Sania Mirza, 19, made history on the pro tennis...

Sania Mirza, 19, made history on the pro tennis...

Sania Mirza, 19, made history on the pro tennis tour this season and is expected to make more in 2006.

Mirza is 34th in the WTA Tour's year-end rankings -- the highest any Indian woman has ever been ranked.

And during this season in which she beat two top 10 players, she became the first women's player from India to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament.

The last time an Indian man orwomanmade it that farwas 1987. But as popular as she is becoming as a tennis player, she is even more popular as a symbol for Indian women.