Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza 2015 in Eastbourne
Nation:	India
Birthday:	15th November 1986 (age 33)
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	57 kg
1st professional season:	2003
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 6,930,345
singles
Career record:	271: 161
Career title:	1 WTA , 14 ITF
Highest ranking:	27 (August 27, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	492: 214
Career title:	41 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (April 13, 2015)
Weeks as No. 1:	91
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: December 9, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Sania Mirza ( Hindi : सानिया मिर्ज़ा , Sāniyā Mirzā ; born November 15, 1986 in Mumbai ) is an Indian tennis player .

Career

At the age of six she started tennis under the guidance of her father, Imran Mirza, who is still taking care of her. Your favorite surface is the hard court.

At the end of 2001 she appeared for the first time in the WTA world rankings (987th place). By the end of 2004 it had improved to position 206 and in January 2006 it was already number 32 in the world. Mirza had her greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament in singles in 2005 at the US Open , when she reached the round of 16. At the end of the season she received from the WTA award Newcomer of the Year .

In her homeland, Mirza quickly gained followers as there are few young and successful Indian athletes. She was repeatedly criticized in public for her clothing that was too revealing for a Muslim woman on the tennis court in the eyes of some religious authorities . In September 2005, a fatwa was even issued by an Islamic scholar.

Mirza has been playing for the Indian Fed Cup team since 2003 ; of her 32 games she was able to make 23 victorious.

In January 2009 she became the first Indian tennis player to win a Grand Slam title. Together with her compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi she won the mixed competition at the Australian Open , they defeated Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram in straight sets in the final .

At the Commonwealth Games in 2010 she won the silver medal in the individual competition and the bronze medal in the doubles.

At the French Open in 2011 Mirza reached the final alongside Jelena Wesnina , which they lost to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká 4-6, 3-6. In Wimbledon , Mirza / Wesnina continued their series of successes when they made it into the semi-finals, in which they lost 3: 6, 1: 6 to the number 2 pair Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik . In 2012 they reached the semi-finals in Auckland and Melbourne , and even reached the final in Dubai and Indian Wells . At the French Open in 2012 she again secured the mixed competition with Mahesh Bhupathi and thus her second Grand Slam title.

Her last individual so far, she played in June 2012 at the lawn tournament in Eastbourne , where she failed in the qualification. In contrast, 2013 was extremely successful for her in doubles; She celebrated five tournament victories with various partners. In addition, she was in the semi-finals of the US Open for the first time in 2013 . She repeated this success in 2014; in the mixed competition she even secured her third title with Bruno Soares . In 2014 she won three titles with her new permanent doubles partner Cara Black , including that of the WTA Tour Championships .

On April 13, 2015, Sania Mirza was the first player in her country to be ranked number 1 in the double world rankings. At the side of Martina Hingis , she won a total of three tournaments in the United States in March and April. In July she secured her first Grand Slam title in doubles with Hingis when the two defeated the Russian pairing Jekaterina Makarowa and Jelena Wesnina in three sets at Wimbledon . At the US Open and the following year at the Australian Open , Mirza and Hingis also won the doubles competition. In February 2016, the two celebrated their 13th joint double title within one year in St. Petersburg .

Mirza played her last international tournament so far in October 2017. She is therefore no longer in the world rankings.

Personal

Sania Mirza has been married to the Pakistani cricket player Shoaib Malik since April 12, 2010 . The actual wedding took place in Hyderabad ( India ), followed by further celebrations in Sialkot and Lahore ( Pakistan ). The celebrations and the related preparations in both countries were followed with great interest by the respective local media. This made Mirza the most searched tennis player on Google in 2010 . In October 2018, Mirza and Malik became parents of a son.

A photo of Mirza caused a stir in India in January 2008. A picture taken at the Hopman Cup in Perth shows her bare feet on an Indian flag, which nationalists interpreted as a desecration of a state symbol. However, it was not possible to clarify beyond doubt whether the photograph might have been edited afterwards to give this impression.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 14, 2005	Hyderabad	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Alyona Bondarenko	6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	February 21, 2004	Hyderabad	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7: 6 1 , 6: 4
2.	February 19, 2006	Bangalore	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Anastassija Rodionova Elena Wesnina	6: 3, 6: 3
3.	September 24, 2006	Kolkata	WTA Tier III	carpet	Liezel Huber	Julija Bejhelsymer Juliana Fedak	6: 4, 6: 0
4th	May 20, 2007	Fez	WTA Tier IV	sand	Vania King	Andreea Vanc Anastassija Rodionova	6: 1, 6: 2
5.	July 22, 2007	Cincinnati	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Bethanie Mattek	Alina Schidkowa Tazzjana Putschak	7: 6, 7: 5
6th	July 29, 2007	Stanford	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Shahar Peer	Anna Chakvetadze Viktoriya Azaranka	6: 4, 7: 6
7th	August 26, 2007	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Mara Santangelo	Cara Black Liezel Huber	6: 1, 6: 2
8th.	April 12, 2009	Ponte Vedra Beach	WTA International	Hard court	Chuang Chia-young	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6: 3, 4: 6, [10: 7]
9.	September 19, 2010	Guangzhou	WTA International	Hard court	Edina Gallovits	Han Xinyun Liu Wanting	7: 5, 6: 3
10.	March 19, 2011	Indian Wells	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Jelena Wesnina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	6-0, 7-5
11.	April 10, 2011	Charleston	WTA Premier	sand	Jelena Wesnina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	6: 4, 6: 4
12.	July 31, 2011	College park	WTA International	Hard court	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	Wolha Hawarzowa Alla Kudrjawzewa	6: 3, 6: 3
13.	February 12, 2012	Pattaya	WTA International	Hard court	Anastasija Rodionova	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	3: 6, 6: 1, [10: 8]
14th	May 26, 2012	Brussels	WTA Premier	sand	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Alicja Rosolska Zheng Jie	6: 3, 6: 2
15th	5th January 2013	Brisbane	WTA Premier	Hard court	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
16.	February 23, 2013	Dubai	WTA Premier	Hard court	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik	6: 4, 2: 6, [10: 7]
17th	August 24, 2013	New Haven	WTA Premier	Hard court	Zheng Jie	Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik	6: 3, 6: 4
18th	September 28, 2013	Tokyo	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Cara Black	Chan Hao-ching Liezel Huber	4: 6, 6: 0, [11: 9]
19th	5th October 2013	Beijing	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Cara Black	Wera Duschewina Arantxa Parra Santonja	6: 2, 6: 2
20th	May 4, 2014	Oeiras	WTA International	sand	Cara Black	Eva Hrdinová Valery Solovyova	6: 4, 6: 3
21st	20th September 2014	Tokyo	WTA Premier	Hard court	Cara Black	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6: 2, 7: 5
22nd	October 26, 2014	Singapore	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court (hall)	Cara Black	Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei	6: 1, 6: 0
23.	January 16, 2015	Sydney	WTA Premier	Hard court	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 3, 6: 3
24.	March 22, 2015	Indian Wells	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	6: 3, 6: 4
25th	April 5, 2015	Miami	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	7: 5, 6: 1
26th	April 12, 2015	Charleston	WTA Premier	sand	Martina Hingis	Casey Dellacqua Darija Jurak	6-0, 6-4
27.	July 11, 2015	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Martina Hingis	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	5: 7, 7: 6 4 , 7: 5
28.	13th September 2015	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Casey Dellacqua Jaroslawa Schwedowa	6: 3, 6: 3
29	September 26, 2015	Guangzhou	WTA International	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Xu Shilin You Xiaodi	6: 3, 6: 1
30th	3rd October 2015	Wuhan	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6: 2, 6: 3
31.	October 10, 2015	Beijing	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6: 7 9 , 6: 1, [10: 8]
32.	November 1, 2015	Singapore	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court (hall)	Martina Hingis	Carla Suárez Navarro Garbiñe Muguruza	6: 0, 6: 3
33.	January 9, 2016	Brisbane	WTA Premier	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Angelique Kerber Andrea Petković	7: 5, 6: 1
34.	January 16, 2016	Sydney	WTA Premier	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	1: 6, 7: 5, [10: 5]
35.	January 29, 2016	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7: 6 1 , 6: 3
36.	February 14, 2016	St. Petersburg	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Martina Hingis	Wera Duschewina Barbora Krejčíková	6: 3, 6: 1
37.	May 15, 2016	Rome	WTA Premier 5	sand	Martina Hingis	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	6: 1, 6: 7 5 , [10: 3]
38.	August 21, 2016	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Barbora Strýcová	Martina Hingis Coco Vandeweghe	7: 5, 6: 4
39.	August 27, 2016	New Haven	WTA Premier	Hard court	Monica Niculescu	Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-young	7: 5, 6: 4
40.	September 24, 2016	Tokyo	WTA Premier	Hard court	Barbora Strýcová	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	6: 1, 6: 1
41.	January 7, 2017	Brisbane	WTA Premier	Hard court	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina	6: 2, 6: 3
42.	January 18, 2020	Hobart	WTA International	Hard court	Nadia Kitschenok	Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai	6: 4, 6: 4

Mixed

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 2009	Australian Open	Hard court	Mahesh Bhupathi	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	6: 3, 6: 1
2.	June 7, 2012	French Open	sand	Mahesh Bhupathi	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik Santiago González	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
3.	5th September 2014	US Open	Hard court	Bruno Soares	Abigail Spears Santiago González	6: 1, 2: 6, [11: 9]

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments and the WTA Tour Championships

singles

competition	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Career
Australian Open	3	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	3
French Open	1	1	2	-	1	-	2	-	2
Wimbledon	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	-	2
US Open	AF	2	3	-	2	2	1	-	AF

Double

competition	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	total
Australian Open	-	1	AF	AF	1	AF	1	HF	1	VF	2	S.	AF	1
French Open	2	AF	1	-	2	-	F.	1	AF	VF	VF	AF	1	0
Wimbledon	1	2	AF	VF	2	2	HF	AF	AF	2	S.	VF	AF	1
US Open	1	AF	VF	-	2	1	AF	AF	HF	HF	S.	VF	HF	1
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	S.	S.	HF	-	2
Double titles won	0	2	4th	0	1	1	3	2	5	3	10	8th	1	40
Overall wins / losses	10: 9	31:16	32:11	11: 9	19:15	22:14	34:14	35:24	43:16	45:19	64:12	57:15	37:18	441: 192
Year-end position	111	24	18th	61	37	61	11	12	9	6th	1	1	12	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1, 2, 3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = round robin

Mixed

competition	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Career
Australian Open	-	1	1	F.	S.	-	-	HF	VF	F.	HF	HF	F.	S.
French Open	-	1	AF	-	1	-	1	S.	1	AF	1	F.	VF	S.
Wimbledon	2	AF	2	2	AF	-	VF	2	VF	AF	VF	2	AF	VF
US Open	-	1	VF	-	AF	-	1	VF	1	S.	1	AF	1	S.

Awards

• 2004: Arjuna Award , national award for outstanding Indian athletes
• 2006: Padma Shri , Indian Government Award
• 2015: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna , highest award for Indian athletes

Web links

Commons : Sania Mirza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Sania Mirza (English)
• ITF Profile of Sania Mirza (English)
• Fed Cup Statistics for Sania Mirza (English)
• Sania Mirza in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ tsn.ca
2. ↑ Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza: Photos from the Wedding . artsyHANDS. May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2010.
3. ↑ Sania Mirza weds Shoaib Malik In Hyderabad . In: The Times Of India , April 12, 2010. 
4. ↑ Google: Top 10 Most Searched Women Tennis Players for 2010 . In: Tennisphilia , December 3, 2010. 
5. ↑ Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik decide name of their baby boy. October 30, 2018, accessed June 9, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Article  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung