The Truth About Anna Kournikova's Relationship With Enrique Iglesias

While Anna Kournikova and Enrique Iglesias come from very different backgrounds, their childhoods still have a lot of similarities. 

As noted by Hello! magazine, Kournikova was born in Moscow on June 7, 1981. Her father, Sergei, was an athlete, and he and her mother, Alla, supported her tennis talent. Sergei, a pro wrestler, gave Kournikova her first tennis racket when she was 5. While the family was not wealthy, they nurtured her skill; by 1991; Kournikova was living in Florida, where she honed her athletic prowess at the Bollettieri Tennis Academy.

Iglesias, in contrast, had a privileged upbringing. Per Biography, his father, Julio Iglesias, was a professional soccer player who later turned to music, quickly rising to the top of the Spanish charts and then achieving international fame as a singer. His mother, Isabel Preysler, was born to a wealthy family in the Philippines, notes Tatler Asia, and worked as a model and later as a journalist. Iglesias was born on May 8, 1975 in Madrid. Like Kournikova, he discovered his talent at a young age, and had a "secret diary" in which he wrote songs, per Hello! magazine. He, too, moved to Florida at a young age, which means Kournikova and Iglesias both understand the immigrant experience.