{"id":13446,"date":"2026-04-05T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/?page_id=13446"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:11:37","slug":"2006-maria-sharapova","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/2006-maria-sharapova\/","title":{"rendered":"2006: Maria Sharapova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13446\" class=\"elementor elementor-13446\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b72226 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b72226\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245d817 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"245d817\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a37eea elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a37eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An absolute superstar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afec455 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"afec455\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An absolute superstar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fe2bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fe2bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For Maria Sharapova, 2006 was a very special year in her successful career: with four tournament wins already under her belt, including the US Open, she put the cherry on the cake with another title in Linz - and she was only 19 years old!<br \/><br \/>Sharapova caused a real \u201eMaria Mania\u201c in Upper Austria. Thanks to \u201eMasha\u201c, Linz was the centre of the tennis world for a week. She dominated the competition almost at will, winning all her matches without dropping a set and dethroning defending champion Nadja Petrova in the final.<br \/><br \/>The term \u201eworld star\u201c was invented for players like Sharapova. After all, the former world number one belongs to the select circle of players who have won all Grand Slam tournaments at least once.  After her victory in Linz, Sharapova went on to win a further 21 WTA titles in her career. However, her career was also characterised by numerous injuries. A shoulder operation meant that she had to cancel her planned comeback in Linz in 2019. But what happened afterwards is anything but a matter of course. Despite her injury, Sharapova still made the effort to come to Upper Austria and show herself to the fans, even if she was unable to pick up a racket.<br \/><br \/>A world star in Linz very close to the fans!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a26091 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a26091\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fec87d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fec87d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2006_Maria-Sharapova--1024x796.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13590\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2006_Maria-Sharapova--1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2006_Maria-Sharapova--300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2006_Maria-Sharapova--768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2006_Maria-Sharapova--1536x1194.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2006_Maria-Sharapova--2048x1591.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2006_Maria-Sharapova--15x12.jpg 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63fb667 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63fb667\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-402a59e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"402a59e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5260bb1 elementor-align-center elementor-tablet_extra-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5260bb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to the history<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e924e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"01e924e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ein absoluter Superstar Ein absoluter Superstar F\u00fcr Maria Sharapova war 2006 ein ganz besonderes Jahr ihrer erfolgreichen Karriere: Mit bereits vier Turniersiegen im Gep\u00e4ck, darunter die US Open, setzte sie in Linz mit einem weiteren Titel die Kirsche auf die Torte \u2013 und das mit gerade einmal 19 Jahren! 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