Sania Mirza X AKIRA

Sania Mirza is, by far, the finest women's tennis player India has produced.

A six-time Grand Slam champion, a former world No. 1 in doubles and a four-time Olympian, Sania Mirza scaled new heights for Indian tennis in her illustrious career spanning from 2003 to 2023.

With 43 WTA doubles titles and a singles title to her name, the Rio 2016 Olympics semi-finalist is India's most successful women's tennis player of all time. Even though she’s the only Indian to have broken into the top 30 of the WTA singles rankings, Sania Mirza has enjoyed the bulk of her success in doubles.

Her partnership with Martina Hingis, in particular, was very fruitful. A pumped-up Sania and Hingis high-fiving each other was a sight not only for Swiss and Indian fans but for tennis fans across the world. The duo, in new phases of their respective careers, fed off each others’ energies and enjoyed their tennis without inhibitions.

Hingis/Mirza, as the scoreboard would say, laid their hands on three Grand Slam titles and two WTA Finals titles between 2015 and 2016 besides stringing together a record 41-match winning streak as a pair.