Winning the European Championships and the Italian Open Junior Tournament, Anna Kournikova is the youngest player to win the 18-and-under division of the Junior Orange Bowl Tennis Tournament. To her credit, at the end of the same year, she was crowned the ITF Junior World Champion U-18 and Junior European Champion U-18. She still holds a record for being the youngest Wimbledon semi-finalist in history at the age of 15. In the year 1998, she broke into the WTA’s top 20 rankings for the first time. She won her first doubles Grand Slam title partnering Martina Hingis. She reached the World No.1 ranking in doubles in 1999. She along with Martina Hingis were presented with the WTA Award for Doubles Team of the Year. Her partnership with Martina Hingis continued to prove successful when they won two Grand Slam doubles titles in 1999 and 2000 at the Australian Open in Women’s Doubles. She achieved more fame for looks rather than for her sport. She appeared in various magazines including the much publicized Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue of 2004, MHM and Maxim. She was voted “hottest female athlete” by ESPN.com. She also secured first in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World both in UK and US editions.
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