Maria Sharapova plays a sport.
The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne , Australia . The French Open , often referred to as Roland-Garros ( [ ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs ] ) , is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris , France . The Grand Slam tournaments , also called majors , are the four most-important annual tennis events . Maria Sharapova . Her 35 singles titles and five Grand Slam titles -- two at the French Open and one each at the Australian Open , Wimbledon , and US Open -- rank third among active players , behind Serena and Venus Williams . The Championships , Wimbledon , commonly known simply as Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world , and is widely considered the most prestigious . The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hardcourt tennis tournament .