Seager declined to provide additional details about the Aug. 27 deal.<\/p>\n
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Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers purchased retired tennis star Maria Sharapova\u2019s custom Japanese-inspired home in Manhattan Beach in late August for $25 million. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)<\/p>\n
Custom built in 2015, the house sits on just under a quarter-acre lot in the Hill Section, \u201cknown for large lots, ocean views and, as in the case of this home, stellar new builds,\u201d said Dave Fratello, a broker with Edge Real Estate Agency who also produces the MB Confidential blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n Although not involved in the Sharapova-Doncic deal, Fratello is intimately familiar with the neighborhood, which has attracted other athletes from the world of professional sports. Last year, he blogged that former L.A. Rams quarterback Jared Goff was planning to build a mega-estate across two lots he purchased separately.<\/p>\n Goff, who now plays for the Detroit Lions, paid $10.5 million in May 2023 for a French country-style mansion. The house, originally built in 1987 and later remodeled, was formerly owned by Danny Zuker, a writer and producer for \u201cModern Family.\u201d\u00a0 In November 2023, he acquired the neighbor\u2019s house, built in 1952 and later remodeled, for $8.575 million.<\/p>\n \u201cThat area of the Hill Section\u2019s values are so high, and the perception of the desirability is so strong, that virtually any house that\u2019s 20 or 25 years old is bulldozer bait,\u201d Fratello said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re talking about here is the higher part, which lends itself to the best views in the city of the ocean down to Palos Verdes.\u201d<\/p>\n Records show Sharapova, 38, bought the property in August 2012 for $4.1 million.<\/p>\n After razing the existing home, she built the new structure designed in collaboration with Los Angeles-based firm KAA Design, according to Architectural Digest.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI was obsessed with the process of making this home,\u201d she told the magazine in June 2019. \u201cI\u2019d jump off a plane from a tournament and go straight to the worksite or to the architect\u2019s office or to a kitchen manufacturer. This was my project, and I wasn\u2019t going to delegate any part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n From the street, there\u2019s not much to see of what Sharapova described in a video tour with AD<\/a> as \u201ca Japanese-inspired home by the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n Trees surround the house, and an entry gate conceals a Japanese-style courtyard with a fountain.<\/p>\n Beyond the front door is the double-height foyer. The minimalist space features a soaring glass wall, a floating staircase and poured concrete and wood siding walls that flow throughout the home inside and out.<\/p>\n Disappearing glass walls extend the open kitchen and great room onto the outdoor deck, which includes a built-in barbecue center, a covered dining area and an outdoor fireplace near the pool.<\/p>\n Climbing the stairs to the private quarters.<\/p>\n The basement level holds the bowling alley.<\/p>\n![\"Luka](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TDB-L-EIGHTH-0909-2.jpg\")
Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers purchased retired tennis star Maria Sharapova\u2019s custom Japanese-inspired home in Manhattan Beach in late August for $25 million. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News\/SCNG)<\/p>\n![\"Luka](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TDB-L-EIGHTH-0909-01.jpg\")
Luka Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers paid $25 million for a modern three-level home in Manhattan Beach\u2019s Hill Section, custom-built by retired tennis star Maria Sharapova, the previous owner. (File photo by Justin Edmonds\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n