tennis star Maria Kirilenko Bio, relationship status, awards

Maria Kirilenko-Stepanova, professional tennis star, and a model now, born in Moscow Russia to their parents Yuri Kirilenko and Olga on 25 January 1987. Maria learned the tactics of tennis from her school time. She had been trained in various academies. 1.74 m height Maria turn into professional tennis in 2001-02, she was only 16-17-year-old. At his yearly ages, Kirilenko became one of the youngest winners of the Canadian Open and US Open junior tournaments. Maria Kirilenko plays on the right hand (two-handed backhand). She is also known for her beauty and her modelling career.

Awards and achievements:

Maria Kirilenko has won 6 WTA titles and 3 ITF titles. She has reached to three grand slams quarterfinals (French, Australian, and Wimbledon). In 2013, she was awarded career-best 10th rank. But due to sudden injuries she couldn’t manage her position and now in 2015, she is at 313 no.

While in doubles, she has won 12 WTA titles. Her career best ranking was the 5th position. In 2012 London Olympics she became third-seeded and won the bronze medal.

Fashion career

In 2006, Kirilenko was chosen to be the face of Adidas by Stella McCartney tennis range, designed by noted British fashion designer Stella McCartney and has played exclusively in the gear since the 2006 Australian Open. In 2009, she was replaced by Caroline Wozniacki following the 2009 US Open.

She seemed in the 2009 Sports Demonstrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Daniela Hantuchová and Tatiana Golovin in a pictorial entitled Volley of the Dolls.

Relationship status:

In November 2011, Russian ice hockey player Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals recognized Kirilenko as his girlfriend on his Twitter account. In December 2013, Ovechkin confirmed the rumors that he and Maria are engaged. In July 2014, she called off her planned wedding Ovechkin saying in comments distributed by the Russian Tennis Federation that there were “a lot of reasons” behind her decision. Ovechkin had faced questions from Russian media about the relationship when he did not accompany Maria Kirilenko to Wimbledon in June 2014.

On January 24, 2015, Kirilenko got married, but the name of her husband was not revealed until a few days later when it was declared she had married Alexei Stepanov, a businessman by profession. He is 38 years old and is the Head of the Committee of Public Services in Moscow.

In July 2015, following an unexplained long absence from professional tennis, it was reported that 28-year-old the amazing Kirilenko had given birth to a baby boy.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

• Residence           Gingins, Switzerland
• Born      17 April 1985 (age 30) Le Mans, France
• Height   1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg
• Plays      Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
• Coach (es)      Eric Winogradsky, Roger Rasheed 
• Nicolas Escudé (2013–)

               

                             

     Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (born 17 April 1985) is a French talented professional tennis player currently placed World No. 12.Tsonga's father, a handball player Didier Tsonga, is from Congo-Brazzaville, and his mother Évelyne is French. Jo's father moved to France during the 1970s to fulfill his own dreams of becoming a handball professional player, where he eventually met Évelyne and they married. Tsonga is nicknamed Ali, because of his facial similarity to the boxer.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has a younger brother (Enzo) who, much like Jo, has been inspired to play sports and is part of the French basketball program (junior). He also has an elder sister (Sasha) who is less involved with sporting ventures. His footballing cousin is Maël Lépicier who plays for Congo. Tsonga and Gaël Monfils developed a good friendship from a young age, when they enjoyed mimicking all the tennis greats of the past.

Awards and achievements:

Tsonga has won 11 titles in his career. As a junior, Tsonga reached a ranking of No. 2 in the world and won the US Open title. He reached four other semifinals of junior Grand Slam events. Marcos Baghdatis was a rival of Tsonga on the junior tour.

Tsonga is a member of the Tennis Club de Paris (TCP). His career-high singles ranking is World No. 5, which he achieved in February 2012.

Tsonga representation to fame by quality of his performance in the 2008 Australian Open when, as an unseeded player, he reached the final, having defeated four seeded players along the way, including earning a straight-sets win over the World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals. Tsonga eventually lost to the World No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the final in four sets, after winning the first set, the only set Djokovic plunged during the tournament.

Tsonga followed this up by winning his first ATP Masters Series championship at the 2008 Paris Masters, thus qualifying for the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, China. His best presentations in a major tournament since 2008 are semifinal arrivals in the 2010 Australian Open, the 2013 French Open and at Wimbledon in 2011 and 2012. He also reached the final of the 2011 ATP World Tour Finals, where he lost to five-time and defending champion Roger Federer. He achieved his second Masters Series win at the 2014 Canadian Open, defeating four top 10 players on the way to victory.

He is one of the few energetic players on tour to have reached the quarterfinal stage of all four Grand Slams. He is also one of only three players (the others being Tomáš Berdych and Stan Wawrnka) to have Grand Slam wins against each of the Big Four (namely Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray).

Relationship status: 

in any type of relations tosonga is ambiguous because some sources says that he has been secretly married with his long-term friend but some says that he is single. Also, French player denies his wedding news.

Lindsay Davenport

Country :                 United States

Residence:           Laguna Beach, California

Born:  June 8, 1976 (age 39)

Height:   1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)

Turned pro:         February 22, 1993

Retired: 2010 (unofficial retirement)

Plays:      Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Coach (es):           Robert Lansdorp

Craig Kardon (1994–1995)

Robert Van't Hof (1995–2003)

Adam Petersen (2003–2010)

Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player.

Lindsay Davenport is the daughter of Wink Davenport, who was a member of the U.S. volleyball team at The 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and Ann Davenport, the president of the Southern California Volleyball Association. Davenport was born to an athletic family. Whereas her two older sisters, Leeann and Shannon, played volleyball, she started playing tennis at age six. She was coached by Robert Lansdorp, who had coached Tracy Austin before. She attended Chadwick School in Palos Verdes Peninsula, California. At age 16, her family shifted to Murrieta, California, where she attended Murrieta Valley High School, and she began to work with Lynne Rolley and Robert Van't Hof.

When Davenport was 14, she joined the United States Tennis Association junior national team. She had a rapid growth spurt — about six inches in two years — which affected her coordination, but did not obstruct her performance. She shined at junior level competitions and flounced the singles and doubles titles at the National Girls' 18s and Clay Court Championships in 1991 and won the Junior U.S. Open in '92.

Davenport was coached for most of her career by Robert Van't Hof. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine graded her as the 29th-best player of the prior 40 years. Davenport was instated into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014

Awards and achievements

She has been awarded as the Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award.  She has secured three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions. Since 1975, she is one of five women who have been the year-end World No. 1 at least four times (1998, 2001, 2004, and 2005); the others are Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams who most recently completed the feat (2002, 2009, 2013, and 2014).

In 1991, she won both Singles and doubles champion at 18-and-under nationals.

In 1992  she also won U.S. Junior Open champion. She is the only American to be on the top for at least four times.

Relationship status:

Lindsay Davenport has been married to Jonathan Leach since April 25, 2003. They have been married for 12.2 years. She has four children namely Jagger Jonathan (Male 8 yrs.), Lauren Andrus (female 6 yrs.), Kaya Emory (female 3 yrs.), Haven Michelle Leach (female 18 months).

Angelique Kerber

Born: January 18, 1988 (age 27)

Birth place: Bremen, Germany

Height: 1.72 m

Weight: 68 kg

Parents: Slawomir Kerber, Beata Kerber

Siblings: Jessica Kerber (sister)

Nationality: Polish, German

Plays:Left Handed (Double Handed Backhand)

Coached by Torben Beltz

Angelique Kerber was born in Bremen, to father Sławomir Kerber and mother Beata, and has one sister, Jessica. Both of her parents are German Polish. She started playing tennis aged three and eventually joined the junior circuit. She made inroads at events in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, but did not win a junior title before 2003, at which point she had already turned qualified aged 15. Kerber communicates German, Polish and English.

Having made her qualified debut in 2003, Kerber was propelled into stardom upon suddenly reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open, at which time she was ranked 92 in the world. Since then, she has broken into the Top 5 of the WTA Rankings and currently sits at world number 10. As such, Kerber is the highest-ordered German on the WTA Tour.

She loves swimming, soccer, F1, figure skating, handball, shopping, sleeping, swimming, dancing and hanging out with friends ...her Beloved actors include Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon.

Awards and achievements

Kerber has won six singles titles on the WTA tour, as well as eleven singles and three doubles on the ITF tour in her career. On 22 October 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 5. On 26 August 2013, she peaked at world number 103 in the doubles rankings.

Relationship status

She is currently single.

MARION BARTOLI

Residence: Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Birth: 02 Oct 1984

Birthplace: Le Puy en Velay, France

Height: 5' 6 3/4" (1.70 m)

Weight: 139 lbs. (63 kg)

Star: libra

Plays: Right-handed (two-handed both sides)

Status: Pro (2000)/Retired (August 14, 2013)

Marion Bartoli was born on 2 October 1984 in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire. She is of Corsican origin; her family is from Palneca, Corse-du-Sud. She is a French former professional tennis player.

Bartoli was introduced to tennis by her medical doctor father, Walter, when she was 6 years old. She would practise tennis with him late at night after school on small, icy, unevenly surfaced courts which restricted free movement and influenced her playing style. When weather was sufficiently bad, they would train in an old indoor facility where there was very limited room between baseline and the wall, meaning Bartoli became adept at playing inside the baseline. He devised original training methods, such as improving hand-eye coordination by using balls of different size and color, or encouraging Marion to stay on her toes by taping tennis balls to the heels of her shoes. He drove hundreds of kilometers to tournaments while she would do her homework in the back of the car. She was known for her unorthodox style of play using two hands on both her forehand and backhand.

She announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis on 14 August 2013.

Awards and achievements

She won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships singles title after previously being runner-up in 2007, and was a semifinalist at the 2011 French Open. She also earned eight Women's Tennis Association singles titles and three doubles titles.

Bartoli defeated three reigning world no. 1 players in her career: Justine Henin in the semifinal of the 2007 Wimbledon Championships, Jelena Janković in the fourth round of the 2009 Australian Open, and Victoria Azarenka in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open. She also recorded wins over other top players such as Venus and Serena Williams, Ana Ivanovic, Lindsay Davenport, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Dinara Safina, Caroline Wozniacki, Petra Kvitová, Samantha Stosur, and Kim Clijsters.

She is also the only player ever to have played at both the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tournament of Champions in the same year, in 2011. Bartoli reached at least the quarter-final stage at each of the four Grand Slams. Her win at Wimbledon made her only the sixth player in the open era to win the Championships without dropping a single set.

Relationship status

The 30-year-old, who is the international event ambassador of this edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon (SCMM), has so controversial in this matter. She had been seen with an Indian businessmen and the rumors was that she is going to marry him. Also heard that she went India for him several times.  In past, some magazines criticizes her body that she is looking like a man.

Kim Clijsters

Born: June 8, 1983 (age 34), Bilzen, Belgium

Height: 1.74 m (5 ft. 8 1⁄2 in)

Turned pro:        17 August 1997

Plays:    Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Parents: Ells Vandecaetsbeek, Lei Clijsters

Spouse: Brian Lynch (m. 2007)

Children: Jada Ely Lynch, Jack Leon Lynch

Grand slams won (singles): 4

Retired: 6 May 2007–26 March 2009; 3 September 2012

 Early life: 

Kim Antoine Lode Clijsters (born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional and the most beautiful woman and a tennis player. Clijsters is a former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles.

She is the daughter of Lei Clijsters, a former international footballer, and Els Vandecaetsbeek, a former national gymnastics champion. Lei Clijsters died of lung cancer on 4 January 2009. Clijsters says that she inherited footballer's legs from her father and a gymnast's flexibility from her mother. Kim's younger sister Elke finished 2002 as the ITF World Junior Doubles champion and retired in 2004 after back injuries. Clijsters started playing tennis at age 5 with her cousins, and her parents took her to watch matches around Europe. Her chosen tennis player growing up was Steffi Graf.

By 1992, Clijsters had become an accomplished amateur player. Overwhelmed with the young Belgian's athletic abilities, tennis coach Bart Van Kerckhoven decided to coach Clijsters. With Van Kerckhoven's help, the 11-year-old the little Clijsters earned the Belgian Junior Championship in 1994.

At the age of 13, Clijsters decided to improve her game further by attending the Wilrijk tennis school. During her time at Wilrijk, Clijsters left the tutelage of Van Kerckhoven and began training with Coach Carl Maes. In 1998, at the age of 15, Clijsters wowed fans with her junior Grand Slam success, becoming the youngest National a champion in history. That same year, she also placed 11th in the Wimbledon junior event, and won the French and U.S. Open doubles titles with partners Jelena Dokjic and Eva Dyrberg. Her successes landed her at No. 4 in the International Tennis Federation junior doubles world ranking.

In 2001, Clijsters was part of the Belgium Fed Cup winning team. Clijsters declared her retirement with immediate effect on 6 May 2007, but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly announced her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season. In only her third tournament back, she won her second US Open title, becoming the first unranked player and wildcard entry holder to conquest to a Grand Slam.

In June 2011, TIME magazine named her one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future". According to Forbes in August 2011, she became the fifth highest-paid female athlete over the previous year.

On 20 May 2012, A tough competitor to the most of the tennis players namely Clijsters, again revealed that she would retire after the US Open. On 29 August 2012, Clijsters played her last singles match of her career at the 2012 US Open where she lost in the second round to Laura Robson.

Awards and achievements:

 Clijsters is the former world champion and she ruled on tennis court for almost 6 months. Clijsters collected 41 WTA singles titles and 11 WTA couples titles. She won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the US Open, in 2005, 2009, and 2010 and one at the Australian Open in 2011.

       She was also runner-up in four Grand Slam singles tournaments and won the WTA Tour Championships singles title in 2002, 2003, and 2010.  also became runner-up in two Grand Slam doubles tournaments, one WTA Championships doubles tournament, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles tournament.

 In 2009 she became the first mother after Evonne Goolagong (1980) to win the US open. . In doubles, she won the French Open and Wimbledon titles in 2003.

Marital status:

 In July of 2007, she secretly married American basketball player Brian Lynch. The next year, in February 2008, Clijsters gave birth to a daughter, Jada EllieClijester married twice, before lynch she had an affair with a proficient tennis star Litton Hewitt as in December 2003, Clijsters announced her engagement to Australian Lleyton Hewitt, but their relationship ended in October 2004. Clijsters is still affectionately nicknamed "Aussie Kim" by Australians.