Maria Sharapova plays a sport.
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 . The list of WTA number 1 ranked players shows the professional women 's tennis players who have been or currently are ranked world No. 1 by the Women 's Tennis Association , along with the dates of first reaching and losing that spot . Maria Sharapova . Sharapova became the world No. 1 for the first time on August 22 , 2005 , at the age of 18 , and last held the ranking for the fifth time for four weeks from June 11 , 2012 , to July 8 , 2012 .