Rushmi Chakravarthi
| Country |
 India |
|---|---|
| Residence | Chennai, India |
| Born |
9 October 1977 Hyderabad, India |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Turned pro | September 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 122,524 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 317 - 236 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 11 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 310 (13 September 2004) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 353 - 195 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 34 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 252 (18 June 2001) |
| Current ranking | No. 651 (13 April 2015) |
| Other Doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
| Last updated on: 13 April 2015. | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Tennis | ||
| Competitor for India
| ||
| Afro-Asian Games | ||
| Gold | 2003 Hyderabad | Women's Doubles |
| Gold | 2003 Hyderabad | Women's Team |
| Silver | 2003 Hyderabad | Women's Singles |
| Silver | 2003 Hyderabad | Mixed Doubles |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Bronze | 2010 Delhi | Women's Doubles |
Rushmi Chakravarthi (Telugu: రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977 in Hyderabad) is a professional tennis player from India.[1] She has won a record 45 ITF Women's Circuit titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional after playing in the first round of the WTA Tour Sunfeast Open Tournament held at Kolkata in September 2005.
Tennis career
2005–2010
She is predominantly an ITF Circuit player. In her career, Chakravarthi played on the WTA Tour on two occasions, at the Sunfeast Open in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times.
Her biggest career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were Gold) at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Rushmi has represented India at the Asian Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
Chakravarthi lost in the qualifying of the 2010 Malaysian Open. This was her only performance in a WTA tournament outside India.
She has also competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she progressed to the quarterfinals by beating English Katie O'Brien,[2] and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza.[3]
2011
Chakravarthi partnered with compatriot Poojashree Venkatesha to win the ITF event in Muzaffarnagar.
2012
Chakravarthi was awarded a wildcard entry to 2012 London Olympics in London along with Sania Mirza to play in Women's Doubles.[4] The pair were beaten in a tight three-setter to Taiwanese pair of Su-Wei Hsieh and Chia-Jung Chuang in round one.[5]
ITF Circuit finals
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles Finals: 21 (11–10)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 16 April 2001 | Chandigarh, India |
Hard |  Dea Sumantri |
6-2 6-4 |
| Winner | 2. | 9 September 2001 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Shruti Dhawan |
6-4 5-7 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 14 July 2002 |  Algiers, Algeria |
Clay |  Jennifer Schmidt |
4-6 3-6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 21 July 2002 | Algiers, Algeria |
Clay |  Isabel Collischonn |
6-3 4-6 6-7 |
| Winner | 5. | 10 September 2002 | Mysore, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
6-2 6-1 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 6 April 2003 | Mumbai, India |
Hard |  Akgul Amanmuradova |
4-6 6-3 5-7 |
| Winner | 7. | 13 April 2003 | Muzaffarnagar, India |
Grass |  Cheli Bargil |
6-0 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 5 October 2003 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Hard | Sania Mirza |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 17 January 2004 | Hyderabad, India |
Hard | Sandy Gumulya |
1–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 23 May 2004 | Lucknow, India |
Grass | Ankita Bhambri |
6-2 2-6 7-6 |
| Winner | 11. | 30 May 2004 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Ankita Bhambri |
6-4 6-4 |
| Winner | 12. | 30 August 2004 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
6-3 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 30 October 2004 | Pune, India |
Hard | Akgul Amanmuradova |
0–6, 6–7 |
| Winner | 14. | 13 December 2004 | Gurgaon, India |
Clay | Ankita Bhambri |
6-7 7-6 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 15. | 16 April 2005 | Mumbai, India |
Hard |  Chan Chin-Wei |
4-6 2-6 |
| Runner-up | 16. | 30 October 2006 | Ahmedabad, India |
Hard | Sanaa Bhambri |
6-7 (4) 6-4 3-6 |
| Runner-up | 17. | 20 May 2007 | Mumbai, India |
Hard |  Marinne Giraud |
6-7 (7) 2-6 |
| Winner | 18. | 28 April 2008 | Cochin, India |
Clay |  Magda Okruashvili |
6-4 7-5 |
| Winner | 19. | 9 June 2008 | Gurgaon, India |
Carpet | Ankita Bhambri |
6-4 6-2 |
| Winner | 20. | 14 September 2009 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Sanaa Bhambri |
6-3 6-1 |
| Runner-up | 21. | 21 September 2009 | Dehradun, India |
Hard | Poojashree Venkatesha |
3–6, 5–7 |
Doubles Finals: 66 (34-32)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2 November 1998 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
 Montika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai |
7-6 (4) 1-6 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 10 May 1999 | Lucknow, India |
Carpet | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham |
0-1 ret. |
| Runner-up | 3. | 18 October 1999 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Liza Andriyani Benjamas Sangaram |
0-6 3-6 |
| Winner | 4. | 16 April 2000 | Mumbai, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Manisha Malhotra Satomi Kinjo |
6-4 4-6 2-1 Ret |
| Runner-up | 5. | 17 April 2000 | New Delhi, India |
Carpet | Radhika Tulpule |
Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nirupama Sanjeev |
4-6 2-6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 3 September 2000 | Jaipur, India |
Grass | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
 Monique Adamczak Jennifer Schmidt |
3–6, 6–1, 5–7 |
| Winner | 7. | 10 September 2000 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Orawan Wongkamalasai Wang I-ting |
6-3 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 16 October 2000 | Gwalior, India |
Clay | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
 Monica Acosta Larissa Schaerer |
2-4 1-4 4-0 3-5 |
| Winner | 9. | 23 October 2000 | New Delhi, India |
Grass | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
 Urska Vesenjak Masa Vesenjak |
4-2 4-5 (5) 4-1 4-0 |
| Winner | 10. | 30 October 2000 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Urska Vesenjak Masa Vesenjak |
5-3 4-2 5-3 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 6 November 2000 | Bandung, Indonesia |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Liza Andriyani Angelique Widjaja |
1-4 2-4 0-4 |
| Winner | 12. | 20 November 2000 |  Manila, Philippines |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Miho Saeki Remi Uda |
5-3 4-1 4-2 |
| Winner | 13. | 16 April 2001 | Chandigarh, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Dea Sumantri Radhika Tulpule |
6-1 7-5 |
| Winner | 14. | 23 April 2001 | Pune, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Sania Mirza Sonal Phadke |
6-2 6-0 |
| Winner | 15. | 3 September 2001 | Chennai, India |
Clay | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Samrita Sekar Shubha Srinivasen |
6-0 7-6 (2) |
| Winner | 16. | 19 September 2001 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Shruti Dhawan Radhika Tulpule |
6-7 (5) 6-4 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 17. | 7 July 2002 | Tlemcen, Algeria |
Clay | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Susanne Aigner Elisabeth Bahn |
6-7 6-4 6-7 |
| Winner | 18. | 21 July 2002 | Algiers, Algeria |
Clay |  Christina Zachariadou |
Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou |
6-2 6-2 |
| Winner | 19. | 10 September 2002 | Mysore, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
 Alena Dvornikova Anastasia Dvornikova |
6-3 6-3 |
| Runner-up | 20. | 27 October 2002 |  Cairo, Egypt |
Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
 Kira Nagy  Maria Wolfbrandt |
2-6 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 21. | 9 February 2003 | Chennai, India |
Clay | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Akgul Amanmuradova Ivanna Israilova |
4-6 1-6 |
| Winner | 22. | 23 February 2003 | Bangalore, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Maki Arai  Natalia Dziamidzenka |
7-6 7-6 |
| Runner-up | 23. | 10 March 2003 | Benalla, Australia |
Grass | Ryoko Takemura |
Nicole Sewell  Andrea Van Den Hurk |
3-6 6-4 2-6 |
| Runner-up | 24. | 31 March 2003 | Mumbai, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Akgul Amanmuradova  Khoo Chin-Bee |
2-6 2-6 |
| Winner | 25. | 20 April 2003 | Muzaffarnagar, India |
Grass | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Shruti Dhawan Yael Glitzenshtein |
6-1 6-4 |
| Winner | 26. | 17 August 2003 |  Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Clay | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Hwang I-Hsuan Varanya Vijuksanaboon |
6-0 6-0 |
| Winner | 27. | 8 September 2003 | Bangalore, India |
Grass | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Khoo Chin-Bee Meghha Vakaria |
6-2 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 28. | 2 November 2003 | Mumbai, India |
Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
 Gabriela Chmelinova Hana Šromová |
1-6 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 29. | 17 January 2004 | Hyderabad, India |
Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria |
5-7 7-5 3-6 |
| Winner | 30. | 23 May 2004 | Lucknow, India |
Grass | Ankita Bhambri |
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman |
6-4 6-1 |
| Runner–up | 31. | 30 May 2004 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Ankita Bhambri |
Sanaa Bhambri Liza Pereira Viplav |
7-6 3-6 6-7 |
| Runner-up | 32. | 8 August 2004 |  Wrexham, United Kingdom |
Hard | Sania Mirza |
 Eden Marama Paula Marama |
6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
| Winner | 33. | 15 August 2004 | Hampstead, United Kingdom |
Hard | Sania Mirza |
Anna Hawkins Nicole Rencken |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 34. | 21 August 2004 | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Clay | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Chan Yung-Jan Minori Takemoto |
6-2 5-7 6-3 |
| Winner | 35. | 4 September 2004 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Montinee Tangphong Thassha Vitayaviroj |
W/O |
| Winner | 36. | 13 December 2004 | Gurgaon, India |
Clay | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri |
2-6 6-2 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 37. | 11 April 2005 | Mumbai, India |
Hard | Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Nina Bratchikova  Francesca Lubiani |
3-6 4-6 |
| Runner-up | 38. | 3 August 2005 | Wrexham, Great Britain |
Hard | Paula Marama |
Anna Smith Rebecca Llewellyn |
3-6 5-7 |
| Runner-up | 39. | 17 October 2005 |  Lagos, Nigeria |
Hard | Punam Reddy |
Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri |
W/O |
| Runner-up | 40. | 6 November 2005 | Pune , India |
Hard | Sai-Jayalakshmy Jayaram |
Nicole Clerico Ksenia Palkina |
5-7 6-7 |
| Runner–up | 41. | 23 January 2006 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Ankita Bhambri |
Ksenia Palkina Nicole Clerico |
W/O |
| Runner Up | 42. | 8 May 2006 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Archana Venkataraman |
 Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan |
3-6 4-6 |
| Winner | 43. | 15 May 2006 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Archana Venkataraman |
Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan |
6-7 6-2 6-4 |
| Winner | 44. | 12 June 2006 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Meghha Vakaria |
Isha Lakhani Pichittra Thongdach |
6-3 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 45. | 30 October 2006 | Lagos, Nigeria |
Hard | Sanaa Bhambri |
Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári |
3-6 1-6 |
| Winner | 46. | 30 October 2006 | Ahmedabad, India |
Hard | Sanaa Bhambri |
Tara Iyer Meghha Vakaria |
6-2 6-4 |
| Winner | 47. | 15 January 2007 | Algiers, Algeria |
Clay | Polona Hercog |
Barbora Matusova Anna Savitskaya |
6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 48. | 28 April 2008 | Cochin, India |
Clay | Poojashree Venkatesha |
Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar |
6–1, 7–5 |
| Runner–up | 49. | 20 October 2008 | Lagos, Nigeria |
Hard | Isha Lakhani |
Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh |
7-6 3-6 7-10 |
| Winner | 50. | 8 November 2008 | Muzaffarnagar, India |
Grass | Sanaa Bhambri |
Treta Bhattacharyya Shalini Sahoo |
6-1 6-1 |
| Winner | 51. | 22 May 2009 | Mumbai, India |
Hard | Isha Lakhani |
Renee Binnie He Chunyan |
2-6, 6-3, [10-7] |
| Winner | 52. | 25 May 2009 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | He Chunyan |
Keren Shlomo Kristina Pejkovic |
6-2 6-1 |
| Runner-up | 53. | 5 October 2009 | Pune, India |
Hard | Sanaa Bhambri |
Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko |
0-6 3-6 |
| Winner | 54. | 17 May 2010 | Durban, South Africa |
Hard | Sanaa Bhambri |
Tegan Edwards Bianca Swanepoel |
3-6 6-3 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 55. | 28 May 2010 | Durban, South Africa |
Hard | Sanaa Bhambri |
Blanka Szávay Nicole Rottmann |
6–3, 5–7, [9–11] |
| Winner | 56. | 12 July 2010 | Hatyai, Thailand |
Hard | Poojashree Venkatesha |
Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta |
6–3, 7–6(10) |
| Runner-up | 57. | 25 October 2010 | Kuching, Malaysia |
Hard |  Élodie Rogge-Dietrich |
Sabina Sharipova Sandy Gumulya |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 58. | 4 December 2010 | Mandya, India |
Hard | Poojashree Venkatesha |
Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk |
1-6 1-6 |
| Winner | 59. | 17 January 2011 | Muzaffarnagar, India |
Grass | Poojashree Venkatesha |
Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura |
3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 60. | 13 May 2011 | New Delhi, India |
Hard |  Fatma Al-Nabhani |
Aishwarya Agrawal Ankita Raina |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 61. | 13 June 2011 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Keren Shlomo |
 Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 62. | 20 June 2011 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Keren Shlomo |
Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun |
5–7, 0–6 |
| Winner | 63. | 7 May 2012 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Ankita Raina |
Yu Xuan Liu Qianqian Zhao |
6-1, 6-4 |
| Winner | 64. | 21 May 2012 | New Delhi, India |
Hard | Ankita Raina |
Sri Peddy Reddy Prarthana Thombare |
6-3, 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 65. | 15 April 2013 | Chennai, India |
Clay | Ankita Raina |
Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare |
7-5, 3-6, [6-10] |
| Runner-up | 66. | 12 December 2014 | Lucknow, India |
Grass | Nidhi Chilumula |
Ankita Raina Emily Webley-Smith |
2–6, 4–6 |
References
- ↑ "Rushmi Chakravarthi continues to march on". The Hindu. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ "Perfect outing for journeywoman Rushmi". The Times of India. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ "CWG tennis: Sania-Chakravarthi win bronze". Hindustan Times. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ↑ "Sania, Somdev get wild cards for London Olympics". 26 June 2012.
- ↑ 'Sania-Rushmi out of women's doubles' Rediff Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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