae Stubbs, Jennifer Capriati and Florida state governor Jeb Bush to raise money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund. (WTA, 25 May 2006; mariasharapova.com, usopen.org, 06 Sep 2006)
NATURAL LEFTY
She is naturally left-handed and played left-handed for six months at the age of 10 before switching back to her right hand. She can sometimes be seen hitting left-handed forehands during her matches. (mariasharapova.com, 10 Sep 2007)
GRUNTS
She has come under heavy scrutiny for the range of grunts and high-pitched shrieks she lets out during her matches. Sections of the press dubbed her 'Maria Shriek-apova' and the 'Belle of the Decibel', but she defended herself and said the noises were sometimes unfortunate but hardly anything new. "I try not to make noise," she said. "But it's just something I've been doing all my life. It's something that I try to control but my mouth doesn't control the way I play. It's just a mouth.'' (mariaworld.net, 24 Jun 2003; guardian.co.uk, 08 Jul 2007)
