Country (sports) | Pakistan |
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Born | Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 9 February 1991
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]
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]
Outcome | No. | Date | Edition | Surface | Against | Opponent | Score |
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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 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Edition | Surface | Against | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 |
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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.