Sania Mirza

Mirza at the 2011 French Open
Country	India
Residence	Hyderabad, India
Born	15 November 1986 (1986-11-15) (age 24) Mumbai, India
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	Active
Plays	Right-handed, two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$ 2,218,434
Official web site	http://www.mysaniamirza.com/
Singles
Career record	W-L / 261–148
Career titles	1 WTA, 14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (27 August 2007)
Current ranking	No. 64 (14 August 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (2005, 2007)
French Open	2R (2007, 2009, 2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
US Open	4R (2005)
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career titles	12 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 11 (4 July 2011)
Current ranking	No. 11 (4 July 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2007, 2008, 2010)
French Open	F (2011)
Wimbledon	SF (2011)
US Open	QF (2007)
Olympic Games	2R (2008)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2009)
French Open	2R (2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2011)
US Open	QF (2007)
Last updated on: 14 June 2011.

Medal record
Asian Games
Gold	2006 Doha	Mixed Doubles
Silver	2006 Doha	Singles
Silver	2006 Doha	Team
Silver	2010 Guangzhou	Mixed Doubles
Bronze	2010 Guangzhou	Singles
Bronze	2002 Busan	Mixed Doubles
Commonwealth Games
Silver	2010 Delhi	Singles
Bronze	2010 Delhi	Women's Doubles

Sania Mirza (Urdu: ثانیہ مرزا , Telugu: సానియా మీర్జా, Hindi: सानिया मिर्जा) (born 15 November 1986, in Mumbai) is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well-known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings. Mirza has defeated many top players, including Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Hingis.

In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. In 2006, Mirza was awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honour for her achievements as a tennis player. In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud". 

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 2001–2002 2.2 2003–2007 2.3 2008 2.4 2009 2.5 2010 2.6 2011 3 Personal life 4 Controversy 5 Major finals 5.1 Grand Slam events 5.1.1  Doubles finals: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner–up) 5.1.2 Mixed Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner–up) 6 Career finals 6.1 WTA Tour singles finals: 4 (1–3) 6.2 WTA Tour women's doubles finals: 17 (12–5) 6.3 Non-international tournaments 6.3.1 Singles 6.3.2 Doubles 6.3.3 Mixed Doubles 7 Timeline in Doubles and Singles 7.1 Singles performance timeline 7.2 Women's doubles performance timeline 8.1 Sources

Early life

Sania was born to Imran Mirza, a sports journalist, and his wife Nasima in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was brought up in Hyderabad in a religious family. Mirza began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was trained by her father. She attended NASR school in Hyderabad and later graduated from St. Mary's College. She is married to the Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.

Career

2001–2002

Mirza had a brief career in 2001–2002. In April 2001, Mirza made the Second Round of an ITF $10,000 event in Chandigarh (losing to Karen Paterson), and the Quarterfinal of an event with the same prize money in Pune (losing to Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram). In September, she made the Semifinal of another $10k event, this time in New Delhi, losing to Rushmi Chakravarthi.

In February 2002, Mirza played at an ITF $10k event in Mumbai but lost the First Round to Sunitha Rao. But she had a much better year later on, winning 3 ITF $10,000 titles, 1 in Hyderabad (beating Akgul Amanmuradova, 6–1, 6–2) in September, and 2 in Manila, (beating Wang I-ting, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, and Amanmuradova, 6–0, 4–6, 6–3.) 

In December 2002, Mirza lost the Second Round of an ITF $25,000 event in Mumbai to Dominika Luzarova, and the Quarterfinal of a $10k event in Pune to Jennifer Schmidt.

2003–2007

In April 2003, Mirza made her profession debut in the India Fed Cup team, winning all three singles matches. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia. 7 ITF Singles Titles also went to her name in 2004.

Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 11 in doubles. She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam tennis tournament. She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli. In winning, with Mahesh Bhupathi, the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open, she became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.

In 2005, Mirza reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to eventual champion Serena Williams. On 12 February 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title, defeating ninth-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals.

As of September 2006, Mirza has notched up three top 10 wins; against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis. At the Doha Asian Games, Mirza won the silver in the women's singles category and the gold in the mixed doubles partnering Leander Paes. She was also part of the Indian women's team that won the silver in the team event. She was also the semi-finalist at the 2006 Sunfeast Open in Kolkata, losing to eventual champion and top-seed Martina Hingis.

Mirza had had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season, finishing eighth in the 2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the final of the Bank of the West Classic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er, and reached the quarterfinals of the Tier 1 Acura Classic.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for the third time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including a win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

Mirza received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the MGR Educational and Research Institute University in Chennai on 2008-12-11. Her niece, Sonia Baig Mirza, studies there.

2008

Mirza reached the quarter-finals at Hobart as No. 6 seed. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in three sets. She reached the third round at the Australian Open as No.31 seed, where she lost to No.8 seed Venus Williams 7–6(0) 6–4, having led 5–3 in the first set. She was runner-up in the Australian Open mixed doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi where they lost 7–6(4), 6–4 to Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić.

She withdrew from the Pattaya Open because of a left adductor strain.

Mirza reached the 4r at Indian Wells as No.21 seed, defeating No.9 seed Shahar Pe'er en route, but lost to No.5 seed Daniela Hantuchová.

At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, as No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–0, 4–6, 9–7, having had several match points.

Mirza was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she retired in her match against Iveta Benešová because of a right wrist injury. She made it through  the first round at Women's Doubles in Beijing with Sunitha Rao, but lost in the second round to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina. Throughout 2008, Mirza was plagued by a slew of wrist injuries, requiring her to withdraw from several matches including those of the Roland Garros and US Open Grand Slams.

2009

Mirza began her year 2009 Moorilla Hobart International where she competed only in doubles partnering Francesca Schiavone, they lost in quarterfinal.

At 2009 Australian Open she win match against Marta Domachowska in first round, next she loss match against 10th seed Nadia Petrova. In doubles she lost in first round partnering Vania King. But in mixed doubles Sania Mirza picked up her first Grand Slam title at the 2009 Australian Open. Partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, she beat Nathalie Dechy (France) and Andy Ram (Israel) 6–3, 6–1 in the final in Melbourne. She then entered the Pattaya Women's Open Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of good performances. She lost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 7–5, 6–1. She made the semis in doubles in the same tournament.

Mirza then competed in the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the second round to Flavia Pennetta. She then participated in the Miami Masters and lost to Mathilde Johansson of France in the first round. Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei made the semifinals of the doubles event. Mirza lost in the first round of the MPS Group Championships but won the doubles title with Chuang. She lost in the first round at Roland Garros, losing to Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva. She also lost in the second round of the doubles (with Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi). She participated in the 2009 AEGON Classic and reached the semifinals, losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková of Slovakia 3–6,6–0,6–3, who eventually won the title.

Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the first round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She then fell to No.28 Sorana Cîrstea in the second round. She competed in and won the Lexington Challenger event, defeating top seed Julie Coin of France in the final. She also reached the final of the ITF event in Vancouver but lost to Stéphanie Dubois of Canada. Playing in the U.S Open, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost 6–0, 6–0 to 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy. She also lost in the second round of the doubles event (partnering Francesca Schiavone) to Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko.

Mirza successfully qualified for the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo but lost in the first round to Zheng Jie. Mirza won the first set but could not hold the lead, eventually losing to the Chinese player 7–5, 2–6, 3–6.

At Osaka, Mirza won her first round match against 5th seed Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. Mirza then defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 6–4, 6–3 and in the quarterfinal she defeated 2nd seed Marion Bartoli 6–4, 2–0 by retirement. Bartoli conceded her match and Mirza moved on to the semifinal to meet 4th seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy.

2010

Mirza began her year at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She won her first round match against Stefanie Vögele in three sets, but was crushed by 4th seed Francesca Schiavone in the second round. Mirza then suffered two first-round losses at the Moorilla Hobart International and the Australian Open. 

In February, Sania competed in the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open as the 6th seed, but lost to Tatjana Malek 6–3, 4–6, 3–6. She then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships but suffered a first round defeat to Anabel Medina Garrigues. Sania was forced to withdraw from the Sony Ericcson Open and BNP Paribas Open due to a right wrist injury. This injury also caused her to pull out of the French Open. 

She returned at the AEGON Classic, where she lost in the second round to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the three sets. Mirza then fell in the qualifying at Eastbourne and lost in the first round of Wimbledon.

Her bad form continued, as she lost in the qualifying rounds of both the Cincinnati Masters and the Rogers Cup.

She then competed at the 2010 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying where she won three straight matches. She defeated Ksenia Lykina, Elena Bovina, Catalina Castaño to qualify for the main draw. In main draw she defeated qualifier Michelle Larcher De Brito 6–3, 6–2. In next round she went down to 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2, 6–4.

In September Sania competed in the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open. In the first round she defeated Katie Obrien 6–3, 1–6, 6–2. Next she defeated 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 6–4, 6–3 to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost fighting to Zhang Shuai 6–4, 1–6, 6–4. At the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open she won the doubles title partnering with Edina Gallovits.

In 2010 Tashkent Open she lost in first round to Ekaterina Bychkova.

In October, she represented India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as the 2nd seed. She defeated Brittany Teei (Cook Islands), Marina Erakovic (New Zealand), and Olivia Rogowska (Australia) before losing to Australia's Anastasia Rodionova in the final. In doubles, she partnered with fellow Indian Rushmi Chakravarthi, losing in the semifinals to Australians Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers. Mirza and Chakravarthi beat fellow Indians Poojashree Venkatesha and Nirupama Sanjeev to win the bronze medal.

Mirza lost in the qualifying round of 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open and first round of ITF event in Taipei.

In November, she represented India at the 2010 Asian Games. The unseeded Indian defeated Chan Venise Wing-yau in first round. Next she defeated 6th seed Zhang Shuai in straight sets 6–2, 6–2 to enter into quarterfinal. In quarterfinal Mirza won against 2nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2,6–3 to move in semi final, where she went down fighting to 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 7–6(7), 3–6, 4–6 and won Bronze Medal in singles. In Mixed Doubles she partnered with India's Vishnu Vardhan losing in the finals to Chan Yung-jan and Yang Tsung-hua and won Silver Medal.

In December she competed at 2010 ITF event in Dubai. In first round she defeated 6th seed Ksenia Pervak 6–2, 6–3. Then she eaisly defeated Korina Perkovic 6–1, 6–2 to move into quarterfinal. In quarterfinal she face Top seed Julia Görges of Germany. She beat her in straight sets 6–1, 7–6(8) and in semi final she won against 8th seed Evgeniya Rodina 6–3,4–6,6–4 to reach final. In final match she beat 5th seed Bojana Jovanovski 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 to clinch singles title.

2011

Ranked at no.141, Sania started her year with the ASB Classic Open in Auckland. She needed one more win to qualify for the tournament, but lost in three sets against Sabine Lisicki. In doubles, she partnered Renata Voráčová of Czech Republic and reached the semifinals, but lost to Katarina Srebotnik and Květa Peschke.

She then competed at the 2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying where she won three straight matches to qualify for the main draw. In the first round she went down fighting to former world no. 1 Justine Henin 5–7,6–3,6–1. She partnerd Voracova for doubles but lost in the first round also.

She received a wildcard to play in the Dubai Tennis Championships. She defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6–3, 6–1 in the first round. She lost to qualifier Ayumi Morita in the second. In doubles, she has partnered with Russian Elena Vesnina. They beat Timea Bacsinszky and Iveta Benešová in the opener. Next, they beat Alexandra Dulgheru and Selima Sfar before going down to Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko in the quarterfinals. 

Mirza received a wildcard to play at the Qatar Ladies Open. She made quick work of Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanovski 6–2, 7–5. She was crushed by 5th seed Jelena Janković 6–0, 6–1 in the second round. In doubles, Mirza paired with Vesnina of Russia and won her first Primary Mandatory event of WTA tour after defeating American pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final of Indian Wells.

Mirza competed at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Singles Qualifying, where she won against Han Xinyun of China and Voracova in first and second round respectively, thus qualified for the main draw. In the first round she defeated world no. 62 Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain by 6–2, 6–4. In the next round Mirza lost to Maria Kirilenko of Russia 5–7,6–3,6–0. Mirza paired with Vesnina and defeated 5th seed Zheng Jie (China) and Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei) by 6–2, 4(10)-6(7), but went down to pair of Daniela Hantuchová (Slovakia) and Agnieszka Radwańska (Poland) by 6–4, 6–3 in second round.

Mirza participated at the Premier-level Family Circle Cup in Charleston. In singles, she qualified for it by defeating Johanna Konta and Olga Savchuk. In the main draw, she defeated Alison Riske (Round 1), Vania King (Round 2) and Sabine Lisicki (Round 3), but went down in the Quarter finals in 3 sets fighting against Peng Shuai.

 In doubles, Mirza reached the finals along with Vesnina and defeated Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond (Round 1), Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova (Round 2) and Peng Shuai & Zheng Jie (Semi finals). The pair beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy for the second time this season in finals 6–4, 6–4. Mirza won her 11 WTA Tour Doubles Title and second of the year.

Next, she competed at the 2011 Madrid Masters, where she won two matches to qualify, but lost in the first round of the main draw against Elena Vesnina. In doubles, she patnered Elena Vesnina, and together they defeated Vera Dushevina & Tatiana Poutchek (Round 1) and Nadia Petrova and Anastasia Rodionova (Round 2), before goind down to Katarina Srebotnik & Květa Peschke in Round 3.

Mirza took part in the Strasbourg Open, but suffered a first round lost to home-favourite Alize Cornet.

Mirza breezed through the first round of 2011 French Open where she beat Kristina Barrois of Germany in straight sets, 6–3,6–3. Then in Round 2, she lost to 12th seed Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland, 2–6, 4–6.

For doubles for the French Open, she has partnered Elena Vesnina and faced Russians Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova. The pair easily defeated them 7–6(2), 6–2. They faced Kristina Barrois (Germany) and Johanna Larsson (Sweden) in Round 2, and won 7–6(4), 6–3. Next they beat Spanish pair of María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–0, 6–4 in Round 3. They faced no.1 seeds Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Flavia Pennetta (Italy) in the quarterfinals, and won 6–0, 7–5. Next they beat American duo containing Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond and upset them in 3 sets in the semifinals. In the finals, they lost to Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, 3–6, 4–6. This performance gave Mirza her career high doubles ranking of no.14.

For the mixed doubles, she partnered fellow Indian Rohan Bopanna and the pair faced Chuang Chia-jung (Chinese Taipei) and Marcin Matkowski (Poland) in the first round, and they lost 7–6(4), 7–6(2).

Her next tournament was the AEGON Classic in Birmingham, where she suffered a first round deficit by Tamira Paszek.

Then Mirza participated at qualifying draw of the 2011 AEGON International tournament where she beat Renata Voráčová and Anna Tatishvili before falling to Tamira Paszek.

At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she lost in the first round to Virginie Razzano of France, 6–7,6–2,3–6.

For the doubles for the Wimbledon Championships, Mirza along with Elena Vesnina played the first round against Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) and Melanie Oudin (United States) and won 6–0, 7–6(4). Next they beat Renata Voráčová (Czech Republic) and Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan) in round-two, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4. Then came Daniela Hantuchová and Agnieszka Radwańska in the third round and Mirza + Vesnina beat them 6–3, 6–4, in the quarterfinals they beat the Spanish duo of Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 to enter the semifinals. The pair suffered a 3–6, 1–6 loss to Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik in the semifinals.

For mixed doubles, Mirza and Rohan Bopanna reached the quarterfinals where they lost to Paul Hanley and Hsieh Su-wei.

Mirza's next tournament was the 2011 Citi Open where she lost a very close game to Stephanie Dubois. She partnered Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan for doubles and won her 12th WTA Doubles Title of her career and 3rd of the year, beating Olga Govortsova and Alla Kudryavtseva in the final.

Then came the Mercury Insurance Open where Mirza lost fighting to Sara Errani.

Mirza is participated at the Rogers Cup Open in Toronto where she defeated Heidi El Tabakh in the First Qualifying Round. She played Kathrin Worle in the Qualifying Round but lost 7–6, 5–7, 3–6 to the German player.

Mirza's next tourament would be the Cincinnati Masters, where she beat Vania King in the First Qualifying Round but lost in the Final to Alexa Glatch.

Mirza then played at the Texas Open where she lost to Sabine Lisicki in Round 1.

At the US Open, Mirza lost an extremely tight match to Shahar Pe'er in R1. She partnered Mahesh Bhupathi in mixed-doubles but lost in R1 also.

Personal life

In 2009, Sania Mirza got engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza. However the engagement was called off shortly after. Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on 12 April 2010. The wedding was held in Hyderabad, India. The online attention the wedding received made Mirza the most searched woman tennis player in 2010 according to Google Trends. The couple planned to settle down in Dubai. The wedding was even more controversial because Shoaib Malik was accused by another girl of already being married to him and hence he could not marry Sania without first divorcing her. Initially for many days, Shoiab Malik refused to grant the divorce claiming he was never married. This resulted in a huge media drama leading to so much online attention as stated earlier. Finally, having no other option, Shoaib divorced the girl paving the way for his next marriage to Sania.

Controversy

The short tennis clothes she has to wear in the court has drawn criticism from some Muslim religious group. According to one report published 8 September 2005, an unnamed Muslim scholar had issued a ruling, saying that women's tennis attire is not suited to Islam. Jamiat-ulema-e-Hind rejected rumours about disrupting her game saying that they do not stop anyone from playing, although they found female tennis players' dress code objectionable. Nevertheless, Calcutta police tightened security measures to protect her.

After Mirza spoke at a conference on safe sex in November 2005, some groups said she was detached from Islam and that she was a "corrupting influence on the youth." Mirza clarified her stance by saying that she was opposed to pre-marital sex.

In 2006, some newspapers reported that Mirza declined to play doubles with Israeli tennis player Shahar Pe'er for fear of protests from India's Muslim community. However, when she teamed up with Pe'er for the 2007 WTA Tour of Stanford, California, there was no reaction.

Mirza was pictured resting her feet and showing the soles of her bare feet as she watched compatriot Rohan Bopanna play in the 2008 Hopman Cup, with an Indian flag in front. She faced possible prosecution under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act after a private citizen complained. Mirza protested, "I love my country, I wouldn't be playing Hopman Cup otherwise."

On 4 February 2008, Mirza said that she would stop appearing in tennis tournaments held in India, starting with the 2008 Bangalore Open the following month, citing the series of controversies and upon advice by her manager.

But Mirza chose to participate at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. This time, she faced no controversies, but instead the public were happy that she has started to play at major tournaments in India.

Major finals

Grand Slam events

 Doubles finals: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner–up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	2011	French Open	Clay	Elena Vesnina	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 4–6

Mixed Doubles: 2 (1 titles, 1 runner–up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Runner-up	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Sun Tiantian Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(4), 4–6
Winner	2009	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Nathalie Dechy Andy Ram	6–3, 6–1

Career finals

WTA Tour singles finals: 4 (1–3)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Tier II / Premier (0–1) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (1–3) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	12 February 2005	Hyderabad Open	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Alona Bondarenko	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	20 August 2005	Forest Hills Tennis Classic	Forest Hills, United States	Hard	Lucie Šafářová	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	29 July 2007	Bank of the West Classic	Stanford, United States	Hard	Anna Chakvetadze	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	15 February 2009	PTT Pattaya Open	Pattaya City, Thailand	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	7–5, 6–1

WTA Tour women's doubles finals: 17 (12–5)

Winner – Legend (pre/post 2010) Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–0) Tier II / Premier (3–1) Tier III, IV & V / International (1–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (7–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (3–4) Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnered with	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	22 February 2004	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Liezel Huber	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7–6(1), 6–4
Winner	2.	19 February 2006	Bangalore, India	Hard	Liezel Huber	Elena Vesnina Anastasia Rodionova	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	9 April 2006	Ponte Vedra Beach, United States	Clay	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Shinobu Asagoe	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	27 May 2006	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Alicia Molik	Alona Bondarenko Anastasiya Yakimova	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	23 July 2006	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Marta Domachowska	Gisela Dulko Maria Elena Camerin	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	3.	24 September 2006	Kolkata, India	Carpet	Liezel Huber	Yuliya Beygelzimer Yuliana Fedak	6–4, 6–0
Winner	4.	20 May 2007	Fes, Morocco	Clay	Vania King	Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Anastasia Rodionova	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	26 May 2007	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Chan Yung-jan	Agnieszka Radwańska Urszula Radwańska	1–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	22 July 2007	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Bethanie Mattek	Alina Jidkova Tatiana Poutchek	7–6(4), 7–5
Winner	6.	29 July 2007	Stanford, United States	Hard	Shahar Pe'er	Anna Chakvetadze Victoria Azarenka	6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner	7.	25 August 2007	New Haven, United States	Hard	Mara Santangelo	Liezel Huber Cara Black	6–1, 6–2
Winner	8.	12 April 2009	Ponte Vedra Beach, United States	Clay	Chuang Chia-jung	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–3, 4–6 [10–7]
Winner	9.	19 September 2010	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Edina Gallovits	Han Xinyun Liu Wan-ting	7–5, 6–3
Winner	10.	19 March 2011	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Elena Vesnina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	6–0, 7–5
Winner	11.	10 April 2011	Charleston, United States	Clay	Elena Vesnina	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Meghann Shaughnessy	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	3 June 2011	Paris, France	Clay	Elena Vesnina	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	3–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	31 July 2011	Washington D.C., United States	Hard	Yaroslava Shvedova	Olga Govortsova Alla Kudryavtseva	6–3, 6–3

Non-international tournaments

Singles

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Score
Silver Medal	December 2006	2006 Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	Zheng Jie	4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Silver Medal	October 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	Anastasia Rodionova	3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3)
Bronze Medal	November 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Akgul Amanmuradova	7–6(7), 3–6, 4–6

Doubles

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Location	Partnered	Opponents	Score
Bronze Medal	October 2010	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Poojashree Venkatesha Nirupama Sanjeev	6–4, 6–2

Mixed Doubles

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Location	Partnered	Opponents	Score
Bronze Medal	November 2002	2002 Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	Leander Paes	Janet Lee Lu Yen-Hsun	7–6, 7–5
Gold Medal	December 2006	2006 Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	Leander Paes	Akiko Morigami Satoshi Iwabuchi	7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Silver Medal	November 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Vishnu Vardhan	Chan Yung-jan Yang Tsung-hua	6–4, 1–6, [2–10]

Timeline in Doubles and Singles

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	w-l
Australian Open	3R	2R	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	10–7
French Open	1R	1R	2R	–	2R	–	2R	3–5
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	1R	4–7
U.S. Open	4R	2R	3R	–	2R	2R		11–5
win-loss	6–4	2–4	6–4	2–2	4–4	1–3	1–3	22–23
Year End Ranking	111	44	55	78	23	52		N/A

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	win-loss
Australian Open	–	1R	3R	3R	1R	3R	1R	6–6
French Open	2R	3R	1R	2R	–	–	F	9–5
Wimbledon	1R	2R	3R	QF	2R	2R	SF	12–7
U.S. Open	1R	3R	QF	–	2R	1R		7–5
win-loss	1–2	5–4	7–4	6–3	2–3	4–3	8–3	34–22
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A		0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	–	QF	–	SF	1R	–	W	10–3
Key Biscayne	–	QF	–	1R	SF	–	2R	6–3
Madrid	Not Held				SF	–	QF	5–2
Beijing	Not Held		Not Tier 1		1R	–		0–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Held				1R	1R	QF	2–3
Rome	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0–0
Cincinnati	Not Held		Not Tier I		–	–		0–0
Montreal / Toronto	–	1R-	–	–	–	–		0–1
Tokyo	–	–	–	–	–	–		0–0

Sources

• Sania Mirza at the Women's Tennis Association

1. India Today dt. 19 September 2005 – Cover Story titled Sania Mania.
2. Sania Mirza gets Padmashri,26 January 2006
3. Sania Mirza Searches for Additional Base
4. Sania Mirza Gets a doctorate

Preceded by Tatiana Golovin

WTA Newcomer of the Year 2005

Succeeded by Agnieszka Radwańska

Wimbledon (Open Era) girls' doubles champions 1982 Penny Barg / Beth Herr  • 1983 Patty Fendick / Patricia Hy-Boulais  • 1984 Caroline Kuhlman / Stephanie Rehe  • 1985 Louise Field / Janine Thompson  • 1986 Michelle Jaggard / Lisa O’Neill  • 1987 Natalia Medvedeva / Natalia Zvereva  • 1988 Jo-Anne Faull / Rachel McQuillan  • 1989 Jennifer Capriati / Meredith McGrath  • 1990 Karina Habšudová / Andrea Strnadová  • 1991 Catherine Barclay / Limor Zaltz  • 1992 Marja Avotins / Lisa McShea  • 1993 Laurence Courtois / Nancy Feber  • 1994 Esme DeVilliers / Elizabeth Jelfs  • 1995 Cara Black / Aleksandra Olsza  • 1996 Olga Barabanschikova / Amélie Mauresmo  • 1997 Cara Black / Irina Selyutina  • 1998 Eva Dyrberg / Jelena Kostanić  • 1999 Dája Bedáňová / Maria Salerni  • 2000 Ioana Gaspar / Tatiana Perebiynis  • 2001 Gisela Dulko / Ashley Harkleroad  • 2002 Elke Clijsters / Barbora Strýcová  • 2003 Alisa Kleybanova / Sania Mirza  • 2004 Victoria Azarenka / Olga Govortsova  • 2005 Victoria Azarenka / Ágnes Szávay  • 2006 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Alisa Kleybanova  • 2007 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Urszula Radwańska  • 2008 Jessica Moore / Polona Hercog  • 2009 Noppawan Lertcheewakarn / Sally Peers  • 2010 Tímea Babos / Sloane Stephens  • 2011 Eugénie Bouchard / Grace Min

Australian Open mixed doubles champions (1969) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen & Ann Haydon-Jones / Fred Stolle • (1987) Zina Garrison / Sherwood Stewart • (1988) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh • (1989) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh • (1990) Natalia Zvereva / Jim Pugh • (1998) Jo Durie / Jeremy Bates • (1992) Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde • (1993) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Todd Woodbridge • (1994) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Andrei Olhovskiy • (1995) Natalia Zvereva / Rick Leach • (1996) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Mark Woodforde • (1997) Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach • (1998) Venus Williams / Justin Gimelstob • (1999) Mariaan de Swardt / David Adams • (2000) Rennae Stubbs / Jared Palmer • (2001) Corina Morariu / Ellis Ferreira • (2002) Daniela Hantuchová / Kevin Ullyett • (2003) Martina Navrátilová / Leander Paes • (2004) Elena Bovina / Nenad Zimonjić • (2005) Samantha Stosur / Scott Draper • (2006) Martina Hingis / Mahesh Bhupathi • (2007) Elena Likhovtseva / Daniel Nestor • (2008) Tiantian Sun / Nenad Zimonjić • (2009) Sania Mirza / Mahesh Bhupathi  • (2010) Cara Black / Leander Paes  • (2011) Katarina Srebotnik / Daniel Nestor

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female Asian singles tennis players as of August 29, 2011 1. Li Na (6 1) · 2. Peng Shuai (14 ) · 3. Ayumi Morita (47 1) · 4. Kimiko Date Krumm (59 2) · 5. Sania Mirza (64 1) 6. Zheng Jie (78 1) · 7. Tamarine Tanasugarn (80 1) · 8. Galina Voskoboeva (87 )  · 9. Zhang Shuai (98 2) · 10. Misaki Doi (104 2)

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