Anna Kournikova: height, weight, biography and family (photo)

Tennis is a royal and noble sport. People who deal with it are beautiful, slim, attractive and dexterous. And professional tennis teaches discipline, work and philosophy: it's a game, so next to victories are defeats. Not for nothing among tennis players there are so many sex idols with multi-million army of fans. Anna Kournikova is one of them.

Childhood Ani

The biography of Anna Kournikova is a very vivid example of diligence and feminine charm. This is a rapid rise to the very top of the sports Olympus and the worship of millions. This is a happy personal life and far-reaching plans for the future. But first things first.

The future big tennis star was born on June 7, 1981 in the white-stone capital of Russia, then the Soviet Union. In sports, the girl was not accidental, because my father was engaged in wrestling, and my mother was a tennis coach. It was from her that Anya borrowed love for this kind of competition. At first tennis was just a hobby, but already at the age of five she played quite seriously. Gradually, the hobby began to take from her all the time, free from school. And at the age of seven Anna Kournikova took part in her first tournament.

Sports career: the beginning of the beginning

The girl, who was destined to become a female symbol of world tennis, had high hopes since childhood. She often took part in telecasts, she was made big bets in competitions. Already at the age of ten, Kournikova received a good offer and a scholarship from the prestigious tennis academy Nick Bolletieri (Florida). Then she moves to the USA and takes lessons from the best athletes of the world. Today she has American citizenship, but her roots are in Russia.

Four years later, Anna becomes the winner of the Orange Bowl tournament, and then goes to the semifinals of the Wimbledon tournament, as well as to the quarter-finals of the French Open. It is then that she is recognized as a professional tennis player.

Professional triumphs

Anna's career developed rapidly and brilliantly. She won the victory, she won the best courts Michigan and Illinois. And at the Olympiad in Atlanta (1996) Kournikova was the youngest participant of the Russian Olympic team.

The star hour of the sportswoman falls on 1998, when she defeats Martin Hingis and Lindsay Davenport , which allowed her to enter the list of twenty strongest tennis players on the globe. In a pair with Martin in a year they win the open championship of Australia. However, it should be noted that in the singles category Anna Kournikova could not win in any major tournament. Probably, because of this, poker fans began to call the name of the tennis player a combination of AK, consisting of an ace and a king. According to the logic of gamblers, this couple, like Anya, looks beautiful, but rarely wins.

Life outside the tennis court

In 2003, the girl left the big sport, after another injury. And although many people close to her believed that she could still recover and continue her career (she should not occupy professionalism), Kournikova decided to leave in the prime of life. Evil tongues rumored that the athlete went to a lighter bread, because she was increasingly invited to the photo shoot, taking time to train. And her bright appearance envious people believed the main reason for success. But every person who loves and understands tennis knows that there is no accident here: Anya worked hard and long to gain recognition.

Although the girl left her career, she still holds a tennis racket in her hands often, for pleasure, maintaining her tone and figure. By the way, it was thanks to the beautiful appearance and the parameters of the figure that the beauty without work did not remain. Growth of 173 cm and light weight (56 kg) allowed her to start a modeling career. Anna Kournikova successfully advertises the products of the world's leading brands - clothes, watches, underwear. She also starred in clips and films, took part in various shows and charity programs.

Personal life of a beauty

For five years, from 1998 to 2003, People magazine included a girl on the list of the world's fifty most beautiful people. She is really very good: a chiseled figure, a lush cascade of light hair, a childishly clean round face, big eyes and a charming smile. Can men resist the charms of such a lady? Of course not.

Anna had an affair with a famous hockey player Sergei Fedorov, who even ended up with a wedding. True, together they stayed only two years and parted. For some time Kournikova met with another NHL star - Pavel Bure. And only the sweet-tempered and temperamental Enrique Iglesias managed to keep the girl in his arms for the longest time.

Anna Kournikova and Enrique

They met in 2002 and have not parted since. Then Anna was invited to shoot a video for the song "Escape", which later became a famous hit. It is rumored that during the work the singer, who was known as a heartthrob, refused to kiss the tennis player. This greatly offended the girl, and she used her charms. As a result, they have a romance that lasts more than ten years, but does not end with a wedding.

In the press now and then there are news of a quarrel between the lovers, their parting, sometimes printed news that Anna Kournikova gave birth. But the couple now and then denies the rumors, assuring that they are all well, they love each other, only to family ties are not ready. And they do not even think about children yet, their idea of parenting frightens them.

Is it time to think of successors?

On regular questions about children, the stars joke that it is too early for them to think about it. In 2011, the Internet was stirred by the news about the interesting position of the tennis player. As proof, photos were reinforced, showing a slightly rounded tummy. However, the pregnant Anna Kournikova was not at all pregnant, but only slightly recovered. Although, maybe, the photos were not real, but corrected with the help of modern technical means?

In 2013, the media again paid attention to the star couple. They spent nine million dollars to purchase a plot of land in a picturesque place and are planning to spend about eleven million on construction. It must be their dream home. Against the backdrop of slightly augmented forms of Ani, rumors of an approaching wedding and pregnancy again unfolded with former force. But it turned out to be empty talk: the children of Anna Kournikova and Enrique were not born yet. Young people are still together, but there are no stamps in their passports. And Julio Iglesias, the bachelor's father, once confessed that he was unfamiliar with his beloved son personally. And this is for twelve years of civil marriage! After such an unexpected news, the society waited for Anya to leave a frivolous guy who did not want to lead her around the crown. But everything remained unchanged.

Conjectures and guesses

Some paparazzi believe that the couple does not want to consolidate their feelings by marriage, so as not to suffer ratings, and therefore, income. After all, not only Anya is on the list of the most beautiful women in the world, but the son of the famous Spanish tenor is the most desired fiancé. In the meantime, Enrique is frank with the press that he does not see the point in creating a family, because the two are together as long as their feelings are alive.

Other sharks of the pen say that Anya and Enrique only hide their personal lives from other people's eyes. They say they were married for a long time, and they already have a daughter. Contradictory statements for journalists are part of a game well planned by both sides. As it really is, we do not know, but I want to believe that the wedding ringing of the bells will play in their honor.