Maria Sharapova is a woman who plays tennis.
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova -LRB- Мари́я Ю́рьевна Шара́пова ; born April 19 , 1987 -RRB- is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA on five separate occasions , for a total of 21 weeks.
She is also an Olympic medalist , having earned silver for Russia in women 's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
She is one of ten women , and the only Russian , to hold the career Grand Slam.
