Sania and her doubles partners
Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 5:33 pm
With the 14th doubles title in her kitty, this is just the right time to discuss about Sania's notable doubles partnerships till now. She will of course be back in top 10 and hopefully will retain the spot after FO! So lets begin with Sania's current partner...
...The 'Lady Gaga of Tennis', Bethanie Mattek!- They had decent outings in 2006 and won their 1st and only title (till few hours ago) at Cinncinati 2007. They have reached the quarters of both the slams they played. These were Sania's best GS doubles results till Vesnina came in. Noe with Ves gone, they are back.Hope the new Brussels Champs continue the good work in the rest of the year.
Liezel Huber- Till date, Huber is the only player with whom Sania has won 3 WTA titles. Interestingly all these 3 came in India and were her 1st 3 doubles titles. They played together at USO 2006 but lost in Rd 3. Their recent off-court rapport does not look that good otherwise no reason why they can't team up again. Sania has actually beaten Huber all the times they met in mixed doubles.
Elena Vesnina- Sania most successful partnership broke up due to the Olympics this year. Though they have won only 2 titles, their performance at GS has been exemplary with final at RG and semis at W and AO. They, of course played in just 1 International event. None of Sania's other doubles partnerships have come even close to this.
Shahar Peer- After the Big Three, the name that comes to my mind is that of Peer. Friends since juniors, they didn't let religion come in the way of tennis. Infact their win at Stanford was Sania 1st Premier level title. They played 1 more event at Los Angeles 2007. Yet to pair up since then.
Vania king- Sania's 1st doubles title outside India came with her at Fes. However I don't think they have won any other matches together despite playing at AO 2009 and Japan Open 2009.
Mara Santangelo- Sania won 4 doubles titles in 2007 with 4 different partners and 1 of them was Mara. It was a surprise win for this pair who lost just 3 games to the then No1 team Huber/Black at New Haven final. Surprisingly they did not do very well in any other events.
Chuang Chia-jung- -In 2009 this pair looked liked the next big thing. They made semis at Miami and Madrid and won Ponte Vedra Beach. However they did not go beyond Rd 2 at GS and hence broke up.
Anastasia Rodionova- Won Pattaya Open this year but don't look like a great pair to me as both like to play on deuce court.
Alicia Molik- Sania has few well-wishers who praise her as much as Alicia! They never won a title but did well in quite a few events reaching final at Istanbul and rd3 at AO 2008. Another player with whom Sania played now and then with fine results is Fransesca Schiavone . They last played in USO 2009.
Caroline Wozniacki-- Though they played in just 1 event, Wimbledon 2010, they deserve a special mention as after this, Caro went on to become No1! In this context it may be stated here that Sania played with Kim Clijsters in an exhibition match in 2006 beating the William sisters!!!
Jannete Husarova-- Sania's 1st rd3 appearance in doubles came at FO 2006 with this veteran. I don't think they played again.
Sania played 1 event each with Edina Gallovits and Yaroslava Shedova winning the titles both the times. I hope she plays with the latter sometime in future. Among some well known names, Michaella Krajiceck (W 2006), Anabel Medina(AO 2007) and Vera Dushevina(USO 2009) are few players with whom Sania played in just 1 GS. I think Sania's 1st ever GS doubles 1st rd win came with Yuliana Fedak in FO 2005.
Flavia Penneta,Jie Zheng and Alisa Klebaynova are 3 players with whom I want to see Sania play. She was to play with Penneta at Stuggart but had to pull out due to the latter's injury. Martina Sanchenz is perhaps another player who can compliment her game perfectly.
PS: Please add any other partnerships that I might have ignored.
...The 'Lady Gaga of Tennis', Bethanie Mattek!- They had decent outings in 2006 and won their 1st and only title (till few hours ago) at Cinncinati 2007. They have reached the quarters of both the slams they played. These were Sania's best GS doubles results till Vesnina came in. Noe with Ves gone, they are back.Hope the new Brussels Champs continue the good work in the rest of the year.
Liezel Huber- Till date, Huber is the only player with whom Sania has won 3 WTA titles. Interestingly all these 3 came in India and were her 1st 3 doubles titles. They played together at USO 2006 but lost in Rd 3. Their recent off-court rapport does not look that good otherwise no reason why they can't team up again. Sania has actually beaten Huber all the times they met in mixed doubles.
Elena Vesnina- Sania most successful partnership broke up due to the Olympics this year. Though they have won only 2 titles, their performance at GS has been exemplary with final at RG and semis at W and AO. They, of course played in just 1 International event. None of Sania's other doubles partnerships have come even close to this.
Shahar Peer- After the Big Three, the name that comes to my mind is that of Peer. Friends since juniors, they didn't let religion come in the way of tennis. Infact their win at Stanford was Sania 1st Premier level title. They played 1 more event at Los Angeles 2007. Yet to pair up since then.
Vania king- Sania's 1st doubles title outside India came with her at Fes. However I don't think they have won any other matches together despite playing at AO 2009 and Japan Open 2009.
Mara Santangelo- Sania won 4 doubles titles in 2007 with 4 different partners and 1 of them was Mara. It was a surprise win for this pair who lost just 3 games to the then No1 team Huber/Black at New Haven final. Surprisingly they did not do very well in any other events.
Chuang Chia-jung- -In 2009 this pair looked liked the next big thing. They made semis at Miami and Madrid and won Ponte Vedra Beach. However they did not go beyond Rd 2 at GS and hence broke up.
Anastasia Rodionova- Won Pattaya Open this year but don't look like a great pair to me as both like to play on deuce court.
Alicia Molik- Sania has few well-wishers who praise her as much as Alicia! They never won a title but did well in quite a few events reaching final at Istanbul and rd3 at AO 2008. Another player with whom Sania played now and then with fine results is Fransesca Schiavone . They last played in USO 2009.
Caroline Wozniacki-- Though they played in just 1 event, Wimbledon 2010, they deserve a special mention as after this, Caro went on to become No1! In this context it may be stated here that Sania played with Kim Clijsters in an exhibition match in 2006 beating the William sisters!!!
Jannete Husarova-- Sania's 1st rd3 appearance in doubles came at FO 2006 with this veteran. I don't think they played again.
Sania played 1 event each with Edina Gallovits and Yaroslava Shedova winning the titles both the times. I hope she plays with the latter sometime in future. Among some well known names, Michaella Krajiceck (W 2006), Anabel Medina(AO 2007) and Vera Dushevina(USO 2009) are few players with whom Sania played in just 1 GS. I think Sania's 1st ever GS doubles 1st rd win came with Yuliana Fedak in FO 2005.
Flavia Penneta,Jie Zheng and Alisa Klebaynova are 3 players with whom I want to see Sania play. She was to play with Penneta at Stuggart but had to pull out due to the latter's injury. Martina Sanchenz is perhaps another player who can compliment her game perfectly.
PS: Please add any other partnerships that I might have ignored.