EARLY LIFE :

Sania Mirza who was born on 15 November 1986 in Mumbai Maharashtra, to a Hyderabadi Muslim parents . Her Father name is Imran Mirza, a sports journalist, and her Mother name is Naseema, who worked in a printing business. She attended Nasr School in Hyderabad. She later graduated from the St. Mary’s College, Hyderabad.

Sania Mirza also received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute in Chennai on 11 December 2008.

CAREER :

Sania Mirza began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was trained by her father. Sania Mirza won 10 singles and 13 doubles titles as a junior player. She won the 2003 Wimbledon “Championships Girls”.

Doubles title, partnering Alisa Kleybanova. She also reached the semifinals of the 2003 US Open Girls’ Doubles, with Sanaa Bhambri, and the quarterfinals of the 2002 US Open girls’ doubles.

Mirza was seeded at the 2006 Australian Open (the first female Indian to be seeded in a grand slam event), only falling to Michaëlla Krajicek. Next she fell to Camille Pin at the Bangalore Open, but won the doubles title partnering Huber. She played at the Dubai Tennis Championships but lost to Martina Hingis. At the Indian Wells Masters, she reached the third round but lost to Elena Dementieva. She also lost in the first round of the French Open Grand Slam to Anastasia Myskina.

In 2006, Mirza notched up three top-ten wins against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis.[18]

In late 2018, Mirza announced she hoped to return to professional tennis in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics fter her maternity break .

she was ranked by the Women’s Tennis Association as the Indian No. 1 in singles.

PERSONAL LIFE :

In 2009, Sania Mirza became engaged to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. However, the wedding was called off shortly after. On 12 April 2010, she married Shoaib Malik in a traditional Hyderabadi Muslim wedding ceremony at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad, India followed by Pakistani wedding customs for a mahr of ₹ 6.1 million (US$137,500). Their Walima ceremony was held in Sialkot, Pakistan.

The couple announced their first pregnancy on social media on 23 April 2018.

In October 2018, Shoaib Malik announced on Twitter that Mirza had delivered a baby boy and named him Izhaan Mirza Malik.