Speaking about female sport models we would like to give you brief information about Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova, the famous female sport models of tennis. So, the full name of Maria Sharapova is Maria Yuryevna Sharapova. She was born on the 19th of April, 1987. She is considered to be a Russian professional tennis player and one of the world's popular female sport models. She is currently World Number Four in tennis. Her parents come from Homiel (Belarus), but they moved to Russia in 1986 (it was in the aftermath of the well-known Chernobyl nuclear accident). And Maria was born in the following year in Nyagan (Russia). When Maria Sharapova was three years of age she moved with her parents to the resort city of Sochi. There she began playing tennis using a tennis racquet presented to her by the father of famous tennis player Yevgeny Kafelnikov. As a matter of fact, at the age of six Maria Sharapova was spotted by Martina Navratilova who has urged Maria's parents to get serious coaching in the USA. Thus, later Maria Sharapova became a well-known tennis player; in 2004 she was considered to be the second (after Martina Hingis) youngest Wimbeldon women's champion in the Open Era. It's a common knowledge, that Maria defeated two-time female tennis champion Serena Williams in straight sets (6-1, 6-4). At the same time, Maria Sharapova became the first Russian tennis player to win that tournament. Nowadays, she is known as one of the most attractive female sport models, who is very persistent and does her best to achieve her goals. A huge number of newspapers and magazines invite Maria Sharapova as a model. Anna Kournikova is also one of the famous female sport models. She is known worldwide as a tennis player and a model. Anna was born on the 7th of June, 1981, in Moscow (Russia). Later her family moved to the USA and currently Anna is known to reside in Miami (Florida). What is interesting about her is that she belongs to such female tennis players who don't follow the game. As a matter of fact, much of Anna's fame came from publicity which is surrounding the peculiarities of her personal life and modeling shoots. Anna Kournikova's debut as a professional tennis player was in 1996 (US open) when she was 15 years of age. She was noticed by the representatives of mass-media and soon lots of her photos appeared in numerous editions all over the world. The articles about Anna included information regarding her private relationships with some well-known celebrities - Enfique Iglesias (a pop star) and Sergei Fedorov (a hockey star). They were prominently featured in the tabloid press. Anna's popularity as one of the famous female sport models increased after her photographs appeared in different men's magazines including "Maxim", "FHM" and "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue". It's worthy admitting that Anna Kournikova is really a beautiful sport model who was considered to be one of the fifty most beautiful people of the world in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2003.