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In 2005, Sania Mirza became the first Indian to win an event in the Women’s Tennis Association as a singles player. However, when she got a wrist injury she moved to playing doubles in tennis with her partner Martina Hingis.

Hingis and Mirza are ranked number one in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association as doubles players. Not to mention the fact that they dominated the last three Grand Slam events.

Mirza is the most successful female tennis player to come from India. She also has a high-profile and is one of the highest-paid athletes in the country. Plus, she has won many medals over the years, from the Afro-Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, with a total of fourteen medals and six gold.

Her strength, confidence, and resilience go beyond the tennis court, as she has helped to inspire many Indians to go after their dreams. In 2010, she was on the list of the “33 women who made India Proud,” by the Economic Times. Then she was appointed a Women’s Goodwill Ambassador by the UN in 2013, on the International Day to End Violence Against Women. Finally, in 2016, she was named “one of the most influential people in the world,” by Time magazine.

The feminine and masculine name Sania is Pakistani or Arabic in origin and is a variant spelling of Saniyya, which is the feminine version of Sani. The masculine name Sani means “splendid, “radiant” or “brilliant” in Arabic.

There are many notable people with the name, from Sania Khan the Pakistani cricketer to Sania Nishtar the Pakistani writer and cardiologist.