Sharapova turns 36: what happened to the former Russian tennis player. The five Grand Slams, doping, global star and millionaire

Enfant prodige for an aptitude for competition without equal, the first racket contested at the age of four, a great desire for redemption starting from humble Siberian origins. Maria Sharapova was still a teenager when she became one of the most recognized faces in global tennis. After retiring four years ago, today she turns 36 and dedicates her days as much to entrepreneurial projects as to the care of her son Theodore (one year old last January). Her beauty has made the 1.88 tall Russian with blonde hair a global icon but, unlike other attractive colleagues such as her compatriot Anna Kournikova or her Serbian rival Ana Ivanovic, she has never given up competition to devote herself to fashion and the catwalks. Despite the ups and downs of her competitive career, she has never lost the strength to face every challenge, even off the field, in the face of the doping disqualification that forced her to stop for a long time.