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Are you a tennis lover who just realized you haven\u2019t heard from\u00a0Anna Kournikova\u00a0lately? Where is the former Russian tennis pro today? How did her tennis career begin\u2014and how or why did it end? Where did she wind up after an uber-successful career?<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for the lowdown on Anna Kournikova today (and in the past), you\u2019re in the right place. We are the star\u2019s timeline as we talk about her life growing up, her tennis career, and what came after all the popularity\u2014including her current relationship status.<\/p>\n

Who Is Anna Kournikova?<\/h2>\n

Kournikova was born in June of 1981, making her a recent 40-year-old. She was born in Moscow, Russia, to a wrestling pro father and a running champ mother. Even her brother inclined sports, becoming a world golf champion in his own life.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s safe to say that athleticism is in this family\u2019s genes. Naturally, her parents wanted Anna to follow in their footsteps, so they gifted her a tennis racquet at age five. Three years later, at age eight, Anna was already competing in junior tennis tournaments\u2014having found a knack for the sport.<\/p>\n

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Eventually, Anna was good enough to get scouted, and at age nine, accepted a deal to train tennis in the US. Four short years after receiving a racquet, Kournikova was already fielding offers from tennis academies left and right. Ultimately, she accepted an invitation to Florida, where her career began to take off.<\/p>\n

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Anna Kournikova\u2019s Rise In Tennis World<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s safe to say that if you impress at age nine, it can only go up from there! By honing her talents, Anna Kournikova got better, faster, and stronger at her beloved sport.\u00a0Anna won the European Championships and the Italian Open by age fourteen. Her reign of impressiveness continued when she became the youngest player to secure a\u00a0Junior Orange Bowl win.<\/p>\n

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Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova (Image Credit: Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anna\u2019s streak continued into the mid-90s when she hit a double-whammy\u2014winning both the Junior World Champion U-18 and the European Champion U-18 titles. By the late 90s, Anna was named a WTA (Women\u2019s Tennis Association) top-20 athlete.\u00a0Anna ended the season as World No. 1 women\u2019s doubles player in November 1999.<\/p>\n

So, numerous wins were under her belt before she even turned eighteen. Did the champion stop there? No, she didn\u2019t! She had to tackle the Australian Open next. Anna played\u2014and secured a victory\u2014at the famous championship in 2003. Despite not winning the singles title in her career, Anna won doubles Grand Slam titles in Australia in 1999 and 2002 with Martina Hingis.<\/p>\n

Anna Kournikova: Retirement And Life After<\/h2>\n

However, that\u2019s where her\u00a0winning streak\u00a0met its bitter end. Unfortunately for the promising young player, Anna sustained back injuries at the Open that would affect her game then and continue to be a problem later, eventually causing the athlete to retire in her early 20s.<\/p>\n

Of course, just because her career ended didn\u2019t mean her fame did\u2014or her willingness to play. Anna continued to play the sport she loved, this time for charities and fundraisers, helping organizations she was passionate about to raise money for various causes.<\/p>\n

Anna Kournikova\u2019s Celebrity Status<\/h3>\n

In addition to playing for charity, Anna Kournikova remained a well-loved celebrity in her own right, earning several titles of a different nature (such as a spot on the \u201c100 Hottest Women of All Time\u201d list). She even had a guest spot in\u00a0Me, Myself, and Irene<\/a>, playing briefly alongside Jim Carrey as a hotel manager. If you blinked, you might have missed her scene.<\/p>\n

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Anna Kournikova (Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She also appeared on several TV shows (such as The Biggest Loser) and, thanks to her beautiful looks, appeared on several magazine covers (Maxim\u00a0and\u00a0Sports Illustrated, to name two). So, what\u2019s she doing now? Are there Anna Kournikova kids running around? How about a spouse?\u00a0Let\u2019s see.<\/p>\n

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Is Anna Kournikova Married?<\/h2>\n

If you felt bad\u00a0that Anna\u2019s career ended so early, pause. The \u201ceighth-highest-ranked<\/a>\u00a0professional female tennis player in the world\u201d did quite well for herself. She became a US citizen and eventually partnered with\u00a0another household name, albeit of a different variety\u2014Enrique Iglesias. The couple had three children together\u2014Lucy, Mary, and Nicholas\u2014and we can only guess they\u2019re as gorgeous as their parents!<\/p>\n

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