Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former world No. 1 in singles, having claimed the top ranking for the first time on 30 January 2012. She was the year-end No. 1 in 2012 and has held the top ranking for a combined total of 51 weeks.
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She is the only Belarusian player to win a Grand Slam singles title. Azarenka currently ranks world number 16. She bagged the Bronze medal at the Summer Olympics 2012.
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Victoria Azarenka was born on July 31, 1989, in Minsk, Byelorussian USSR, Soviet Union. Her parents, Alla and Fedor Azarenka belong to a middle-class family. She has an elder brother Max. Azarenka shifted to Scottsdale, Arizona, United States at the age of 15 to undergo her training in tennis. She idolizes Steffi Graf, the German legend.
Azarenka won the US Open title in ‘mixed doubles’ in 2007. She achieved her sixth Top-20 victory at the Mondial Australian Women’s Hard-courts tournament in 2008. Azarenka played her first tournament as a seeded player at the Australian Open in 2008. She qualified for the French Open but lost the championship.
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