She had an historic year – nine WTA doubles titles in a breakthrough partnership with Martina Hingis, including her first two Grand Slam women’s doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open, as well as rising to No.1 on the WTA Doubles Rankings, the first Indian woman to reach No.1 in the sport.

And now, while the tennis world takes a break to rest up, recharge and gear up for the 2016 season, Sania Mirza has hit another milestone – she crossed 10 million Facebook fans over the weekend.

Here’s the Top 5 most-followed WTA stars on Facebook – Mirza’s the second to hit 10 million:

1. Maria Sharapova (15.2M)
2. Sania Mirza (10.0M)
3. Serena Williams (4.0M)
4. Ana Ivanovic (3.1M)
5. Venus Williams (2.1M)

The Indian trailblazer posted this message on her Facebook page on Monday to thank her fans: