Sania Mirza (born 15 November 1986, in Bombay) is a professional Indian tennis player. She began her tennis career in 2003 and is well known for her powerful forehand ground strokes. She is the first ever Indian to break into the top 30 WTA rankings in singles and top 10 in doubles. Sania has defeated many top players, including Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva, Marion Bartoli and Martina Hingis.
Mirza has won one WTA singles title so far, at Hyderabad in 2005. She has won one Grand Slam title: the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open. She was also the runner-up on two other Grand Slam occasions: the mixed doubles event at 2008 Australian Open and the women's doubles event at Roland Garros 2011.
In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. In 2006, Mirza was awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honour for her achievements as a tennis player.In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud".Sania was also the most searched Indian sportsperson on Google in 2009. In addition, Mirza was one named one of the '50 heros of Asia' by the Time Magazine (2005).
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