Ankita Bhambri

Ankita Bhambri
Native name अंकिता भाम्बरी
Country India
Residence New Delhi, India
Born New Delhi, India
Turned pro 2000
Plays Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money US$ 62,691
Singles
Career record 162 - 91
Career titles 9 ITF
Highest ranking No. 332 (1 May 2006)
Doubles
Career record 100 - 69
Career titles 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 299 (31 October 2005)
Last updated on: 21 July 2008.

Ankita Bhambri is a former professional tennis player from India.

Her highest career singles ranking is World No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Highest career doubles ranking is World No. 299, which she achieved in October 2005.

In her career, Bhambri won a total of 9 ITF Women's Circuit singles and 8 doubles titles. She has played on the WTA Tour on 5 occasions, losing in round one at Hyderabad (2004); Hyderabad & Kolkata (2005); and Bangalore & Kolkata (2006).

Her sister Sanaa, brother Yuki and cousins Prerna and Prateek Bhambri also play tennis professionally.

Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Bhambri has a win–loss record of 8–14.

ITF Circuit Finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles Finals: 16 (9–7)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 22 April 2002 India Pune, India Clay India Sheethal Goutham 6-3 6-2
Winner 2. 26 May 2003 India New Delhi, India Hard India Isha Lakhani 6-3 6-3
Runner–up 3. 23 May 2004 India Lucknow, India Grass India Rushmi Chakravarthi 2-6 6-2 6-7
Runner–up 4. 30 May 2004 India New Delhi, India Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi 4-6 4-6
Winner 5. 6 December 2004 India Kolkatta, India Hard Thailand Wilawan Choptang 6-3 7-5
Runner–up 6. 13 December 2004 India Gurgaon, India Clay India Rushmi Chakravarthi 7-6 6-7 4-6
Runner–up 7. 9 May 2005 India Ahmedabad, India Hard China Sheng-Nan Sun 2-6 2–6
Winner 8. 7 November 2005 India Pune, India Clay India Parul Goswami 6-1 6-3
Winner 9. 23 January 2006 India New Delhi, India Hard Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina 6-4 6-3
Winner 10. 27 March 2006 India Mumbai, India Clay Japan Kazusa Ito 6-2 5-7 6-1
Winner 11. 12 June 2006 India New Delhi, India Hard India Isha Lakhani 6-3 6-2
Runner–up 12. 25 August 2007 India Noida, India Carpet India Tara Iyer 6-3 4-6 3-6
Winner 13. 19 November 2007 India Aurangabad, India Clay India Sanaa Bhambri 6-3 7-6
Runner–up 14. 9 June 2008 India Gurgaon, India Carpet India Rushmi Chakravarthi 4-6 2-6
Runner–up 15. 18 October 2008 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard Belgium Tamaryn Hendler 3–6 6–2 3–6
Winner 16. 1 June 2009 India New Delhi, India Hard China Chun-Yan He 6-3 6-2

Doubles Finals: 15 (8–7)

Outcome NO Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Winner 1. 23 May 2004 India Lucknow, India Grass India Rushmi Chakravarthi India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
India Archana Venkataraman
6-4 6-1
Runner–up 2. 30 May 2004 India New Delhi, India Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi India Sanaa Bhambri
India Liza Pereira Viplav
7-6 3-6 6-7
Runner–up 3. 6 December 2004 India Kolkatta, India Hard India Sanaa Bhambri Thailand Wilawan Choptang
India Shruti Dhawan
2-6 5-7
Runner–up 4. 13 December 2004 India Gurgaon, India Clay India Sanaa Bhambri India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6-2 2-6 4-6
Winner 5. 9 May 2005 India Ahmedabad, India Hard India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram India Sanaa Bhambri
India Shruti Dhawan
6-2 7-5
Winner 6. 16 May 2005 India Indore, India Hard India Sanaa Bhambri India Isha Lakhani
India Meghha Vakaria
5-7 6-3 6-2
Winner 7. 9 August 2005 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Hard India Sanaa Bhambri United Kingdom Sarah Coles
United Kingdom Elizabeth Thomas
6-3 6-3
Winner 8. 17 October 2005 Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria Hard India Sanaa Bhambri India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Punam Reddy
W/O
Runner–up 9. 23 January 2006 India New Delhi, India Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
Italy Nicole Clerico
W/O
Runner–up 10. 25 May 2007 India Mumbai, India Hard India Sanaa Bhambri India Isha Lakhani
Mauritius Marinne Giraud
4-6 1-6
Winner 11. 25 August 2007 India Noida, India Carpet India Sanaa Bhambri Thailand Sophia Mulsap
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6-1 6-4
Runner–up 12. 19 November 2007 India Aurangabad, India Clay India Sanaa Bhambri India Sandhya Nagaraj
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6-7(4) 5-7
Runner–up 13. 9 June 2008 India Gurgaon, India Carpet India Sanaa Bhambri Russia Elina Gasanova
India Isha Lakhani
3-6 4-6
Winner 14. 23 August 2008 Thailand Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard India Sanaa Bhambri Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
Thailand Kanyapat Narattana
7-5 7-6
Winner 15. 1 June 2009 India New Delhi, India Hard India Sanaa Bhambri South Korea Seo Soon-Mi
South Korea Shin Jung-Yoon
6-4 2-6 10-1

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