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  • The Hindu - Found 2 hours ago
    Srinagar: Drawing inspiration from the likes of Sania Mirza, young girls from conservative Kashmiri society have begun breaking into male bastions
  • The Himalayan Times - Found 9 hours ago
    ... oscillating between actress Vidya Balan and tennis star Sania Mirza. So whom exactly is Shahid dating? During the making of Aziz Mirza’s film...
  • International Herald Tribune - Found 10 hours ago
    Today in India's top female tennis player, Sania Mirza, has been criticized at home for wearing a skirt and baring her midriff while playing...
  • Macro World Investor - Found 12 hours ago
    India's top female tennis player, Sania Mirza, has been criticized at home for wearing a skirt and baring her midriff while playing matches...
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    India's top female tennis player, Sania Mirza, has been criticized at home for wearing a skirt and baring her midriff while playing matches...
  • NDTV - Found 20 hours ago
    Drawing inspiration from the likes of Sania Mirza, young girls from conservative Kashmiri society have begun breaking into male bastions even if it
  • Apun Ka Choice - Found May. 14, 2008
    ... oscillating between actress Vidya Balan and tennis star Sania Mirza. So whom exactly is Shahid dating? During the making of Aziz Mirza's film...
  • Rediff.com - Found May. 13, 2008
    Shobhaa De answers, Sania Mirza [Images] for sure; she has gone into terrain knowing the odds are stacked against her.
  • Times of India - Found May. 13, 2008
    ... like George Clooney may just make it happen ? news of Shahid's non-stop gupshup on the phone with Sania Mirza is catching many eye-balls.
  • Times of India - Found May. 13, 2008
    ... like George Clooney may just make it happen - news of Shahid's non-stop gupshup on the phone with Sania Mirza is catching many eye-balls.
 

Sania Mirza Biography

Sania Mirza
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Sania Mirza
Nickname(s) Kutti
Country Flag of India India
Residence Hyderabad, India
Date of birth November 15, 1986 (1986-11-15) (age 21)
Place of birth Mumbai, India
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb/9.3 st)
Turned Pro 2000
Plays Right (two-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money US$ 1,045,416
Singles
Career record: 183-85
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 27 (August 27, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3r (2005, 2008)
French Open 2r (2007)
Wimbledon 2r (2005, 2007)
US Open 4r (2005)
Doubles
Career record: 125-59
Career titles: 7
Highest ranking: No. 18 (September 10, 2007)

Infobox last updated on: February 14, 2008.

Medal record
Women's Tennis
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles
Silver 2006 Doha Singles
Silver 2006 Doha Team

Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986) is an Indian tennis player. She was born in Mumbai, brought up in Hyderabad. Coached by her father, Imran Mirza, she began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 18 in doubles. She was ranked 31st in the singles category and 21st in the doubles category in the WTA rankings of April 7, 2008,

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Career

Sania Mirza holds the distinction of being the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam tennis tournament when she was seeded 26th in the 2007 U.S. Open. Earlier in 2005, she had become the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli. In 2004, she finished runner up at the Asian Tennis Championship. In 2005, Mirza reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to eventual champion Serena Williams. On February 12, 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title, defeating Alyona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals.

Mirza won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia. Mirza does not enjoy clay court. Her best performance in French Open singles has been a second round appearance in 2007.

As of September 2006, Mirza has notched up three top 10 wins against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis.

At the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Mirza won the silver in the women's singles category and the gold in the mixed doubles partnering Leander Paes. She was also part of the Indian women's team that won the silver in the team event.

Mirza had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season, finishing eighth in the 2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the final of the Bank of the West Classic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er, and reached the quarterfinals of the Tier 1 Acura Classic.

At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for the third time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including an impressive win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

She has stated that two of her best friends are fellow WTA tour players, Anna Chakvetadze and Bethanie Mattek.

Career highlights

Titles (23)

Sania Mirza at the Hyderabad Open in 2006
Sania Mirza at the Hyderabad Open in 2006
Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open, during her first-round womens doubles match
Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open, during her first-round womens doubles match

Doubles wins (11)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam Title (0)
WTA Tour Championship (0)
Tier I (0)
Tier II (2)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV (2)
ITF Circuit (4)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. January 7, 2002 Manila, Philippines Hard Flag of India Radhika Tulpule Flag of the People's Republic of China Yan-Hua Dong
Flag of the People's Republic of China Yao Zhang
6–4, 6–3
2. Mar. 3, 2003 Benin City, Nigeria Hard Flag of the United Kingdom Rebecca Dandeniya Flag of Germany Franziska Etzel
Flag of Austria Christina Obermoser
6–3, 6–0
3. Feb. 22, 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Flag of South Africa Liezel Huber Flag of the People's Republic of China Ting Li
Flag of the People's Republic of China Tian Tian Sun
7–6, 6–4
4. Aug. 15, 2004 London, Great Britain Hard Flag of India Rushmi Chakravarthi Flag of the United Kingdom Anna Hawkins
Flag of South Africa Nicole Rencken
6–3, 6–2
5. Oct. 10, 2004 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Flag of New Zealand Shelley Stephens Flag of South Africa Surina De Beer
Flag of South Africa Chanelle Scheepers
6–1, 6–4
6. February 19, 2006 Bangalore, India Hard Flag of South Africa Liezel Huber Flag of Russia Anastassia Rodionova
Flag of Russia Elena Vesnina
6–3, 6–3
7. September 24, 2006 Kolkata, India Carpet Flag of South Africa Liezel Huber Flag of Ukraine Yulia Beygelzimer
Flag of Ukraine Yuliana Fedak
6–4, 6–0
8. May 14, 2007 Fes, Morocco Clay Flag of the United States Vania King Flag of Romania Andreea Vanc
Flag of Russia Anastassia Rodionova
6–1, 6–2
9. July 22, 2007 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Flag of the United States Bethanie Mattek Flag of Russia Alina Jidkova
Flag of Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
7–6(4), 7–5
10. July 29, 2007 Stanford, U.S. Hard Flag of Israel Shahar Pe'er Flag of Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Flag of Russia Anna Chakvetadze
6–4, 7–6(5)
11. August 25, 2007 New Haven, U.S. Hard Flag of Italy Mara Santangelo Flag of Zimbabwe Cara Black
Flag of South Africa Liezel Huber
6–1, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open
Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open
Tournament 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Australian Open 3r 2r 2r 3r - - - -
Roland Garros 2r 1r 1r - - - -
Wimbledon 3r 2r 2r - - - -
US Open 3r 2r 4r - - - -
WTA Tour Championships - - - - - -
WTA Finals reached 1 - 2 - - - -
WTA Tournaments Won - - 1 - - - -
ITF Tournaments Won - - 1 6 3 3 -
Win-Loss (including ITF) 30-19 20-24 33-20 50-8 20-5 20-4 6-3
Year End Ranking 30 66 34 206 399 837 987

Controversy

She has garnered criticism from some Orthodox Islamic groups, as her attire allegedly did not conform to Islamic Dress Code. According to one report published September 8, 2005, an unnamed Islamic scholar had issued a fatwa, saying that her attire is contrary to what is permitted by Islam.[1] A further report published the next day on this fatwa elaborated that Mirza was unfazed by the comments made by Syed Yousaf Bin, the chief patron of the Ulema Board, in Hyderabad.[2] Large numbers of Muslim clerics protested her attire, accusing her of being a "corrupting influence on the youth."[3] She has been widely attacked and vilified in Islamist circles, including a cleric named Haseeb-ul-hasan Siddiqui who said "The dress she wears on the tennis courts…leaves nothing to the imagination, She will undoubtedly be a corrupting influence.".[4] Islamist groups such as Jamiat-ulema-e-Hind allegedly threatened to disrupt her tennis matches, following which the Calcutta police had to tighten security measures to protect her.[5] Mirza, a Muslim from Vijaynagar, also attracted a response from the Major Shia Organization in India, The All-India Shia Muslim Personal Law Board. The Board disapproved the edict issued by some Muslim clerics on dresses worn by Mirza while playing, and asked them not to meddle in the sports arena.

In 2006, some newspapers reported that Mirza declined from playing with an Israeli tennis player Shahar Pe'er for fear of violent protests from India's Muslim clerics and their opposition to the existence of Israel.[3] However, these reports were dismissed by Mirza as "baseless" and in 2007, Pe'er and Mirza teamed up again at Wimbledon. The duo made the third round of Wimbledon before being knocked out by the top seeds.

Mirza said in January 2008 that she considered quitting the sport because of undue controversy surrounding her actions. Mirza was pictured resting her feet during a press conference at the 2008 Hopman Cup, with an Indian flag in close proximity.[6] She faced possible prosecution under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act after a private citizen complained. Mirza protested that, "I love my country, I wouldn't be playing Hopman Cup otherwise", and said that she meant no disrespect. On February 4, 2008, Mirza said that she would stop appearing in tennis tournaments held in India, starting with the 2008 Bangalore Open next month citing the series of controversies and upon advice by her manager.[7]

References

  1. ^ Randeep Ramesh (2005). Fatwa orders Indian tennis star to cover up. The Guardian. Retrieved on April 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Sania unfazed by 'fatwa'!. Asian News International (2005). Retrieved on April 11, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Sania Mirza Indian tennis star refuses to play with Israeli" (2006). Retrieved on April 27, 2007.
  4. ^ " Fatwa for tennis star who wears short skirts" (2005). Retrieved on April 27, 2007.
  5. ^ "Protection for Indian tennis star" (2005). Retrieved on April 27, 2007.
  6. ^ "Sania Mirza 'considered quitting'", BBC. 
  7. ^ "Mirza boycotts Indian tournaments", BBC. Retrieved on 2008-04-02. 

Sources

  1. Usopen.org
  2. India Today dt. 19 September 2005 - Cover Story titled Sania Mania.
  3. ^ Yediot Aharonoth, Indian tennis star refuses to play with Israeli, February 16, 2005
  4. ^ The Times Of India, Sania Mirza wants land, CM not game, September 16, 2006
  5. ^ Sania Mirza gets Padmashri,January 26, 2006
  6. Sania Mirza Searches for Additional Base
  7. Please correct Sania Mirza's date of birth it is 15th Nov 1986.from arpasha2k@yahoo.com
 

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