Sania Mirza Quotes 1. "That's how I play. I'm going to have maybe 50 unforced errors one day, but I'm going to also have 50 winners that day. People just have to accept me the way I play. Maybe I can add variation to my game, but I'm going to win matches only when I hit those winners."
- Sania Mirza

2. "I had fun out there. Had a great Open. First US Open, I don't think I can ask for more. Very happy."
- Sania Mirza

3. "I just came here thinking I wanted to win one round and won three,"
- Sania Mirza

4. "There were a lot of games that I could have taken but I had fun out there. In my first U.S. Open I couldn't have asked for any more."
- Sania Mirza

5. "I have nothing to lose if I'm going to play her. There's obviously no pressure on me. I don't think a lot of people expect me to win."
- Sania Mirza

6. That's not what I think every time I step on court, that an Indian never did this, an Indian never did that. I'm just there because I just want to be there. I'm happy, I'm starting something. I'm not thinking who did it or who's gonna do it." 7. for whatever I have to do on court as an 18-year-old."
- Sania Mirza

8. "If you expect me to play perfect tennis, I can't. What matters most is that I won."
- Sania Mirza

9. I could add variation to my game, but I'm going to win matches only when I hit those winners. I enjoy hitting the ball as hard as I can. I enjoy taking risks. And I believe you always have to take risks."
- Sania Mirza

10. I think I played one of my best matches. She's the number one seed, and I'm happy that I was able to play my game."
- Sania Mirza

11. "I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care."
- Sania Mirza

12. "As long as I am winning, people shouldn't care whether my skirt is six inches long or 6 feet long,"
- Sania Mirza

13. How I dress is very personal thing."
- Sania Mirza

14. "Having been away from competitive tennis for a while, I am looking forward immensely to getting back on the circuit ... I am looking forward to playing the Big Girls. People have had expectations from me even when I was 10 years old. I try to switch off but you are right, it isn't always easy to do that because the expectations are really mounting."
- Sania Mirza

15. "It's amazing ... the amount of people that are so proud of you when you go back home, the amount of people that come up to you and say, 'I'm proud to be Indian, you're doing a great job for India. It's just amazing that you can bring so many smiles to so many faces."
- Sania Mirza

16. "She is a great player, but everyone is beatable,"
- Sania Mirza
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Sania Mirza Profile Sania Mirza: Indian Tennis Player
Nationality: Indian
Plays: Right-Handed (Two-Handed Backhand)
Status: Pro (2003)

Birth Date: November 15, 1986
Birthplace: Mumbai, India
Currently Residing At: Hyderabad, India
Height: 5'8" (1.73m)
Weight: 126 lbs (57kg)

Current WTA Tour Rankings - As of 16/06/2008
Singles: 33
Race Singles: 71
Doubles: 19

Highest Singles Ranking: 27 (August 27, 2007)
Highest Doubles Ranking: 18 (September 10, 2007)
Season Ending Singles Ranking: 31 (2007), 66 (2006), 31 (2005), 206 (2004), 399 (2003), 837 (2002), 987 (2001)

Clothing & Equipment
Clothing: Adidas
Racquet: Head MicroGel Extreme Pro
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Sania Mirza Biography

Born in City of Mumbai in India, and coming from Hyderabad, Sania Mirza, the youth icon of India is creating history in Tennis worldwide. She is the first Indian to get into Top 50 WTA Ranking. Sania Mirza is the first Indian woman to win a WTA (Hyderabad Open trophy) in February 2005

Name	Sania Mirza
Date of Birth	15th November 1986
Place of Birth	Mumbai, India
Residence	Hydrabad, India
Nationality	Indian
Weight	54 Kgs.
Height	1.53 Meters

Sania Mirza Profile

Hobbies	Swimming & Music
Favorite Tournament	WTA Indian Open
Favorite Surface	Hard Courts
Favorite Music	Rap and Hindi Remix
Favorite Tennis Player	Steffi Graff
Coaching By	Narendranath, Vasudeva Reddy & C.G.K Bhupati

Tournament History

Tournament History : Aug 2005 Women's Singles Finalist, Forest Hills Women's Tennis Classic, N.Y., USA, WTA Tier IV
Jul 2005 Women's Singles Quarterfinalist, Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open, Cincinnati, OH, USA, WTA Tier III
Feb 2005 Women's Singles Quarterfinalist, Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, Dubai, UAE, WTA Tier II
Feb 2005 Women's Singles Winner, Hyderabad Open 2005, Hyderabad, WTA Tier IV
Aug 2003 G18 Dbles Finalist (with Anna Tchakvetadze RUS), Canadian Open, Repentigny, CAN, ITF G1
Jun 2003 G18 Dbles Champion (with Alisa Kleybanova RUS), The Junior Championships, Wimbledon, London, GBR, ITF GA
Jun 2003 G18 Dbles Quarterfinalist (with Sanaa Bhambri IND), Gerry Weber Open, Halle, GER, ITF G4
Jun 2003 G18 Dbles Winner (with Sanaa Bhambri IND), 11th Frankfurt Internation, GER, ITF G1
Jun 2003 G18 Dbles Semifinalist (with Sanaa Bhambri IND), French Open, Roland Garros, FRA, ITF GA
May 2003 G18 Dbles Quarterfinalist (with Beier Ko CAN), 39th Astrid Bowl, BEL, ITF G1
Apr 2003 G18 Dbles Winner (with Sanaa Bhambri IND), Shuzo Challenge Japan Open, Nagoya, JPN, ITF G1
Apr 2003 G18 Singles Quarterfinalist, Shuzo Challenge Japan Open, Nagoya, JPN, ITF G1
Apr 2003 G18 Singles Winner, 14th Mitsubishi Lancer, Manila, PHI, ITF G1
Apr 2003 G18 Dbles Semifinalist (with Yung-Jan Chan TPE), 14th Mitsubishi Lancer, Manila, PHI, ITF G1
Dec 2002 Singles Winner & Doubles Finalist (with Isha Lakhani IND), Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championships, ITF GB2
Sep 2002 16U Team India (with Ankita Bhambri & Kartiki Bhat), Junior Fed Cup
Sep 2002 Doubles Quarter-finalist (with Isha Lakhani IND) US Open, USA, ITF Grade A
Aug 2002 Singles Winner & Doubles Winner (with Tarryn Terblanche RSA), South/Central Africa Circuit, Botswana, ITF G3
Jul 2002 Doubles Finalist, Smash Tennis EGY, ITG G3
Jul 2002 Singles Winner & Doubles Winner (with Isha Lakhani IND), Pretoria University, ITF G2
Jul 2002 Doubles Winner (with Isha Lakhani IND), PIC Pretoria, ITF G2
May 2002 Doubles Quarter-finalist (with Micaela Moran ARG), Villach Cup Austria, ITF G2
Apr 2002 Doubles Finalist (with Lara Giltinana AUS) & Singles Quarter-finalist, Chinese Taipei Jo Jo Internation, ITF G3
Apr 2002 Singles Quarter-finalist, Mitsubishi Lancer, PHI, ITF G2
Jan 2002 Doubles Winner (with Linda Smolenakova SVK) & Singles Quarter-finalist, Victorian Champs., AUS, ITF G2
Dec 2001 Doubles Semifinalist (with Sanaa Bhambri IND), Asian Closed, ITF G B2
Oct 2001 Singles & Doubles Finalist, Hong Kong Open, ITF G2
Oct 2001 Doubles Quarter-finalist (with Hanna Nooni SWE) & Singles rd of 16, Osaka Mayor's Cup, Japan, ITF Grade A
Aug 2001 Singles & Doubles Semifinalist (with Sasha Abraham IND) KawZulu Natal, ITF G1
Aug 2001 Doubles Quarter-finalist (with Sasha Abraham IND), Dolphen Coast, ITF G2
Jul 2001 Doubles Winner (with Wana Mrazovic YUG) & Singles Finalist, Smash Tennis Internation G4
Jul 2001 Singles & Doubles Winner (with Sasha Abraham IND), Movenpick Internation G3
Apr 2001 Singles Semifinalist, Mitsubishi Lancer Internation G2
Mar 2001 Singles Quarter-finalist, Mali Milk Cup, 21st Thailand Open G2
Mar 2001 Singles Quarter-finalist, Malaysian Internation G3
Feb 2001 Singles Winner & Doubles Quarter-finalist (with Sasha Abraham IND), Bangladesh Internation G3
Feb 2001 Singles & Doubles Semifinalist (with Maya Rosa INA), Rajshahi Internation G4
Feb 2001 Singles Winner & Doubles Finalist (with May Rosa INA), India ITF Junior Circuit III - Calcutta G4
Jan 2001 Singles & Doubles Winner (with Sasha Abraham IND), Indian ITF Junior 11 - Chandigarh G4
Jan 2001 Doubles Winner (with Sasha Abraham IND) & Singles Quarter-finalist, Indian ITF Junior I - New Delhi G4
Nov 2000 Doubles Semifinalist (with Leila Cehajic CAN), T-Bar Internation, ITF G5
Nov 2000 Doubles Semifinalist (with Sasha Abraham IND) & Singles Quarter-finalist, Malaysia Internation 2 G4
Oct 2000 Singles & Doubles Winner (with Zahra Omer Khan PAK), Pakistan Internation Junior Championships G5
Sep 2000 Singles Winner & Doubles Semifinalist (with Reddhina Parekh IND), Indian ITF - Mumbai G4
Sep 2000 Singles & Doubles Semifinalist (with Priyanka Parekh IND), Indian ITF Junior -Chennai G5
Aug 2000 Singles Semifinalist, Internation Youth Tennis G4
Feb 2000 Doubles Quarter-finalist (with Anete Rozkalne LAT), Bangladesh Internation , ITF G3
Jan 2000 Singles Quarter-finalist, Indian ITF I - New Delhi G4
Jan 2000 Singles Finalist & Doubles Quarter-finalist (with Nichala Reddy Boda IND), Internation, Sri Lanka G4
Nov 1999 Singles Quarter-finalist, India ITF Junior Circuit III Grade 5
Nov 1999 Doubles Winner (with Nida Waseem PAK) & Singles Finalist, Pakistan Internation G5

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