Victoria Azarenka (Belarusian: Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка
(Viktoriya Fyodorovna Azarenka), (Russian: Викто́рия Фёдоровна Аза́ренко), born
31 July 1989 is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is a former world
No. 1 and is currently world No. 49 as of 2 February 2015. She has won two
Australian Open singles titles (2012 and 2013), becoming the first Belarusian
player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Her other achievements include
winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, two mixed
doubles Grand Slam titles—the 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi, the 2008 French
Open with Bob Bryan—and the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2012 Summer
Olympics with Max Mirnyi.
In August 2013, Azarenka was named the fourth highest paid
female athlete in the world by Forbes Magazine, with total earnings of $15.7
million between 2012–2013. Her prize money constituted $6.7 million while her
growing endorsements equaled $9 million. Azarenka's $7.9 million prize money
haul in 2012 was a single year record for a female athlete in any sport.
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