Sania Mirza Biography and Photos and Videos

Sania Mirza Biography and Photos and Videos

Sania Mirza Biography 

Sania Mirza (Urdu: ثانیہ مرزا ,  Telugu: సానియా మీర్జా, Hindi: सानिया मिर्जा) (born 15 November 1986, in Mumbai) is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well-known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings. Mirza has defeated many top players, including Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Hingis.

In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. In 2006, Mirza was awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honour for her achievements as a tennis player.[1] In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud".[2] 

In 2009, Sania Mirza got engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza. However the engagement was called off shortly after.[9] Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on 12 April 2010.[10][11] The wedding was held in Hyderabad, India. The online attention the wedding received made Mirza the most searched woman tennis player in 2010 according to Google Trends.[12] The couple planned to settle down in Dubai. The wedding was even more controversial because Shoaib Malik was accused by another girl of already being married to him and hence he could not marry Sania without first divorcing her. Initially for many days, Shoiab Malik refused to grant the divorce claiming he was never married. This resulted in a huge media drama leading to so much online attention as stated earlier. Finally, having no other option, Shoaib divorced the girl paving the way for his next marriage to Sania.

Country India 

Residence Hyderabad, India

Born 15 November 1986 (age 24)

Mumbai, India

Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Turned pro 2003

Retired Active

Plays Right-handed, two-handed backhand

Career prize money US$ 2,218,434

Official web site http://www.mysaniamirza.com/

Singles

Career record W-L / 261–148

Career titles 1 WTA, 14 ITF

Highest ranking No. 27 (27 August 2007)

Current ranking No. 64 (14 August 2011)

Grand Slam results

Australian Open 3R (2005, 2007)

French Open 2R (2007, 2009, 2011)

Wimbledon 2R (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)

US Open 4R (2005)

Olympic Games 1R (2008)

Doubles

Career titles 12 WTA, 4 ITF

Highest ranking No. 11 (4 July 2011)

Current ranking No. 11 (4 July 2011)

Grand Slam Doubles results

Australian Open 3R (2007, 2008, 2010)

French Open F (2011)

Wimbledon SF (2011)

US Open QF (2007) 

Olympic Games 2R (2008)

Mixed Doubles

Career titles 1

Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results

Australian Open W (2009)

French Open 2R (2007)

Wimbledon QF (2011)

US Open QF (2007)

Last updated on: 14 June 2011.

Medal record

Asian Games

Gold 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles

Silver 2006 Doha Singles

Silver 2006 Doha Team

Silver 2010 Guangzhou Mixed Doubles

Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Singles

Bronze 2002 Busan Mixed Doubles

Commonwealth Games

Silver 2010 Delhi Singles

Bronze 2010 Delhi Women's Doubles

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