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Sania Mirza ( Urdu ????? ?????) (born November 15, 1986) is an Indian tennis player. She was born in Mumbai and now resides in Hyderabad. Coached by her father
Imran Mirza, she began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with career high
rankings of number 31 in singles and 26 in doubles. She is now ranked 66th as of November 27th 2006.
She became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 US Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and
Marion Bartoli. In 2004, she finished runner up at the Asian Tennis Championship .In 2005 Mirza reached the third round of Australian Open, losing to eventual champion
Serena Williams.On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open
Finals.
As of September 2006, Sania has notched up three top 10 wins against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis.
Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title in 2003, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.
Career highlights
2006 Bangalore Open (Hyderabad Open in the previous years) doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Liezel Huber)
2005 Japan Open: reaches the semi-finals of women's singles and doubles (partnering Shahar Peer of Israel); reaches her highest doubles ranking of 114.
2005 US Open: reaches 4th round by defeating Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets (7-6(4), 6-4) before losing to top seed Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-1. Voted Best Player of
the day on the 3rd day for winning her 2nd round match despite bleeding toes.
2005 Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic, New York: reaches her second WTA final but fails to win
2005 Acura Classic: upsets Nadia Petrova in 2nd round but loses in the third round to Akiko Morigami of Japan (2-6,6-4,4-6). By beating the 8th-ranked Petrova, she breaks
into top 50 in world rankings for the first time ever.
2005 Dubai Tennis Championships: Upset reigning US Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 in 2nd round to reach the quarter-finals
2005 Hyderabad Open singles: Won the tournament defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the final and became the first Indian woman to capture a WTA
singles title.
2005 Australian Open singles: 3rd round: Became first Indian woman to reach the 3rd round of a Grand Slam tournament.
2004 Hyderabad Open doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Liezel Huber) to become the youngest Indian to win a WTA or ATP tour title and the first Indian woman
to capture a WTA tour title. entered the singles as wild card but lost in the first round to the eventual winner Nicole Pratt.
2003 Wimbledon Championships Juniors doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Alisa Kleybanova) to become the youngest Indian and the first Indian woman to
win a junior Grand Slam title.
2003 Afro-Asian Games: won four gold medals - Women's singles, Mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi), Women's doubles and Women's team events (the last two
golds in partnership with Rushmi Chakravarthy) [1]
After losing to Martina Hingis in Kolkata's Sunfeast Open, Sania defeats Hingis at the Korean Open on September 28, 2006.
Sania has been a 'cheerleader' for women's empowerment, on a scale of public visibility never seen before. True to her phenom-credentials she has diligently been
media-savvy and has clearly shown a determined face inspite of all the criticism. Many point that her handling of the dress-fatwa issue and also her refusal to pair up with
an Israeli player have contributed to her stance being non-confrontal, something political bigwigs have been fast to exploit. In India, Sania has been projected using a
soft-approach by the State and Central governments by making her the posterchild of female empowerment - this has made Sania into a highly publicised and presentable
personality.
Media Criticism
While she initially caught the attention of the media and the public with her in-your-face no-holds-barred attitude with a penchant for t-shirts with strong punchlines, Sania's
drop in performance hasn't kept pace with her attitude.While the pressure on the country's premier-sportsmen, it's cricketers is well known, Sania seems to be at odds with
the media baiting her regularly for what seems to be Sania's unmotivated approach to tennis. Sania has recently quipped that even though she probably would never win a
Grand Slam in her career or may not even find herself in the top-rung of the seeds, she is enjoying tennis and everything that comes with it.[2] The media has snubbed her
for devoting more time for endorsements and social circuits instead of improving her game. It has been pointed out that Sania has changed four coaches in a year and she
is on the verge of her fifth. Indian national coach Enrico Piperno has commented that its high-time Sania got a proper coach who could help improve her game substantially
to have any hope of winning titles. Sania has been snubbed by the media before the 2006 Sunfeast Open for openly suggesting that she can do without a proper fitness
regimen by concentrating more on playing aggressive shots.[3] Many in the Indian tennis fraternity feel this has been the constant bone of contention between Sania and her
coaches. The media is increasingly painting her in the 'too-much-too-soon' category while she continues to be adamant about her potential.
Controversy
Hackles have been raised in some quarters supposedly due to her attire not being in line with her Muslim background. According to one report published September 8,
2005[4], an unnamed religious scholar had issued a fatwa, saying that her attire is contrary to what is permitted by Islam.
Clothing
Sania's clothing is provided by Lotto Sport Italia. Her racquets are provided by HEAD
Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986, Mumbai, India resides in Hyderabad, India) is a professional female tennis player from India. Coached by her father, Imran Mirza,
Sania began playing tennis at age six. She turned professional in 2003. She became the first and only Indian woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament at
the 2005 US Open. She is now the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India (She had a rank of 42, her highest ever, by end of August 2005). Her original goal
was to enter the top 100 by the end of 2005, but she revised it to entering the top 50 after good performances at the beginning of the year. (She may have also been helped
by the fact that she has very few points to defend for this year and thus, it has been an upward journey in rankings.) As of July 2005, she ranked 5th among Asian women.
Her year-end rank in 2004 was 206.
"My mother took me to a coach, who initially refused to coach me because I was too small," said Mirza. "After a month, he called my parents to say he'd never seen a player
that good at such a young age." [From WTATour interview] She is 5 ft. 7 in. tall.
She has earned a large fan following in India as she is one of the very few young women from the country to have done well at the highest levels of sport. In 2005, she was
awarded the Arjuna award in tennis for the year 2004. She has defeated two top 10 players, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova. She is a devout Muslim, who began
playing tennis at the age of six.
Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title in 2003, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia. She got a wild card entry to the 2005 Australian Open
and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to enter the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the 3rd round to eventual champion Serena
Williams. On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals.
In her Wimbledon Championships debut, Mirza won her first match at the 2005 event, defeating Akiko Morigami of Japan in three very tight sets, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6. However, she
was narrowly defeated in the second round by Svetlana Kuznetsova (a player whom she had defeated earlier in the year for her first top ten victory) 4-6, 7-6, 4-6.
Watching her performance in Acura Classics, legendary Pancho Segura, Ecuador-born American player who roamed the courts in the 1940s and 50s, felt that Sania's
hard-hitting game resembles that of Romanian tennis legend Nastase. Segura said that Sania has a natural way of hitting the ball and she hits it hard. These qualities
remind him of Ilie Nastase.
Career Highlights
- 2005 US Open: reaches 4th round by defeating Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets (7-6(4), 6-4); Voted Best Player of the day on the 3rd day for winning her 2nd round
match despite bleeding toes.
- 2005 Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic, New York: reaches her second WTA final but fails to win
- 2005 Acura Classic: upsets Nadia Petrova in 2nd round but loses in the third round to Akiko Morigami of Japan (2-6,6-4,4-6). By beating the 8th-ranked Petrova, she breaks
into top 50 in world rankings for the first time ever.
- 2005 Dubai Tennis Championships: 2nd Round: Upset reigning US Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals
- 2005 Hyderabad Open singles: Won the tournament defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the final and became the first Indian woman to capture a WTA
singles title.
- 2005 Australian Open singles: 3rd round: Became first Indian woman to reach the 3rd round of a Grand Slam tournament.
- 2004 Hyderabad Open doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Liezel Huber) to become the youngest Indian to win a WTA or ATP tour title and the first Indian
woman to capture a WTA tour title.
- 2003 Junior Wimbledon Championships doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Alisa Kleybanova) to become the youngest Indian and the first Indian woman to
win a junior Grand Slam title.
Imran Mirza, she began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with career high
rankings of number 31 in singles and 26 in doubles. She is now ranked 66th as of November 27th 2006.
She became the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 US Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and
Marion Bartoli. In 2004, she finished runner up at the Asian Tennis Championship .In 2005 Mirza reached the third round of Australian Open, losing to eventual champion
Serena Williams.On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open
Finals.
As of September 2006, Sania has notched up three top 10 wins against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis.
Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title in 2003, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.
Career highlights
2006 Bangalore Open (Hyderabad Open in the previous years) doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Liezel Huber)
2005 Japan Open: reaches the semi-finals of women's singles and doubles (partnering Shahar Peer of Israel); reaches her highest doubles ranking of 114.
2005 US Open: reaches 4th round by defeating Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets (7-6(4), 6-4) before losing to top seed Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-1. Voted Best Player of
the day on the 3rd day for winning her 2nd round match despite bleeding toes.
2005 Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic, New York: reaches her second WTA final but fails to win
2005 Acura Classic: upsets Nadia Petrova in 2nd round but loses in the third round to Akiko Morigami of Japan (2-6,6-4,4-6). By beating the 8th-ranked Petrova, she breaks
into top 50 in world rankings for the first time ever.
2005 Dubai Tennis Championships: Upset reigning US Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 in 2nd round to reach the quarter-finals
2005 Hyderabad Open singles: Won the tournament defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the final and became the first Indian woman to capture a WTA
singles title.
2005 Australian Open singles: 3rd round: Became first Indian woman to reach the 3rd round of a Grand Slam tournament.
2004 Hyderabad Open doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Liezel Huber) to become the youngest Indian to win a WTA or ATP tour title and the first Indian woman
to capture a WTA tour title. entered the singles as wild card but lost in the first round to the eventual winner Nicole Pratt.
2003 Wimbledon Championships Juniors doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Alisa Kleybanova) to become the youngest Indian and the first Indian woman to
win a junior Grand Slam title.
2003 Afro-Asian Games: won four gold medals - Women's singles, Mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi), Women's doubles and Women's team events (the last two
golds in partnership with Rushmi Chakravarthy) [1]
After losing to Martina Hingis in Kolkata's Sunfeast Open, Sania defeats Hingis at the Korean Open on September 28, 2006.
Sania has been a 'cheerleader' for women's empowerment, on a scale of public visibility never seen before. True to her phenom-credentials she has diligently been
media-savvy and has clearly shown a determined face inspite of all the criticism. Many point that her handling of the dress-fatwa issue and also her refusal to pair up with
an Israeli player have contributed to her stance being non-confrontal, something political bigwigs have been fast to exploit. In India, Sania has been projected using a
soft-approach by the State and Central governments by making her the posterchild of female empowerment - this has made Sania into a highly publicised and presentable
personality.
Media Criticism
While she initially caught the attention of the media and the public with her in-your-face no-holds-barred attitude with a penchant for t-shirts with strong punchlines, Sania's
drop in performance hasn't kept pace with her attitude.While the pressure on the country's premier-sportsmen, it's cricketers is well known, Sania seems to be at odds with
the media baiting her regularly for what seems to be Sania's unmotivated approach to tennis. Sania has recently quipped that even though she probably would never win a
Grand Slam in her career or may not even find herself in the top-rung of the seeds, she is enjoying tennis and everything that comes with it.[2] The media has snubbed her
for devoting more time for endorsements and social circuits instead of improving her game. It has been pointed out that Sania has changed four coaches in a year and she
is on the verge of her fifth. Indian national coach Enrico Piperno has commented that its high-time Sania got a proper coach who could help improve her game substantially
to have any hope of winning titles. Sania has been snubbed by the media before the 2006 Sunfeast Open for openly suggesting that she can do without a proper fitness
regimen by concentrating more on playing aggressive shots.[3] Many in the Indian tennis fraternity feel this has been the constant bone of contention between Sania and her
coaches. The media is increasingly painting her in the 'too-much-too-soon' category while she continues to be adamant about her potential.
Controversy
Hackles have been raised in some quarters supposedly due to her attire not being in line with her Muslim background. According to one report published September 8,
2005[4], an unnamed religious scholar had issued a fatwa, saying that her attire is contrary to what is permitted by Islam.
Clothing
Sania's clothing is provided by Lotto Sport Italia. Her racquets are provided by HEAD
Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986, Mumbai, India resides in Hyderabad, India) is a professional female tennis player from India. Coached by her father, Imran Mirza,
Sania began playing tennis at age six. She turned professional in 2003. She became the first and only Indian woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament at
the 2005 US Open. She is now the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India (She had a rank of 42, her highest ever, by end of August 2005). Her original goal
was to enter the top 100 by the end of 2005, but she revised it to entering the top 50 after good performances at the beginning of the year. (She may have also been helped
by the fact that she has very few points to defend for this year and thus, it has been an upward journey in rankings.) As of July 2005, she ranked 5th among Asian women.
Her year-end rank in 2004 was 206.
"My mother took me to a coach, who initially refused to coach me because I was too small," said Mirza. "After a month, he called my parents to say he'd never seen a player
that good at such a young age." [From WTATour interview] She is 5 ft. 7 in. tall.
She has earned a large fan following in India as she is one of the very few young women from the country to have done well at the highest levels of sport. In 2005, she was
awarded the Arjuna award in tennis for the year 2004. She has defeated two top 10 players, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Nadia Petrova. She is a devout Muslim, who began
playing tennis at the age of six.
Sania won the Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title in 2003, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia. She got a wild card entry to the 2005 Australian Open
and created history by becoming the first Indian woman to enter the third round of a Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the 3rd round to eventual champion Serena
Williams. On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals.
In her Wimbledon Championships debut, Mirza won her first match at the 2005 event, defeating Akiko Morigami of Japan in three very tight sets, 6-3, 3-6, 8-6. However, she
was narrowly defeated in the second round by Svetlana Kuznetsova (a player whom she had defeated earlier in the year for her first top ten victory) 4-6, 7-6, 4-6.
Watching her performance in Acura Classics, legendary Pancho Segura, Ecuador-born American player who roamed the courts in the 1940s and 50s, felt that Sania's
hard-hitting game resembles that of Romanian tennis legend Nastase. Segura said that Sania has a natural way of hitting the ball and she hits it hard. These qualities
remind him of Ilie Nastase.
Career Highlights
- 2005 US Open: reaches 4th round by defeating Marion Bartoli of France in straight sets (7-6(4), 6-4); Voted Best Player of the day on the 3rd day for winning her 2nd round
match despite bleeding toes.
- 2005 Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic, New York: reaches her second WTA final but fails to win
- 2005 Acura Classic: upsets Nadia Petrova in 2nd round but loses in the third round to Akiko Morigami of Japan (2-6,6-4,4-6). By beating the 8th-ranked Petrova, she breaks
into top 50 in world rankings for the first time ever.
- 2005 Dubai Tennis Championships: 2nd Round: Upset reigning US Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals
- 2005 Hyderabad Open singles: Won the tournament defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 in the final and became the first Indian woman to capture a WTA
singles title.
- 2005 Australian Open singles: 3rd round: Became first Indian woman to reach the 3rd round of a Grand Slam tournament.
- 2004 Hyderabad Open doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Liezel Huber) to become the youngest Indian to win a WTA or ATP tour title and the first Indian
woman to capture a WTA tour title.
- 2003 Junior Wimbledon Championships doubles: Won the tournament (partnering with Alisa Kleybanova) to become the youngest Indian and the first Indian woman to
win a junior Grand Slam title.
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