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CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-02-28 00:00
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Name: Maria Sharapova

Residence: Bradenton, Florida, USA

Date of Birth: April 19, 1987(age 32)

Birthplace: Nyagan, Russia

Height: 6-foot-2(1.88m)

Weight: 130 lbs (59kg)

Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Turned pro on April 19, 2001

Career earnings: $38,777,962

Official website: www.mariasharapova.com

Twitter: @MariaSharapova

Career details:

WTA singles titles: 36

WTA doubles titles: 3

Grand Slam singles titles: Australian Open (2008); French Open (2012,2014); Wimbledon (2004); US Open (2006)

WTA Championships title: 2004

Fed Cup: 2008

Olympics: Silver medal, London 2012

Highest ranking: 1(spent 21 weeks as world No 1)

Current ranking: 373

Win/Loss: Singles 645/171

Coaches: Yuri Sharapov (early career); Michael Joyce (2008-10),Thomas Hogstedt (2010-13 and 2018-19), Jimmy Connors (2013), Sven Groeneveld (2013-18), Riccardo Piatti (2019-20)

Failed test

In March 2016, Sharapova told a news conference in Los Angeles she had tested positive at the Australian Open for meldonium, which is used to treat diabetes and low magnesium and had been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since Jan 1.

Sharapova was provisionally banned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and then suspended for two years, backdated to Jan 26.

Sharapova's ban was reduced to 15 months on appeal and she returned to tennis in April 2017.

Sharapova claimed her first title since her doping ban and the final one of her career later that year when she won the Tianjin Open in October.

She reached the last 16 of the Australian Open at the start of 2019, but missed the French Open that year.

The Russian was eliminated in the first round of the final three Grand Slams of her career-Wimbledon and the US Open in 2019 and the 2020 Australian Open, which was her last competitive appearance.

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