Welcome to my Anna Kournikova page. Anna Kournikova is a young Russian tennis player who, through her skill and tenacity, is generally held to be a serious contender for the No.1 position of the Corel WTA Tour. Anna has been enjoying more and more success in recent times, with the semi-finals of Wimbledon being her crowning achievement so far. This boosted Anna's ranking to 25, her highest ever! Anna's current ranking is 29. She was very successful whilst in junior competition. She ended 1995 as the ITF Junior World Champion ranked No.1. She won the Orange Bowl 18s, the 1995 European Championships , and the 1995 Italian Open Juniors. She was a 1995 Wimbeldon Juniors Semi-Finalist, and a 1995 French Open Juniors Quarter-Finalist. As a qualifier, she won her first professional title at a 1996 ITF Women's Circuit satellite event in Midland, Michigan, USA, where she collected wins over Julie Steven, Jana Nejedly, Rene Simpson, Tami Whitlinger-Jones and Lindsay Lee. Directly after winning the tournament, she f lew to Oklahoma City in time to win her first-round qualifying match the same day. As the fifth seed, she earned her second pro title at an ITF Women's Circuit satellite event in Rockford, Illinois, USA, where she collected wins against Sonya Jeyaseelan, Tara Snyder, and Yuka Yoshida.