Most people thought of Russians as ugly, barbaric, and dull -- Anna changed all that. She was and still is stunningly beautiful, feminine, elegant, blond and sexy. A lot of men became interested in Russian ladies because of Kournikova.
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Kournikova was born on June 7, 1981 in Moscow. Her father Sergey was an Olympic-style wrestler, and her mother Alla -- a tennis coach.
Kournikova's family lived well below-average financially. Anna later said "my parents bought me a racket for Christmas, but I found out years later that they had to sell a TV set to do that."
She started playing tennis when she was 5 years old, and at 8 she won her first tournament. In 1991 she and her mother moved to Florida to train at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy...
Her first coach Lyudmila Preobrazhenskaya said that Anna was extremely hard working and competitive...
Anna Kournikova has been linked romantically to several men.
She dated Russian hockey player, Sergey Fedorov, in the late 1990s. Fedorov, 12 years Anna's senior, met Kournikova while taking tennis lessons from her coach in Moscow in 1996.
Sergey accompanied Anna to many tournaments. There were rumors that they tied the knot. Fedorov himself stated that they got married but then divorced. Kournikova, on the other hand, never confirmed or denied them.
Kournikova's second "high profile" relationship was with another hockey player, Pavel Bure. They met in Miami when Pavel played for Florida Panthers.
Rumors about their engagement started after paparazzi pictures of Bure and Kournikova appeared in the media. They were photographed having a romantic dinner. And it seemed as if Anna was wearing an engagement ring.
But nothing serious materialized, and the relationship was soon over.
Anna's longest relationship to-date has been with a pop singer Enrique Iglesias. And, as in all of her relationships, there were rumors about Anna's engagement (an even marriage) to Iglesias.
Anna Kournikova comes across as very arrogant. In one of her quotes she said "I'm like a menu at an expensive restaurant, you can look at me, but you can't afford me."
Once interviewed by BBC, she made a scene after an interviewer asked her why she had lost in the first round of 4 tournaments in a row.
There were several unconfirmed cases of her being rude to ball boys both in training and tournament matches.
Regardless of her scandalous personality, Anna is involved in charitable work speaking at Boys and Girls Clubs of America. She also plays in exhibition matches for charitable causes...
Whether you like her or not, Anna Kournikova played an important role not only in popularity of women's tennis, but also in popularity of Russian women around the world.
