Maria Sharapova extends a warm welcome to her first son Theodore.

Alexander Gilkes, a 42-year-old British businessman, and

Maria Sharapova, a 35-year-old Russian tennis star, announced their engagement in December 2020.

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Theodore is the couple's first child.

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Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam winner and former world number one,

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revealed on Friday that she was the mother of a child named Theodore.

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The 35-year-old Russian tennis player Maria and 42-year-old British businessman Alexander Gilkes are having their first child together.

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In December 2020, they made their engagement public.

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The most lovely, challenging, and fulfilling gift our small family could ask for,

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Sharapova said on Instagram on Friday, noting in Roman numerals that Theodore was born on July 1.

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Only 10 women, including Sharapova, who revealed her pregnancy in April, have ever won all four major singles championships at least once.

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Sharapova won her first major title at Wimbledon in 2004 at the age of 17. The US Open in 2006,

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the Australian Open in 2008, the French Open in 2012, and the Wimbledon in 2014 were among her subsequent victories.

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She also earned a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics before losing to American Serena Williams in the final.

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