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Ace Against Odds

autobiographical work by Sania Mirza

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ48725019
Source-derived summary

Ace Against Odds is the 2016 biography of the Indian professional tennis player Sania Mirza. The book is her official biography chronicling her journey to becoming one of India and world's top female tennis player. The book also contains some memorable encounters of the player on and off the court and the people and relationships that have contributed to her growth as a person and a sportsperson.

The book was released at the hands of Shah Rukh Khan at a function in Hyderabad in July 2016.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ace Against Odds” is autobiographical work by Sania Mirza. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Against, Odds and autobiographical, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2016-01-01. For this dossier, Against, Odds and autobiographical is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from Ace Against Odds” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.