Sania Mirza

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Sania Mirza is a professional Indian tennis player born

on the 15th of November, 1986. Sania began her tennis
career in 2003 and is well known for her forehand and
ground strokes.
She is the first Indian to have broken into the top 30
WTA rankings and top 10 in doubles. She has beaten
many top players, including Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera
Zvonareva, and Martina Hingis.
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Sania Mirza has won one WTA singles so far. She has
also won one Grand Slam title: the mixed doubles event
at the 2009 Australian open.
In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award and the
Padma Shri in 2005, India's fourth highest honour for
her achievements as a tennis player.
In 2005, Mirza was named as one of the '50 heroes of
Asia' by the Time Magazine. IN 2009 she was the
most searched Indian sportsperson on Google and in
2010, she was named in the list of the "33 women who
made India proud" compiled by the Economic Times.

Life
Sania Mirza was born to Imran Mirza, a sports journalist, and his wife Nasima in Mumbai. She was brought up
in Hyderabad in a religious family. Sania started playing tennis when she was six, and turned professional in
2003. She was trained by her father.

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Sania is the highest ranked female tennis player ever

from India, with a career high of 27 in singles and 7 in
doubles. She is the third Indian woman to have featured at a Grand Slam tournament.
In her junior career, Sania won 10 singles and 13 doubles titles. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, partnering Alisa Kleybanova.
At the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Sania picked up Gold in
the mixed doubles event and silver in the women's singles event.
Mirza had had the best results of her career during the
2007 summer hard court season, finishing eighth in the
2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the
semifinals at Cincinnati. She also reached the final of
the Bank of the West Classic and won the doubles event
with Shahar Pe'er, and reached the quarterfinals of
the Tier 1 Acura Classic.

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At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round

before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for the third time in
recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles,
reaching the quarterfinals in mixed with her partner
Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's
doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including a win over
number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.
She won four doubles titles in 2007.
Although Sania Mirza hasn't really won many major international tournaments, she continues to inspire many
in India, especially girls who would like to emulate her.
She is a role model to many upcoming tennis players
from the country.

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