Jan 27, 2023
Sania Mirza ended her career with six Grand Slam titles after failing to win the Australian Open mixed doubles trophy with Rohan Bopanna.
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Sania and Bopanna lost 6-7(2), 2-6 to Brazilian pair of Luisa Stefani and Rafael Mataos in the final at Rod Laver Arena.
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Coming into her final Major tournament, Sania had three women's doubles and as many mixed doubles trophies in her cabinet.
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Out of Sania's six Grand Slams title, three are mixed doubles trophies two of which she won with Mahesh Bhupathi.
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Sania's all three women's doubles titles came with Swiss great Martina Hingis.
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In 2009, Sania picked up her first Australian Open mixed doubles Grand Slam title.
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Partnering with Mahesh Bhupathi, Sania beat Nathalie Dechy and Andy Ram in the final.
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Sania and Bhupathi won the 2012 French Open mixed doubles crown.
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Sania and Bhupathi defeated Santiago González of Mexico and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland.
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Sania won the third mixed doubles Grand Slam title in her career at the 2014 US Open.
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Sania and Bruno Soares beat Abigail Spears and Santiago González in the final.
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Sania and Hingis won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in three tough sets in the final.
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The win gave Sania her first Grand Slam title in Women's Doubles and Hingis her tenth.
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Sania and Hingis won the 2015 US Open title defeating Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova in the finals.
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This was the top seeded pair's second straight Grand Slam title after Wimbledon and they did not lose a set throughout the fortnight.
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Top seeds Sania and Hingis won the 2016 Australian Open Women's doubles title.
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Sania and Hingis defeated Andrea Hlavácková and Lucie Hradecká in the final.
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Sania is due to retire from all tennis after a tournament next month in Dubai, where she has lived for more than a decade.
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Sania may have bowed out of Grand Slam tennis with a defeat but she is India's greatest women's tennis player.
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