Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko (Russian: Мари́я Ю́рьевна Кириле́нко; born in Moscow on January 25, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. Kirilenko won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the China Open. Kirilenko reached #18, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in July 2008. She won the junior event at the 2002 Canadian Open, as well as the 2002 US Open junior tournament. She has reached one Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2010 Australian Open. As of March 22, 2010, Kirilenko is ranked World No. 30.
Born in the Soviet Union of paternal Ukrainian heritage, Kirilenko is a good friend of Maria Sharapova Ana Ivanovic & Tatiana Golovin. In December 2004 she played in a tennis exhibition in Tampa, Florida to raise money for the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund. Kirilenko is affectionately called Makiri. She was in a relationship with Russian Tennis player Igor Andreev . In 2010 , she is engaging with a Football Player Stelios Iliadis .