Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza
India, 23 years old
Indian Icon

Blessed with Bollywood looks and as one of the most recognised and talked about women in India, Sania personifies the emergin India and is regarded with a passion usually reserved for movie stars and the country’s cricket team. The youth icon of India became a rage in her country when she reached the fourth round of the US Open in 2005, thus becoming the first ever Indian women to reach the fourth round of any Grand Slam event.

Sania’s meteoric rise up the rankings has been accompanied by exploding popularity in her native India and with Indian populations all over the world.

She is often cheered on by large, flag-waving Indian crowds at tournaments around the globe and has received an incredible amount of media atten tion, including public appearance request.