Anna Kournikova seen in a wheelchair after disappearing from public eye to lay low in $41.6m mansion

Former tennis star Anna Kournikova is back in the public eye after she was spotted in a wheelchair while out with her daughters in Miami.

The 43-year old, who retired from professional tennis in 2003, has since been laying low in the expansive Florida mansion she shares with longtime partner Enrique Iglesias and their three children.

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However, she made a very rare appearance at Bal Harbour Shops in Miami last month, with photos obtained by the New York Post showing Kournikova sporting large medical boot while being wheeled around by a friend.

Bal Harbour Shops are just a 35-minute drive from the mega-mansion that Kournikova and Iglesias built, which is located right on the waterfront across two plots of land.

Iglesias and Kournikova first purchased the property in 2009, paying US$5m for just one of the plots that their future home would sit on.

The incredible mansion and two plots of land it occupies have now been valued at up to $26m (AU$41.6m) over the years, according to Realtor — as other properties on the same road have sold for as much as $85.2m (AU$136.2m) in recent months.

The double storey mansion, which took several years to complete, has seven bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, and comes with a lavish pool as well as a tennis court.

It is located in the luxurious neighbourhood of Bay Point, which is home to numerous celebrities, including musicians Willy Chirino and DMX, as well as former NBA athletes Dwyane Wade, Goran Dragic

The exclusive gated community affords its residents ample privacy, something that Iglesias and Kournikova have taken full advantage of over the past few years as they have tried to raise their children away from the spotlight.

Images of the home reveal that it boasts a private dock and a boat jetty, as well as an enormous cabana-style building that sits alongside the tennis court.

Kournikova and Iglesias began dating in 2001 after meeting on the set of one of the singer’s music videos, spent the first few years of their relationship regularly being photographed in public together.

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However, in recent years, the couple have withdrawn from the spotlight, with Kournikova all but vanishing from the public eye as she focuses on her role as a mother to their children.

The couple were last spotted together in public on May 8, 2022, according to the Post.

Kournikova retired from tennis at the age of 21 after suffering a series of back injuries, including a herniated disc.

During her career, she won 16 doubles titles — but failed to ever win a Grand Slam as a single player.

While the pair have been hunkered down in their Miami mega-mansion for more than 10 years, it is by no means the only property that they own together.

In 2018, they put another Miami property on the market for $4.85m, having built the home for their relatives, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The couple purchased the property in 2015 for $1.8m and then embarked on a major renovation, expanding the home and remodelling it for Kournikova’s grandparents.

But the finished product was too large for the intended residents, so the couple decided to flip it.

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