In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government. In 2006, Mirza was awarded a Padma Shri, India's fourth highest honor for her achievements as a tennis player.[1] In March 2010, The Economic Times named Mirza in the list of the "33 women who made India proud".[2]
Early life
Mirza was born to Imran Mirza, a sports journalist, and his wife Nasima in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was brought up in Hyderabad in a religious family.[3][4][5] Mirza began playing tennis at the age of six, turning professional in 2003. She was trained by her father. She attended nursery school in Hyderabad and later graduated from St. Mary's College.[6][7]
Career
2003–2007
In April 2003, Mirza made her debut in the India Fed Cup team, winning all three singles matches. She also won the 2003 Wimbledon Championships Girls' Doubles title, teaming up with Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.
Mirza is the highest ranked female tennis player ever from India, with a career high ranking of 27 in singles and 14 in doubles. She is the first Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam tennis tournament. She was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament at the 2005 U.S. Open, defeating Mashona Washington, Maria Elena Camerin and Marion Bartoli. In winning, with Mahesh Bhupathi, the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open, she became the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.
In 2005, Mirza reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to eventual champion Serena Williams. On 12 February 2005, she became the first Indian woman to win a WTA singles title, defeating Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine in the Hyderabad Open Finals. As of September 2006, Mirza has notched up three top 10 wins; against Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Martina Hingis. At the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Mirza won the silver in the women's singles category and the gold in the mixed doubles partnering Leander Paes. She was also part of the Indian women's team that won the silver in the team event.
Mirza had had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season, finishing eighth in the 2007 U.S. Open Series standings. She reached the final of the Bank of the West Classic and won the doubles event with Shahar Pe'er, and reached the quarterfinals of the Tier 1 Acura Classic.
At the 2007 U.S. Open, she reached the third round before losing to Anna Chakvetadze for the third time in recent weeks. She fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including a win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.
Mirza received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the MGR Educational and Research Institute University in Chennai on 2008-12-11.[8] Her niece, Sonia Baig Mirza, studies there.
2008
Mirza reached the quarter-finals at Hobart as No. 6 seed. She lost to Flavia Pennetta in three sets. She reached the third round at the Australian Open as No.31 seed, where she lost to No.8 seed Venus Williams 7–6(0) 6–4, having led 5–3 in the first set. She was runner-up in the Australian Open mixed doubles partnering Mahesh Bhupathi where they lost 7–6(4), 6–4 to Sun Tiantian and Nenad Zimonjić.
She withdrew from the Pattaya Open because of a left adductor strain.
Mirza reached the 4r at Indian Wells as No.21 seed, defeating No.9 seed Shahar Pe'er en route, but lost to No.5 seed Daniela Hantuchová.
At the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, as No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier María José Martínez Sánchez, 6–0, 4–6, 9–7, having had several match points.
Mirza was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she retired in her match against Iveta Benešová because of a right wrist injury. She made it through the first round at Women's Doubles in Beijing with Sunitha Rao, but lost in the second round to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina. Throughout 2008, Mirza was plagued by a slew of wrist injuries, requiring her to withdraw from several matches including those of the Roland Garros and US Open Grand Slams.
2009
Mirza began her year 2009 Moorilla Hobart International where she competed only in doubles partnering Francesca Schiavone, they lost in quarterfinal.
At 2009 Australian Open she win match against Marta Domachowska in first round, next she loss match against 10th seed Nadia Petrova. In doubles she lost in first round partnering Vania King. But in mixed doubles Sania Mirza picked up her first Grand Slam title at the 2009 Australian Open. Partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, she beat Nathalie Dechy (France) and Andy Ram (Israel) 6–3, 6–1 in the final in Melbourne. She then entered the Pattaya Women's Open Tournament in Bangkok where she reached the finals after a string of good performances. She lost the finals to Vera Zvonareva 7–5, 6–1. She made the semis in doubles in the same tournament.
Mirza then competed in the BNP Paribas Open where she lost in the second round to Flavia Pennetta. She then participated in the Miami Masters and lost to Mathilde Johansson of France in the first round. Mirza and her doubles partner Chia-jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei made the semifinals of the doubles event. Mirza lost in the first round of the MPS Group Championships but won the doubles title with Chuang. She lost in the first round at Roland Garros, losing to Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva. She also lost in the second round of the doubles (with Chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhupathi). She participated in the 2009 AEGON Classic and reached the semifinals, losing to Magdaléna Rybáriková of Slovakia 3–6,6–0,6–3, who eventually won the title.
Mirza defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the first round of the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. She then fell to #28 Sorana Cîrstea in the second round. She competed in and won the Lexington Challenger event, defeating top seed Julie Coin of France in the final. She also reached the final of the ITF event in Vancouver but lost to Stéphanie Dubois of Canada. Playing in the U.S Open, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but lost 6–0, 6–0 to 10th seed Flavia Pennetta of Italy. She also lost in the second round of the doubles event (partnering Francesca Schiavone) to Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulko.
Mirza successfully qualified for the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo but lost in the first round to Zheng Jie. Mirza won the first set but could not hold the lead, eventually losing to the Chinese player 7–5, 2–6, 3–6.
At Osaka, Mirza won her first round match against 5th seed Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 6–3, 6–4. Mirza then defeated Viktoriya Kutuzova 6–4, 6–3 and in the quarterfinal she defeated 2nd seed Marion Bartoli 6–4, 2–0 by retirement. Bartoli conceded her match and Mirza moved on to the semifinal to meet 4th seed Francesca Schiavone of Italy.
2010
Mirza began her year at the ASB Classic in Auckland. She won her first round match against Stefanie Vögele in three sets, but was crushed by 4th seed Francesca Schiavone in the second round. Mirza then two first-round losses at the Moorilla Hobart International and the Australian Open.
In February, Sania competed in the 2010 PTT Pattaya Open as the 6th seed, but lost to Tatjana Malek 6–3, 4–6, 3–6. She then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships but suffered a first round deficit to Anabel Medina Garrigues. Sania was forced to withdraw from the Sony Ericcson Open and BNP Paribas Open due to a right wrist injury. This injury also caused her to pull out of the French Open.
She returned at the AEGON Classic, where she lost in the second round to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the three sets. Mirza then fell in the qualifying at Eastbourne, and lost in the first round of Wimbledon.
Her bad form continued, as she lost in the qualifying rounds of both the Cincinnati Masters and the Rogers Cup.
She then competed at the 2010 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying where she won three straight matches. She defeated Ksenia Lykina, Elena Bovina, Catalina Castaño to qualify for the main draw. In main draw she defeated qualifier Michelle Larcher De Brito 6–3,6–2. In next round she went down to 20th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6–2,6–4.
In September Sania competed in the 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open. In first round she defeated Katie Obrien 6–3,1–6,6–2. Next she defeated 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 6–4,6–3 to reach quarterfinal, where she lost fighting to Zhang Shuai 6–4,1–6,6–4. In 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open she won Doubles title partnering Edina Gallovits.
In 2010 Tashkent Open she lost in first round to Ekaterina Bychkova.
In October, she represented India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, as the 2nd seed. She defeated Brittany Teei, Marina Erakovic, and Olivia Rogowska before losing to Australia's Anastasia Rodionova in the final. In doubles, she partnered with India's Rushmi Chakravarthi, losing in the semifinals to Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers. Then for the Bronze Medal match, Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi beat fellow Indians Poojashree Venkatesha and Nirupama Sanjeev.
Mirza lost in the qualifying round of 2010 BGL Luxembourg Open and first round of ITF event in Taipai.
In November, she represented India at the 2010 Asian Games. The unseeded Indian defeated Venise Wing Yau Chan in first round. Next she defeated 6th seed Zhang Shuai in straight sets 6–2,6–2 to enter into quarterfinal. In quarterfinal Mirza won against 2nd seed Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2,6–3 to move in semi final, where she went down fighting to 3rd seed Akgul Amanmuradova 7–6(7),3–6,4–6 and won Bronze Medal in singles. In Mixed Doubles she partnered with India's Vishnu Vardhan losing in the finals to Yung-Jan Chan and Tsung-Hua Yang, win Silver Medal.
In December she competed at 2010 ITF event in Dubai. In first round she defeated 6th seed Ksenia Pervak 6–2,6–3. Then she eaisly defeated Korina Perkovic 6–1,6–2 to move into quarterfinal. In quarterfinal she face Top seed Julia Görges of Germany. She beat her in straight sets 6–1,7–6(8) and in semi final she won against 8th seed Evgeniya Rodina 6–3,4–6,6–4 to reach final. In final match she beat 5th seed Bojana Jovanovski 4–6,6–3,6–0 to clinch singles title.
2011
Mirza started her 2011 ranked World no. 141.
Mirza started her year with the ASB Classic Open in Auckland. She needed one more win to qualify for the tournament, but lost in three sets against Sabine Lisicki. In doubles, she partnered Renata Voracova of Czech Republic and reached the semifinals, but lost to Katarina Srebotnik and Kveta Peschke.
She then competed at the 2011 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying where she won three straight matches to qualify for the main draw. In the first round she went down fighting to former world no. 1 Justine Henin 5–7,6–3,6–1. She partnerd Voracova for doubles but lost in the first round also.
She received a wildcard to play in the Dubai Tennis Championships. She defeated Akgul Amanmuradova 6–3, 6–1 in the first round. She lost to qualifier Ayumi Morita in the second. In doubles, she has partnered with Russian Elena Vesnina. They beat Timea Bacsinszky and Iveta Benešová in the opener. Next, they beat Alexandra Dulgheru and Selima Sfar before going down to Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko in the quarterfinals.
Mirza received a wildcard to play at the Qatar Ladies Open. She made quick work of Serbian qualifier Bojana Jovanovski 6–2, 7–5. She was crushed by 5th seed Jelena Jankovic 6–0, 6–1 in the second round. In doubles, Mirza paired with Vesnina of Russia and won her first Primary Mandatory event of WTA tour after defeating American pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy in the final of Indian Wells.
Mirza competed at the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open – Women's Singles Qualifying, where she won against Han Xinyun of China and Voracova in first and second round respectively, thus qualified for the main draw. In the first round she defeated world no. 62 Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain by 6–2, 6–4. In the next round Mirza lost to Maria Kirilenko of Russia 5–7,6–3,6–0. Mirza paired with Vesnina and defeated 5th seed Zheng Jie (China) and Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei) by 6–2, 4(10)-6(7), but went down to pair of Daniela Hantuchová (Slovakia) and Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) by 6–4, 6–3 in second round.
Mirza participated at the Premier-level Family Circle Cup in Charleston. In singles, she qualified for it by defeating Johanna Konta and Olga Savchuk. In the main draw, she defeated Alison Riske (Round 1), Vania King (Round 2) and Sabine Lisicki (Round 3), but went down in the Quarter finals in 3 sets fighting against Peng Shuai.
In doubles, Mirza reached the finals along with Vesnina and defeated Liezel Huber & Lisa Raymond (Round 1), Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova (Round 2) and Peng Shuai & Zheng Jie (Semi finals). The pair beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy for the second time this season in finals 6–4, 6–4. Mirza won her 11 WTA Tour Doubles Title and second of the year.
Next, she competed at the 2011 Madrid Masters, where she won two matches to qualify, but lost in the first round of the main draw against Elena Vesnina. In doubles, she patnered Elena Vesnina, and together they defeated Vera Dushevina & Tatiana Poutchek (Round 1) and Nadia Petrova and Anastasia Rodionova (Round 2), before goind down to Katarina Srebotnik & Kveta Peschke in Round 3.
Mirza took part in the Strasbourg Open, but suffered a first round lost to home-favourite Alize Cornet.
Mirza breezed through the first round of 2011 French Open where she beat Kristina Barrois of Germany in straight sets, 6–3,6–3. Then in Round 2, she lost to 12th seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, 2–6, 4–6.
For doubles for the French Open, she has partnered Elena Vesnina and faced Russians Vera Dushevina and Ekaterina Makarova. The pair easily defeated them 7–6(2), 6–2. They faced Kristina Barrois (Germany) and Johanna Larsson (Sweden) in Round 2, and won 7–6(4), 6–3. Next they beat Spanish pair of María José Martínez Sánchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues, 6–0, 6–4 in Round 3. They faced no.1 seeds Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Flavia Pennetta (Italy) in the quarterfinals, and won 6–0, 7–5. Next they beat American duo containing Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond and upset them in 3 sets in the semifinals. In the finals, they lost to Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, 3–6, 4–6. This performance gave Mirza her career high doubles ranking of no.14.
For the mixed doubles, she partnered fellow Indian Rohan Bopanna and the pair faced Chuang Chia-jung (Chinese Taipei) and Marcin Matkowski (Poland) in the first round, and they lost 7–6(4), 7–6(2).
Her next tournament was the AEGON Classic in Birmingham, where she suffered a first round deficit by Tamira Paszek.
Then Mirza participated at qualifying draw of the 2011 AEGON International tournament where she beat Renata Voracova and Anna Tatishvili before falling to Tamira Paszek.
At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she lost in the first round to Virginie Razzano of France, 6–7,6–2,3–6.
For the doubles for the Wimbledon Championships, Mirza along with Elena Vesnina have been drawn against Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) and Melanie Oudin (United States).
Personal life
In 2009, Sania Mirza got engaged to childhood friend Sohrab Mirza. However the engagement was called off shortly after.[9] Mirza married Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on 12 April 2010.[10][11] The wedding was held in Hyderabad, India. The online attention the wedding received made Mirza the most searched woman tennis player in 2010 according to Google Trends.[12] The couple planned to settle down in Dubai. The wedding was even more controversial because Shoaib Malik was accused by another girl of already being married to him and hence he could not marry Sania without first divorcing her. Initially for many days, Shoiab Malik refused to grant the divorce claiming he was never married. This resulted in a huge media drama leading to so much online attention as stated earlier. Finally, having no other option, Shoaib divorced the girl paving the way for his next marriage to Sania. [13]
Controversy
The short tennis clothes she has to wear in the court has drawn criticism from some Muslim religious groups, with Mirza being a practising Muslim who prays five times a day and fasts during Ramadan.[5] According to one report published 8 September 2005, an unnamed Muslim scholar had issued a ruling, saying that women's tennis attire is not suited to Islam.[14] Jamiat-ulema-e-Hind rejected rumors about disrupting her game saying that they do not stop anyone from playing, although they found female tennis players' dress code objectionable. Nevertheless, Calcutta police tightened security measures to protect her.[15]
After Mirza spoke at a conference on safe sex in November 2005, some groups said she was detached from Islam and that she was a "corrupting influence on the youth." Mirza clarified her stance by saying that she was opposed to pre-marital sex.[16]
In 2006, some newspapers reported that Mirza declined to play doubles with an Israeli tennis player Shahar Pe'er for fear of protests from India's Muslim community.[16] However, when she teamed up with Pe'er for the 2007 WTA Tour of Stanford, California, there was no reaction.
Mirza was pictured resting her feet and showing the soles of her bare feet as she watched compatriot Rohan Bopanna play in the 2008 Hopman Cup, with an Indian flag in front.[17] She faced possible prosecution under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act after a private citizen complained. Mirza protested, "I love my country, I wouldn't be playing Hopman Cup otherwise."
On 4 February 2008, Mirza said that she would stop appearing in tennis tournaments held in India, starting with the 2008 Bangalore Open the following month, citing the series of controversies and upon advice by her manager.[18]
But Mirza decided to participate at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and she was happy as there were no more controversies, instead the public were delighted to see Mirza playing in her homeland.
Career finals
Singles
WTA Tour singles finals: 4 (1–3)
Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam Tournaments
Olympic Gold
WTA Championships
Tier I Premier Mandatory
Tier II Premier 5
Tier III Premier
Tier IV International
Tier V Other
Outcome↓ No.↓ Year↓ Tournament↓ Location↓ Surface↓ Opponent in Final↓ Score in Final↓
Winner 1. 2005 Hyderabad Open India Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Hard Ukraine Alona Bondarenko 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 2005 Forest Hills Tennis Classic United States Forest Hills, Queens, New York, United States Hard Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 2007 Bank of the West Classic United States Palo Alto, California, United States Hard Russia Anna Chakvetadze 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 2009 PTT Pattaya Open Thailand Pattaya City, Thailand Hard Russia Vera Zvonareva 7–5, 6–1
Non-international tournaments
Outcome Date Tournament Location Opponent Score
Silver Medal December 2006 2006 Asian Games Qatar Doha, Qatar People's Republic of China Zheng Jie 4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Silver Medal October 2010 2010 Commonwealth Games India Delhi, India Australia Anastasia Rodionova 3–6, 6–2, 6–7(3)
Bronze Medal November 2010 2010 Asian Games People's Republic of China Guangzhou, China Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova 7–6(7), 3–6, 4–6
Doubles
WTA Tour Doubles Finals W-L/11-5
Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam Tournaments
Olympic Gold
WTA Championships
Tier I Premier Mandatory
Tier II Premier 5
Tier III Premier
Tier IV International
Tier V Other
Outcome↓ No.↓ Date↓ Tournament↓ Location↓ Surface↓ Partnered with↓ Opponents in Final↓ Score in Final↓
Winner 1. 22 February 2004 Hyderabad Open India Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India Hard South Africa Liezel Huber People's Republic of China Li Ting
People's Republic of China Sun Tiantian 7–6(1), 6–4
Winner 2. 19 February 2006 Bangalore Open India Bangalore, Karnataka, India Hard South Africa Liezel Huber Russia Elena Vesnina
Russia Anastasia Rodionova 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 9 April 2006 Amelia Island Open United States Amelia Island, United States Clay South Africa Liezel Huber Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Japan Shinobu Asagoe 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 27 May 2006 Istanbul Cup Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Clay Australia Alicia Molik Ukraine Alona Bondarenko
Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 23 July 2006 Cincinnati Masters United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Hard Poland Marta Domachowska Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Maria Elena Camerin 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 3. 24 September 2006 Sunfeast Open India Kolkata, West Bengal, India Hard South Africa Liezel Huber Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Ukraine Yuliana Fedak 6–4, 6–0
Winner 4. 20 May 2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Morocco Fes, Morocco Clay United States Vania King Romania Andreea Vanc
Russia Anastasia Rodionova 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 26 May 2007 Istanbul Cup Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Clay Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Poland Urszula Radwańska 1–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 22 July 2007 Cincinnati Masters United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Hard United States Bethanie Mattek Russia Alina Jidkova
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek 7–6(4), 7–5
Winner 6. 29 July 2007 Bank of the West Classic United States Palo Alto, California, United States Hard Israel Shahar Pe'er Russia Anna Chakvetadze
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner 7. 25 August 2007 New Haven Open United States New Haven, Connecticut, United States Hard Italy Mara Santangelo United States Liezel Huber
Zimbabwe Cara Black 6–1, 6–2
Winner 8. 12 April 2009 MPS Group Championships United States Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States Clay Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung Czech Republic Kveta Peschke
United States Lisa Raymond 6–3, 4–6 [10–7]
Winner 9. 19 September 2010 Guangzhou International Women's Open People's Republic of China Guangzhou, China Hard Romania Edina Gallovits People's Republic of China Han Xinyun
People's Republic of China Liu Wan-ting 7–5, 6–3
Winner 10. 19 March 2011 BNP Paribas Open United States Indian Wells, California, United States Hard Russia Elena Vesnina United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Meghann Shaughnessy 6–0, 7–5
Winner 11. 10 April 2011 Family Circle Cup United States Charleston, South Carolina, United States Clay Russia Elena Vesnina United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
United States Meghann Shaughnessy 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 3 June 2011 French Open France Paris, France Clay Russia Elena Vesnina Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká 3–6, 4–6
Non-international tournaments
Outcome Date Tournament Location Partnered Opponents Score
Bronze Medal October 2010 2010 Commonwealth Games India Delhi, India India Rushmi Chakravarthi India Poojashree Venkatesha
India Nirupama Sanjeev 6–4, 6–2
Mixed Doubles
WTA Tour mixed doubles finals: 2 (1–1)
Outcome↓ No.↓ Year↓ Championship↓ Partnered with↓ Opponents in Final↓ Score in Final↓
Runner-up 1. 2008 Australian Open India Mahesh Bhupathi People's Republic of China Sun Tiantian
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić 6–7(4), 4–6
Winner 2. 2009 Australian Open India Mahesh Bhupathi France Nathalie Dechy
Israel Andy Ram 6–3, 6–1
Non-international tournaments
Outcome Date Tournament Location Partnered Opponents Score
Bronze Medal November 2002 2002 Asian Games South Korea Busan, South Korea India Leander Paes Chinese Taipei Janet Lee
Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-Hsun 7–6, 7–5
Gold Medal December 2006 2006 Asian Games Qatar Doha, Qatar India Leander Paes Japan Akiko Morigami
Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
Silver Medal November 2010 2010 Asian Games People's Republic of China Guangzhou, China India Vishnu Vardhan Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua 6–4, 1–6, [2–10]
Sania Mirza at the 2007 Australian Open
Timeline in Doubles and Singles
Singles performance timeline
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 win-loss
Australian Open 3R 2R 3R 2R 2R 1R 1R 10–7
French Open 1R 1R 2R – 2R – 2R 3–5
Wimbledon 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 4–7
U.S. Open 4R 2R 3R – 2R 2R 11–5
win-loss 6–4 2–4 6–4 2–2 4–4 1–3 1–3 22–23
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells – 2R – 4R 2R – 2R 5–4
Key Biscayne 1R 1R – – 1R – 2R 3–4
Madrid Not Held 1R 1R 2RQ 2–2
Beijing Not Held Not Tier 1 2RLL A 1–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Held 2R 1R 2R 2–3
Rome – – – – 0–0
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I – – 0–0
Montreal / Toronto – 1R – – – – 0–1
Tokyo No Tier I 1R A 0–1
Career Statistics
Tournaments Played 21 24 19 12 18 18 151
Finals 2 0 1 0 1 1 3
Tounaments Won 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Overall Win-Loss 33–20 20–24 30–19 11–12 29–18 21–18 227–168
Year End Ranking 111 44 55 78 23 52 N/A
Women's doubles performance timeline
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 win-loss
Australian Open – 1R 3R 3R 1R 3R 1R 6–6
French Open 2R 3R 1R 2R – – F 9–5
Wimbledon 1R 2R 3R QF 2R 2R 8–6
U.S. Open 1R 3R QF – 2R 1R 7–5
win-loss 1–2 5–4 7–4 6–3 2–3 4–3 5–2 30–21
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells – QF – SF 1R – W 10–3
Key Biscayne – QF – 1R SF – 2R 6–3
Madrid Not Held SF – QF 5–2
Beijing Not Held Not Tier 1 1R – 0–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Held 1R 1R QF 2–3
Rome – – – – – – – 0–0
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I – – 0–0
Montreal / Toronto – 1R- – – – – 0–1
Tokyo – – – – – – 0–0
