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It didn’t take long for her to win WTA title No.2 – she conquered Québec City shortly after winning Tokyo.

Sharapova defeated Tatiana Golovin in the Birmingham final in 2004 – the third-youngest WTA final ever.

And then, probably her most famous title – Sharapova took Wimbledon by storm just a few weeks later.

Sharapova came alive in the fall for the second straight year, beginning with a title run in Seoul…

… and another one shortly afterwards at Tokyo [Japan Open], beating Mashona Washington in the final.

She then battled back from 4-0 down in the third set to beat Serena Williams in the WTA Finals final.

Sharapova captured three WTA titles in 2005, beginning with the Premier-level Tokyo [Pan Pacific] crown.

She then followed it up with another Premier-level title a few weeks later, prevailing over in Doha, Qatar.

Sharapova’s 10th WTA title came at Birmingham in 2005, beating fellow future World No.1 Jelena Jankovic.

Five more WTA titles followed for Sharapova in 2006, beginning with her first career Indian Wells crown.

The Russian then kicked her summer hardcourt season into high gear with a title run in San Diego.

And she peaked at just the right time – Sharapova won her second Grand Slam title at the US Open.

But she wasn’t done for 2006 – she took the fall indoor season by storm too, first conquering Zürich…

… and then capturing her 15th WTA title in Linz, just before the season-ending WTA Finals in Los Angeles.

Though she finished the year in the Top 5, Sharapova brought in only one WTA title in 2007, at San Diego.

She began 2008 with a bang Down Under though, winning her third Grand Slam title at the Aussie Open.

And she then kept her winning streak alive in Doha – her second time winning that Premier-level event.

In April, Sharapova defeated Dominika Cibulkova at Amelia Island for her maiden WTA clay court title.

It took a while after shoulder surgery, but Sharapova won her 20th WTA title at Tokyo [Pan Pacific] in 2009.

She got back to title-winning regularity with two International-level titles in 2010, starting with Memphis…

And then Strasbourg – the second WTA clay court title of her career after conquering Amelia Island in 2008.

She got back to the Premier-level winner’s circle in 2011, beginning on the slow clay courts of Rome.

And then a dramatic victory against Jankovic brought her another Premier-level title over in Cincinnati.

Sharapova’s domination of the 2012 clay court season brought her three WTA titles – first, Stuttgart.

And then her first successful WTA title defense in five years in Rome, edging Li Na in a nail-biting final.

Sharapova then became the second active player to complete a Career Grand Slam at Roland Garros.

Sharapova’s 2013 season brought her two Premier-level titles, beginning with Indian Wells in March…

And then another triumph on the clay of Stuttgart, beating Chinese trailblazer Li in the final.

Sharapova won four WTA titles in 2014, beginning with her milestone 30th career WTA title in Stuttgart.

She then continued her domination of the clay court season with a Premier Mandatory triumph in Madrid.

And she wrapped it up at the big one, capturing her second French Open – and fifth overall major title.

Sharapova won her fourth WTA title of 2014 at another Premier Mandatory-level tournament – Beijing.

The Russian megastar kicked off her 2015 campaign with the 34th WTA title of her career at Brisbane.

She captured her milestone 35th WTA title at the 2015 edition of her beloved Internazionali BNL d’Italia.

Maria Sharapova has won here two of the last three years – she’s won 20 of her last 21 matches here.

Simona Halep reached the first Grand Slam final of her blossoming career at Roland Garros a year ago.

It’s a very special place for Ana Ivanovic too – she won her first Grand Slam title here in 2008.

That year, Carla Suárez Navarro made the quarterfinals in her first main draw at a Grand Slam event.

Alizé Cornet has a lot of home support at the French Open – she’s the No.1 player in France, after all.

Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also headed to the Eiffel Tower for the player party.

WTA Rising Star Monica Puig loves France – she won her first WTA title in Strasbourg a year ago.

Another Frenchwoman, Alizé Lim, at the party. Lim faced Serena Williams first round here last year.

And two more Frenchwomen, Mathilde Johansson and Pauline Parmentier, looking sharp at the Eiffel Tower.

In a repeat, Graf defeated Sánchez-Vicario in the 1996 final, but this time it went to 10-8 third set.

Iva Majoli shocked the world by winning the 1997 title and ending Martina Hingis’ 37-0 start to the year.

In an emotional final between two WTA legends, Sánchez-Vicario beat Monica Seles for the 1998 title.

There were even more emotions as Graf won the 1999 title – her record 22nd and final Grand Slam title.

France’s Mary Pierce claimed her home Grand Slam title in 2000, beating Conchita Martínez in the final.

Jennifer Capriati won a 1-6, 6-4, 12-10 thriller against Kim Clijsters to claim the 2001 French Open.

Serena Williams beat sister Venus Williams for the 2002 title. It was the first leg of her Serena Slam.

In the first ever all-Belgian Grand Slam final, Justine Henin defeated Clijsters for the 2003 title.

Anastasia Myskina became Russia’s first Grand Slam champion, beating Elena Dementieva in the 2004 final.

Henin completed an immaculate 24-0 clay court season with her second French Open championship in 2005.

Henin defended that French Open championship in 2006. Martina Navratilova presented her the trophy.

Henin became the second player ever to capture three straight French Opens in 2007, after Monica Seles.

Ana Ivanovic emerged at the 2008 French Open, winning her first Grand Slam title and rising to No.1.

Kuznetsova added to her 2004 US Open crown with her second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in 2009.

Francesca Schiavone had a fairytale fortnight in 2010, becoming Italy’s first ever Grand Slam champion.

And China’s Li Na downed Schiavone to become Asia’s first Grand Slam champion at the French Open in 2011.

Maria Sharapova completed an historic Career Grand Slam by capturing the French Open title in 2012.

After 11 years, Williams recaptured the French Open title in 2013, beating Sharapova in the title match.

Sharapova made the French Open the first Grand Slam she’d conquered twice by winning it again in 2014.