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|updated=August 17, 2015 }} Victoria Azarenka ((ベラルーシ語:Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка), Łacinka Viktoryja Fiodaraŭna Azaranka (:vʲikˈtɔrɨja aˈzaranka), (ロシア語:Викто́рия Фёдоровна Аза́ренко), Viktoriya Fyodorovna Azarenko; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 and is currently world No. 20 as of 7 September 2015. She has won two Australian Open singles titles (2012 and 2013), becoming the only Belarusian player, male or female, to win a Grand Slam singles title. Her other achievements include winning the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles—the 2007 US Open with Max Mirnyi, the 2008 French Open with Bob Bryan—and the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Max Mirnyi. ==Personal life== On July 31, 1989, Azarenka was born in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union to Alla and Fedor Azarenka in a middle-class family. She has an elder brother Max. Azarenka's tennis idol is German legendary Steffi Graf. In an interview, Azarenka stated: "Graf's Calander Golden Slam in 1988 is my biggest motivation." At age 15, Azarenka moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, from Minsk, Belarus, to train. In this she was aided by National Hockey League goalie Nikolai Khabibulin and his wife, who is a friend of Azarenka's mother. In 2012 she moved to Monaco and in August 2013 she bought a new house in Los Angeles, California. Azarenka is fluent in Belarusian, Russian, and English and has some handling of French and Ukrainian. In 2011 she briefly considered a break from the sport of tennis to focus on education; however, after a conversation with her grandmother, she decided to continue playing. It is the inspiration from her grandmother that is regarded as the key for her continued developments in the sport.〔Reuters: ("Azarenka reaches first top tier final" ). ''The Guardian'' (21 April 2008). Retrieved 29 June 2011.〕 Azarenka dated American musician Redfoo between late 2012 and early 2014. She has spoken openly about her experience of depression during her injury-induced absence from professional tennis in 2014.〔("Azarenka on 2014: 'In my mind, I skipped the whole season'" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victoria Azarenka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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