| Name |
Sania
Mirza |
| Date
of Birth |
15 Nov 1986 |
| Birth
Place |
Mumbai |
| Nationality |
India |
| Height |
1.67
m |
| Weight |
54
kgs |
| Profession |
Tennis
player |
| Education |
Nasr School |
| Family |
*
Father:
Imran Mirza
* Mother: Nasima
* Sister: Anam |
| Started
playing |
at
the age of 6 |
| Plays |
Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand) |
| Coach |
Krishna
Bhupathi |
| Physiotherapist |
Mr Badrinath |
| First
ITF junior event
abroad |
Lahore,
Pakistan |
| Has
visited |
35
countries |
| Favourite
tennis player |
Steffi
Graf |
| Career
Highs |
Career-High Singles : No. 97 (feb 28, 2005)
Career-High Doubles : No. 166 (October 25, 2004)
|
| Education |
10th standard
(SSC) in the first division with 63 per cent marks.
|
| Likes
to |
stay at home, just watch a movie
and surf the Net. |
| Dislikes |
Apple
and bananas |
| Personal
Favourites |
*
Food: briyani
* Actor: Akshay Kumar
* Actress: Raveena Tandon
* Songs: rap and Hindi
* Dress: Salwars, Jeans
* Colours: black,red and blue
|
| Would
like to see the movie |
Black |
| Prefers |
Advantage
India to advantage Sania |
| Strengths |
Ground strokes
|
| Needs
to improve |
Her
fitness |
| Tennis
accessories |
*
Racquet: Head
* Clothing: adidas
* Shoes: adidas |
| Sponsoring
Companies |
GVK
group and Adidas who picked her when she was
only 12. |
| Current
Endorsement
deals |
GVK Industries, Sahara, Atlas
Cycles, Tata Tea and Sports Authority of Andhra
Pradesh |
| Daily
Routine |
Three hours of physical fitness training, in a
day which includes all kinds of training, gym 3-4 times a week, some speed work, endurance and agility. |
| As
a junior |
The
US Open 2003 is her last Grand Slam as a junior
after which she will be playing in the seniors.
|
| Her
grandfather |
Muhammad Zafar Mirza, played
university-level cricket. He also played club
cricket for Middlesex in England. But his first
love was hockey.
|
| Award |
* Padma
Shri award for her contribution to tennis on Jan, 2006
* Was
given the Arjuna Award for the year 2004 from the
Govt of India.
|
| Career
Highlight |
Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open
2005, in her first year in the U.S. Open and
that too on the first year on the tour.
|
| Titles
won |
- Feb
2005 Won Hyderabad Open WTA
- Oct
30, 2003 won gold in afro-asian games at
Hyderabad
- Jun
2003 G18 Doubles Champion (with Alisa Kleybanova
RUS), The Junior Championships, Wimbledon,
London, GBR, ITF GA
- Jun
2003 Doubles Winner (with Sanaa Bhambri
IND), 11th Frankfurt Int'l, Germany
- Apr
2003 Doubles Winner (with Sanaa Bhambri IND),
Shuzo Challenge Japan Open, Nagoya, JPN, ITF G1
- Apr
2003 G18 Singles Winner, 14th Mitsubishi Lancer,
Manila, Philippines
- Dec
2002 Singles Winner & Doubles Finalist (with
Isha Lakhani IND), Asian Closed Junior Tennis
Championships
- Aug
2002 Singles Winner & Doubles Winner (with
Tarryn Terblanche RSA), South/Central Africa
Circuit, Botswana
- Jul
2002 Singles Winner & Doubles Winner (with
Isha Lakhani IND), Pretoria University
- Jul
2002 Doubles Winner (with Isha Lakhani IND), PIC
Pretoria
- Jan
2002 Doubles Winner (with Linda Smolenakova SVK)
& Singles Qtrfinalist, Victorian Champs., Australia
- Jul
2001 Singles & Doubles Winner (with Sasha
Abraham IND), Movenpick Int'l
- Feb
2001 Singles Winner & Doubles Quarterfinalist
(with Sasha Abraham IND), Bangladesh
- Feb
2001 Singles Winner & Doubles Finalist (with
May Rosa INA), India ITF Junior Circuit III -
Calcutta
- Jan
2001 Doubles Winner (with Sasha Abraham IND)
& Singles Quarterfinalist, Indian ITF Junior
I - New Delhi
- Oct
2000 Singles & Doubles Winner (with Zahra
Omer Khan PAK), Pakistan Int'l Junior
Championships
- Sep
2000 Singles Winner & Doubles Semifinalist
(with Reddhina Parekh IND), Indian ITF - Mumbai
- Nov
1999 Doubles Winner (with Nida Waseem PAK) &
Singles Finalist, Pakistan Int'l
|
| Facts |
-
the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a grand slam
tournament when she was defeated by Maria
Sharapova in the US open 2005.
-
The first
woman from India to capture a WTA Tour title, when
she paired with Lizel Huber of South Africa to win
the Hyderabad Open doubles title.
- Became the first-ever Indian girl to have won a Grand Slam title when she triumphed in the girls' doubles event at Wimbledon
partnering Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.
-
Former Health Minister Sushma Swaraj handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh
when she won the Wimbledon junior girls' doubles title,
and projected her as the brand ambassador of the Family Welfare Department.
-
Her dad Imran Mirza
and mom Nasima were watching a Steffi Graf and
Conchita Martinez battle, when they decided to
make their daughter a Tennis star.
- Annually Sania
requires 40 lakhs for her expenses and Andhra
Pradesh government is trying their level best to
see that the lady scales height.
- Former Chief
Minister, Chandrababu Naidu, announced that the
Grand Slam title winner would be presented a house
site and a cash incentive of Rs 10 lakhs in
recognition of her brilliant performance in the
Wimbledon.
|
| Prize
money |
$140,000
WTA Hyderabad Open |
| Plans
after Tennis |
Interior
Decoration or start a tennis academy |
| Credits
her success |
Parents,
coaches and God. |
| Mental
strength |
Prays five times a
day and says that is as good as
meditation. |
| Security |
Two
armed police guards will shadow Sania wherever she
goes in the state. |
| About
her |
Maria
Sharapova: "She's very young and has a great future ahead of her. She has a very big
game."
Her
coach: "Sania
has the right material to reach the very top"
Leander Paes:"I personally feel that she is one of the
frontrunners of Indian sports"
Mahesh Bhupathi:"She's on a roll and it's
obviously not going to last forever. But she
deserves it all." |
| Dream
man |
"I
think he needs to understand me and he needs to be
a nice person and not have any ego hassles. I need
a guy who understands me." |
| Aim |
To be a top 50 tennis woman professional player
and stay there for 3-4 years |
| Quote |
"Do
not worry about winning or losing. Work hard and
you will be successful.” |
