Sania Mirza is the first Indian
woman to win a Grand Slam tournament, with her first major
coming in mixed doubles at the
2009 Australian Open.
She spent 91 weeks as the doubles world No. 1, making her the
only Indian woman to achieve
this feat.
Mirza has six Grand Slam titles,
the most by an Indian women,
three in doubles and three in
mixed doubles.
Mirza won the WTA Hyderabad Open
in 2005, a historic first for Indian women’s tennis.
She peaked at world No. 27 in
singles in 2007, the highest by any Indian woman.
She won the WTA Finals in doubles
in 2014 (with Cara Black) and
defended the title in 2015 (with Martina Hingis).