Residence Hyderabad, India
Date of birth November 15, 1986 (age 22)
Place of birth Mumbai, India
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 57 kg (130 lb; 9.0 st)
Turned pro 2003
Plays Right (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$ 1,435,880
Singles
Career record 202–105 (64.6%)
Career titles 1 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking No. 27 (August 27, 2007)
Current ranking No. 65 (September 21, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3r (2005, 2008)
French Open 2r (2007)
Wimbledon 2r (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
US Open 4r (2005)
Doubles
Career record 149–76
Career titles 8 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 18 (September 10, 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2007, 2008)
French Open 3R (2006)
Wimbledon QF (2008)
US Open QF (2007)
Mixed Doubles
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Career titles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open W (2009)
French Open 2R (2007)
Wimbledon 3R (2006)
US Open QF (2007)
Sania Mirza (Urdu: ثانیہ مرزا), born 15 November 1986, is an Indian tennis player. She started her tennis career in 2003. In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government.
Early life
Mirza was born to a sports journalist, Imran Mirza and her mother Nasima in Mumbai. She was brought up in Hyderabad in a religious Muslim family. Mirza began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was trained by her father, as well as her other family members. She went to Nasr school in Hyderabad and later graduated from St. Mary's College.
