This section contains the complete Tinnis career list of the famous Tennis Star Maria Sharapova.

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova Career Highlights :

2004 WTA Tour Championships final: defeated Serena Williams, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Sharapova became the second player to win the year-end tournament in her debut. Trailing 4-0 in the third set, Sharapova won the next six games after Williams began to struggle with an abdominal muscle strain. Sharapova's tournament run was characterized by controversy. Other Russian players accused Sharapova of receiving coaching during matches. And some criticized her fist-pumping attitude and "Come On!" battlecries in the final as Williams played throughout the second half of the match in pain.

2003 Birmingham quarterfinal: defeated Elena Dementieva, 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-2. As a qualifier, Sharapova reached the semifinals, defeating top-seeded Dementieva along the way. Although she lost in a semifinal to Shinobu Asagoe, she began to elicit media attention because of her model looks and her grunts. Fellow players and spectators complained of her boisterous style.

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