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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

sania mirza professional indian tennis player

Sania Mirza Hindi- सानिया मिर्ज़ाborn 15 November 1986, in Mumbai, India is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003. She 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 honor 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
Content
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
o 2.1 2008
o 2.2 2009
o 2.3 2010
o 2.4 2011
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Controversy
* 5 Career finals
o 5.1 Singles
+ 5.1.1 ITF Women's Circuit singles finals – 15 (W-L/11-4
+ 5.1.2 WTA Tour singles finals: 4 1–3
+ 5.1.3 Non-international tournaments
o 5.2 Doubles
+ 5.2.1 Wins 15
+ 5.2.2 Non-international tournaments
o 5.3 Mixed Doubles
+ 5.3.1 Finals 2
+ 5.3.2 Non-international tournaments
* 6 Singles performance timeline
* 7 References
o 7.1 Sources
* 8 External links
Early life
Mirza 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 nursery school in Hyderabad and later graduated from St. Mary's College.
Career

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