Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova was born on June 7th 1981 in Moscow, Russia. From the age of 5 she showed a keen interest in tennis and was coached to fulfil her ambitions. She got noticed by the Spartak Tennis Club and began being trained by professionals. At 9 Anna was noticed by the international tennis community when she competed in the ATP tour in Moscow. At 14, she become the youngest player ever to win a Fed Cup match and was ranked as the number 1 Junior.

Since then she has won a doubles title with Martina Hingis at the '99 Australian Open and is the only player in the past 15 years to have defeated four consecutive top ten players in a single tournament – in 1998. She is one of the most heavily marketed and sponsored female athletes and adored by men worldwide.