Education

She attended NASR school in Hyderabad

Career

Mirza is the third Indian woman in the Open Era to feature and win a round at a Grand Slam tournamen (the first one being Nirupama Vaidyanathan at the 1998 Australian Open and the second being Shikha Uberoi at the 2004 US Open). She also became the 1st Indian woman to be seeded in a Grand Slam event at the 2006 Australian Open.

Works

• publication

  • one of the 50 heroes of Asia

  • 33 women who made India proud

Interests

• night clubs

• Sport & Clubs

  tennis cricket

• Music & Bands

  folk

Connections

Father:

Imran Mirza

Mother:

Naseema

Sister:

Anam

younger sister Anam and Sania were brought up in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in a religious family

ex - boyfriend:

Sohrab Mirza

childhood friend

Ex-husband:

Shoaib Malik

Since she wanted to marry a sportsperson, she started seeing Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.On 12 April 2010, she married Shoaib Malik in an Islamic wedding ceremony at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad, India followed by Pakistani wedding customs for a mahr of INR61 lakh (US$137,500). Their Walima ceremony was held in Lahore, Pakistan. The online attention the wedding received made Mirza the most searched woman tennis player and most searched Indian sportsperson in 2010 according to Google Trends.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 her and hence he could not marry Mirza without first divorcing her. Initially for many days, Shoaib 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 Mirza.