Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko is a Russian former professional tennis player.
84 Facts About Maria Kirilenko
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Maria Kirilenko was a three Grand Slam singles quarterfinalist, a semifinalist at the 2012 London Olympics, and reached a career-high ranking of world No 10 on 10 June 2013.
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In 2002, Maria Kirilenko won the junior tournaments at the Canadian Open and US Open.
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Maria Kirilenko began moving up the rankings in 2004, but was set back by an injury.
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At the 2004 French Open, Maria Kirilenko took the first set off Serena Williams before losing in three sets.
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Maria Kirilenko was the runner-up to Nicole Pratt at the Hyderabad Open.
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At the US Open, Maria Kirilenko was seeded 20th and reached the third round, before losing to Aravane Rezai.
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Maria Kirilenko made her debut for Russia at the Fed Cup tournament in April 2006.
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Maria Kirilenko then competed in the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, where she advanced to the second round, upsetting world No 15 Shahar Pe'er of Israel, before being defeated by Ai Sugiyama.
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Maria Kirilenko then competed in the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she reached the second round, before losing in a close match to Daniela Hantuchova.
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At the Australian Open, Maria Kirilenko reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, beating sixth seed Anna Chakvetadze.
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Maria Kirilenko then reached the second round of a Tier-I event in Doha, beating Ekaterina Makarova, before losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets.
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Maria Kirilenko then lost four matches in a row at Dubai, Bangalore, Indian Wells, and Miami.
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Maria Kirilenko won the doubles title there, partnering with Flavia Pennetta.
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Maria Kirilenko won in Barcelona, defeating Martinez-Sanchez for her fourth career WTA title and the second of the year.
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Maria Kirilenko reached the semifinals, where she lost to eventual champion Nadia Petrova.
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Maria Kirilenko partnered with Petrova as the second-seed doubles team and beat the top-seed pair of Hsieh Su-wei and Yaroslava Shvedova in the finals.
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Maria Kirilenko was seeded 27th at the Australian Open, but lost to future top five player Sara Errani in the first round.
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At the 2009 French Open, Maria Kirilenko was unseeded in the singles tournament, and lost to Olivia Rogowska of Australia in the first round.
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Maria Kirilenko was unseeded at Wimbledon and made it to the second round, losing to ninth seeded Caroline Wozniacki.
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Maria Kirilenko then competed in the Korea Open in Seoul, where she was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Kimiko Date-Krumm.
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Maria Kirilenko began the year by competing in the ASB Classic, where she reached the quarterfinals but lost to Shahar Pe'er.
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Maria Kirilenko entered as 32nd seed at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
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Maria Kirilenko made it to the third round, losing there to second seeded Caroline Wozniacki.
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Maria Kirilenko participated in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami as 32nd seed.
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Maria Kirilenko played in Rome in the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where she was unseeded.
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Maria Kirilenko entered the French Open as 30th seed where she advanced to the round of 16 for the first time in her career, before losing to 17th seed and eventual champion Francesca Schiavone, having defeated defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova en route.
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Maria Kirilenko paired up with Agnieszka Radwanska in the doubles draw, where they were seeded 10th.
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Maria Kirilenko made the quarterfinals of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California before losing to Radwanska.
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Maria Kirilenko entered in the doubles tournament with Victoria Azarenka, they ended in the semifinals.
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Maria Kirilenko reached the third round of the US Open losing to 11th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Maria Kirilenko then reached the second rounds of Korea Open, losing to former world No 1 Dinara Safina, and Toray Pan Pacific Open, losing to Flavia Pennetta.
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Maria Kirilenko reached the final of the Kremlin Cup where she fell to Victoria Azarenka.
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Maria Kirilenko ended the 2010 season ranked No 20 in the world.
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Maria Kirilenko competed at the Hong Kong Tennis Classic and won the Gold Group Championship with her compatriots Vera Zvonareva and Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
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Maria Kirilenko then fell early in the Pattaya Open and Dubai Tennis Championships.
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Maria Kirilenko then reached the third round of both BNP Paribas Open and Sony Ericsson Open losing to Agnieszka Radwanska on both occasions.
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Maria Kirilenko then suffered three losses in a row in the second round of Family Circle Cup, and the first rounds of Mutua Madrid Open and Internazionali BNL d'Italia.
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Maria Kirilenko then fell in the first round of UNICEF Open to Kimiko Date-Krumm, However, she rebounded by reaching the third round of the Wimbledon Championships, eventually being stopped by the seventh-seeded Serena Williams.
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Maria Kirilenko then played at the Pan Pacific Open and the China Open, where she defeated Samantha Stosur in three sets in both occasions in the second round; she fell in the quarterfinals on both events losing to Vera Zvonareva and Monica Niculescu, respectively.
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Maria Kirilenko played her last tournament of the year at the BGL Luxembourg Open, where she had to withdraw in the second round due to an ankle injury.
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Maria Kirilenko began her 2012 season at the Apia International Sydney in Sydney.
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Maria Kirilenko lost in the second round of qualifying to Sofia Arvidsson.
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In Doha at the Qatar Total Open, Maria Kirilenko lost in the second round to fourteenth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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At the Dubai Tennis Championships, Maria Kirilenko was defeated in the second round by Ana Ivanovic.
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Maria Kirilenko played only one tournament before Wimbledon which was the UNICEF Open.
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Maria Kirilenko then played at the Wimbledon Championships where she was the seventeenth seed.
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Maria Kirilenko had sudden success reaching the round of 16 for the first time with easy wins over Alexandra Cadantu, Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Sorana Cirstea.
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Maria Kirilenko had officially reached the second week of all four majors.
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Maria Kirilenko defeated thirtieth seed Peng Shuai to reach her second Grand Slam quarterfinal and her first at Wimbledon.
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Maria Kirilenko lost the semifinal match to eventual silver medalist Maria Sharapova.
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Maria Kirilenko bounced back into form at the Premier level New Haven Open at Yale.
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Maria Kirilenko withdrew from her third match against sixth seed Jie Zheng due to an upper respiratory illness.
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Maria Kirilenko played her final tournament of the season at the WTA Tour Championships.
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Maria Kirilenko ended the year ranked 14 in singles and 7 in doubles.
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Maria Kirilenko was defeated in her semifinal match by second seed and eventual champion Maria Sharapova.
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Maria Kirilenko began her preparation for the French Open at the Mutua Madrid Open.
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Maria Kirilenko subsequently lost her quarterfinal match to her former doubles partner and third seed Victoria Azarenka.
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Maria Kirilenko's run in Paris catapulted her into the top 10 for the first time.
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Maria Kirilenko started her US Open series at the Rogers Cup.
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In Beijing at the China Open, Maria Kirilenko lost in the third round to top seed and eventual champion Serena Williams.
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Maria Kirilenko was not listed on any entry lists for 2014 tournaments, still recovering from the knee injury suffered in the Tournament of Champions in Sofia.
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Maria Kirilenko missed the Australian Open due to the injury.
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At the Mutua Madrid Open, Maria Kirilenko defeated qualifier Kristina Mladenovic in the first round to recorded her first victory of the year.
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Maria Kirilenko withdrew from her second-round match against qualifier Caroline Garcia due to a left wrist injury.
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In Rome at the Italian Open, Maria Kirilenko lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round.
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Maria Kirilenko exited in the first round at the French Open, winning three games against Johanna Larsson.
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Maria Kirilenko played the pre-Wimbledon tournament in Rosmalen at the Topshelf Open but lost to Mona Barthel in the first round.
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Maria Kirilenko entered the Wimbledon Championships ranked 109, her lowest ranking in five years.
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Maria Kirilenko caused an upset by defeating eighteenth seed and the previous year's quarterfinalist Sloane Stephens in the first round.
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Maria Kirilenko was defeated in the second round by Peng Shuai.
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In Seoul, South Korea at the Korea Open, Maria Kirilenko participated as a wildcard.
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Maria Kirilenko reached her first quarterfinal in 15 months by defeating Donna Vekic and third seed Klara Koukalova in her first two matches.
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Maria Kirilenko then defeated sixth seed Kaia Kanepi for a place in the semifinals.
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Maria Kirilenko's run came to an end in the hands of second seed and eventual champion Karolina Pliskova.
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Maria Kirilenko played her final tournament of the season at the China Open.
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Maria Kirilenko was defeated in the first round by qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova.
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Between 2015 and 2017, Maria Kirilenko gave birth to two children, and has since not returned to professional tennis.
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Maria Kirilenko has not competed professionally since 2014, and is not ranked by the WTA.
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In 2006, Maria Kirilenko was selected to be the face of Adidas tennis gear designed by noted British fashion designer Stella McCartney and played exclusively in it for three years.
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Maria Kirilenko appeared in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition alongside Daniela Hantuchova and Tatiana Golovin in a pictorial entitled "Volley of the Dolls".
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Maria Kirilenko dated fellow Russian tennis player Igor Andreev for several years.
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On 24 January 2015, Maria Kirilenko got married but the name of her husband was not revealed until a few days later: she married Alexei Stepanov, reported to be the head of the Committee of Public Services in Moscow.
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In July 2015, following a ten-month absence from professional tennis, it was reported that Maria Kirilenko had given birth to a baby boy.