TENNIS PLAYER

Maria Sharapova

1987 - Today

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Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian: Мария Юрьевна Шарапова, romanized: Mariya Yuryevna Sharapova, pronounced [mɐˈrʲijə ʂɐˈrapəvə] ; born 19 April 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2001 to 2020 and was ranked world No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Sharapova has received more than 16,831,885 page views. Her biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Maria Sharapova is the 65th most popular tennis player (down from 52nd in 2019), the 871st most popular biography from Russia (down from 830th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Tennis Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 95

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among TENNIS PLAYERS

Among tennis players, Maria Sharapova ranks 65 out of 1,569. Before her are Goran Ivanišević, Kea Bouman, William Renshaw, Bobby Riggs, Margaret Scriven, and Dorothy Shepherd-Barron. After her are Nicola Pietrangeli, Momčilo Tapavica, Althea Gibson, Anna Kournikova, R. Norris Williams, and Doris Hart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Maria Sharapova ranks 15. Before her are Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lee Min-ho, Sami Khedira, Cesc Fàbregas, and David Luiz. After her are Tom Felton, Zac Efron, Blake Lively, Julian Nagelsmann, Arda Turan, and Marek Hamšík.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maria Sharapova ranks 871 out of 3,761. Before her are Anatoli Bugorski (1942), Fyodor Rostopchin (1763), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Marfa Sobakina (1552), Anatoly Lukyanov (1930), and Nikolay Kostomarov (1817). After her are Vladimir Fock (1898), Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (1841), Viktor Mamatov (1937), Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (1868), George Volkoff (1914), and Sergei Korsakoff (1854).

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Among TENNIS PLAYERS In Russia

Among tennis players born in Russia, Maria Sharapova ranks 1. After her are Anna Kournikova (1981), Marat Safin (1980), Nadia Petrova (1982), Daniil Medvedev (1996), Yevgeny Kafelnikov (1974), Olga Morozova (1949), Dinara Safina (1986), Vera Zvonareva (1984), Elena Dementieva (1981), Svetlana Kuznetsova (1985), and Alexander Volkov (1967).

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