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Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko (Russian born in Moscow on 25 January 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached 18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008.
Born in the Soviet Union of paternal Ukrainian heritage, Kirilenko is a good friend of fellow WTA players Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanović, Agnieszka Radwańska, and Marta Domachowska. Kirilenko is affectionately called Makiri. She is in a relationship with tennis player Igor Andreev.[

Junior career
Maria Kirilenko started showing a passion towards tennis at age 5, but it was difficult to get the practice in while she was attending school. Her father enrolled her in a tennis school, and hours of fierce training started to pay off as she won several tournaments.
When Kirilenko was twelve years old, an Honored Master of sports, Elena Brioukhovets, saw her while training. All the next year Elena watched Maria making progress and then offered to work together with her. A three-year program was made and a special team was selected. In less than three years Maria became the number one in her age group and the number two in the group under eighteen.

At the end of 2005 she climbed back up the rankings and won her first title in Beijing. On 12 June 2006, she broke into the world's top 20 for the first time.
Kirilenko made her debut for Russia at the nation-based Fed Cup tournament in April 2006 on the World Group Quarter-Final tie against Belgium.

2007
Kirilenko at Wimbledon 2007In January 2007, she advanced to the third round of the 2007 Australian Open, before being defeated by third-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. She then competed in the 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, where she advanced to the second round upsetting World number 15 Shahar Pe'er of Israel, before being defeated by Ai Sugiyama. She then competed in the Dubai Tennis Championships in Dubai, where she reached the second round, before losing in a close match to Daniela Hantuchová

Kirilenko then reached the second round of a Tier I event in Doha, beating Ekaterina Makarova before losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets. Kirilenko then lost four matches in a row at Dubai, Bangalore, Indian Wells and Miami. However, as the second seed, she reached the final of a Tier IV event at Estoril, where she defeated Iveta Benešová in straight sets. She also won the doubles title there, partnering with Flavia Pennetta. Kirilenko also won in Barcelona, defeating Martinez-Sanchez for her fourth career WTA title and the second this year.

At the 2009 French Open, Kirilenko was unseeded in the singles tournament, losing 6–4, 6–4 to Olivia Rogowska of Australia in the first round. In the doubles tournament, Kirilenko and doubles partner Flavia Pennetta of Italy were ranked 8th. They defeated Sorana Cîrstea of Romania and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the first round, 6–4, 6–4, and Jill Craybas and Carly Gullickson of USA 6–1, 6–1 in the second. In the 3rd round, they lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld of Germany and Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, ranked 11th, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.
Kirilenko was unseeded at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She defeated Petra Kvitová in the first round 6-4, 6-4. However, she lost 6-0, 6-4 to number 9 seed Caroline Wozniacki. She and Andreev defeated Andy Ram and Anna Chakvetadze in the first round of mixed doubles, before been forced to concede a walkover to Christopher Kas and Chia-Jung Chuang.

Kirilenko began the year by competing in the 2010 ASB Classic were she reached the Quarterfinals, defeating Tatjana Malek and Kaia Kanepi in straight sets before losing to Shahar Pe'er 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. A world no. 58, Kirilenko was unseeded at the 2010 Australian Open where in the first round she upset her friend, and former doubles partner, number 14 seed Maria Sharapova 7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4 in a 3 hour, 22 minute marathon. It was the second longest women's match in Australian Open history. In her second match, she made light work of Yvonne Meusburger, dispatching the Austrian qualifier 6-3, 6-1. She then won a close fought match against Roberta Vinci 7-5, 7-6(4). Kirilenko had seven match points during the second set before finally winning her eighth in the tiebreak.
At Wimbledon she was the No. 27 seed in the singles draw. She faced Stefanie Vögele in the first round and won 2-6 6-4 7-5, after being down 5-3 in the third set. She then defeated Shenay Perry in the second round before losing to 8th seed Kim Clijsters in the third.[3] Kirilenko was also paired up with Agnieszka Radwańska in the doubles draw where they were seeded No. 10, but they lost.
Kirilenko made the quarterfinals of the 2010 Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California. She beat Shahar Peer in the second round, then lost to Agnieszka Radwańska 7-5 6-0. She is entered in the doubles tournament with Victoria Azarenka where they lost in the semifinals.