PROFILE:-

Birth Date: 15 Nov 1986
Birth Place: Mumbai, India
Residence: Hydrabad, India
Nationality: INDIA
Height: 5'7 1/2" (1.53m)
Weight: 130 lbs. (59kg)
Plays: Right Handed (Double Handed
Backhand)
Favourite Surface: Hard
Coach: C.G.K. Bhupathi
Age Began Tennis: 6
Personal Interests: Swimming, Music
Other Information: Ambition in tennis: To be in the Top 20 of the World.
Favourite player: Steffi Graf

Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986, Mumbai and now residing in Hyderabad) is a professional tennis player from India.

Coached by her father Imran Mirza, Sania, a Muslim, began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003.She is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India - ranked 31 in singles and 109 in doubles by mid-October 2005.

She became the first Indian woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 US Open On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title in 2003, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.She has defeated two top 10 players, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova.


In 2005, she was awarded the Arjuna award in tennis for the year 2004. The Government of India honoured her with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in 2006.