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This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Russian tennis player, Maria Sharapova. To date, Sharapova has won thirty five WTA singles titles including five Grand Slams, one year-ending championship, six WTA Tier I singles titles, three WTA Premier Mandatory singles titles and four WTA Premier 5 singles titles. She was also the silver medallist in singles at the 2012 London Olympics.
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Career achievements
Sharapova reached her first grand slam singles quarterfinal at the 2004 French Open where she lost in straight sets to Paola Suárez. A few weeks later, Sharapova won her first grand slam singles title at the 2004 Wimbledon Championships by defeating top seed and two-time defending champion, Serena Williams in straight sets. Following the victory, Sharapova entered the top ten of the WTA Rankings for the first time in her career. She finished the year by winning the year-ending WTA Tour Championships, defeating Williams in three sets after trailing 4–0 in the final set. On August 22, 2005 Sharapova became the World No. 1 for the first time in her career, and thus became the first Russian female player to ascend to the top of the WTA Rankings.
A year later, Sharapova won her second grand slam singles title at the 2006 US Open by defeating Justine Henin in the final in straight sets. In January 2007, Sharapova reached her first final at the Australian Open but lost in straight sets to Serena Williams. However, Sharapova regained the World No. 1 ranking following the event. After missing most of the clay court season due to injury, Sharapova reached the semi-finals of the French Open for the first time in her career but lost in straight sets to Ana Ivanovic. The following year, Sharapova won her third grand slam singles title at the 2008 Australian Open, defeating Ivanovic in straight sets. In May, Sharapova returned to World No. 1 in the rankings following Henin's unexpected retirement. However, the latter part of Sharapova's year was largely affected by a shoulder injury which forced her to end her season prematurely.
In May 2009, Sharapova reached the quarterfinals of the Warsaw Open, her first singles tournament since returning from injury. The following week, Sharapova reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, losing to Dominika Cibulková in straight sets. In the lead-up to the 2009 US Open, Sharapova reached her first singles final since returning from injury at the Rogers Cup but lost to Elena Dementieva. In October, Sharapova won her first singles title since returning from injury at the Toray Pan Pacific Open after her opponent, Jelena Janković retired whilst trailing 5–2. Sharapova finished the year ranked World No. 14, having improved her ranking from World No. 126 when she returned to the sport.
In April 2011, Sharapova returned to the top ten of the WTA Rankings for the first time in three years after losing to Victoria Azarenka in the final of the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open. In May 2011, Sharapova won her first major title on clay at the 2011 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, defeating Samantha Stosur in straight sets. At the 2011 French Open, Sharapova reached her first grand slam semi-final since returning from injury in 2009 but lost in straight sets to the eventual champion, Li Na. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, Sharapova reached her first grand slam singles final in three years but lost in straight sets to first time grand slam finalist, Petra Kvitová. Sharapova finished the year ranked World No. 4, her best finish since 2008.
In January 2012, Sharapova reached her first Australian Open final since winning the title in 2008 but lost to in straight sets to first time grand slam singles finalist, Victoria Azarenka. She avenged that defeat three months later by defeating Azarenka in the final at Stuttgart before successfully defending her title at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia by defeating Li Na in the final after trailing by a set and 4–0 and having been down championship point in the deciding set. At the 2012 French Open, Sharapova won her first grand slam singles title in four years and fourth title overall after defeating first time grand slam finalist, Sara Errani in straight sets. With this achievement, Sharapova returned to World No. 1 in the WTA Rankings and became the sixth woman in the open era to complete a Career Grand Slam in singles.
In 2013, Sharapova won the BNP Paribas Open and reached the finals of the Sony Open and Mutua Madrid Open. However, she missed the concluding months of the 2013 season due to a shoulder injury. In 2014, she won her third consecutive title at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, thus making the event the first that she has defended more than once. In May, she defeated Simona Halep to win the Mutua Madrid Open before claiming her fifth grand slam singles title and second French Open title with a three-set victory over Halep in the final. This was the first time that Sharapova had won a major twice, and continued to cement her status as one of the WTA's leading clay court players in recent years. Since 2012, she has compiled a 55–4 record on the surface and currently has the best clay court win-loss record of any active player.
Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
(i) = Indoor
Singles performance timeline
Current through the 2016 Australian Open.
Record against top 10 players
Sharapova's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.
As of July 9, 2015. All statistics from the Women's Tennis Association.
WTA Tour career earnings
*As of end 2014
Grand Slam double bagels
Sharapova has had five double bagel – two sets won at love (6–0, 6–0) – victories in Grand Slams to date. Two of these victories came in back-to-back rounds at the 2013 Australian Open, making Sharapova the first to complete such a feat since Wendy Turnbull at the 1985 Australian Open.