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At a young age of 5, Anna Kournikova already started a game in the wide court - tennis - in a club in Moscow. Her father Sergi who was also into sports, a Greco-Roman wrestler and her mother Alla wanted her to play tennis simply for health reason. But upon attending a children's sports program, it was proven that she really has a hand for tennis.

Though in critical financial situation during the early 80s, Anna’s parents managed to give her a racket by selling their television which she received as a gift on a Christmas Day. She had sports clinic in Tennis Club Sokliki Park and in the Spartak Club.

She left Moscow at an early age of nine and moved to USA to hone more her skills at Nick Bollettieri's Tennis Academy in Florida, USA - the same academy that produced hit makers Andre Agassi and Monica Seles.

At the latter part of year 1995, Anna Kournikova was proclaimed as the world's topped-ranked junior subsequent to Martina Hingis when she joined the professional ranks. Needless to say, she professionally continued on her career where she gained more prominence. In 1996, Anna battled in her first grand slam at the US Open beating off other well grown players before conclusively getting a face-off with the eventual champion Steffi Graf in the4th round to.

In 1997, Anna maintained a stunning position amongst the world's top players where she immediately appeared in a semi-final of her first Wimbledon as a professional. She climbed up the ranking in 1998 when she battled out four top 10 thespians in a row along her line of attack. Shortly after this, she got her first triumph over then number one Martina Hingis. Prior to the Wimbledon, she smashed into the world Top 10 for the first time in her career.

Anna also has a share of that gorgeous sporty body super star which made her named as the most searched athlete online the two largest search engines on the web Yahoo and Lycos for two consecutive years. She had product endorsements for Adidas, Yonex, Berlei (the well-known sports bra), Omega (also the choice of Cindy Crawford and Pierce Brosnan), and Lycos. She popularly landed on magazine covers and was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1998.

Other highlights in her career include: Won the Orange Bowl 18s, European Championships 18s, Italian Open in 1995; The first Russian female to be seeded at the US open since 1976; won over Martina Hingis which made her the ninth-youngest player since 1968 to defeat a world No. 1 player; won her first Grand Slam title at the 1999 Australian Open, winning the doubles title; Defeated world No. 2 Lindsey Davenport in Amelia Island.