Sania Mirza was born in Mumbai, India on the 15th November, 1986 to Mr. Imran Mirza and Naseema. Sania Mirza's father Imran was a sports journalist but later became a builder.
The family later relocated themselves in the city of Hyderabad. Sania Mirza got her schooling from Nasr School Khairatabad and passed her SSC examination with first division securing 63% marks.
Sania was drawn to the lawn tennis by her father. She started playing tennis at the tender age of six at Nizam Club Hyderabad. When Sania was first taken to the coach he refused to coach her, later on after a week he called up the parents of Sania and told them that he has never seen such a talent at such a tender age.
Her initial training was handled by CK Bhupati father of Mahesh Bhupati, the legendary Indian tennis player
Sania Mirza's father was unable to take care of the expenses of the training of Sania therefore he approached some business houses for help, GVK industries and Adidas started to sponsor her from the age of 12 years. Later on her father Imran took over as her coach.
