Sania Mirza 10 Personal Facts, Biography, Wiki
Indian tennis player Born: November 15, 1986 (age 35 years), Mumbai, India Height: 1.73 m Spouse: Shoaib Malik (m. 2010) Children: Izhaan Mirza Malik Awards: Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri Parents: Imran Mirza, Nasima Mirza Siblings: Anam Mirza Birthday: November 15, 1986 Age: 35 Years, 35 Year Old Females Sun Sign: Scorpio Born In: Mumbai, India Famous As: Indian Tennis Star Tennis Players Indian Women Height: 5’8″ (173 cm), 5’8″ Females Spouse/Ex-: Shoaib Malik Father: Imran Mirza Mother: Nasima Mirza Siblings: Anam Mirza City: Mumbai, India Education: St. Mary’s College, Hyderabad
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In 2009, Sania Mirza became engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza. However, the wedding was called off shortly after. On 12 April 2010, she married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in a traditional Hyderabadi Muslim wedding ceremony at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad, India followed by Pakistani wedding customs for a mahr of ₹ 6.1 million (US$137,500). Their Walima ceremony was held in Sialkot, Pakistan. According to Google Trends, the online attention the wedding received made Mirza the most-searched woman tennis player and Indian sportsperson in 2010. The couple announced their first pregnancy on social media on 23 April 2018. In October 2018, Shoaib Malik announced on Twitter that Mirza had delivered a baby boy and named him Izhaan Mirza Malik. Her hobbies include swimming and travelling. Sania was the most searched Indian sportsperson in the year 2010 as per the Google trends. Mirza is a huge fan of the tennis player, Steffi Graf. She follows a non-vegetarian diet. She is very passionate about cats. Sania is a movie buff and according to her, she has seen the film “Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham” more than 30 times. At the age of 15, Sania made some significant wins in Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, and in Manila, Philippines. In 2014, a fatwa was issued in her name putting objections on her outfit in the tennis courts. Sania is good friends with the Bollywood director and producer, Farah Khan. Sania is the first Indian tennis player to have won prize money more than 1 million US dollars. She has featured on the covers of various magazines including Verve, Time Magazine, Outlook Splurge, and Better Homes and Gardens. Sania is the first Indian woman to win a tennis WTA title. She was also ranked India’s number 1 player from the year 2003 to 2013. When Sania was going through the struggle phase of her life, it was Adidas that sponsored her training and the sports lady has repaid the company by becoming one of its brand ambassadors. She has walked the ramp for fashion designer Moni Agarwal at IIJW. Her friends and family fondly call her Sam. Sania resides at a house in Hyderabad’s Film Nagar. Mirza received her initial training in tennis from CK Bhupati, father of Mahesh Bhupathi. Sania got a chance to represent India at the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, she got eliminated from the singles due to a right wrist injury. The injury further caused her to withdraw her name from various other matches like the French Open and US Open Grand Slams. On 7 June 2012, Sania Mirza won the French Open Mixed Doubles along with Mahesh Bhupathi. In 2014, Sania was appointed as the brand ambassador of the Telangana State by the state government. In the same year, Mirza became the first South Asian woman to be appointed as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. Sania Mirza paired up with Swiss legend Martina Hingis to mark significant wins including the Family Circle Cup, a victory that made history; making Mirza the first Indian to be ranked world No. 1 in WTA’s doubles rankings. After being asked about her wins, Mirza said- It’s a dream for every kid to be No. 1 one day.” Her father, Imran Mirza, revealed during an interview that each member of his family had played cricket at some point in their lives. In July 2021, she became the third Indian to get Dubai Golden Visa after Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Dutt. This visa allows her to have a 10-year residency in the UAE along with her husband, Shoaib Malik.
