Maria Sharapova Net Worth
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova is a great example how hard work and determination since young age pays off. Her father came with youn Maria to Florida with only $700 dollars and a dream – to make her the best female tennis player in the world. Today, Sharapova belongs to absolute tennis elite and her 2015 net worth is approximately $180 million.
Six year old Maria was recommended to study tennis in USA and her father did everything that was in his ower to enable it to her. They moved to Florida, leaving her mother behind for two years because of visa limitations, and while he was making low income on jobs like dishwashing, he paid his daughter expensive tennis classes. Sharapova proved her talent and in 2004 became a Wimbledon champion.
Today, she has stellar net worth and own several luxury real estate properties. Sharapova owns beautiful home in Longboat Key, Florida, that cost her $2.6 million and also small house in Manhattan Beach, California for $3.8 million. In 2006, she was already among highest-paid athletes according to Forbes magazine, earning approximately $18 million a year!
Sharapova dated briefly Adam Levine, Andy Roddick, Sasha Vujacic, and Grigor Dimitrov. Anna and Grigor formed a couple in 2012 and publicly confirmed their relationship in 2013. Doesn it mean that we can soon expect a wedding?
As most professional athletes, Sharapova earns more from endorsement deals than actual prize money which in her case were incredible $34 million (as of 2014). That sounds like a lot of cash but just her contract renewal with Nike for 10 years brought her $70 million! Since 2013, Maria is also a brand ambassador for Porsche.
