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Sania Mirza Biography 

Biography of Sania Mirza (Saniya Mirza Biography, Age, Net worth, Tennis History, Retirement)

Sania Mirza is the most successful Indian female tennis player, she has won many medals at the international level and has made India proud at home and abroad. She is the best player in the world playing both singles and doubles tennis. She has won many singles and doubles championships. Apart from gaining fame in tennis, she has also gained popularity in the world of glamor. She has appeared as a guest in many TV shows and has also worked in many advertisements.

Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza Biography

Birth, Education and Family Information (Education, Early Life, Birth and Family)

• Sania, 36, was born in Mumbai and studied in Hyderabad. After her birth, his father had to change his place due to his work.

• Sania’s father is Mr. Imran Mirza, Imran was first a sports journalist, then he started the business of printing and then became a producer. His mother’s name was Naseema Mirza, she was working in the printing industry.

• Sania received her early education from Nassar School in Kheratabad. His father got him admitted to the Nizam Club of Hyderabad at the age of 6. Due to such a young age, the coach of the club refused to teach him. After playing tennis for a week at her father’s request, the coach called Sania’s parents praised Sania’s tennis skills and started training.

• Sania’s first coach is tennis player “Mahesh Bhupathi”, he only gave Sania the initial education in tennis.

• She got training from “Sinnet” Tennis Academy in Secunderabad, and after that, she went to America, where she joined “Ace Tennis Academy”.

How did Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik met?

Sania Mirza Shoaib Malik’s love story faced many difficulties. Their first meeting took place in Australia. Their meeting was not a coincidence, Shoaib had planned and met Sania in Australia. Sania once went to a restaurant in Australia, then a member of Shoaib’s team informed Shoaib about this on phone, and Shoaib came to the restaurant and then met Sania and called this meeting a coincidence. And in this way, both of them kept meeting. Sania and Shoaib used to meet even when they were playing in different countries. Sania was attracted by Shoaib’s simplicity. He had no pride in his name and identity. He was a current member and former captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Both used to talk to each other and had become good friends of each other. Even after this both of them had no idea of love. When Sania’s mother met Shoaib, she liked Shoaib very much. Sania’s family liked Shoaib, but they were worried about the fact that he is not an Indian and a citizen of Pakistan, due to which there is a political dispute.

Before marriage, Sania discussed that Shoaib will not have any objection after marriage if she plays. Will Shoaib’s family agree to this or not, because Sania has to travel abroad for many months for sports? Then Sania came to know that Shoaib’s mother likes Sania very much and she is “proud” of such daughter-in-law. She got a lot of support and help as both were sportsmen in the family.

Before marriage, she had to face many controversies in religious society. At the time of marriage, both families were very worried, they were feeling about whether the marriage would happen or not. It was advised to advance the date of marriage, but Shoaib did not agree to this, Shoaib said that he will not go anywhere until he marries Sania. Sania’s mother and father were very upset, and Sania’s mother started crying in tension. Nobody was understanding anything. In Islam, the groom does not stay at the bride’s house before marriage, but Shoaib stayed at Sania’s house, for this there were many controversies. The media was stationed outside Sania’s house, be it day or night, media and news channels were monitoring everything. Sania’s family members closed the house and kept all the curtains drawn. Just as Shoaib was saved from the eyes of the media and was taken to the hotel through the back door and this problem was resolved.

Despite many difficulties, their marriage was fixed and both of them got married in April 2010 and got tied in a holy bond.

Sania Mirza Affair

Sohrab Mirza – Sania and Sohrab were childhood friends, then they had a relationship, but due to the separation of the two, their relationship did not grow further. Both Sania and Sohrab together decided that they were not made for each other and decided to separate.

Career (Sania Mirza Tennis History)

Sania is an international player, and she has been India’s number-one tennis player. She has achieved 6 Grand Slams in her career, she has been ranked first in both singles and doubles. Sania’s tennis career was as follows:

• She started taking tennis training at the age of 6, initially she was trained by his father.

• Sania received training for tennis from the country and abroad and took her art forward. The first coach of Sania’s tennis training is “Mahesh Bhupathi” who won many titles from his game and made the country famous all over the world.

• She played his first international tournament in the year 1999 at the World Junior Championship in Jakarta and represented India.

• Won the Wimbledon Championship Girls Doubles title in 2003 and was involved in the semi-finals of US Open Girls Doubles in 2003.

• In 2002, she helped win the bronze medal in the mixed doubles event at the Asian Games with Leander Paes.

• After this, her success did not decrease in the year 2003 and she won four gold medals in the Afro-Asian Games. Immediately after this, in the year 2004, she won 6 ITF singles titles.

• After going to the Australian Open in 2005, she defeated Petra Mandula and Cindy Watson in the first and second rounds.

• In 2005, Sania made history in the tennis world by reaching the third and fourth rounds of the Tennis Grand Slam tournament.

• Won the doubles title with Huber at the 2006 Australian Open. After this, she played in Dubai Tennis Championship but lost to Martina Hingis.

• Won gold medal in mixed doubles and silver medal in women’s singles and team in Asian Games.

• 2007 proved to be the golden time of her career. She made her place at number 27 in the world in singles ranking. In 2007, she won 4 doubles titles.

• After this, she participated in the Asian Games with Paes and won the bronze medal. After this, she won the Grand Slam title in the doubles junior tournament with 13-year-old Russian player Alisa Kleybanova. Sania has so far won 21 ITF titles.

• In 2008, she faced problems due to a wrist injury, due to which she was unable to play. She was out of the French Open and Australian Open tournaments and ruled out of Beijing Olympics also. After this, she returned again in 2009 and won the first Grand Slam in mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi at the Australian Open.

• In 2011, she was eliminated in the first round due to poor play in the singles event, so she focused more on the doubles event and reached the final in the French Open in 2011 with her partner Elena Vesnina.

• In 2013, Sania and Mattek-Sands won the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship, but they did not get the Grand Slam. Then she started playing with another partner Cara Black and this pair of them made their place in the competition.

• Sania and Cara reached the semi-finals of the US Open in 2014 and won the mixed doubles title with Bruno Soares. In 2014 itself, she participated in the International Premier Tennis League and won this league.

• Sania teamed up with Chinese player Hsieh Su-Wei in 2015 and again with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. Her partnership with Martina Hingis proved to be a successful decision and the pair won Indian Wells and the 2015 Miami Open.

• In 2015, Sania teamed up with Hingis to win her first Grand Slam title in straight sets. In 2016 also, the pair of Sania and Hingis won the Australian Open Women’s Doubles Championship, but in 2017 they had to face defeat.

• Due to a knee injury in 2018, she was unable to attend the Australian Open.

Sania Mirza Awards and Achievements:

Apart from this, he has received 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals in various sports, which were received in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 respectively. Apart from this, she received Silver Medal in Women’s Singles and Bronze Medal in Women’s Doubles in 2010 Common Wealth Games.

Sania Mirza Net Worth

Sania has made a special identity in the sports world, she is the highest US dollar-earning woman. Sania Mirza Net worth    – $8 million. 

Some interesting Facts about Saniya Mirza

• Due to her performance in the year 2010, she was the most searched on Google.

• She was selected as the Good Will Ambassador of South Asia in 2013.

• She is the first female tennis player to have won one million US dollars. As a junior player, she has won 10 singles and 13 doubles titles.

• She is the first female player to have won the WTA title and has been India’s No. 1 player from 2003 to 2013. She has toured in 35 countries to date and is sponsored by many companies like Born Vita, Adidas, Sprite etc.

• Sania says that “we should never worry about losing and winning, work hard and success will come automatically”.

Some controversies related to Sania

Sania Mirza has been surrounded by many controversies in the journey of her life. Ever since she became a tennis star and came into the limelight, she had to face many problems and controversies.

Short skirt

Sania is from the Muslim religion and purdah practice is recognized in Muslim, so some Muslim religious organizations objected to the short skirt worn by her while playing tennis. The people of the Muslim community believed that dress tennis does not come under the purview of the Muslim religion. Then Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind confirmed that they cannot ban anyone from playing like this.

Insulting the National Flag

In 2008, she was booked by the Chief Judicial Magistrate under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults Act, 1971 for stepping on the national flag tricolor during a function.

Dispute with Ration Card

It was a matter of great controversy that Sania’s photograph was on a white ration card, which entitles the family to social security benefits, health benefits, health insurance, higher subsidies, and rice at just Rs 2 a kg.

Threatening Phone Calls

In 2008, Mohammad Ashraf, a 28-year-old civil engineering student, was arrested for threatening Sania over the phone to break off her engagement with Sohrab Mirza. Ashraf went to Sania’s house in Banjara Hills and created a lot of ruckuses, threatening Sania’s father to break this engagement, saying that he loves Sania.

Pakistan’s Daughter-in-Law

After marriage in Pakistan, a lot of controversies also broke out on the question of Sania being a local citizen of India. A politician from Telangana termed her Pakistani daughter-in-law in the Rajya Sabha itself. This controversy continued for many days.

Sania Mirza Divorce

The news of the alleged divorce of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has been doing the rounds since last year. While neither Shoaib nor Sania has publicly addressed their alleged breakup, rumors of Shoaib’s relationship with Pakistani actor Ayesha Omar are also making news.

Sania Mirza Latest News

 Sania Mirza took retirement from professional tennis in February 2023 after the Dubai tournament.

Sania Mirza may have retired from professional tennis but the Indian ace won’t be putting her feet up to relax just yet.

Barely a month into her retirement, the Indian tennis player will be diving right into her next major role – as a mentor of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) team for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL).

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