Anna Smashnova played which sport professionally until 2007?
Anna Smashnova Anna Smashnova Anna Smashnova (, ; born July 16, 1976) is a former Israeli tennis player. She retired from professional tennis after Wimbledon 2007. Smashnova, who has been noted for her somewhat appropriate last name, reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in 2003. She was in 13 finals, and won 12 of them. In addition, she won a junior Grand Slam championship, the 1991 French Open Girls Singles. Smashnova was born in Minsk, Belarus, is Jewish, and was born to a Russian-Jewish family. Her father Sasha is an engineer, and her mother is Zinal. She has a
Anna Smashnova Anna Kournikova in the finals of the Shanghai Open. According to "The New York Times", Smashnova "was precise and controlled throughout the match, hitting perfect winners in stride... Kournikova didn't score a point until the third game of the first set when Smashnova hit a shot wide. 'She was like a wall today, hitting everything back', Kournikova said." In October, she beat world No. 13 Chanda Rubin in Zurich. She played in the 2002 WTA Tour Championships, and lost in the first round to world No. 1 Serena Williams. On December 7, 2002, Anna married Claudio Pistolesi, her former coach