She was 2-20 against Serena, but that was 2-1 at one point. After winning two of their first three meetings in 2004, Sharapova very nearly won their fourth meeting too, holding three match points in the 2005 Australian Open semifinals before losing, 2-6, 7-5, 8-6. The rest is history.
She had winning records against many of her other contemporaries, though. She was 5-3 against Venus, 8-7 against Victoria Azarenka, 7-4 against Caroline Wozniacki, 7-2 against Simona Halep, 5-1 against Lindsay Davenport and 2-1 against Hingis, just to name a few of her rivals.
She reached the quarterfinals or better at 25 of the 58 majors she played. In addition to her five titles, she also reached another five finals, another 10 semifinals and another five quarterfinals. Her 25th and final major quarterfinal came at the 2018 French Open, falling to Garbine Muguruza.
She won almost 80% of the matches she played. Sharapova finishes with a career win-loss record of 604-166 in tour-level matches (.784) and 645-171 across all levels (.790).
She had a winning record against Top 20 AND Top 10 players. She was 172-106 against Top 20 players (.619) and 98-69 against Top 10 players (.587). She was 43-43 against Top 5 players (.500).
She earned $38,777,962 in career prize money. That puts her in third place all-time in women’s tennis after Serena and Venus, who are currently at $92,715,122 and $41,801,056, respectively.
She’s one of only 12 women in the Open era to win five (or more) Grand Slam singles titles. The other 11 women to capture at least five are Serena (23), Graf (22), Evert (18), Navratilova (18), Court (11), Seles (9), Billie Jean King (8), Evonne Goolagong (7), Justine Henin (7), Venus (7) and Hingis (5).
She was the second Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title. The first one beat her by just four weeks, as Anastasia Myskina became the first woman from her country to win a major at the 2004 French Open.
She was the first Russian woman to become No. 1. Dinara Safina is the only other Russian woman to reach the top spot. Two Russian men have reached No. 1: Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Marat Safin.
