Sarah Mahboob Khan

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

Sarah Mahboob Khan
Country (sports) Pakistan
Born (1991-02-09) 9 February 1991
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
PlaysRight Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
CollegeJames Madison University
Prize moneyUS$ 687
Singles
Career record2 - 4
Career titles0
Doubles
Career record2 - 4

Playing for Pakistan at the Fed Cup, Mahboob Khan has a win–loss of 2–8.[1]

Career

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

Singles
Outcome No. Date Edition Surface Against Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. February 2011 2011 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Kyrgyzstan Zhamilia Duisheeva 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. February 2011 Indonesia Lavinia Tananta 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. February 2011 Philippines Anna Clarice Patrimonio 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. February 2011 Turkmenistan Anastasiya Prenko 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. April 2016 2016 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Singapore Charmaine Shi Yi Seah 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. April 2016 Indonesia Jessy Rompies 1–6, 1–6
Winner 7. April 2016 Bahrain Nazli Nader Redha 6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 8. July 2017 2017 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Malaysia Aslina Chua 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up 9. February 2018 2018 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi 0–6, 2–6
Winner 10. February 2018 Bahrain Nazli Nader Redha 6–0, 6–1
Runner-up 11. June 2019 2018 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Hong Kong Eudice Chong 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 12. June 2019 New Zealand Paige Hourigan 0–6, 0–6
Winner 13. June 2019 Bangladesh Eshita Afrose 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 14. June 2019 Turkmenistan Guljan Muhammetkuliyeva 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 15. February 2020 2020 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Singapore Izabella Tan Hui-xin 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 16. February 2020 New Zealand Paige Hourigan 2–6, 0–6

Doubles
Outcome No. Date Edition Surface Against Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. February 2011 2011 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Kyrgyzstan Ushna Suhail Zhamilia Duisheeva
Emilia Tenizbaeva		 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 2. February 2011 Turkmenistan Ushna Suhail Jenneta Halliyeva
Anastasiya Prenko		 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. April 2016 2016 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Malaysia Ushna Suhail Jawairiah Noordin
Theiviya Selvarajoo		 3–6, 0–6
Winner 4. April 2016 Kyrgyzstan Ushna Suhail Nelli Buyuklianova
Alina Lazareva		 w/o
Runner-up 5. July 2017 2017 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Malaysia Mahin Qureshi Aslina Chua
Uma Nayar		 3-6, 2-6
Winner 6. July 2017 Iran Ushna Suhail Sara Amiri
Ghazal Pakbaten		 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 7. February 2018 2018 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard New Zealand Mahin Qureshi Emily Fanning
Katherine Westbury		 3-6, 1-6
Runner-up 8. June 2019 2019 Fed Cup
Asia/Oceania Zone II		 Hard Hong Kong Meheq Khokhar Ng Kwan-yau
Cody Wong Hong-yi		 0–6, 1–6
Runner-up 9. June 2019 Turkmenistan Sara Mansoor Anastasiya Azimbayeva
Guljan Muhammetkuliyeva		 4–6, 5–7

References
  1. Sarah Mahboob Khan at the Fed Cup
  2. "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.
  3. "Sarah Mahboob Khan". Players Profile. Sindh Tennis Association. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  4. Raheel, Natasha (4 March 2011). "Female players to receive training in Dubai". The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune News Network. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  5. Nasreen, Gul (31 May 2011). "Sarah creates tennis history". You! Women's Magazine - Women power!. Jang Group Of Newspapers. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  6. "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.
  7. "Sarah in ITF Ranking Tennis doubles quarters". The Nation - Sports. Nawaiwaqt Group of News Papers. 22 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  8. "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.
  9. Bora, Saurav (11 February 2016). "'Hard for Pak women to excel in tennis' - Interview - Sarah Mahboob". The Telegraph. ABP. 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.
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