Sarah Mahboob Khan

For other people with the same name, see Sara Khan.

Sarah Mahboob Khan

Country (sports)	Pakistan
Born	(1991-02-09) 9 February 1991 (age 34) 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

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	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 Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
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. 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

• Sarah Mahboob Khan at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• Sarah Mahboob Khan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sarah Mahboob Khan at the International Tennis Federation