Poojashree Venkatesha

Poojashree Venkatesha
ಪುಜಶ್ರೀ ವೆಂಕಾತೆಷಾ

Country	India
Residence	Mysore, India
Born	(1990-07-27) 27 July 1990 Mandya, India
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$34,906
Singles
Career record	95 - 59
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 306 (30 November 2009)
Doubles
Career record	81–48
Career titles	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 371 (28 February 2011)
Last updated on: 16 January 2012.

Poojashree Venkatesha

Medal record
Women's Tennis
Competitor for  India
Commonwealth Youth Games
Silver	2008 Pune	Women's Singles

Poojashree Venkatesha (Kannada: ಪುಜಶ್ರೀ ವೆಂಕಾತೆಷಾ; born 27 July 1990 in Mandya) is an Indian tennis player, primarily competing on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won a silver medal for her native country in the women's singles event at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.

Career

2008

Venkatesha was the runner-up and won the Silver Medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games. She missed out for the Gold Medal, beaten by Heather Watson of United Kingdom 6/2, 6/1.

2010

In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Venkatesha lost and missed out on the Bronze Medal along with India's Nirupama Sanjeev for the women's doubles, defeated by Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi, 6/4, 6/2, both of India, who also missed out for the Gold Medal.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles finals: 7 (5-2)

Outcome	#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
Winner	1.	24 November 2008	Islamabad, Pakistan	Clay	Kim Hae-sung	7–6(8), 6–4
Runner-up	2.	18 April 2009	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Clay	Albina Khabibulina	7–6(5), 3–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	10 August 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	7–6(8), 6–2
Winner	4.	7 September 2009	Bangalore, India	Hard	Dalila Jakupovic	6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	21 September 2009	Dehradun, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	6–3, 7–5
Winner	6.	5 October 2009	Noida, India	Hard	Moe Kawatoko	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	7.	17 May 2010	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	1–6, 4–6

Doubles finals: 16 (9-7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	28 April 2008	Cochin, India	Clay	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	5 May 2008	Trivandrum, India	Clay	Magda Okruashvili	Miki Miyamura Yu Min-hwa	6–7(6), 2–6
Runner-up	3.	24 November 2008	Islamabad, Pakistan	Clay	Treta Bhattacharyya	Kim Hae-sung Shin Jung-yoon	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4	1 December 2008	Islamabad, Pakistan	Hard	Parul Goswami	Kim Hae-sung Shin Jung-yoon	4–6, 6–7(2)
Winner	5.	26 January 2009	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Parija Maloo	Shivika Burman Kumari-Sweta Solanki	6–1, 6–2
Winner	6.	10 August 2009	New Delhi , India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Rishika Sunkara Nova Patel	6–2, 6–1
Winner	7.	7 September 2009	Bangalore, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Kumari-Sweta Solanki Moe Kawatoko	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	21 September 2009	Dehradun, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	5 October 2009	Noida, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko	1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	10.	12 July 2010	Hatyai, Thailand	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	6–3, 7–6(10)
Winner	11.	26 July 2010	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Yumi Miyazaki Tomoko Taira	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	4 December 2010	Mandya, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk	1-6 1-6
Winner	13.	17 January 2011	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	24 January 2011	Kolkata, India	Clay	Ankita Raina	Nicole Clerico Dalila Jakupovic	3–6, 1–6
Winner	15.	12 December 2011	Djibouti, Djibouti	Hard	Alexandra Romanova	Diana Isaeva Anna Morgina	6–1, 6–0
Winner	16.	20 December 2011	Djibouti, Djibouti	Hard	Alexandra Romanova	Diana Isaeva Margarita Lazareva	7-5 7-6(8)

References

1. 'Venkatesha gets beath by Heather watson in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games'- CWG Tennis Update
2. 'Venkatesha wins the 2009 Circuit ITF tournament of US$10000 by beating United Kingdom's Emily Webley-Smith'- ITF Tennis: itftennis.com: 2009 Delhi ITF
3. 'Venkatesha's basic information'- WTA Tour

External links

• Poojashree Venkatesha at the Women's Tennis Association
• Poojashree Venkatesha at the International Tennis Federation