Sarah Mahboob Khan Explained

Sarah Mahboob Khan
Birth Date:1991 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Rawalpindi, Pakistan
College:James Madison University
Plays:Right-handed (Double-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 687
Singlesrecord:2 - 4
Singlestitles:0
Doublesrecord:2 - 4

Sarah Mahboob Khan (born 9 February 1991) is a Pakistani tennis player.

Playing for Pakistan at the Fed Cup, Mahboob Khan has a win–loss of 2–8.

Career

Sarah Mahboob Khan was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Her father Mahboob is a tennis coach.[1] In 2004, Sarah Mahboob Khan became the youngest ever Pakistan National Champion, aged 14.[2]

She has been Pakistan's leading tennis player since 2005.[1] [3] She is the only player to have won Pakistan national titles on clay, hard, and grass, and has won a record number of National Rankings Ladies' Singles Titles.[2]

In October 2010, Sarah Mahboob Khan became the first Pakistani female tennis player to qualify for the main draw of an ITF tournament outside Pakistan,[1] and the first to reach the quarter-final of an ITF tournament, achieving this in the doubles at Ain Sukhna, Egypt, partnering Irina Constantinide.[4] [5] [6]

In May 2011, she signed to play for the tennis team of the University of New Mexico.[7]

After her sophomore year, Khan transferred to play for James Madison University in Virginia, where she played for four years and graduated in May 2015. She then returned to Pakistan.[8]

Fed Cup participation

Singles

OutcomeNo.DateEditionSurfaceAgainstOpponentScore
Runner-up1.Hard Zhamilia Duisheeva0–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.Indonesia Lavinia Tananta0–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.Philippines Anna Clarice Patrimonio4–6, 0–6
Runner-up4.Turkmenistan Anastasiya Prenko1–6, 1–6
Runner-up5.Hard Charmaine Shi Yi Seah1–6, 2–6
Runner-up6.Indonesia Jessy Rompies1–6, 1–6
Winner7.Bahrain Nazli Nader Redha6–0, 6–0
Runner-up8.Hard Aslina Chua6–7, 5–7
Runner-up9.Hard Aldila Sutjiadi0–6, 2–6
Winner10.Bahrain Nazli Nader Redha6–0, 6–1
Runner-up11.Hard Eudice Chong0–6, 1–6
Runner-up12.New Zealand Paige Hourigan0–6, 0–6
Winner13.Bangladesh Eshita Afrose6–1, 6–2
Runner-up14.Turkmenistan Guljan Muhammetkuliyeva2–6, 1–6
Runner-up15.Hard Izabella Tan Hui-xin2–6, 1–6
Runner-up16.New Zealand Paige Hourigan2–6, 0–6

Doubles

OutcomeNo.DateEditionSurfaceAgainstPartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.Hard Zhamilia Duisheeva
Emilia Tenizbaeva
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up2.Turkmenistan Jenneta Halliyeva
Anastasiya Prenko
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up3.Hard 3–6, 0–6
Winner4.Kyrgyzstan Nelli Buyuklianova
Alina Lazareva
w/o
Runner-up5.Hard Aslina Chua
Uma Nayar
3-6, 2-6
Winner6.Iran Sara Amiri
Ghazal Pakbaten
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up7.Hard Emily Fanning
Katherine Westbury
3-6, 1-6
Runner-up8.Hard 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up9.Turkmenistan Anastasiya Azimbayeva
Guljan Muhammetkuliyeva
4–6, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tribute to our Tennis Player & Tennis Coaching Program . Islamabad Club Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 04 . Islamabad Club . October–December 2010 . 2 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007110803/http://www.islamabadclub.org.pk/Oct-Dec10.pdf . 7 October 2011 . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Sarah Mahboob Khan . Players Profile . Sindh Tennis Association . 2 June 2011 .
  3. Web site: Raheel . Natasha . Female players to receive training in Dubai . The Express Tribune . The Express Tribune News Network . 4 March 2011 . 2 June 2011 .
  4. Web site: Nasreen . Gul . Sarah creates tennis history . You! Women's Magazine - Women power! . Jang Group Of Newspapers . 31 May 2011 . 2 June 2011 .
  5. Web site: Sara qualifies for doubles quarterfinals of ITF Women's Pro Circuit (WTA ranking) . News and Events . Pakistan Tennis . 22 October 2010 . 2 June 2011 .
  6. Web site: Sarah in ITF ranking Tennis doubles quarters . The Nation - Sports . Nawaiwaqt Group of News Papers . 22 October 2010 . 2 June 2011 .
  7. Web site: New Mexico Announce Two Signees - Lobos get NLIs from Maria Sablina and Sarah Mahboob Khan . Official Athletics Website of the University of New Mexico . CBS Interactive . 2 May 2011 . 2 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110828073417/http://www.golobos.com/sports/w-tennis/spec-rel/050211aaa.html . 28 August 2011 . dmy-all .
  8. Web site: 'Hard for Pak women to excel in tennis' - Interview - Sarah Mahboob . https://web.archive.org/web/20160211091736/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160211/jsp/northeast/story_68621.jsp . dead . 11 February 2016 . Bora . Saurav . 2016-02-11 . The Telegraph . ABP . 2016-12-11 . Sarah, who became the youngest-ever national champion at the age of 14, had come back to Pakistan in May last year after graduating from James Madison University in Virginia (US) where she played for their team for four years..