Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

JANUARY - Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. to No.10 seed Petrova); also won first Grand Slam title of any kind in mixed doubles (w/Bhupathi); was first Indian woman ever to win a Grand Slam title (third Indian overall, after Bhupathi and Paes).

FEBRUARY - Runner-up at Pattaya City (unseeded, d. No.6 seed Tanasugarn and No.8 seed Rybarikova en route to final; l. to top seed Zvonareva); reached 2r at Dubai (as WC, l. to No.16 seed Kanepi).

MARCH - Reached 2r at Indian Wells (as WC, l. to No.12 seed Pennetta); fell 1r at Miami (as WC, l. to Johansson 16 76(2) 76(8); held mp at 7-6 in third set tie-break).

APRIL - Fell 1r at Ponte Vedra Beach (l. to No.7 seed A.Bondarenko); also won eighth Tour doubles title at Ponte Vedra Beach (w/Chuang); reached 2r at Charleston (l. to No.2 seed V.Williams in 3s).

MAY - Fell in Madrid qualifying; fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. to Voskoboeva).

JUNE - Reached SF at Birmingham (d. No.11 seed Keothavong, No.5 seed Pavlyuchenkova and No.16 seed Czink en route; l. to No.13 seed and eventual champion Rybarikova in 3s); fell in Eastbourne qualifying; reached 2r at Wimbledon (l. to No.28 seed Cirstea).

JULY - Won ITF/Lexington, KY-USA singles title.

AUGUST - Fell in Toronto qualifying; reached 2r at US Open (l. to No.10 seed Pennetta).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tokyo (as qualifier, l. to Zheng in 3s); fell in Beijing qualifying.

OCTOBER - Reached SF at Osaka (d. No.5 seed Peer en route; l. to No.4 seed Schiavone).

2001 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in India.

2002 - Won three singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2003 - Played first Tour main draw at Hyderabad, falling 1r (as WC); fell in Tour qualifying once; won three singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Fell 1r twice; won first Tour doubles title at Hyderabad (w/Huber; first Indian ever to win a Tour title of any kind); won six singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Breakthrough first Top 100 season (finishing No.31); won first Tour singles title at Hyderabad (d. A.Bondarenko in final); runner-up at Forest Hills (l. to Safarova in final); SF at Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. to Golovin); QF twice, at Dubai (d. No.7 Kuznetsova en route for first Top 10 win) and Cincinnati; reached 4r at US Open (l. to Sharapova); reached 3r twice, at Australian Open and San Diego (d. No.9 Petrova en route for second Top 10 win); reached 2r five times (incl. Wimbledon); fell 1r four times (incl. Roland Garros) and in Tour qualifying three times; made Top 100 debut on February 14 (after Hyderabad; rose from No.134 to No.99) and Top 50 debut on August 8 (after San Diego; rose from No.59 to No.48); had many firsts for India, including first Indian woman to win a Tour singles title (at Hyderabad), first Indian woman to reach a Grand Slam 3r (at Australian Open) then bettering that with a Grand Slam 4r (at US Open), and finally first Indian woman to crack Top 50.

2006 - Second Top 100 season; SF at Kolkata (l. to Hingis); QF four times, at Cincinnati, Forest Hills, Seoul (d. No.8 Hingis en route for third Top 10 win) and Tashkent; reached 3r three times and 2r five times (incl. Australian Open, US Open); fell 1r 11 times (incl. other two majors); won two Tour doubles titles, at Bangalore and Kolkata (both w/Huber).

2007 - Season of two halves sandwiched around two-month lay-off in spring; went 10-4 to start, best results being SF at Hobart (l. to Chakvetadze) and Pattaya City (l. to Dulko) and QF at Bangalore; withdrew before Doha 2r w/right knee injury; underwent right knee surgery on March 2 and withdrew from Indian Wells, Miami, Amelia Island and Berlin (missing 10 weeks in total); went 20-15 rest of season, best results being runner-up finish at Stanford (l. to Chakvetadze in final), SF at Cincinnati (l. to Chakvetadze) and QF at San Diego and Tokyo [Japan Open]; had five Top 20 wins in summer, at Stanford (No.19 Golovin, No.17 Schnyder), San Diego (No.18 Peer, No.14 Safina) and Los Angeles (No.12 Hingis); having dipped as low as No.70 in time since, rose back up rankings and surpassed previous career-high of No.31 (set new career-high No.27 on August 27); withdrew from Kolkata and Seoul w/right wrist injury and Linz and Québec City w/abdominal strain; won four Tour doubles titles earlier in season (all w/different partners).

2008 - Fourth straight Top 100 finish but lowest of them all after injury-marred season; best results in 12 events were QF at Hobart (as No.6 seed, l. to Pennetta in 3s), 4r at Indian Wells (as No.21 seed, d. No.9 seed Peer en route; l. to No.5 seed Hantuchova) and 3r at Australian Open (as No.31 seed, l. to No.8 seed V.Williams); reached 2r six times, incl. Wimbledon (as No.32 seed, l. to qualifier Martínez Sánchez 60 46 97; had 4mp - 1mp at 5-4 and 3mp at 6-5); fell 1r three times, incl. Olympics (ret. vs. Benesova w/right wrist injury); first right wrist injury lay-off came in spring (withdrew from Miami and Amelia Island, then underwent surgery on April 10; withdrew from Rome, Strasbourg and Roland Garros before returning to Tour); second right wrist injury lay-off came after Olympics (withdrew from all post-Olympics events, at New Haven, US Open, Guangzhou, Seoul, Tokyo [Japan Open] and Québec City); had also withdrawn from Pattaya City w/left adductor strain and retired in Doha 1r w/cramping; reached first Grand Slam final in mixed doubles at Australian Open (w/Bhupathi; l. to Sun/Zimonjic); surpassed $1 million in career prize money earnings (first Indian woman ever to achieve the feat).

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2009 - ITF/Lexington, KY-USA; 2005 - Hyderabad; 2004 - ITF/Boca Raton 2, FL-USA, ITF/Campobasso-ITA, ITF/Wrexham-GBR, ITF/London-GBR, ITF/Lagos 1-NGR, ITF/Lagos 2-NGR; 2003 - ITF/Benin City 1-NGR, ITF/Benin City 2-NGR, ITF/Jakarta 2-INA; 2002 - ITF/Manila 2-PHI, ITF/Hyderabad-IND, ITF/Manila 1-PHI.
Finalist (3): 2009 - Pattaya City; 2007 - Stanford; 2005 - Forest Hills.
Semifinalist (6): 2009 - Osaka; 2007 - Hobart, Pattaya City, Cincinnati; 2006 - Kolkata; 2005 - Tokyo [Japan Open].
Quarterfinalist (10): 2008 - Hobart; 2007 - Bangalore, San Diego, Tokyo [Japan Open]; 2006 - Cincinnati, Forest Hills, Seoul, Tashkent; 2005 - Dubai, Cincinnati.

DOUBLES
Winner (8): 2009 - Ponte Vedra Beach (w/Chuang); 2007 - Fès (w/King), Cincinnati (w/Mattek), Stanford (w/Peer), New Haven (w/Santangelo); 2006 - Bangalore, Kolkata (both w/Huber); 2004 - Hyderabad (w/Huber); ITF/London-GBR (w/Chakravarthi), ITF/Lagos 1-NGR (w/Stephens); 2003 - ITF/Benin City 2-NGR (w/Dandeniya); 2002 - ITF/Manila 2-PHI (w/Tulpule).
Finalist (4): 2007 - Istanbul (w/Chan); 2006 - Amelia Island (w/Huber), Istanbul (w/Molik), Cincinnati (w/Domachowska).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2009 - Australian Open (w/Bhupathi).
Finalist (1): 2008 - Australian Open (w/Bhupathi).

ADDITIONAL
Indian Fed Cup Team, 2003-04; Indian Olympic Team, 2008.

Coached by her father, Imran ... Began playing tennis at age 6 ... Father, Imran, is a builder, and mother, Naseema, works in printing business; has one sister, Anam ... Likes movie Ocean's 11 and actors Brad Pitt and Hugh Grant ... Likes listening to hip hop, including Eminem ... Also likes playing cricket and swimming ... Most admires Gandhi; tennis player most admired is Steffi Graf.

Official Website: www.mysaniamirza.com

- By virtue of winning 2009 Australian Open mixed doubles title (w/Bhupathi), was third Indian player - and first female - to win a Grand Slam title; first two were Bhupathi (four doubles, now seven mixed) and Paes (four doubles, four mixed).
- Won Tour Newcomer of the Year Award in 2006 (for 2005 achievements).