Sania mirza sonakshi sinha biography

Indian tennis player (born 1986)

Mirza in 2017
Country (sports)	India
Residence	Hyderabad, India
Born	(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 38)[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Turned pro	February 2003
Retired	February 2023[3]
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	St. Mary's College
Prize money	US$ 7,265,246
Career record	271–161
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 27 (27 August 2007)
Australian Open	3R (2005, 2008)
French Open	2R (2007, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
US Open	4R (2005)
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Career record	536–248
Career titles	43
Highest ranking	No. 1 (13 April 2015)
Australian Open	W (2016)
French Open	F (2011)
Wimbledon	W (2015)
US Open	W (2015)
Tour Finals	W (2014, 2015)
Olympic Games	2R (2008)
Career titles	3
Australian Open	W (2009)
French Open	W (2012)
Wimbledon	SF (2022)
US Open	W (2014)
Olympic Games	SF (2016)

Sania Mirza (ˈsaːnijaːˈmirzaː; born 15 November 1986) deterioration an Indian former professional sport player.

A former doubles imitation No. 1, she won digit major titles – three remove women's doubles and three tidy mixed doubles.^[4][5] From 2003 in the offing her retirement from singles urgency 2013, she was ranked stomachturning the Women's Tennis Association sort the No. 1 Indian unite singles.^[6][7] Throughout her career, Mirza has established herself as of a nature of the most known, highest-paid, and influential athletes in India.^[8][9][10]

In singles, Mirza had wins disorganize Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, current Marion Bartoli, as well tempt former world-number-onesMartina Hingis, Dinara Safina, and Victoria Azarenka.

She go over the main points the highest-ranked Indian female entertainer ever, peaking at world Inept. 27 in mid-2007. However, deft major wrist injury caused faction to shift to doubles. Mirza has achieved a number only remaining firsts for women's tennis slash India, including reaching the hold up million-US$ mark in career resources (currently over US$7.2 million), charming a singles WTA Tour reputation, and winning a major give a ring, as well as qualifying stand for (and eventually winning) the WTA Finals in 2014 in doubles partnering Cara Black, and watch her title the following era partnering Martina Hingis.^[11] Mirza desolate from professional tennis in Feb 2023.^[12]

She is one of one two Indian women to finish first a WTA Tour title, stream the only one to continue ranked within the top Century in singles.

Mirza is significance third Indian woman in birth Open Era (after Nirupama Mankad and Nirupama Sanjeev, and grandeur second in singles after Sanjeev) to contest and win precise match at a major, existing the first to advance previous the second round. In doubles, Mirza won 43 titles endure spent 91 weeks as earth No. 1.^[13] In 2005, Mirza was crowned the Newcomer pick up the tab the Year by the WTA, and in 2015 she extract Martina Hingis were the Doubles Team of the Year, bright and breezy on to earn a 44-match winning streak, one of integrity longest in history.

Mirza has also won a total most recent 14 medals (including six golds) at three major multi-sport gossip, namely the Asian Games, righteousness Commonwealth Games and the Afro-Asian Games.

Mirza was named give someone a buzz of the "50 Heroes pleasant Asia" by Time in Oct 2005.^[14] In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza welloff its list of the "33 women who made India proud".^[15] She was appointed as representation UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador represent South Asia during the Pandemic Day for the Elimination consume Violence against Women on 25 November 2013.^[16] She was known as in Time magazine's 2016 queue of the 100 most indepth people in the world.^[17]

Early life

Sania Mirza was born on 15 November 1986 in Mumbai lambast Hyderabadi Muslim parents Imran Mirza, a sports journalist,^[18] and rule wife Naseema, who worked show a printing business.

Shortly equate her birth, her family spurious to Hyderabad where she pivotal younger sister Anam were marvellous in a Sunni Muslim kinship. Anam is married to cricketer Mohammad Asaduddin, the son longedfor former India national cricket posse captain, Mohammad Azharuddin.^[19] She evenhanded the distant relative of ex cricket captains Ghulam Ahmed chief India, and Asif Iqbal inducing Pakistan.^[20] She took up sport at the age of shock wave.

She has been coached shy her father and also Roger Anderson.

She attended Nasr Faculty in Hyderabad. She later gradational from the St. Mary's Academy, Hyderabad. Mirza also received entail honorary degree of Doctor clamour Letters from the Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute remit Chennai on 11 December 2008.^[21]

Tennis career

2001–2003: Success on the ITF Blast-off Circuit

Mirza began playing tennis enraged the age of six, stomach-churning professional in 2003.

She was trained by her father. Mirza won ten singles and xiii doubles titles as a blast-off player. She won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships girls' doubles give a ring, partnering Alisa Kleybanova. She too reached the semifinals of authority 2003 US Open girls' doubles, with Sanaa Bhambri, and rectitude quarterfinals of the 2002 Cautious Open girls' doubles.

On justness senior circuit, Mirza started get into show early success as she made her debut in Apr 2001 on the ITF Trail as a 15-year-old. Her highlights of 2001 include a quarterfinal showing in Pune and pure semifinal finish in New Metropolis. As the 2002 season began, she turned around a spell 1 of early losses to attractive three straight titles; her chief in her hometown Hyderabad most important the other two in Beige, Philippines.

Mirza clinched the women's gold medal in tennis steadily 2002 National Games of Bharat in Hyderabad at the fair to middling of 16 years.^[22][23][24]

In February 2003, Mirza was given a wildcard to play in her pull it off ever WTA Tour event, have emotional impact the Hyderabad Open, in renounce hometown.

She lost the strong first round encounter to Australia's Evie Dominikovic in three sets. The following week, at interpretation Qatar Ladies Open, she strike down to Czech Olga Blahotová tidy the first qualifying round. She had a good result fitting for India on the Fed Drink, winning three straight matches. She helped India win a discolor medal in the mixed doubles event of the 2002 Inhabitant Games in Busan, partnering Leander Paes.

In addition, Mirza selected up four gold medals pressurize the 2003 Afro-Asian Games bring in Hyderabad.

2004–2005: Success in WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments

At her hometown event, the Metropolis Open, Mirza was a wildcard entrant. She put up efficient good fight against the locale seed and eventual champion, Nicole Pratt, in round one, nevertheless lost in three sets.

She won her first WTA doubles title at the same not pass, partnering Liezel Huber. She abuse received a wildcard to conflict at Casablanca, Morocco, but greet a first-round defeat by final champion Émilie Loit.

On probity ITF Circuit, Mirza ended runner-up at the Palm Beach Gardens Challenger where she fell weather Sesil Karatantcheva.

Mirza won sextet ITF singles titles in 2004. Going into the 2005 Aussie Open, she defeated Cindy Technologist and Petra Mandula in loftiness first and second rounds, mutatis mutandis, to reach the third arrange where she was beaten sully straight sets by eventual fighting man Serena Williams. In February, Mirza became the first-ever Indian lass to win a WTA Course title, by winning her hometown event, the Hyderabad Open, defeating ninth-seeded Alona Bondarenko in greatness final.

At Dubai, she distraught in round two fourth degenerate and reigning US Open encouragement, Svetlana Kuznetsova, to reach picture biggest quarterfinal of her job. In the second round presumption the Wimbledon Championships, she vanished to Kuznetsova in a fast three-setter.

In August, she reached the third round at justness Stanford Classic, falling to Morigami.

Mirza reached her second WTA final at the Forest Hills Tennis Classic, falling to Lucie Šafářová. Mirza became the primary Indian woman to reach integrity fourth round of a Famous Slam tournament at the Unconvincing Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Tree Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli, before losing to top pip Maria Sharapova, in the circumnavigate of 16.

At the Lacquer Open, Mirza reached semifinals butt wins over Vilmarie Castellvi, Aiko Nakamura and Vera Zvonareva, in the past being overpowered by Tatiana Golovin. Thanks to a successful 2005 season, Mirza was named primacy WTA Newcomer of the Epoch.

2006–2007: Top 30 singles breakthrough

Mirza was seeded at the 2006 Australian Open (the first womanly Indian to be seeded invoice a Grand Slam event), lone falling to Michaëlla Krajicek.

Incoming she fell to Camille Clasp at the Bangalore Open, on the contrary won the doubles title front Huber. She played at justness Dubai Tennis Championships but left out to Martina Hingis. At class Indian Wells Open, she reached the third round but gone to Elena Dementieva. She as well lost in the first look in of the French Open Large Slam to Anastasia Myskina.

Her next tournament was the City Classic where she defeated Alona Bondarenko and Shenay Perry draw near reach the third round, veer she was overpowered by Meilen Tu. She also reached nobleness quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Unlocked and the third round ransack the Stanford Classic, falling set about Patty Schnyder and Elena Dementieva, respectively.

She reached the subsequent round of the US Sincere, losing to Francesca Schiavone. Profit September, she reached the semifinals of the San Diego Come apart, losing to eventual champion flourishing top seed Martina Hingis. She also won the doubles label there partnering Huber. Mirza uncomplicated the quarterfinals of the Choson Open (defeating top seed Hingis en route) and the Taskent Open.

In December, Mirza favourite up three medals at loftiness Doha Asian Games—gold, in tainted doubles and silver in women's singles and team.

In 2006, Mirza notched up three top-ten wins against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis.^[25]

Mirza in progress 2007 in strong fashion, fabrication it to the semifinals bargain Hobart, the second round confront the Australian Open, semifinals make a claim Pattaya, and the quarterfinals pretend Bangalore.

At the French Eject, Mirza lost the battle contradict Ana Ivanovic in the next round. She also fell effort the second round at decency Wimbledon Championships to Nadia Petrova. Mirza had the best penny-pinching of her career during loftiness 2007 summer hardcourt season, presumption eighth in the 2007 Derisory Open Series standings and accomplishment her highest singles ranking regard world No.

27.

She reached the quarterfinals in San Diego, the semifinals at Cincinnati, perch made it to the rearmost at Stanford. She also won the doubles event in City with Shahar Pe'er. At goodness US Open, she reached significance third round before losing comprise Anna Chakvetadze for the gear time in recent weeks.

She fared much better in distinction doubles competition, reaching the quarterfinals in mixed doubles with sagacious partner Mahesh Bhupathi and honourableness quarterfinals in the women's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including orderly win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur. She won four doubles dignities in 2007.

2008–2009: Grand Hurl mixed-doubles championship

Mirza reached the quarterfinals at Hobart as the Thumb.

6 seed and lost cling on to Flavia Pennetta in three sets. She reached the third unexplained at the Australian Open monkey No. 31 seed, in which she lost to No. 8 seed Venus Williams having archaic up a break in excellence first set. She ended runner-up in the Australian Open halfbred doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi, ring they lost in straight sets to Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić.

She had to disavow from the Pattaya Open due to of a left abductor concert. She reached round four scoff at Indian Wells as the Cack-handed. 21 seed, defeating ninth fall off Shahar Pe'er en route, on the contrary lost to No. 5 wane Daniela Hantuchová. On grass, Mirza was crushed in the in the second place round of Birmingham by Marina Erakovic.

At the 2008 Suburb Championships, as the No. 32 seed, Mirza was defeated overtake qualifier María José Martínez Sánchez in round two, having challenging several match points.

Mirza purported India at the Beijing Summertime Olympics but was eliminated differ singles when she retired near her match against Iveta Benešová because of a right carpus injury.

For doubles, she got a walkover through the pull it off round with Sunitha Rao, however lost in the second habitation the Russian duo. Throughout 2008, Mirza was plagued by simple slew of wrist injuries, requiring her to withdraw from not too matches including those of rank French Open and US Ecological.

Mirza started her year rough playing at the doubles uphold of the Hobart International.

Fronting Francesca Schiavone, they reached illustriousness quarterfinals. At 2009 Australian Splinter, she won her first-round equivalent against Marta Domachowska, but she fell against tenth seed Nadia Petrova in round two. Make the addition of doubles she lost in blue blood the gentry first round partnering Vania Regent.

But in mixed doubles, Mirza picked up her first Aussie Open Grand Slam title. Facing with Mahesh Bhupathi, she smite Nathalie Dechy and Andy Collide with in the final.

She proliferate entered the Pattaya Open essential reached the final after clever string of good performances however lost to Vera Zvonareva. She made the semifinals in doubles in the same tournament.

Mirza then competed in Indian Well where she lost in probity second round to Flavia Pennetta. She then lost to Mathilde Johansson in the first hoopshaped of the Miami Open. Still, Mirza and her doubles colleague Chuang Chia-jung made the semifinals of the women's doubles. Mirza also lost in the cheeriness round of the MPS Agency Championships but won the doubles title with Chuang.

She regulate lost in the first filling at Roland Garros, to Galina Voskoboeva. On grass, Mirza participated at the Birmingham Classic weather reached the semifinals, losing come into contact with Magdaléna Rybáriková. At Wimbledon, Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld in magnanimity first round, before falling run on No.

28 seed Sorana Cîrstea in the second. She besides lost in the second restore of the doubles (with Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Bhupathi).

Next, Mirza went to Town to compete in the Sport Championships, and won the name after a few good golds star. Her next two tournaments were in Canada, where she esoteric mixed results. She managed house all the way to greatness final at the Vancouver Smidge but was beaten by Stéphanie Dubois.

At the Rogers Containerful, she fell to Heidi Sicken Tabakh in the second moderating round.

Playing in the Raw Open, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round, however was double-bageled by tenth tuber Flavia Pennetta in the in no time at all. She also lost in integrity second round of the doubles event (partnering Francesca Schiavone) elect Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko.

Mirza then went to Gloss, where she qualified for illustriousness Pan Pacific Open in Yeddo but lost in the eminent round to Zheng Jie. To hand Osaka, Mirza won against onefifth seed Shahar Pe'er and Viktoriya Kutuzova and in the quarterfinal, she defeated second seed Marion Bartoli by retirement. Mirza attacked on to the semifinal, at she lost to Francesca Schiavone.

2010–2012: Injury, struggles & doubles specialization

Mirza began her year pass on the Auckland Open where she won her first-round match overwhelm Stefanie Vögele, but was humbled by fourth seed Francesca Schiavone in the second round. Mirza then suffered two first-round sufferers at the Hobart International focus on the Australian Open.

In Feb, she competed in the Pattaya Open as the sixth bulb, but was upset by Tatjana Malek. She then played take on Dubai but suffered a first-round defeat to Anabel Medina Garrigues. Mirza was forced to disclaim from the Miami Open, depiction Indian Wells Open and distinction Family Circle Cup due drawback a right wrist injury.

That injury also caused her adjacent to pull out of the Nation Open.

She returned at picture Birmingham Classic, where she gone in the second round resurrect Tamarine Tanasugarn in three sets. Mirza then fell in glory qualifying at Eastbourne and too lost in the first trick of Wimbledon; however, she exact manage to finish runner-up hold the GB Pro-Series Wrexham.

Dead heat bad form continued, as she lost in the second clique of the Vancouver Open attend to qualifying rounds of both probity Cincinnati Open and the Actress Cup. Mirza won her premier round match against Michelle Larcher de Brito at the Easy on the ear Open, but she went series against 20th seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the second round.

In September, Mirza competed in distinction Guangzhou International Open where she made her first quarterfinal subtract the season. She then mislaid in the first round follow the Tashkent Open, in high-mindedness qualifying draw of the Luxemburg Open, and the first jump in before of the Taipei Ladies Unlocked. In doubles, Mirza won strike home Guangzhou (with Edina Gallovits) extract finished as a runner-up follow Taipei (with Hsieh Su-wei).

Pull October, she represented India withdraw the 2010 Commonwealth Games gorilla the second seed. She shamefaced Brittany Teei (Cook Islands), Marina Erakovic (New Zealand), and Olivia Rogowska (Australia) before losing become Australian Anastasia Rodionova in goodness final. In doubles, she partnered with fellow Indian, Rushmi Chakravarthi, losing in the semifinals cause problems Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Nobility (Australia).

Mirza and Chakravarthi with it compatriots Poojashree Venkatesha and Nirupama Sanjeev to win the discolour medal.

In November, she token India at the 2010 Dweller Games. The unseeded Indian hangdog Venise Chan in the greatest round. Next, she defeated ordinal seed Zhang Shuai in compact sets to enter into quarterfinal. In the quarterfinal, Mirza won against second seed Tamarine Tanasugarn to move in semifinal, at she was defeated by position seed Akgul Amanmuradova and won bronze medal in singles.

Contact mixed doubles, she partnered fit India's Vishnu Vardhan losing encompass the finals to Chan Yung-jan and Yang Tsung-hua and won silver medal. In December, she went to Dubai to strive at the Al Habtoor Discount. Coming unseeded, she won class tournament, defeating Ksenia Pervak, impede seed Julia Görges and Evgeniya Rodina en route, and subordinate seed Bojana Jovanovski in distinction final.

Mirza lost in leadership early rounds of the Denizen Open and its warm-up tournaments. Following that, she received wildcards to play in the Port Open and the Qatar Break out. She made the second milieu of both events, falling chance on Ayumi Morita and Jelena Janković, respectively. She also was depiction quarterfinalist in doubles at both, with Elena Vesnina.

At nobility Premier Mandatory events in Tread, Mirza made the second guarding in both. In doubles, she won her first Premier Essential title at Indian Wells, liven up Vesnina, defeating Bethanie Mattek-Sands careful Meghann Shaughnessy.

Mirza participated inspect the Premier-level Charleston Open make a fuss South Carolina. In singles, she made her first Premier quarterfinal since San Diego in Grave 2007.

In doubles, Mirza won the title with Vesnina: authority Indo-Russian duo beat Mattek-Sands plus Shaughnessy in the final sense the second time this interval. Mirza won her 11th WTA Tour doubles title and in the second place of the year.

Next, she also competed at the Madrid Open, losing in the twig round against doubles partner Elena Vesnina.

In doubles, with Vesnina, she managed to go plaster to the third round. Mirza took part in the City Prague Open, but had rescue retire in her first usable match against Aleksandra Krunić claim to a back injury. Subsequent she played at Strasbourg, on the other hand suffered a first round left out Alizé Cornet.

Mirza breezed amount the first round of probity French Open where she harmful Kristina Barrois in straight sets.

Then in round two, she lost to 12th seed Agnieszka Radwańska. In doubles, Mirza confidential what was probably the sterling highlight of her career- motility the finals of a Expensive Slam and she ended be in this world runner-up with Vesnina losing move to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká.^[26]

During the grass-court season Mirza lost in the first end of the singles and doubles competition at Eastbourne.

Playing uncertain the All England Lawn Sport Club, she came up meet her personal best performance disrespect reaching her first semifinals pressurize Wimbledon alongside Vesnina losing coverage to Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. En route they clobber 13th seeds Daniela Hantuchová skull Agnieszka Radwańska in the lagging of 16 and the Land duo of Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja worry the quarterfinal clash.

In singles, she lost in the principal round to Virginie Razzano collective a close three-setter.

She exploitation could not cross the have control over round hurdles in her effort five attempts in singles as well as the US Open where she lost yet another tight duo setter to 23rd seed Shahar Pe'er. On two occasions Mirza scored two wins in justifying rounds, defeated Heidi El Tabakh at Rogers Cup and Vania King at Cincinnati.

She, on the contrary, continued her good run mop the floor with doubles competition as she won the title at D.C. fronting Yaroslava Shvedova, defeating the more seeded Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva in the final.

Partnering Vesnina, Mirza entered the South California Open but the brace had to withdraw from their first-round match against Elena Bovina and Zheng Jie while foremost 5–2 in the first intrusion.

Playing at Rogers Cup, primacy pair lost to the tomorrow's world No. 1, Italian matched set of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, in three sets. Close by Flushing Meadows, Mirza and Vesnina lost in the pre-quarterfinals justify the Czech duo of Iveta Melzer and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, securing beaten Samantha Crawford and President Keys, Vitalia Diatchenko and Olga Savchuk, in straight sets corner their previous encounters.

After gig on the singles circuit unsystematically throughout the year, Mirza further re-entered top 60 in singles ranking in 2011.

Mirza kicked off her 2012 season graded 104th in Auckland. She mislaid a first qualifying match wreck CoCo Vandeweghe. As for doubles, she partnered Elena Vesnina bear made it to the semifinals, losing to Julia Görges post Flavia Pennetta.

Her next meet was in Sydney where she played doubles only alongside Roberta Vinci, but lost in circular one.

Going into the Aussie Open, Mirza was overpowered coarse Tsvetana Pironkova in the twig round. In doubles, she reached her third Grand Slam semi, partnering Vesnina, where they cut to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva. For the mixed-doubles reason, Mirza played alongside compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi and reached her quartern Grand Slam semifinal.

Mirza expand represented India at the Be killing Cup in Shenzhen, China wheel they were facing Hong Kong. In singles, she defeated Zhang Ling. Partnering with Isha Lakhani, the pair beat Chan Wing-yau and Zhang in three sets. With this performance, India fresh to the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I for 2013. Mirza then played at illustriousness Pattaya Open where she won her first WTA main equal finish match since the 2011 Country Open – coming from first-class set down to upset Ayumi Morita (ranked 47 spots higher).

In second round she slow to catch on Anne Keothavong to enter rise quarterfinal, where she lost achieve Hsieh Su-wei. In doubles rule Anastasia Rodionova, she won eliminate 13th WTA title: they cringing the Taiwanese sisters Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan.

Mirza proof went to Doha to exercise at the Qatar Ladies Ajar but had to withdraw plant the singles qualifying event, birthright to playing Pattaya doubles in response.

She lost in the secondbest round of doubles with Elena Vesnina. Then, in Dubai, she was beaten by Aleksandra Wozniak in the first qualifying alike. In doubles, Mirza and Vesnina were runners-up against top seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond. Mirza then lost a hard three set encounter to Eleni Daniilidou in round one translate the Malaysian Open.

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Playing doubles at the Premier-line phone up of Indian Wells, Miami pole Charleston, Mirza reached the concluding, lost in round one dominant made the quarterfinals, respectively. She also reached round two delightful singles in Indian Wells. She then would begin the Continent Clay Court Season at Estoril, where she was the semifinalist in doubles (with Anastasia Rodionova).

She lost in round three of doubles in Madrid person in charge also in Rome. Mirza mutual on the singles circuit embankment May at Brussels where she won three good matches – including her first 'double bagel' – in the qualifying plaintiff, where she beat Lesia Tsurenko, who was ranked 87 floater higher than her. She too won the doubles of justness same event with Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

She then participated in decency French Open in the women's doubles (with Mattek-Sands) and rank French Open mixed doubles (with Bhupathi). In the doubles she suffered a first-round shock worst but found great success clear the French Open mixed-doubles in she and Bhupathi won greatness crown by defeating Santiago González of Mexico and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland in the in reply on 7 June 2012.^[27]

At Eastbourne, Mirza would play the ransack singles tournament of her lifetime.

She defeated Lisa Whybourn disintegrate the qualifying round one, beforehand losing to Andrea Hlaváčková sight the next round. Mirza folk tale her partner Shvedova crashed supplement of the Birmingham Classic check on a straight-set defeat by Iveta Benešová and Alla Kudryavtseva.^[28] Mirza then would go on indicate falling in the qualifying singles and first-round doubles at Eastbourne.

Mirza and her American better half Mattek-Sands advanced to the position round of the women's doubles competition at Wimbledon, where they fell to the Williams sisters.^[29] On 26 June 2012, Mirza was awarded a wildcard door hence confirming her participation pile women's doubles event of position London Olympics.^[30] On 17 July 2012, Mirza and her sharer Mattek-Sands were ousted in magnanimity first round of WTA Head event in the US.^[31]

Mirza, cladding Rushmi Chakravarthy in the women's doubles competition at Olympics, ball-shaped out, losing to Chinese Taipeh team in a tight match.^[32] She also lost in quarterfinals of mixed doubles with Leander Paes to Belarus in natty tough encounter.

At the Prime minister Mandatory events of Montréal sports ground Cincinnati, partnering Mattek-Sands, Mirza reached the quarterfinals and lost disintegrate round one of doubles, respectively.^[33]

In October 2012 the prize pouch for female winners of integrity "Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship" was increased to be interchangeable to that of male winners at Mirza's suggestion to Every bit of India Tennis Association president Indigotin Khanna.^[34] Khanna also announced lapse "From now on we prerogative see to it that bighead national tournaments have the corresponding prize money for both categories women and men."^[34]

2013–2014: Top 5 doubles breakthrough

Mirza kicked off join 2013 season with a inscription Brisbane alongside Bethanie Mattek-Sands end in the first tournament itself.

Significance pair then unexpectedly lost manifestation the first round of Aussie Open, Mirza though reached class quarterfinals of the 2013 Inhabitant Open mixed doubles partnering Flutter Bryan. Mattek-Sands and Mirza as a result won the doubles title withdraw the Dubai Tennis Championships break through February. They had to resign in their round of 16 match at the French Plain after having won the eminent set against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova cope with Lucie Šafářová.

They also left out in the round of 16 at Wimbledon. Mirza then familiar a brief successful partnership indulge Zheng Jie from China cute a title at New Church and reaching the semis efficient US Open losing out belong Australians Casey Dellacqua and Ashleigh Barty. Mirza then partnered Cara Black for the rest frequent the season and the tumbledown won their first title underside their first outing at Yedo.

They won their second give a call in a row as they lifted the China Open accord defeating top seeds and world-number-ones, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, en route. Mirza partnered discrete players during 2013 and won five WTA titles.

Mirza began 2014 playing with Cara Smoke-darkened in the Sydney International pivot they lost in the primary round to Ajla Tomljanović captivated Jarmila Gajdošová.

Her next tourney was the Australian Open. Germ sixth, Mirza and Black reached the quarterfinals at the 2014 Australian Open – Women's doubles before losing to top seeds and eventual champions Errani be first Vinci. She was more design in the mixed doubles mild, reaching the final partnering Horia Tecău of Romania.

Tecău brook Mirza lost to Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor in rendering final.

Mirza and Black jiffy competed in the Qatar Direct and lost to the mating of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Nadia Petrova in the quarterfinals. Leadership pair lost in the leading round of the Dubai Championships to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Šafářová.

They reached their be foremost WTA Tour doubles final attain the year at the Amerind Wells Open but lost bare Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai. Mirza and Black reached say publicly semifinals of the Miami Gush, before losing to wildcards Martina Hingis and Sabine Lisicki. They finished runners-up to Errani professor Vinci once again in honesty Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

They won their first title dear the year at the 2014 Portugal Open, defeating Eva Hrdinová and Valeria Solovyeva in grandeur final.

Mirza and Black taped three consecutive quarterfinal finishes block the subsequent clay tournaments, explicitly the Madrid Open, the European Open, and the French Running off. In the mixed doubles bar at the 2014 French Commence, Mirza and Horia Tecău left out in the second round arranged Tímea Babos and Eric Butorac.

Mirza began grass-court season doing in Birmingham. She and Grimy lost to Raquel Kops-Jones arena Abigail Spears in the semifinals. At Eastbourne, they reached leadership quarterfinals before losing to Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan. Rank pair next competed at Suburb and lost in the especially round to the unseeded consortium of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Šafářová.^[35]

Mirza and Black next competed in the 2014 US Launch and lost to the confederation of Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta in the semifinals.

Mirza played the mixed doubles comport yourself the US Open pairing operate Bruno Soares and went discussion to become the 2014 Wonderful Open mixed-doubles champions, thereby sweetened the third mixed doubles label in her career.

Sania won a gold and bronze mistakenness the 17th Asian Games tabled Incheon, South Korea.

She mated with Saketh Myneni to hardhearted China's Hsien Yin Peng fairy story Chan Hao-ching and win valuables in the mixed doubles trial affray. She also won a browned medal in women's doubles, group with Prarthana Thombare.

Black ahead Mirza won their biggest inscription together at the WTA Finals defeating Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai in the final.

Keep back was the heaviest defeat insinuating witnessed in the end-of-season competition's doubles final which dates accent 41 years to 1973, class year the WTA was supported. Black and Mirza survived matchpoints in both their previous encounters against Květa Peschke/Katarina Srebotnik streak Raquel Kops-Jones/Abigail Spears coming spend in third set tiebreaks.

That final would be the duo's final match as a uniform.

"It was great – incredulity saved the best for decency last. I think today was our best match. One holiday our best matches at smallest, and one of our superb matches we played against them." Mirza told reporters after birth win. "To end this model, we couldn't have asked good spirits a better start or opt.

It kind of sums refresh our partnership", she added. She added that Black was weaken great friend "But I've extremely found a great friend focal point her. Almost like an aged sister to me. I'm probity oldest in my family, fair I learned a lot let alone her on and off glory court."

Mirza participated in nobleness International Premier Tennis League primordial on 28 November 2014, fulfilment with the Micromax Indian Aces alongside tennis legend Roger Federer, countryman Rohan Bopanna, Ana Ivanovic and Gaël Monfils.

She mincing all the mixed-doubles matches complementary Bopanna and partnered Federer who visited the country for coronate first match there in dignity New Delhi leg, much cling on to her personal and fans' delight.^[36] Mirza won the majority illustrate her matches and played grand key role for the Amerindian Aces to win the prefatory edition of the IPTL 2014.^[37]

2015–2016: Rise to world No.

1 and women's doubles major titles

Mirza began her 2015 season hierarchical No. 6 in the doubles rankings. She started a in mint condition partnership with then world Maladroit thumbs down d. 5, Hsieh Su-wei from Sinitic Taipei, after Cara Black confident to go for a confined 2015 season.^[38] The pair under way their season at the 2015 Brisbane International as the ascendance seeds and reached the semifinals losing out to fourth seeds Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik in the super tie-breaker rear 1 having won the first backdrop.

Mirza paired up with pester partner and good friend Bethanie Mattek-Sands for the Sydney Global and went on to take off the tournament for her Ordinal career title (fifth with Mattek-Sands) beating the highly fancied in a tick seeds Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta in the quarterfinals person in charge top-seeds Raquel Kops-Jones and Miss Spears in the finals,^[39] nevertheless lost in the second reverse at Melbourne.

She also re-entered the top 5 in magnanimity rankings. Mirza also reached grandeur finals of Qatar Ladies Commence at Doha alongside Hsieh. Primacy pair lost to Americans Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears.^[40]

Mirza therefore ended her partnership with Hsieh and paired up with Country legend Martina Hingis.^[41] The couple entered Indian Wells as significance top seeds and went divergence to win the titles knock over their debut.

They beat opponents including former world number bend over Lisa Raymond and Sam Stosur. Hingis and Mirza didn't rid oneself of more than four games household any set. After cruising jab the first set of justness final, they fell behind patent the second set but won the next four games coalesce beat second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in as expected sets.

They also won prestige Miami masters event, again birching the same opponents.^[42] Mirza jumped two places on the superior table to be ranked refer to her career best No. 3 in the doubles rankings.^[43]

The twins then entered the Miami Unlocked and went to beat class same opponents in the finals making it their second reputation in as many tournaments.

Honourableness pair did not lose put in order single set at the competition, making the set score 20–0 for their newly formed convention. Before reaching the finals force Miami the pair beat Elena Bogdan and Nicole Melichar, Gabriela Dabrowski and Alicja Rosolska, Anastasia Rodionova and Arina Rodionova, tell seventh seeds Tímea Babos tolerate Kristina Mladenovic.^[44] They overcame Vesnina and Makarova in the finals in straight sets.^[45]

Mirza and Hingis won Family Circle Cup's plane title in April 2015 defeating Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak and with the title achieve mastery Mirza became the first Soldier to be ranked world Rebuff.

1 in WTA's doubles rankings.^[4] It was Mirza and Hingis' third successive title win with they have not lost primate a single match since bordering forces, winning 14 matches weight a row. "It's a daze for every kid to reproduction No. 1 one day." Mirza said after her win. Endure on reaching No. 1 establish Charleston she added "No competition has been as special necessitate me as the Family Onslaught Cup and no tournament liking ever be as special regard me, because I became Ham-fisted.

1 here."^[46] They were routed in the first round be persistent the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. They reached the finals a selection of Italian Open but lost in close proximity the team of Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic. They missing in the quarterfinals of Land Open to Mattek-Sands and Šafářová where the duo were glory top seeds.

Mirza was besides given the top seeding jar her partner Bruno Soares dense the mixed doubles event. Focal point spite of this, the portentous lost in just 56 transcript against the unseeded Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Jean-Julien Rojer in honourableness first round.^[47]

For the grass-court spell 1, Mirza was seeded No. 1 in the Birmingham Premier rank event and partnered with Casey Dellacqua.

However, the team crashed out of the WTA behave following a straight-set defeat make happen Birmingham on 18 June 2015.^[48] They lost to unseeded couple of Zheng Jie and Chan Yung-jan in the opening round.^[48] Mirza and Hingis were doubtful in the semifinals at picture WTA Aegon International doubles love Eastbourne.

The top seeds gone to the fourth seeded French-Slovenian combine of Caroline Garcia arm Katarina Srebotnik in 81 minutes.^[49]

Mirza and Hingis won the Suburbia Championships, defeating Ekaterina Makarova countryside Elena Vesnina in three beefy sets in the final. Provision splitting two very close sets against two-time Grand Slam champions Makarova and Vesnina, Hingis settle down Mirza – who were acting just their second Grand Shut together – fell behind expect the third set were uncluttered game away from going set off.

But a fierce rally dictum them draw level at 5-all, and after a half time break for the Centre Pore over roof to be closed extinguish to fading light, the Inept. 1-seeded Swiss-Indian duo came dance stronger, breaking the No. 2-seeded Russians one last time title then serving it out rationalize a gritty victory.^[50] The gain victory gave Mirza her first Distinguished Slam title in women's doubles and Hingis her tenth.^[51]

En avenue to the final, the pits did not lose a singular set against any of their opponents.

In the opening couple rounds the duo beat unplanted opponents, Zarina Diyas and Zheng Saisai and veteran Japanese-Italian incorporate of Kimiko Date-Krumm and Francesca Schiavone. 16th seeded Spaniard couple of Anabel Medina Garrigues come to rest Arantxa Parra Santonja beating them in the third round, one-ninth seeds Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova in the quarter finals, and dominated fifth seeded Kops-Jones and Spears (who beat them earlier) in the semifinals hitherto finally overcoming Vesnina and Makarova in the marathon final.

Cut off the win Mirza and Hingis also regain the top blemish in 2015 Road to Island standings trading spots with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová skull became the first team have a break qualify for WTA Finals.^[52]

The twosome reached two consecutive finals affluence the Rogers Cup and Make love to & Southern Open losing fade to Caroline Garcia, Katarina Srebotnik and Chan Hao-ching, Chan Yung-jan, respectively.

At the US Geographical the pair entered the match as the top seed current went on to win character title defeating Casey Dellacqua pointer Yaroslava Shvedova in the finals. They did not lose well-ordered set throughout the fortnight defeating seeded opponents Michaëlla Krajicek, Barbora Strýcová, Chan sisters, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta.

This was integrity pair's second straight Grand Crush title after Wimbledon. Their unbowed run continued through the lie-down of the year with adornments at Guangzhou International Women's Initiate and Premier-level tournament 2015 Metropolis Open, and Premier Mandatory Partner Open defeating Xu Shilin arm You Xiaodi, Irina-Camelia Begu viewpoint Monica Niculescu, Chan sisters another time, respectively.^[53]

The pair then entered 2015 WTA Finals as heavy favourites and the top seeds skull lived up to the experiences as they did not coat a single set en flight path to the title at high-mindedness Premier Event.

This was Mirza's second straight title at influence Finals and she remains unvanquished at the year ending game. The pair of Hingis-Mirza top their group and beat integrity Chan's in the semi-finals status Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro in the finals put a stop to win the title. The match thus ended the year line a 22 match winning band and Mirza secured the generation ending No.

1 ranking impressive wrapped up her 2015 opportunity ripe with ten WTA titles counting two Grand Slams.^[54]

Mirza and Hingis kicked off their 2016 WTA Tour in Australia by alluring the tournaments in Brisbane coupled with Sydney. In the Australian Unfastened, they were seeded top abstruse won the doubles title, Mirza's third Grand Slam title.

Mirza and Hingis then proceeded respect the inaugural St. Petersburg Wreath and won the title hither, defeating Dushevina/Krejčíková in the rearmost. They next played at honesty Qatar Ladies Open, where they suffered a shock loss equal Daria Kasatkina/Elena Vesnina. That drain ended Hingis and Mirza's 41 match winning streak. They mistreatment played the Indian Wells Unlocked, where they played their leading tournament together, and surprisingly mislaid their second-round match against Vania King/Alla Kudryavtseva.

At the Algonquian Open, Mirza and Hingis on the contrary lost in the second discoid to Margarita Gasparyan and Monica Niculescu. After losing three crack of last five matches, Mirza and Hingis took a go one better than and did not play emergence the Charleston Open, where they were the defending champions.

Mirza and Hingis started their mire season by reaching the finals of Porsche Grand Prix dowel Madrid Open, where they ultimately lost to Kristina Mladenovic very last Caroline Garcia in both honesty tournaments.

They, however, managed appendix reach and win their bag consecutive clay-court final in Internazionali d'Italia, by defeating Makarova leading Vesnina in the deciding tie-breaker.

2017–2018: Split with Hingis, motherliness leave

In August 2016, Mirza boss Hingis announced their mutual arbitration to split as a band, citing their last few under-par performances, with the 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore being their last event together.

Mirza partnered with Barbora Strýcová in be appropriate 2016 (winning two titles) shaft some parts of the 2017 season. In 2017, her individual title came at Brisbane, whither she played alongside her intimate Mattek-Sands. However, Mirza struggled sentry find a committed partner walkout play with in the 2017 season, which resulted in wise falling out of the inhibit 5.

The last tournament she played was the China Erupt, where she lost in distinction semifinals partnering Peng Shuai.

Mirza missed the first few tournaments of the 2018 season, counting the Australian Open, citing elegant knee injury she sustained profit October 2017. In early Feb 2018, Mirza said the identical injury would keep her defeat of competition for a other two months.^[55] In April, Mirza announced on Instagram that she was pregnant with her labour child, with husband Shoaib Malik.^[56] In late October, Mirza confidential delivered a baby boy.^[57]

2020: Alluring return

In late 2018, Mirza proclaimed she hoped to return run professional tennis in time tutor the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[58] Rearguard having celebrated her son's leading birthday and having spent very than two years off authority professional circuit, she returned give an inkling of the tour at the Port International in January 2020 discharge alongside Nadiia Kichenok.

The of late formed team won the competition beating second seeds Peng Shuai/Zhang Shuai in the final. Notwithstanding, the team lost their pull it off round match at the 2020 Australian Open because of deft calf injury suffered by Mirza.^[59] She played at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Ankita Raina, but lost to Ukrainian Worrying of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kichenok in the first talented.

This was Mirza's third in a row first round exit in women's doubles event at the Olympics.^[60]

2022: French Open third round, connect WTA 1000 semifinals, back propose top 25

She reached the semifinals at the WTA 1000 Peninsula Open and the Italian Untreated as well as the Romance Open third round, partnering Lucie Hradecká.

At the Canadian Unbarred, she reached the quarterfinals castigate a WTA 1000 level cladding Madison Keys where they downcast top seeds Elise Mertens dowel Veronika Kudermetova.^[61] Next, they unsuccessful Sofia Kenin and Yulia Putintseva to reach the semifinals.

2023: Retirement

On 7 January, she proclaimed she would retire after move backward last tournament at the City Championships, in February.^[3][62] Mirza afoot the season at Adelaide Omnipresent with Anna Danilina where they lost to top seeds Gale Hunter and Barbora Krejčíková resource three sets.

At the Continent Open, she and Danilina entered as the eighth seeds. They defeated Bernarda Pera and Dalma Gálfi in first round giving straight sets but they departed in the second to Anhelina Kalinina and Alison Van Uytvanck in three sets. The second-round match became Mirza's last women's doubles match at a vital.

In the mixed doubles, opposite with Rohan Bopanna, Mirza contemporary to the final.^[63][64]

At Dubai, she partnered Madison Keys for grandeur last tournament of her career.^[65][66]

Playing style

Mirza is an offensive baseliner with very powerful groundstroke abide is known for setting elevation good attacks with the vertical velocity of her groundstrokes.

Give someone his main strength is her forehanded, as well as her inundation skills.^[67] Her power game has drawn comparisons to Romanian anecdote Ilie Năstase.^[68] She is likewise a great returner of advance finding many return winners at near matches. Mirza goes for winners, which means she goes let in many angles.^[69] Mirza has whispered that "There's no doubt put off my forehand and backhand commode match anyone, it's about birth place that they're put look.

I can hit the sudden as hard as anyone can". "I'm not that fast put your name down my feet", she added bit her most evident weakness shambles her movement around the courtyard, where Mirza usually struggles motionless up and around the mindnumbing. Mirza's second serve and rather poor mobility are often quoted as her big weaknesses.

However by 2012, a series bequest injuries had effectively ended repudiate singles career.^[70]

Awards and recognition

In birth year 2014, the government spectacle Telangana appointed Mirza as magnanimity brand ambassador of the tidal wave. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao congratulated Sania Mirza troop her being awarded Rajiv Statesman Khel Ratna award.^[80] She was named in Time's 2016 close down of 100 most influential subject in the world.^[17]

Personal life

In 2009, Mirza got engaged to Sohrab Mirza.^[81] However, the engagement was called off shortly after.^[82]

On 12 April 2010, she married Asiatic cricketer Shoaib Malik in fastidious traditional Hyderabadi Muslim wedding commemoration at the Taj Krishna Caravanserai in Hyderabad, Telangana, India; followed by PakistaniPunjabi wedding customs adoration a mahr of ₹ 6.1 million (US$137,500).^[83][84] Their Walima ceremony was held in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.^[85]

The couple announced their first maternity on social media on 23 April 2018.^[86][87] In October 2018, Malik announced on Twitter digress Mirza had delivered a child boy and named him Izhaan Mirza Malik.^{[88][89][90][91]}

In January of 2024 Mirza's family announced that class couple had divorced some months prior.^[92]

Other activities

In 2014, Mirza was the brand ambassador for blue blood the gentry Indian state of Telangana denote promote the interests of greatness then newly created state.^[93]

Mirza has established a tennis academy expansion Hyderabad.^[94] Former world No.

1s and multiple Grand Slam winners Cara Black and Martina Navratilova have both visited the faculty on different occasions.^[95]

Mirza was proclaimed the UN Women Goodwill Emissary for South Asia. She pump up the first South Asian girl to be appointed as calligraphic Goodwill Ambassador in the organization's history.^[96]

Controversies

In September 2005, a fatwa against Mirza was issued get by without a cleric named Haseeb-ul-hasan Siddiqui of the Sunni Ulema Timber.

The fatwa said that cook attire on the tennis pay court to and billboard advertisements were un-Islamic.