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Biography:
Sania Mirza was born November 15, 1986, Mumbai, India and currently lives in Hyderabad, India. She is a professional female tennis player represeting India. Sania began playing tennis at age six and is coached by her father, Imran Mirza. She turned professional in 2003 and became the first and only Indian woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 US Open.
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December 25, 2007: First global brand ambassador for sports brand addidas.
.First and only Indian woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 US Open.


















Latest News:
Sania Mirza Back Practicing After Engagement
07/13/2009:
Couple of days after her engagement to her childhood friend and businessman Sohrab Mirza, Sania Mirza was back at the stadium in Hyderabad to practice tennis. Sania was wearing an engagement ring on her henna filled hands. Her fiance was sitting and watching her at the Lal Bahadur Stadium. Sania will be leaving soon for the hard court season on July 16, which starts with Lexington Open followed by Stanford Cup, Vancouver and the Bronx and then she will take part in the U.S. Open Tennis Championship in August 2009.

Sania Mirza Won First Round Match At Wimbledon
06/22/2009:
The India tennis star, Sania Mirza beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the next round at Wimbledon 2009. Mirza currently ranked World number 78 beat Groenefeld ranked 52 in one hour, 51 minutes. Mirza will now face 28 seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania in her second round match.

Sania Mirza knocked out of French Open singles
05/29/2009:
Sania Mirza was knocked out of the singles match at the French Open by Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva in Roland Garros, score of 4-6 6-7 (3). Sania and her doubles patner Chia-Jung Chuang from Taipei, were able to defeat Ipek Senoglu and Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets to continue to the next round.
On a personel note, Sania will be engaged on July 10 to her classmate from her school days, Hyderabad based businessman, Mr. Muhammad Sohrab Mirza. With wedding date to be formalised later. Also, it is not clear whether Sania will continue playing tennis after marriage or not. Sania Mirza is the first Indian Woman to win a WTA Singles Title and break into the world's top 50. She won a Grand Slam Title this year, when she won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles Titles, with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi.

Sania Mirza And Chuang Chia Win MPS Group Doubles Title In Florida
04/13/2009:
Sania Mirza and her doubles partner from Taiwan, Chuang Chia Jung won the MPS Group doubles title in Florida. The unseeded duo stunned the top seeded pair of Czech American of Kveta Peschke and Lisa Raymond 6-3 4-6 10-7 in a one and a half hour battle to notch their first title together. The win helped Sania jump 11 places to the 59th position in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings in doubles while her singles ranking still stand at 100. Chuang jumped three places to be at the 14th spot. The duo had just recently reached the semi-final at Miami last week.
Now Sania will play in the USD one million Family Circle Cup clay court tennis tournament, and will face Kazakh Sesil Karatantcheva in the opening round. They last played against each other back in 2004, and ended up losing.

Sania Mirza And Chuang Chia Jung Moves Onto Quarter Finals In Miami, FL
03/31/2009:
Sania Mirza and her doubles partner from Taiwan, Chuang Chia Jung move onto quarter finals in Miami, Florida. The unseeded Indo Taiwanese duo in a gruelling three setter beat eighth seeded Russian Italian pair of Maria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta 4-6, 7-6, 10-4.

Sania Mirza Moves Onto Semi Finals At Pattaya Open
02/13/2009:
Sania Mirza fought hard for one hour and 44 minutes and upset the sixth seeded opponent in the quarterfinal to reach the semi finals at the Pattaya Open. Sania beat Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn 7-5 6-4 and now will face eighth seed Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia in the semi final match.

Sania Mirza Moves Onto Quarterfinal At Pattaya Open
02/12/2009:
Sania Mirza played her best match after coming back from her wrist injury and crushed Russian qualifier Vitalia Diatchenko 6-4, 6-0 to enter the quarterfinals in the Pattaya Open. Sania, ranked 126, broke Diatchenko five times in the match to win in just over an hour of play. Sania will face sixth seeded Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand in the quarterfinals, who beat Portugese Neuza Silva 6-3, 6-2. When Sania and Tamarine last faced each other in 2007, Sania had won.
Sania with her Italian partner Mara Santangelo advanced to the semifinals of the doubles event.

Sania Mirza Moves Onto Second Round At Pattaya Open
02/10/2009:
Sania Mirza had a hard match against world ranked 945th, local girl Nicha Lertpitaksinchai, at the Pattaya Open to reach the second round. Sania had to battle Nicha for more then one hour and 51 minutes to beat her 7-6 (4) 7-5 before continuing her journey at the Pattaya Open.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza Move On At The Australian Open
02/02/2009:
Sania Mirza and her mixed doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi came from behind to defeat Canadians Aleksandra Wozniak and Daniel Nestor to move onto the semifinal the mixed doubles event of the Australian Open. The unseeded Indian pair, were down in the first set 3-6 but fought back to win the next two sets 6-4, 10-5. Mahesh and Sania will now face Iveta Benesova and Lukas Dlouhy from the Czech Republic.

Sania Mirza Out Of The Australian Open
01/20/2009:
Sania Mirza currently ranked 107 in WTA ranking, lost out to 10th seed Nadia Petrova from Russia in straight sets 6-3 6-2. Sania still has her doubles matches and hopes to do well.

Sania Mirza Back After "Career Threatening" Injury
01/09/2009:
Sania Mirza who had pulled out of the U.S. Open because of a right wrist injury that flared at the Olympic Games, has now recovered with the help of her friend, Yuvraj Singh , a Indian Test batsman. Sania currently is taking part in the women's exhibition tournament which features players from Europe, Russia, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Anna Chakvetadze beat out Sania Mirza of India 6-4, 6-4.
The Australian Open, the first of the season's four Grand Slams, starts on January 19, 2009.

Sania Mirza Back After "Career Threatening" Injury
01/09/2009:
Sania Mirza who had pulled out of the U.S. Open because of a right wrist injury that flared at the Olympic Games, has now recovered with the help of her friend, Yuvraj Singh , a Indian Test batsman. Sania currently is taking part in the women's exhibition tournament which features players from Europe, Russia, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Anna Chakvetadze beat out Sania Mirza of India 6-4, 6-4.
The Australian Open, the first of the season's four Grand Slams, starts on January 19, 2009.

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