Sarah Mahboob Khan
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 February 1991 Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Plays | Right-handed (Double-handed backhand) |
| College | James Madison University |
| Prize money | US$ 687 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2 - 4 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 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.[1]
Career
[edit]Sarah Mahboob Khan was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Her father Mahboob is a tennis coach.[2] In 2004, Sarah Mahboob Khan became the youngest ever Pakistan National Champion, aged 14.[3]
She has been Pakistan's leading tennis player since 2005.[2][4] 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.[3]
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,[2] and the first to reach the quarter-final of an ITF tournament, achieving this in the doubles at Ain Sukhna, Egypt, partnering Irina Constantinide.[5][6][7]
In May 2011, she signed to play for the tennis team of the University of New Mexico.[8]
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.[9]
Fed Cup participation
[edit]Singles
[edit]| Outcome | No. | Date | Edition | Surface | Against | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | February 2011 | 2011 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Kyrgyzstan | 0–6, 4–6 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | February 2011 | Indonesia | 0–6, 1–6 | |||
| Runner-up | 3. | February 2011 | Philippines | 4–6, 0–6 | |||
| Runner-up | 4. | February 2011 | Turkmenistan | 1–6, 1–6 | |||
| Runner-up | 5. | April 2016 | 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Singapore | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Runner-up | 6. | April 2016 | Indonesia | 1–6, 1–6 | |||
| Winner | 7. | April 2016 | Bahrain | 6–0, 6–0 | |||
| Runner-up | 8. | July 2017 | 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Malaysia | 6–7, 5–7 | |
| Runner-up | 9. | February 2018 | 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Indonesia | 0–6, 2–6 | |
| Winner | 10. | February 2018 | Bahrain | 6–0, 6–1 | |||
| Runner-up | 11. | June 2019 | 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Hong Kong | 0–6, 1–6 | |
| Runner-up | 12. | June 2019 | New Zealand | 0–6, 0–6 | |||
| Winner | 13. | June 2019 | Bangladesh | 6–1, 6–2 | |||
| Runner-up | 14. | June 2019 | Turkmenistan | 2–6, 1–6 | |||
| Runner-up | 15. | February 2020 | 2020 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Singapore | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Runner-up | 16. | February 2020 | New Zealand | 2–6, 0–6 |
Doubles
[edit]| Outcome | No. | Date | Edition | Surface | Against | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | February 2011 | 2011 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Kyrgyzstan | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| Runner-up | 2. | February 2011 | Turkmenistan | 2–6, 2–6 | ||||
| Runner-up | 3. | April 2016 | 2016 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Malaysia | 3–6, 0–6 | ||
| Winner | 4. | April 2016 | Kyrgyzstan | w/o | ||||
| Runner-up | 5. | July 2017 | 2017 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Malaysia | 3-6, 2-6 | ||
| Winner | 6. | July 2017 | Iran | 6–3, 7–5 | ||||
| Runner-up | 7. | February 2018 | 2018 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | New Zealand | 3-6, 1-6 | ||
| Runner-up | 8. | June 2019 | 2019 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone II |
Hard | Hong Kong | 0–6, 1–6 | ||
| Runner-up | 9. | June 2019 | Turkmenistan | 4–6, 5–7 |
References
[edit]- ^ Sarah Mahboob Khan at the Billie Jean King Cup
- ^ a b c "Tribute to our Tennis Player & Tennis Coaching Program" (PDF). Islamabad Club Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 04. Islamabad Club. October–December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Sarah Mahboob Khan". Players Profile. Sindh Tennis Association. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Raheel, Natasha (4 March 2011). "Female players to receive training in Dubai". The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune News Network. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Nasreen, Gul (31 May 2011). "Sarah creates tennis history". You! Women's Magazine - Women power!. Jang Group Of Newspapers. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "Sara qualifies for doubles quarterfinals of ITF Women's Pro Circuit (WTA ranking)". News and Events. Pakistan Tennis. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "Sarah in ITF ranking Tennis doubles quarters". The Nation - Sports. Nawaiwaqt Group of News Papers. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Bora, Saurav (11 February 2016). "'Hard for Pak women to excel in tennis' - Interview - Sarah Mahboob". The Telegraph. ABP. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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.
External links
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- Living people
- Pakistani female tennis players
- Racket sportspeople from Rawalpindi
- James Madison University alumni
- Sportswomen from Punjab, Pakistan
- Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games competitors for Pakistan
- South Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan
- South Asian Games medalists in tennis
- 21st-century Pakistani sportswomen