What is Maria Kirilenko?
{{BLP unsourced|date=June 2023}} [[File:Maria Kirilenko (15132126461).jpg|thumb|right|150px|Maria Kirilenko in 2014.]] '''Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko''' ({{lang-ru|Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко}}; born 25 January 1987 in [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]) is a [[Russians|Russian]] professional [[tennis]] player. She won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating [[Anna-Lena Grönefeld]] 6–3, 6–4 in the China Open. Kirilenko reached #19, her career-high singles ranking, on the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA tour]] in June 2008. She is a good friend of [[Maria Sharapova]]. She is affectionately called Makiri. {{Sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirilenko, Maria}} [[Category:Sportspeople from Moscow]] [[Category:1987 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Russian tennis players]]