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Sania Mirza

Former doubles world No. 1 and six-time Grand Slam champion

15 November 1986 India Verified by our editors

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Age: 39 yrs; Birthday in 20 days
Works listed: 1; Autobiography
Honours: 3; Most recent 2016
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Quick facts

Born: 15 November 1986 (age 39)
Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra
Country: India
Occupation: Tennis Player
Years active: 2003–2023
Known for: First Indian woman to win a WTA singles title; six Grand Slam doubles titles
Grand Slam titles: 3 women’s doubles, 3 mixed doubles
Highest ranking: Doubles No. 1 (2015); singles No. 27 (2007)
Coach: Imran Mirza (father)
Weeks at doubles No. 1: 91
Autobiography: Ace Against Odds (2016)
Star sign: Scorpio

Sania Mirza · Photo: Photo: Andrew Campbell / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sania Mirza is India’s most successful woman tennis player, a former doubles world No. 1 who won six Grand Slam titles. In 2005 she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title and she was India’s top-ranked woman in singles for a decade.

Biography

Early life

Born in Mumbai and raised in Hyderabad, Mirza started playing tennis at six, coached by her father, Imran Mirza. She won the Wimbledon girls’ doubles title in 2003.

Singles

Raised in Hyderabad, Mirza won the 2003 Wimbledon girls’ doubles title and in 2005 won the WTA tournament in Hyderabad, the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title. She reached the fourth round of the US Open that year and a career-high singles ranking of 27 in 2007.

Doubles champion

Injuries led her to focus on doubles. She won mixed doubles titles at the 2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open with Mahesh Bhupathi and the 2014 US Open with Bruno Soares. With Martina Hingis she won Wimbledon and the US Open in 2015 and the Australian Open in 2016, becoming world No. 1 in women’s doubles in 2015. She retired in 2023.

She received the Padma Shri in 2006, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2015 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.

Santina

Her partnership with Martina Hingis, nicknamed “Santina”, dominated women’s doubles in 2015–16: they won three Grand Slam titles in a row, a 41-match winning streak, and the WTA Finals. In April 2015 she became the first Indian woman to be ranked world No. 1 in doubles, a position she held for 91 weeks.

Legacy

Mirza is widely credited with inspiring a generation of Indian girls to take up tennis. She also won Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medals. She retired in February 2023 after a farewell tournament in Dubai, and her autobiography, Ace Against Odds, was published in 2016.

Personal life

Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in 2010; their son Izhaan was born in 2018. The couple later separated. She runs a tennis academy in Hyderabad and has worked as a commentator and mentor since retiring.

Timeline

1986

Born in Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra
2003

Wimbledon girls’ doubles title
2005

Wins the Hyderabad Open

First WTA singles title by an Indian woman.
2005

Fourth round of the US Open

First Indian woman to reach that stage at a Grand Slam.
2006

Padma Shri
2009

Australian Open mixed doubles

With Mahesh Bhupathi.
2015

Wimbledon and US Open doubles; world No. 1

With Martina Hingis.
2015

WTA Finals title with Martina Hingis
2016

Australian Open doubles; Padma Bhushan
2016

Publishes Ace Against Odds
2023

Retires

Notable works

2016

Ace Against Odds Autobiography

Awards and honours

Padma Shri

2006
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

2015
Padma Bhushan

2016

Did you know?

1
She started playing tennis at the age of six.
2
With Martina Hingis she won 41 matches in a row.
3
She held the world No. 1 doubles ranking for 91 weeks.

Gallery

Sania Mirza Photo: Photo: Andrew Campbell / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Citi Open Tennis July 30, 2011 Photo: Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open, during her first-round women's doubles match, partnering Anabel Medina Garrigues (they were seeded 10th). Photo: Photo: me (user:pfctdayelise) / CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sania Mirza is 39 years old, born on 15 November 1986 in Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra.

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Sania Mirza was born in Bombay (Mumbai), Maharashtra.

What is Sania Mirza known for?

Sania Mirza is best known for First Indian woman to win a WTA singles title; six Grand Slam doubles titles.

What awards has Sania Mirza received?

Notable honours include Padma Shri (2006), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2015), Padma Bhushan (2016).

References

Sania Mirza — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
Sania Mirza — IMDb. IMDb. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
Sania Mirza — Olympics.com athlete profile. Olympics.com. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
Sania Mirza — WTA profile. WTA. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
Sania Mirza — Olympedia. Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2026.
Sania Mirza — Hindi Wikipedia. Wikipedia (Hindi). Retrieved 26 October 2026.
Sania Mirza (Q132147) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 26 October 2026.

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