Maria Kirilenko was born on January 25th 1987 in Moskow, Russia.
She reached her higest rank for singles(44) on August 29th 2005.
Kirilenko was seeded 27th at the 2009 Australian Open. She lost in the first round to unseeded Sara Errani of Italy 6??0, 6??4 in the tournament's first upset.
In the Dubai doubles tournament, Kirilenko partnered Agnieszka Radwa?ska and even though they were unseeded, they reached the final, eventually losing to Liezel Huber and Cara Black, the world number one doubles pairing.
At the 2009 French Open, Kirilenko was unseeded in the singles tournament, losing 6??4, 6??4 to Olivia Rogowska of Australia in the first round. In the doubles tournament, Kirilenko and doubles partner Flavia Pennetta of Italy were ranked 8th. They defeated Sorana Cirstea of Romania and Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the first round, 6??4, 6??4, and Jill Craybas and Carly Gullickson of USA 6??1, 6??1 in the second. In the 3rd round, they lost to Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, ranked 11th, 7??6(7??4), 6??4.
Kirilenko was unseeded at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She defeated Petra Kvitova in the first round 6-4, 6-4. However, she lost 6-0, 6-4 to number 9 seed Caroline Wozniacki in the second round in the mixed doubles they got to the second round beating Andy Ram Isreal and Anna Chakvetadze Russia in the first round of mixed doubles the score was 6-2 3-6 6-2 to progress to second round but lost giving Christopher Kas GER (16)/ Chia-Jung Chuang a walkover.
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