India’s top female tennis player Sania Mirza was born on November 15th, 1986. Mirza emerged as a phenomenally brilliant young tennis prodigy, dominating the Indian domestic circuit and eventually making a name for herself at Wimbledon by taking home the Girls’ Doubles trophy.
While Mirza could win several singles titles on the local circuit and perform respectably on the Grand Slam circuit, she could not advance as far as she had hoped. After suffering a wrist injury, which was a contributing factor to her career low, she began to focus on doubles and mixed doubles competitions to compensate for her lack of singles form, a strategy that ultimately led to her success at the Grand Slam tournaments.
Mirza and fellow Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi were tremendously successful in mixed doubles, and subsequently, Mirza teamed up with Swiss great Martina Hingis. She is undoubtedly one of the best tennis players ever to represent India, and she is widely considered one of the best doubles players in the world.
Biography of Sania Mirza:
- Real Name: Sania Mirza Malik
- Other/Nickname: Sam
- Profession: Tennis Player
- Best Performance: Australian Open 2009 mixed doubles
Physical Status:
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- Height: In Feet Inches-5’8″
- Eye Colour: Dark Brown
- Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Personal Life:
- Date Of Birth: November 15th, 1986
- Place Of Birth: Mumbai, India
- Nationality: Indian
- Hometown: Hyderabad, India
- School: Nasr School
- College: St. Mary’s College, Hyderabad
- Highest Education qualification: Graduate
Family Statistics:
- Marital Status: Married
- Husband: Shoaib Malik (cricketer)
- Children: Son-Izhaan Mirza Malik (born in October 2018)
- Parents: Father-Imran Mirza; Mother- Mother-Nasima Mirza
- Siblings: Anam Mirza (Sister)
- Religion: Islam
- Other Hobbies: Swimming, Listening to Music and Travelling
Career Statistics:
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- Career Titles (Singles): 1 WTA, 14ITE
- Career Titles (Doubles): 41 WTA, 4 ITF
- Career Titles (Mixed Double): 3
- Highest Ranking (Singles): NO. 27 (August 27th, 2007)
- Highest Ranking (Doubles): No, 1 (April 3rd, 2015)
Achievements:
- Sania and a Russian player named Alisa Kleybanova won the girls’ doubles crown at Wimbledon in 2003.
- She made history by advancing to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time an Indian woman at the 2016 U.S. Open. Also, 2005 was a great year because that was when she made it to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. She broke barriers the next year by becoming the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title.
- Sania has competed for India in three different Olympic Games: Beijing (2008), London (2012), and Rio (2016). (2016). She brought home the gold for India at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games and the 2006 and 2014 Asian Games.
- Sania won silver in women’s singles and gold in mixed doubles at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. Her mixed doubles partner was Leander Paes.
- Sania has been honoured with numerous accolades throughout her career, including the prestigious Arjuna Award (2004), Padma Shri (2006), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2015), and Padma Bhushan (2017). The Women’s Tennis Association honoured her as the Newcomer of the Year in 2005.
Lesser-Known Facts about Sania Mirza
- Sania’s father was an avid exerciser, and she joined him at the age of 12. To make his daughter happy, journalist Imran Mirza nearly jeopardized his profession.
- Sania Mirza made history when she became the first Indian woman to win a Women’s Doubles Grand Slam. With Martina Hingis as her doubles partner, she has won three Grand Slam tournaments.
- As a young tennis player, Sania won 23 titles, including 10 singles titles and 13 doubles titles.
- The Indian tennis player Sania Mirza made history by being the first woman from her country to win a Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) championship.
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