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India · born Mumbai, 1986 · Wimbledon girls' doubles champion 2003 and ladies' doubles champion 2015 with Martina Hingis, the first Indian woman to win a senior Wimbledon title
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2015
Wimbledon ladies' doubles title with Martina Hingis
2-5
Deficit in the final set of the 2015 final, before five games in a row
2003
Wimbledon girls' doubles title with Alisa Kleybanova
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Major titles: three in women's doubles, three in mixed
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World doubles ranking, the first Indian woman to reach it, 2015
Sania Mirza was born on 15 November 1986 and grew up in Hyderabad. She turned professional in 2003, the year she won the Wimbledon girls' doubles with Alisa Kleybanova, and in 2005 became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title, at her home tournament in Hyderabad. With a heavy forehand she reached No. 27 in singles before turning to doubles.
She won mixed doubles majors at the Australian Open in 2009 with Mahesh Bhupathi, the French Open in 2012 and the US Open in 2014. Her partnership with Martina Hingis from 2015 brought three women's doubles majors in a row, Wimbledon and the US Open in 2015 and the Australian Open in 2016, and in 2015 she became the first Indian woman to reach No. 1 in the WTA rankings.
She played four Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the mixed doubles with Rohan Bopanna in Rio in 2016, and won Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medals. She became a mother during her career and played on until her last professional match, in Dubai in February 2023.
| Wimbledon final 2015 | With Hingis, seeded first, beat Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7-6, 7-5 after trailing 2-5 in the third set; the roof was closed at 5-5 |
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| Wimbledon 2015 run | Reached the final without dropping a set, beating the fifth seeds Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears in the semi-final |
| Wimbledon girls' doubles 2003 | With Alisa Kleybanova, seeded fourth, beat Katerina Bohmova and Michaella Krajicek 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon 2014 | With Cara Black lost in the second round to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova 6-2, 6-7, 4-6 after holding nine match points |
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| 2015 | Women's doubles | with Martina Hingis |
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"Every time I step on the court, I'm doing things no Indian woman has done, in tennis or in sport, back home or in that part of the world."
The person behind the player.
Wimbledon, 2015
Trailing 2-5 in the final set, Mirza and Hingis won five games in a row. Play stopped at 5-5 while the roof was closed. "When we came out at 5-all, we had goosebumps," Mirza said. "I said, 'This is what we play for. This is what we work for.'"
Source: Sky Sports, July 2015Wimbledon, 2015
Mirza said the pair's plan when they were behind was simple: "Make them win the match. Let them win the match," rather than lose it themselves. "Even at 2-5, we didn't feel like we were down and out of the match."
Source: Gulf News, July 2015Hyderabad, 2005
Mirza became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title when she won her home tournament, the Hyderabad Open, in 2005, and was voted WTA Newcomer of the Year.
Source: WTA, February 2023Dubai, 2023
She ended her career at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, which she treated as a home event. "To be able to do this on my own terms, to be able to do it when I'm playing well is great," she said, before taking up a role mentoring a women's cricket team in the Indian Premier League.
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