Sania Mirza Biography

Sania Mirza, the queen of tennis, opened her eyes on the 15th of November in 1986 at the tender arms of Imran Mirza, her father and well-mom Naseema from Mumbai, India. The former world No. one in the doubles discipline has been awarded seven Grand Slam titles in her career.

Sania Mirza Height, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Sania Mirza is a famous name in the Tennis world. She is the best Indian Tennis player not just in India but worldwide as well. Sania Mirza is famous all across the globe because of the quality of her Tennis game. She has won many prizes like the Padma Shri Award, Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, and numerous others. Sania is among the most well-paid athletes in India.

Family

Imran Mirza Sania Mirza Father

Nasima Mirza Sania Mirza Mother

Anam Mirza Sania Mirza Sister

Shoaib Malik Sania Mirza Husband

Izhaan Mirza Malik Sania Mirza Son

Childhood

She was born on November 15th, 1986. The Birthplace of Sania Mirza is Mumbai. She was born into a Muslim family. Imran Mirza was the father of Sania Mirza and Naseema Mirza is the mother of Sania Mirza, who both were employed in the printing business. Her younger sister Anam was raised in a religious Sunni Muslim home in Hyderabad soon after her family moved to the city shortly in the wake of her birth.

Mohammad Asaduddin, a cricket player, and the son of the former India captain of the national cricket team Mohammad Azharuddin is married to Anam. They are a distant cousin of former cricket captains in Pakistan as well as India, Asif Iqbal, and Ghulam Ahmed. At the age group of six, she began playing tennis. The father of her and Roger Anderson have both coached her.

Early Life

Indian professional tennis player Sania Mirza was born in the state of Mumbai in the year 1986. Her father, Imran Mirza was a sports reporter, and her mother, Naseema was employed in a printing company.

Education

Sania did her Schooling at Hyderabad’s Nasr School. Then, she earned her diploma at St. Mary’s College in Hyderabad. On December 11, 2008, the Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute in Chennai conferred on Mirza the honorary degree of doctoral letters. Apart from the tennis court, Mirza is a star in both the sport of cricket and swimming.

Personal Life

She was engaged to an old acquaintance, Sohrab Mirza but the wedding was canceled shortly after. She then got married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in a Muslim ceremony in the year 2010. It was a controversial wedding because one woman claimed that the player was having a relationship with her and was forced to get divorced from the first. The result was media attention before the wedding.

Career

When she was born in April of 2001 She was 15 She was playing with the International Tennis Foundation and got to the semis. As of 2002, she made it to the quarterfinals of the U. S Open Girls tournament. In her junior years, she was a winner of the singles competition in 10 and doubles tournaments while under the guidance of her father. She also received the bronze medal for mixed doubles at the Asian Games in Busan in 2002.

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Wikipedia

She was born on 15 November 1986 ( age 37 years in 2023) located in Mumbai. Her zodiac sign is Scorpio.

Net Worth

The Net Worth is Rs. 184 Crore ($25 Million in 2023).

Instagram

@mirzasaniar

Retirement

Sania, India’s first female tennis champion announced her retirement on Wednesday, declaring that 2022 will be her final season.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sania Mirza

• Sania Mirza’s appearance at Wimbledon ended in a semi-final defeat to defending champions Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk in the mixed doubles event on 6 July 2022; Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic, seeded sixth, went down 6-4 5-7 4-6 to Skupski of Great Britain and American Krawczyk in two hours 16 minutes. [7]
• On 18 January 2020, Sania made a comeback and won her 42nd WTA doubles title at the Hobart International after taking a break from tennis after the China Open in October 2017 and giving birth to her son a year later.
• In October 2018, she gave birth to a baby boy and named him Izhaan.
• In July 2021, the UAE officially granted her the Dubai Golden Visa, making her the third Indian to get this visa after Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt. The visa grants Sania and her husband, Shoaib Malik, a 10-year-long residency in the UAE. [5]
• In July 2016, Sania Mirza published an autobiography titled “Ace Against Odds.”
• In January 2024, reports emerged that Shoaib cheated on Sania, based on claims by Pakistani journalist Naeem Hanif. Hanif, during a show, stated that Shoaib was dating Sana while he was still married to Sania, and they continued their relationship for three years before marrying in 2024. [9]
• In April 2018, Sania Mirza announced on her Instagram account that she was pregnant with her first child, with husband Shoaib Malik.
• In 2016, the Time Magazine named Mirza on the list of 100 most influential people in the world.
• In 2010, Google trends said that Sania Mirza was the most searched Indian sportsperson that year.
• Due to a knee injury, Mirza missed the first few tournaments of the 2018 season.
• After her split with Hingis, Mirza struggled to find a committed partner.

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