Maria Sharapova Maria Yuryevna Sharapova Russian : Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова Born April 19 , 1987 ) is a Russian professional tennis player and the current World No. 1 . [4] At the end of 2006, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete. [2] Sharapova has won two Grand Slam singles titles. She is