Sania Mirza’s Grand Slam wins: Doubles Indian tennis queen's forte

Sania Mirza is the only Indian woman to have ever won a tennis Grand Slam title.

After making her senior debut in 2001, Sania Mirza quickly rose up the ranks to become one of India’s leading singles tennis players. However, she was unable to win any Grand Slam titles in women’s singles.

Doubles tennis, however, proved bountiful for the Indian tennis ace.

From 2009 to 2016, Sania Mirza won six Grand Slam doubles titles – three each in the women’s doubles and mixed doubles. In 2015, she even became the world No. 1 in the women’s doubles ranking.

Here’s a list of all Sania Mirza’s wins at Grand Slam tennis tournaments. 

Sania Mirza’s Grand Slam wins

2009 Australian Open - mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi

Sania Mirza’s first Grand Slam title came at the 2009 Australian Open when she partnered Mahesh Bhupathi to win the mixed doubles crown. Sania was 26 at the time. The Indian tennis pair did not drop a single set until reaching the quarter-final against Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak and Daniel Nestor. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi defeated Israel’s Andy Ram and France’s Nathalie Dechy 6-3, 6-1 in the final to clinch the title.

2012 French Open - mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi

Sania Mirza’s second major title also came in the mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi – this time at the 2012 French Open. Seeded seventh at Roland Garros, Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi sailed through the tournament without dropping a single set. The Indian duo beat the Polish-Mexican pairing of Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gonzalez 7-6, 6-1 in the final to clinch their second Grand Slam.

2014 US Open - mixed doubles with Bruno Soares

Sania Mirza’s third Grand Slam mixed doubles title came at the 2014 US Open with Bruno Soares of Brazil. The two were seeded No. 1 for the tournament. The Indo-Mexican pair beat USA’s Abigail Spears and Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez in the final via tie breaker.

2015 Wimbledon - women’s doubles with Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza and American Martina Hingis, often referred to as Santina, were the top seeds in the women’s doubles event at the 2015 Wimbledon. The duo did not drop a single set in the tournament en route to the final. In the summit clash, Mirza-Hingis beat the Russian duo of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7, 7(7)-6(4), 7-5. Mirza, thus, became the first Indian to win a women's doubles major.

2015 US Open - women’s doubles with Martina Hingis

Santina’s terrific form continued into the next Grand Slam in 2015 where the duo clinched the US Open title, this time without dropping a set. In the final, the top-seeded Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis defeated Australia’s Casey Dellacqua and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 to win the crown at the Flushing Meadows.

2016 Australian Open - women’s doubles with Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza won her last Grand Slam at the 2016 Australian Open. It was her third straight win at the majors with Hingis. The Indo-American pair, top seeds in Melbourne, won the title by defeating the Czech duo of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7(7)-6(1), 6-3 in the final.