Anna Kournikova at Anna K's Paradise
April 17, 2003 - Peoplenews.com reports Anna Kournikova is so tired of losing
tennis matches, she's decided to try competing against unknown players in lower
tournaments to raise her ranking. Read more.
April 7, 2003 - Us Weekly reports Anna
Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias recently were invited by Jon Bon Jovi to hang out
backstage at their Fort Lauderdale, Florida concert. "They didn't leave each other's
side for a minute," a source revealed. Iglesias even "got Anna anything she
wanted. It's obvious he cares a lot for her."
April 5, 2003 - Cindy Adams of the New
York Post writes, "Anna Kournikova's new tattoo is just above The Crack. I,
naturally, haven't seen it but I hear it's a sun sign."
April 5, 2003 - E! Online's Ted
Casablanca reports Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias were spotted dining together at
Avenue in the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. Enrique sported a dark blue dress shirt and
silver jewelry, while Anna was "her usual va-va-voom self". A bodyguard hung out
nearby while Enrique entertained Anna with an animated story, as she happily hung on every
word.
March 24, 2003 - The Sunday People
reports Anna Kournikova wants to buy a Scottish castle. She has ordered her management
company to find a Highland hideaway. A source close to Anna's management said, "Anna
is very keen to buy a Scottish castle. I think she's got a notion that it would be
incredibly romantic to own one in the middle of nowhere." Read more.
March 22, 2003 - Anna Kournikova showed
off the patch covering her tattoo as she bums out of a tennis tournament in Key Biscayne
Florida watched by boyfriend Enrique Iglesias. Check out pictures from MavrixPhoto.com.
March 22, 2003 - Anna Kournikova lost in
an upset against fellow Russian Dinara Safina at the Nasdaq 100 Open in Miami, Florida.
Check out pictures from LFI.
March 4, 2003 - Detroit Red Wings forward
Sergei Fedorov said he and tennis star Anna Kournikova were once married, but now they're
divorced. "We were married, albeit brief, and we are now divorced," Fedorov told
Hockey News. "I don't keep in touch with her and I'm not going to be dating anyone
for a while." Read more.
January 24, 2003 - With Anna Kournikova
sightings on site at the Australian Open now reduced to a bare minimum, Melbourne media
gossip spies have had to redirect their efforts. Read more.
January 24, 2003 - Associated Press
reports Anna Kournikova could have some serious competition on the Internet. Statistics
from the Australian Open's official Web site showed that tennis fans might have found a
new favorite among women's players in Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova. Read more.
January 24, 2003 - The Sun reports Anna
Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias have split up after a series of fights. The tensions
started at the MTV Europe awards in Barcelona, which led to a series of jealous arguments
and their eventual separation. "They always had a volatile relationship," a
source revealed.
January 17, 2003 - Craig Kilborn joked
during his Late Late Show monologue on Wednesday, "Today in the Australian Open, Anna
Kournikova double-faulted twice and had 29 unforced errors in her defeat – or, as she
calls it, being in the zone."
January 17, 2003 - Anna Kournikova was
spraying her serve wildly and crashing to a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Justine Henin-Hardenne, the
No 5 seed, on Wednesday. "Was it a match?" she was asked. "Well we were
both on court. I think it was a match," said Kournikova, but not that convincingly.
Read more and check out photos here.
January 16, 2002 - Globe Photos has
pictures of Anna Kournikova at the Australian Tennis Open on Wednesday. Check them out here.
January 16, 2002 - Sky News reports
Enrique Iglesias has signed a deal with a top Hollywood studio and they plan to remake the
classic teen movie 'The Golden Disc', which makes a star out of a music-mad teenager.
Enrique has told studio bosses that he wants Anna Kournikova to play his girlfriend in the
movie, too. The tennis babe though has little acting experience, and some wonder if that
may be a fatal request. Enrique revealed, "Together, we will be movie dynamite."
Shooting for the film is supposed to start in April.
January 15, 2003 - Anna Kournikova has
settled one of the debates at this year's Australian Open -- the fabled tattoo on her back
does not exist. "I don't think I have anything on my body, no," she told
reporters. "It is a heat patch ... I have had chronic back pain and it is a heat
patch I have worn for some years. My skirt is a little lower this year which is why you
can now see it."
January 9, 2003 - The New York Post
reports Anna Kournikova is sporting a new tattoo just above the crack of her butt. While
practicing for a doubles match in Sydney, Australia, Anna sported tape over her tattoo,
which insiders say is a sun design.
January 7, 2003 - 2002 was filled with
some shocking celebrity couples hooking up, getting married, and of course, breaking up.
WB11's Emily Frances has a look back which features Jessica Simpson and her husband Nick
Lachey of 98 Degrees, Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd's divorce, Anna Kournikova's romance
with Enrique Iglesias, and Britney Spears' breakup to *NSYNC star Justin Timberlake. Watch
it here.
December 25, 2002 - The Mail reports Anna
Kournikova banned masseuse to the stars Dot Stein from administering to Enrique Iglesias
when he had a backache. Anna felt Dot was too good looking to get close to her boyfriend.
December 16, 2002 - The Sunday People
reports Anna Kournikova threw a tantrum when she was told she couldn't meet Prince
Charles. Read more.
December 6, 2002 - Anna Kournikova
modeled at the Trilogy Fashion Show in support of the Chernobyl Children Project on
Wednesday (December 4) at the RDS in Dublin, Ireland. Check out pictures from GettyImages and BigPictures.
December 4, 2002 - The Sun has photos of
Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias laughing as a pal mooned passing pedestrians from an
upstairs window while they were dining at NOBU Japanese restaurant in London’s Park
Lane. The couple covered up completely as they left the restaurant, cuddling up in the
back seats of a minibus as it sped off before arriving at their hotel at Hyde Park Corner
two hours later. Check out the pictures here.
December 3, 2002 - The New York Daily
News reports Bob Guccione is close to a settlement with Anna Kournikova, who sued
Penthouse after it published topless photos of a woman it misidentified as the tennis
star. Though Judith Soltesz-Benetton sought $10 million, an insider says she accepted
"less than" $1 million.
November 21, 2002 - Kournikova and
the world's top women tennis players will be in Dublin for The Trilogy in the RDS from
December 5th. Read more.
November 21, 2002 - The Mirror reports
Enrique Iglesias - who told Emma Jones the other night "I shouldn't be doing
this" just before shoving his tongue down her throat - has been calling the
24-year-old non-stop ever since. Meanwhile, soccer star Dwight Yorke also has his eye on
Emma. "She knows that things won't be serious with Enrique as he has a girlfriend.
And she seems very keen to see where things go with Dwight," a source revealed.
"Obviously it's early days as she's only been out on one proper date with him, but
she really likes him. Emma is very aware of Enrique's relationship with Anna. But she's
flattered he's calling her so much. She's going to meet him at the Top Of The Pops studio
and then he's taking her out for dinner." Read more.
November 19, 2002 - Big Pictures has a
photo of Anna Kournikova out on mini-shopping spree at the shops of Bal Harbor in Florida
on Thursday (November 14). Check it out here.
November 14, 2002 - Frank Harris Riley
posted a profile on the strange relationship between Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias
at megakournikova.com. Riley, a fan of Kournikova, writes, "The promoters of the show
have made a big mistake is making Anna a part of the show. Why in the world would female
fans care about the supposed girl friend showing up anyway? The truth is Anna is adored by
millions of male fans and the female Anna fans are not interested in Enrique. Did the
promoters think that Anna would somehow get males to come to an Enrique concert?"
Read more.
November 12, 2002 - Last week, Anna
Kournikova filed suit against Penthouse magazine, which ran topless shots of a woman it
misidentified as the tennis star after already paying an undisclosed sum to Judith
Soltesz-Benetton, the real person the nude photos were of.
November 4, 2002 - A fan on Enrique
Iglesias' official message board reports the singer's girlfriend Anna Kournikova was in
attendance at the Miami show on Saturday night and made quite a spectacle of herself.
tigerlili36 writes, "She was a complete moron on the sideline of the stage. Is it me
or she was completely plastered or high because I don't believe someone sober would act
the way she did! It got to the point that she started to thrown garbage balls in Enrique's
direction... I always knew that she was good with 'balls' but now it has been proven! She
spend the whole concert picking up garbage from the floor to throw on stage." Read more.
November 4, 2002 - Anonymous writes
"Last night at Enrique Iglesias' Don't Turn out The Lights Tour concert stop in
Miami, Anna Kournikova was there along with her family. She was walking around the floor,
talking to people for about an hour before the show and then went backstage to be with
Enrique. After the concert, a fan who went backstage and met Enrique saw her sitting with
Enrique's abuela (grandmother) and chatting it up with his family and friends. She also
said that Anna is gorgeous and that she and Enrique were really sweet, taking pictures
with everyone and signing autographs. Guess they aren't denying their romance
anymore!"
November 2, 2002 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler with
AJ Discala dressed as Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias at the DKNY Annual Halloween
Party in New York on Thursday (October 31). Check out photos from The DKNY Flagship Store
event at WireImage.com.
October 30, 2002 - Anna Kournikova will
be coming to Dublin in early December for a Ryder Cup-type event between the cream of the
female tennis world. Read more.
October 30, 2002 - "It was just a
part of our lives,'' Sergei Fedorov told the Detroit News of the he and Anna Kournikova
celebrity relationship. "Her approach was, no matter what she said, the press was
going to do whatever they wanted with it. For me, people mostly left me alone and I would
just say, 'Everything's fine. We're friends. Whatever.''' Fedorov said the relationship
took a toll on and off the ice. "It was not easy,'' he said. "But it was a
learning experience. And I finally feel like I'm standing on two feet right now. I'm
grounded, and I feel comfortable with who I am and what I do.'' Read more.
October 28, 2002 - The Las Vegas Review
Journal reports Anna Kournikova is fueling speculation that she is engaged to Enrique
Iglesias after she was spotted showing off a mega-size rectangular rock on her ring finger
at Light (Bellagio) on Friday in the company of Light co-owner Andrew Sasson. Hard Rock's
Harry Morton, and others. A Saudi prince offered to send over a bottle of Crystal Rose,
but Anna graciously declined.
October 16, 2002 - The Dees Sleaze update
on Monday went into detail on the lesbian sex tape involving what Rick Dees calls
look-a-likes for Britney Spears and Anna Kournikova. Rick says there is an entire industry
for actresses transforming themselves to be look-a-likes. Ellen K also says Anna's GQ
photo shoot required a whole lot of retouching after Anna showed more than the mag could
publish. Listen here.
October 11, 2002 - A website is claiming
to have obtained a sex tape featuring Britney Spears and Anna Kournikova having lesbian
sex. The site's ad teases, "You see, both Anna and Britney's people suspected there
might have been a video made some time ago from their little 'get together.' But neither
camp had any idea who had it or what had become of it. So, under the highest form of
secrecy, the propaganda machine got ready to roll just in case the tape was released to
the media. Nobody really knew what happened in that hotel room (except for Brit and Anna);
their people just knew that no one else must ever find out." Apparently the site was
featured on KROQ in Los Angeles as well. Check out more here.
October 10, 2002 - Globe magazine reports
Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias were all over each other in a booth at Morton's
restaurant during a recent visit to Toronto. That changed though when their food arrived.
Anna instantly began devouring her massive porterhouse steak, afterwards she started
eating Enrique's T-bone steak. Anna told the Latin crooner, "Most of my ex-boyfriends
each more than me and you eat like a bird. That's why we are so good together."
October 8, 2002 - Last Call with Carson
Daly re-ran their interview with Shannon Elizabeth who talked a bit about her video with
Enrique Iglesias. Shannon denied anything went on and insisted that Enrique was very shy,
though they became friends the day after shooting. Shannon may have won some points with
Enrique fans and Anna Kournikova haters when she later joked, "You know, I think -- I
think every hot chick out there who wants to make money should just pick up a racket and
stand on the court and grunt a lot. They don't even have to try." Read here for the portion of
the transcript focused on Enrique.
October 4, 2002 - While playing with
Meghann Shaughnessy in a doubles match against Jelena Dokic and Nadia Petrova Wednesday at
the Kremlin Cup in Russia, Anna Kournikova injured her ankle and was forced to retire from
the game.X-rays taken Thursday (Oct. 3) revealed that Kournikova, 21, had suffered a
partial tear of the fibular ligament in her left ankle and will likely miss the rest of
the year.
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