Sania Mirza Tennis Career:

2008-2009: Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Championship;

Mirza reached the Qatar finals at Hobart as no 6 seed. she lost to Flavia pennetta in three sets. she reached the third round at the 2008 Australia Open as No.31 seed, where she lost to No.8 seed Venus Willams 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 Zimonjic.

She had to withdraw from the PTT pattaya Open because of a left abductor strain. She reached round four at Indian wells as the No.21 seed Daniela Hantuchova. On Grass Mirza was crushed in the second round of Birmingham by Marina Erakovic at 2008 Wimbledon Championships, as the No.32 seed, Mirza was defeated by qualifier Maria jose Martinez Sanchez, 6-0, 4-6, 9-7 in round two having had several match points.

Mirza represented India at the 2008 summer olympics in Beijing. she was eliminated from singles when she retied in her match aginst Iveta Benesova because of a right wrist with Sunitha Rao, but  lost in the second round to Russia Throughout 2008, Mirza was played by a slew of wrist injuries, requiring her to withdraw from several matches including those of the 2008 French Open and 2008 US Open Grand slams.

Mirza stared her year by playing at the doubles event of the moorilla hobart international. partnering Francesca, they reached the quarter-finals. At 2009 Australia Open she won her first round match against Marta   Domachowska, but she fell aginst 10th seed Nadia petrova in round two in  doubles Mirza picked up her first Grand slam title at the 2009 Australia Open partnering with mahesh Bhupathi, they beat Nathalie Dechy & andy Ram 6-3, 6-1, in the final.

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 tournaments. 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 mithilde johansson in the first round. Mirza and her doubles partner Chuang Chia-jung 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 also lost in the round at 2009 French Open, Galina Voskoboeva. On grass, Mirza participated at the 2009 Aegon Clissic and reached the semifinals, losing to No. 28 second round of the doubles (with chuang) and mixed doubles (with Mahesh Bhuoathi)

Next Mirza went to Lexington to complete in fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, where she won the title after a few good wins Sania's next two tournaments were in Canada, where she had mixed results. she managed it all the way to the final at the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open where she was beaten by Stephanie dubois But at the Rogers Cup , she fell to Heidi El Tabakh in the second qualifying round

playing in the U.S open, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round but was double-bagled by 10th seed Flavia pennetta she also lost in the second round of the doubles event (partnering Francesca Schiavone) to Shahar Pe'er and Gisela Dulka.Mirza then went to japan where she qualified for the Toray pan pacific Open in Tokyo but lost in the round to Zheng jie At Osaka, Mirza won against 5th seed Shahar p e'er and Viktoriya Kutuzova and in the quarter-final she defeated on to the semifinal /where she lost to Francesca Schiavone.