At 6’2” (188 cm), the Russian tennis legend made the surprising revelation that nobody in her family is as tall as she is.

“I was born in Siberia because of the Chernobyl explosion and my mom was pregnant with me and they were living 30 kilometers from the explosion in Belarus at the time,” she explained on the Armchair Expert podcast.

When host Dax Shepard joked that her height might be connected to the blast, Maria said, laughing, "It’s been mentioned a few times. No one [in my family] is as tall as I am so it’s definitely been a consideration.”