Sania Mirza will play her last Grand Slam tournament in February. Sania had planned to retire from tennis at the US Open in 2022 but an injury forced her to miss the Grand Slam.
Sania started playing tennis at a young age and has raised India's stature at the global level several times. Represented India in many international tournaments and won medals.
Sania Mirza was born on 15 November 1986 in Mumbai, her childhood passed in Hyderabad. Sania Mirza played her first international tournament at the 1999 World Junior Championships in Jakarta.
In 2003, Sania won four gold medals in the Afro-Asian Games. In 2009, Sania won the first Grand Slam in mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi at the Australian Open.
In 2012, he won the French Open in mixed doubles, and in 2014 the US Open. The pairing of Sania and former star Martina Hingis was very successful, winning a total of 14 titles. These include the Australian Open in 2016, Wimbledon in 2015, and the US Open.
Sania has also participated in the Olympics, she participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics, but could not win any medals. Sania Mirza has also been honored with the Arjuna Award (2004), Padma Shri (2006), Khel Ratna (2015), and Padma Bhushan (2016).
Sania Mirza married Pakistan's star cricketer Shoaib Malik in 2010 after dating him.
