Sania Mirza: From tennis diva to a loving wife and mother

Sania Mirza is a former world number one tennis star in the women's doubles category. Sania is also regarded as the most successful Indian female tennis player in history. All pics courtesy/ Sania Mirza's Instagram account

Sania Mirza was born in Mumbai to Hyderabadi Muslim parents named Imran and Naseema. Sania's father Imran is a builder by profession while her mom was part of the printing business.

Sania Mirza and her family moved to Hyderabad shortly where she and her younger sister Anam grew up.

She is a relative of former cricketers Ghulam Ahmed of India and Asif Iqbal of Pakistan

Sania Mirza completed her schooling at Nasr in Hyderabad and has said that they have helped her in pursuing her dreams

Sania Mirza started playing tennis since she was six-years-old

Sania Mirza was coached by her father and Roger Anderson

Sania Mirza is a six-time Grand Slam doubles winner.

Sania Mirza has won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open once each in women's doubles. 

Sania Mirza has won the Australian Open, French Open and US Open once each in mixed doubles categories

In October 2005, Sania Mirza was named in the list of 'One of  the 50 heroes of India, by a magazine

In 2010, a leading newspaper listed her in '33 women who made India proud'

In 2016, Sania Mirza was listed among 100 most influential people in the world

Sania Mirza got married to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in April 2010. They were first married in a traditional Hyderabadi Muslim wedding ceremony in Hyderabad and then by the Pakistani wedding customs

Sania Mirza announced she was pregnant in April 2018. She gave birth to a baby boy in October 2018. Sania and Shoaib named him Izhaan Mirza Malik

Sania Mirza is a huge fan of photos in monochrome and posts a lot of them on her Instagram profile

Sania Mirza sports a glamourous hairdo

Sania Mirza is all about the sparkle in this photo

Sania Mirza before shooting for 'Koffee With Karan'

Sania Mirza poses in a blue dress

Sania Mirza gets her gansta look on: Swag Because it's NYC time 

Sania Mirza: Thank God for the best team ever who work so hard to make me look like this

Sania Mirza with her younger sister Anam

Sania Mirza and her sister Anam in a throwback photo: Cause we’ve never needed anyone else #BFF #cuteness @anammirzaaa

Sania Mirza with Neha Dhupia: Laughter riot with this crazy girl promise to feed you dinner tomm though @nehadhupia #NoFilterwithNeha #gettingmeintrouble

Sania Mirza with Farah Khan. The two women are close friends

Sania Mirza with her BFF Parineeti Chopra

Sania Mirza with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Beauty and grace personified #causeshereallyisthemostbeautifulwomanonearth #YESeventoday

Sania Mirza with Shilpa Shetty: 

Sania Mirza: Cause everything is better in black and white

Sania Mirza: Lost in my own little bubble And it's just perrffeeccttt 

Sania Mirza poses for a photoshoot

Sania Mirza poses for a photoshoot

Sania Mirza pullls of the classic look in style

Sania Mirza really knows how to pull off an Indian as well as western attire

Sania Mirza dresses up for a label launch event

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis. The two have won many women's doubles titles including Wimbledon in 2015

Sania Mirza poses in a purple gown. Boy doesn't she look stunning?

Sania Mirza poses for a photoshoot when she was pregnant