The former Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova will enter the Hall of Fame in 2025. The athlete, who became famous for her grit on the courts and the interest she generated outside of them, has just been selected in the first year of eligibility. The twins were also selected Bob y Mike Bryanwho formed a historic doubles couple and won 16 Grand Slam titles. The Hall of Fame, whose headquarters are in Newport (Rhode Island), released this Thursday the results of its voting for the Class of 2025.
Sharapova won at least one title in each of the four tournaments of Grand Slam (Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open), one of the ten women who can boast of having won a major singles tournament. Also she was the first russian woman in reaching the number one in the WTA world ranking, in 2005. He retired in 2020, at age 32, after a 15-year career, which included a 15-month doping suspension and several operations on his right shoulder.
Russian Maria Sharapova celebrates after beating Venus Williams in the 2004 Wimbledon finalNicolas Asfouri – AFP
Sharapova broke out like a shining star when he won his first title Grand Slam in Wimbledon 2004. He was just 17 years old when he defeated Serena Williams in the decisive match. Two years later, she won the US Open in 2006, the Australian Open in 2008 and the French Open (Roland Garros) in 2012 and 2014. Sharapova was part of the Russian team that won the team tournament that is currently It is known as the Billie Jean King Cup in 2008. She won Olympic silver at London 2012, losing to Serena Williams in the final.
At the same time, Sharapova Billed Millions of Additional Dollars in Endorsement Contract Concepts. “There are two aspects about me,” Sharapova said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2006, shortly after winning the US Open title. “There is Maria who is a tennis player. There is Maria who is a normal girl. And there is Maria who is a business woman. And that’s where the ‘Maria Sharapova brand’ comes into play.”
After retiring, Maria Sharapova dedicated herself to promoting her personal image
In it 2016 Australian OpenSharapova tested positive for meldonium (a substance that had just been declared banned) and initially received a two-year suspension. After appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS, based in Lausanne, Switzerland)Sharapova achieved a reduction when a lower degree of guilt was determined in the case and that she could not “be considered as someone who intentionally doped.”
The brothers Bryan They also completed the Grand Slam and they were 438 weeks! in it first place in the ATP doubles ranking. They got the Olympic gold at the 2012 London Games and they came out champions with USA in the 2007 Davis Cup. Bob is also the captain of the team that will go in November Malaga, Spain, for the final for the Silver Salad Bowl. The Americans haven’t won it since. Mike Bryan (right, while his brother is left-handed) leads the historical table with his 18 Grand Slam titles in doubles. He achieved two more wins alongside Jack Sock when Bob was injured in 2018.
The Bryan brothers with the Australian Open trophy; Bob and Mike will also be inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame starting next yearAP
Sharapova and the Bryan brothers’ Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be in August 2025. Daniel Nestor, a Canadian who won 12 Grand Slam titles in men’s doubles and mixed doubles, failed to receive the 75% necessary to be elected in a vote in which journalists, historians, other members of the Hall of Fame, tennis industry experts and fans participated. It was his third (and last) attempt to do so.
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