SaniaMirza

Name: Sania Mirza

Birth Date :15 Nov 1986

Birth Place: Mumbai

Residence :Hyderabad

Nationality :India

Height :5'7 1/2" (1.53m)

Plays : Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)

Favourite Surface: Hard Court

Ambition in tennis: To be in the Top 20 of the World.

Sania Mirza is a very familiar name in the world tennis circuit. Saniya shot into the limelight like a meteor.The Latest Sensation in women's tennis - her long black hair bobbing from the back of a visor and a diamond-studded nose ring sparkling. Before her arrival, no Indian ever achieved the ranking below 50 in WTA rankings in individual capacity.

Saniya Mirza started playing lawn tennis at the age of six years; even her coach refused to teach her looking her young age.Sania Mirza started playing in international tournaments from the year 1999 when she first represented India in the World Junior Championship, Jakarta; after that Saniya went on to participate in the Asian Games in the year with Paes where she won a bronze medal.

She turned professional in 2003 and became the first and only Indian woman to reach the 4th round of a Grand Slam tournament (2005 US Open).She became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals on February 12, 2005.

Mirza is very fond of T-shirts and being exasperated by all the questions about her T-shirts."I think I've said this enough, a number of times," she said with a laugh to a reporter's question at the U.S. Open, "but oh, my God, this is the last time I'm going to wear a T-shirt in a press conference that says something. It's no big deal. I'm 18 years old. Give me a break. I'm just trying to have some fun here. I'm bored of the stripes or checks or lines."