Анна Курникова биография на английском

Anna Kournikova (born 07.06.1981) - Russian tennis player.

Russian-born Anna Kournikova left Moscow at the age of 9 to come to Nick Bollettieris Tennis Academy in Florida, USA - the same academywhich has also produced Monica Seles and Andre Agassi.She was the worlds topped-ranked junior at the end of 1995, shortlyafter Martina Hingis joined the professional ranks. Kournikova herselfturned professional in 1996, and competed in her first grand slam at theUS Open that year. She performed exceptionally well, defeating seededplayers before finally falling to eventual champion Steffi Graf in the4th round.