Maria Sharapova has dominated this decade in hotness. Sharapova started playing WTA events full time in 2003, won Newcomer of the Year, and by 2004 she was the WTA Player of the Year. She redefined "leggy" and rivaled Kournikova's sexiness all the while completely surpassing her in talent and relevance.
2. Anna Kournikova
Anna Kournikova probably could top any list like this that she appears in, but she peaked too soon and was pretty much out of tennis just a few years into the decade. Make no mistake though, Kournikova was a trailblazer. She was the first athlete that could have legitimately been a model just as easily. Watching her play tennis was nothing short of magical. She made men everywhere care about women's tennis and opened the floodgates of many, many hot women to join that sport. We owe a lot to Anna, but her timing just wasn't as good as.
3. Jennie Finch
Oh, Jennie Finch. The perfect combination of skill and beauty, maybe ever. Not only was she so hot you had to wear sunglasses to look at her directly, but she was unbelievably dominant in softball. She went 32-0 her junior year and then 2-0 with no earned runs in the 2004 Olympics to lead the US to a gold medal. Early in the decade, Finch was the one person who could legitimately compete with the next person on our list.
4. Natalie Gulbis
Natalie Gulbis is what we were looking for on the LPGA. She is ridiculously hot, looks good while she is golfing, and has finished in the Top 10 on the money list a few times. Gulbis also topped my list of "Women I thought Tiger Woods should have gone after instead of Mindy Lawton."
5. Kristi Leskinen
Leskinen is a freestyle skiier, which is remarkable because she looks like she could just be a Victoria's Secret model. The fact that she looks this good and is so good at something other than modeling is a miracle. She also won The Superstars, which got her out of those cumbersome winter clothes and more comfortably in a bathing suit most of the time. At least one good thing came out of that show.
6. Leryn Franco
Case in point for Stokke is Leryn Franco. Nobody care about the javelin, but they care when Franco is throwing it. She hasn't finished better than 42nd overall in the Olympics, but we could care less as long as she makes it there and we get to see her throw it. Hell, I would watch Leryn Franco throw anything: garbage away, dirty looks, her arm out... anything. She is fine personified.
7. Allison Stokke
Allison Stokke is the other example of what one good picture on the internet will do for you. Just Google "sexy athlete" and this picture will come up a few different times. Everything about her is just perfect, which is why she went from being an unknown college pole vaulter to one of the most searched women on the internet. I hope she's good at what she does, because if she is, Allison Stokke will be a fixture of lists like this for years to come.
9 and 8: Bia and Branca Feres
I almost left Bia and Branca out of this list because we really have only known about them the past couple of years and they didn't even compete in the 2008 Olympics. However, blond Brazillian twins that look like this and compete in synchronized swimming is just too good to pass up. They could play any sport at all and guys all over the world would tune in. I think they should switch to beach volleyball, but I'll settle for any sport that keeps them in bikinis like that.
10. Amanda Beard
Beard gets a nod in the Top 10 for longevity alone. She started out going to the 1996 Summer Games and has swam all the way to the 2008 ones. Along the way she has racked up seven medals and some of the steamiest photoshoots of any athlete out there. Beard may not be the most textbook hottie, but when she gets that sexy look on her face and looks at you, it's enough to turn any man into mush.
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