Rishika Sunkara
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Indian tennis player
| At the 2011 Australian Open | |||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | India | ||||||||||||
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| Residence | New Delhi, India | ||||||||||||
| Born | (1993年05月14日) 14 May 1993 (age 31) Vijayawada, India | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | 49,998ドル | ||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 162–143 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 2 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 441 (9 November 2015) | ||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 151–125 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 10 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 375 (5 August 2013) | ||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 2–4 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian former tennis player.
In her career, she won 12 titles on the ITF Circuit; two in singles and ten in doubles (four in 2015 of which three were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at No. 375 in the doubles rankings.
She competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014. Rishika has a rare distinction of being the junior and pro number one in India while still being a teenager.
Playing for India in Fed Cup, Sunkara scored a win–loss record of 2–4.
Early career
[edit ]Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She has an elder brother who used to play tennis, and she started playing tennis at the age of six. One of her earliest coaches was Mahesh Kumbria in Cosmic.[1]
Rishika Sunkara teamed up with Sai Samhitha for doubles final in National Hard Court Tennis, in 2021. [2] [3]
Sunkara was part of the Team Tennis Academy under coach Aditya Sachdev for nine years till the split in 2016. She has been coached by Anantha Bhaskar. and sponsored by Head. Previously, she was supported by GVK and Adidas.
ITF Circuit finals
[edit ]| Legend |
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| 25,000ドル tournaments |
| 15,000ドル tournaments |
| 10,000ドル tournaments |
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
[edit ]| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1. | May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | India Simran Kaur Sethi | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | Dec 2012 | ITF Kolkata, India | Hard | Hong Kong Katherine Ip | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | May 2014 | ITF Hyderabad, India | Hard | India Prarthana Thombare | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | Clay | Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Oct 2015 | ITF Lucknow, India | Grass | India Prerna Bhambri | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 6. | Oct 2015 | ITF Raipur, India | Hard | India Natasha Palha | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups)
[edit ]| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 14 August 2009 | New Delhi, India | Hard | India Nova Patel | India Sanaa Bhambri India Poojashree Venkatesha |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1. | 6 October 2012 | Bidar, India | Hard | Ukraine Oleksandra Korashvili | Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk China Zhang Nannan |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2. | 1 December 2012 | Kolkata, India | Hard | India Rutuja Bhosale | India Arantxa Andrady India Kyra Shroff |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 28 June 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Hungary Naomi Totka | India Natasha Palha India Prarthana Thombare |
6–4, 4–6, [13–11] |
| Loss | 3. | 28 July 2013 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | India Sowjanya Bavisetti | Egypt Mayar Sherif Slovakia Zuzana Zlochová |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 10 January 2014 | Aurangabat, India | Clay | India Shweta Rana | India Ankita Raina India Prarthana Thombare |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3. | 11 April 2014 | Chennai, India | Clay | India Sharmada Balu | India Natasha Palha India Prarthana Thombare |
6–0, 7–6 |
| Win | 4. | 9 May 2014 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | India Sharmada Balu | India Shweta Rana India Prarthana Thombare |
6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5. | 30 August 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Italy Giulia Bruzzone | Russia Anna Morgina South Africa Michelle Sammons |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 6 September 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | China Gai Ao | South Africa Ilze Hattingh South Africa Michelle Sammons |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 7. | 3 April 2015 | Dehra Dun, India | Hard | India Prerna Bhambri | India Prarthana Thombare Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk |
0–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | 15 May 2015 | Nashik, India | Clay | India Sowjanya Bavisetti | India Riya Bhatia India Karman Thandi |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Win | 6. | 20 June 2015 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Netherlands Eva Wacanno | Spain Olga Parres Azcoitia India Prarthana Thombare |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 7. | 22 August 2015 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | India Sowjanya Bavisetti | United States Eva Siska United States Shelby Talcott |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 8. | 14 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Clay | India Sowjanya Bavisetti | India Prerna Bhambri India Prarthana Thombare |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | 25 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | India Nidhi Chilumula | India Sharmada Balu India Prarthana Thombare |
6–2, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Loss | 9. | 30 October 2015 | Raipur, India | Hard | India Prerna Bhambri | India Sharmada Balu India Prarthana Thombare |
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10] |
| Loss | 10. | 7 May 2016 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | India Nidhi Chilumula | United Kingdom Samantha Murray Greece Despina Papamichail |
6–3, 2–6, [1–10] |
| Loss | 11. | 11 November 2016 | Pune, India | Hard | India Sowjanya Bavisetti | Russia Irina Khromacheva Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 9. | 4 February 2017 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | India Natasha Palha | Egypt Sandra Samir United States Shelby Talcott |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | 3 March 2017 | Gwalior, India | Hard | India Natasha Palha | India Riya Bhatia India Shweta Rana |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 12. | 6 May 2017 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | India Sowjanya Bavisetti | Colombia María Herazo González Belgium Magali Kempen |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 13. | 21 October 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Clay | India Natasha Palha | India Rutuja Bhosale India Pranjala Yadlapalli |
4–6, 1–6 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Interview with Rishika Sunkara". National Sports. IndianTennisDaily. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Prithvi makes the semifinals". The Hindu. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ K, Kumaraswamy (22 March 2021). "Fourth-time lucky Kadhe lifts national title". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
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- Living people
- Indian female tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Racket sportspeople from Vijayawada
- Sportswomen from Vijayawada, India
- 21st-century Indian women
- 21st-century Indian people
- Asian Games competitors for India
- South Asian Games silver medalists for India
- South Asian Games medalists in tennis