Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova is a retired tennis professional best known for her beauty & glamorous image. She was a successful doubles player winning the Australian open twice. As a singles player however she failed to attain the heights she reached as a doubles player & didn’t win a single tournament even though she was ranked a very respectable world ranking of 8 at one point in her career. Her drop dead looks ensured a very successful modeling career. Her critics have branded her as the “most successful loser in sports history”.

Anna Kournikova became wealthy & earned about 3.5 million USD as prize money in her tennis career.However it was her good looks and a career as model that managed her get to hit the jackpot & make her a multi-millionaire. She makes about 10 to 15 million USD every year from endorsing various products. She has been snapped by reputed companies like Multiway Sports Bra , Charles-Schwab ,Adidas, Lycos, XSN Sports, Omega Watches Yonex Rackets and Pegasus Mobile Phones to market their respective products. She also appears in a few sports programs aired on ESPN, but her exact compensation from that channel is not known. She once signed one of the most lucrative deals in sports history with ADIDAS valued a t 50 million USD but the payout was directly linked to her on-field performances. Her flop show on the tennis court ensured she bagged only the minimum guaranteed 3 million USD. She also markets bras & panties for lingerie brand Berlie.

Anna Kournikova leads a very luxurious lifestyle due to the enormous success she has enjoyed in bagging high value ad deals. She owns a high-end seven bedroom luxury villa in Miami Florida valued at approximately 9.5 million USD. She had put it up for sale recently. She owns a few luxury cars. She mostly moves around the world in private jets. Even though she quit professional tennis a long time back, she still occasionally turns up at tennis courts to raise money for charitable causes. She has generated almost half a million USD for the Elton John AIDS foundation. She has participated in fund raising efforts for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Bizarrely she once sold a pair of her panties & bra worn by her for 30000 USD to a wealthy Arab businessman to raise money for philanthropic purposes.

Anna Kournikova’s personal life has always provided very interesting fodder for tabloids. She was rumored to be in a relationship with Russian ice hockey player Pavel Bure in 2000. But the rumors were never validated by any one of them. She married Russian ice hockey star Sergei Fedorov in 2001. Unfortunately the relationship didn’t last long & the couple divorced in 2003. She started dating Spanish singing sensation Enrique Iglesias in 2001 & is currently engaged to him. There have been persistent rumors of their secret wedding but the signals from both of them have been very contradictory & difficult to substantiate. She has a younger sibling.