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Sania Mirza Completes 80 weeks as World Number 1, an Indian Record


Sania Mirza, ended 2015 as the top-ranked doubles player in the world with partner Martina Hingis.
●    She took that title alone this year with Barbora Strycova.
●    The 29-year-old completed a total of 80 weeks as the top-ranked player – the tenth-highest number of weeks as the WTA No. 1 doubles player. 
●    The all-time record rests with American legend Martina Navratilova, who yesterday celebrated her 60th birthday. 
●    Widely considered among the greatest players of all time, Navratilova won a staggering eighteen Grand Slams in the singles, 31 in the doubles.
●    Mirza, who initially started out in the singles and is considered one of India’s finest ever players, is the highest-ranked doubles player in Indian women’s history and was the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.

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