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Fraser Watson

Former Wimbledon champion looks totally unrecognisable just three years after she retired

She was once considered to have one of the most famous sporting faces on then planet - but one former Grand Slam champion is now barely recognisable.

Maria Sharapova burst onto the scene in 2004 be becoming the darling of Wimbledon, beating Lindsey Davenport in the final at the age of just 17. It proved the platform for a storybook career, latter winning two French Open titles, as well as both the Australian and US Open - to go with Olympic gold in 2012.

But it wasn't just on the court where she won awards and honours. In 2006, Maxim ranked the Russian star 'the hottest athlete in the world' for the fourth consecutive year. That same year, she posed in a bikini photoshoot spread in the 2006 Valentine's Day issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

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