Maria Sharapova: Has Sharapova's Tennis Career Already Peaked?
By on February 11, 2011
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Maria Sharapova Is Only 23 Years Old, But Her Tennis Prime Is Already Over With
With the news coming out that Maria Sharapova had to withdraw from the Open Gaz De France Tournament, it got me thinking about the last time that she was actually relevant in a tennis tournament.
Obviously, there are extenuating circumstances this time, she is battling a viral infection, but it's been a while since she made any noise in a tennis tournament.
Tennis players are known for having very short shelf lives, with most of them peaking between the ages of 20-25. Sharapova came into the mainstream in 2004, when she won Wimbledon at the age of 17. She defeated Serena Williams in that final.
She would go on to win two more major championships, the 2006 U.S. Open and the 2008 Australian Open. She was the top ranked female tennis player in the world a couple of different times in 2005, 2007 and 2008.
However, since 2008 she has been largely irrelevant in tennis. She won the Australian Open to begin the year, but she hasn't reached a grand slam final since then. She hasn't won a tournament of any kind since May 2010.
She has fallen to no. 13 in the world tennis rankings. She has been very inconsistent on the court. Plus, she has other ventures going on outside the tennis world. She has a number of endorsement deals, she does some modeling and she is engaged to be married to New Jersey Nets G Sasha Vujacic.
Her days as an elite tennis player are over, but at least she had a good, successful run.
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