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Seventh doubles title of the year (and 39th of her career) as she wins in New Haven with Monica Niculescu (ROM, 16). That ensures that Sania will remain #1 in women's doubles for her 17th consecutive full month. (She has been world #1 since 12 April 2015).

Another photo, this time with New Haven title for Sania and Monica Niculescu ... This photo is posted by Sania on her facebook account.

Sania and Strycova r facing Japanese pair in the first round at Pan Pacific Open.

At $1M Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan (WTA Premier)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Misaki Doi (JPN)/ Kurumi Nara (JPN)

Sania and Strycova started with really tight comeback win against local pair ... After losing the first they needed to dig deep for completing win in match tie-break.

At $1M Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan (WTA Premier)

[R1] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Misaki Doi (JPN)/ Kurumi Nara (JPN) 67(3) 75 10-8

Sania-Strycova r in another final with back to back wins in the quarters and the semis ... After winning the quarters easily they needed comeback win over Canadian-Spanish pair in the semis ... In the final they r facing unseeded Chinese pair, who scored upset win over top-seed in first round.

At $1M Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan (WTA Premier)

[QF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Miyu Kato (JPN)/ Yifan Xu (CHN) 62 62
[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)/ María José Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 46 63 10-5

[F] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) vs Chen Liang (CHN)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN)

There are SOOOO many Chinese women players coming up. Like literally there are 20-30 of them at the top 300 level. They must be doing something right.

Yet another doubles title for Sania. Congratulations to Sania and Barbora.

[F] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) d Chen Liang (CHN)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) 6-1 6-1

Sania and Strycova crushed their Chinese opponents for lifting Japan Open title in 51 minutes ... This is their 2nd title in their 3rd tournament as pair and overall 40th title for Sania ... This is also 3rd title of Japan open for Sania before this she had couple of title with Cara Black ... In the first set our pair broke Chinese pairs four times and lost their service game once ... In the second set our pair broke Chinese pair twice.


Fram Sania's facebook page

At $1M Toray Pan Pacific Open</span>, Tokyo, Japan (WTA Premier)

Doubles Final
(2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Barbora Strycova (CZE) bt Chen Liang (CHN)/ Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) 61 61

Edited- Suresh, was 2 mins faster than me

I may have been two minutes faster but your post has that awesome picture.

For her effort Sania wins ~ $23,000 which in turn a meager 12% of what the singles champion wins

A nice article on Sania's attempt to retain her world #1 ranking at the year ending WTA finals-

Mirza Faces WTA Finals Challenge From Trio Of Doubles Talents For Year-End No.1

The draw will be made today.

It's a knockout system this year, and SanTina play against the Chan sisters tomorrow (Friday), in the QF.

WTA Finals (Quarter Final): Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis beat the Chan sisters in a pulsating match, 76(9) 75.

Sania's serving was very strong, and her return of serves were often breathtaking. Martina was brilliant at the net, but her serve was broken thrice (including once at 5-5 in the first set, which could've been dangerous for the pair but they managed to immediately break back with some fabulous service returns, especially from Sania). Our pair were generally ahead in the first set tiebreak, except at 8-9, but managed to save that point and took it 11-9. The first time Martina was broken in the second set (at love), Sania did miss a couple of volleys. But otherwise, our pair managed to raise their game when it really mattered, at 5-5 in the second set when they attacked the taller Chan sister (who has much the stronger serve, while the stockier sister has a very strong ground game and service-return, but was otherwise more vulnerable with her serve), quickly making it 0-40, 15-40 and then breaking. In her final service game, Martina did much better (including one ace; Sania had at least three in the match), and Sania's volleying was pin-point too, and they ran away with the match as Martina held at 15 (the only time she held in the second set I think!).

Good tight winning start for Snia and Martina ... Next they r facing Russian pair.

At $7M BNP Paribas WTA Finals, Singapore

[SF] (2) Sania Mirza (IND)/ Martina Hingis (SUI) vs (4) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)/ Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Sadly lost the semifinal, and with that Sania's run as world #1 doubles player ends -- and indeed her two-year run as WTA Finals champion.
Vesnina knows Sania too well, and was serving down the T to her backhand later in the match to neutralise her strength. 6-10 in the match tiebreak, and the Russians just slowly sneaked up on our pair -- taking a 4-2 lead in the STB against Martina's serve, and never relinquishing that edge. Our pair also lost their spirit as the match started slipping away, showing the effect of their separation.