Ankita Raina
| Country (sports) |
 India |
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| Born |
11 January 1993 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $640,000 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 160–128 |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 222 (20 April 2015) |
| Current ranking | 325 (15 May 2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 136–125 |
| Career titles | 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 198 (1 May 2017) |
| Current ranking | 203 (15 May 2017) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 11–10 |
| Last updated on: 21 May 2017. | |
Ankita Raina (born 11 January 1993[1]) is an Indian tennis player, and the current Indian No. 1 in women's singles.
Raina has won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 20 April 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 222. On 5 January 2015, she peaked at world number 260 in the doubles rankings. Raina has also won Gold medals in the women's singles and mixed doubles events at the 2016 South Asian Games.
Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Raina has a win-loss record of 3-4.[2] She is currently supported by the Adani Group and Anglian Medal Hunt Company.[3]
Career
Following a promising junior career, Raina made her first professional appearance in 2009, at a small ITF tournament in Mumbai. In 2010, she continued to participate in local ITF tournaments with limited success. Raina's 2011 season saw her advance to three ITF Circuit finals in doubles, winning one with countrywoman Aishwarya Agrawal. In 2012, she won her first professional singles title in New Delhi as well as winning three more in doubles. In 2013, Raina continued to climb up the rankings, achieving a career-high singles ranking of No. 291 in October.
Personal life
Raina began playing tennis at age five and prefers hard and grass courts. She has cited Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Sania Mirza and Roger Federer as her biggest inspirations on court.
In 2007, she relocated to the PYC Hindu Gymkhana sports facility in Pune, where she began working with Hemant Bendrey and Ketan Dhumal.
Raina is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree at Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce in Pune. Off court, she enjoys seeing movies, going out with friends, visiting new places and going on outdoor trips. Raina, born in a Kashmiri Pandit family speaks Kashmiri, Hindi, Gujarati and English. Her mother tongue is Kashmiri.
In interview that she conducted with Sportskeeda in May 2013, she stated that her goal is to reach the top 300 in singles by the end of the 2013 season.
Raina is currently sponsored by Bharat Forge and Lakshya.
ITF Circuit Finals
Singles: 14 (5–9)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 14 April 2012 | Fujairah, United Arab Emirates | Hard |  Fatma Al-Nabhani |
3-6, 2-6 |
| Winner | 1. | 22 June 2012 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Prerna Bhambri |
6-4, 6-2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 6 July 2012 | New Delhi, India | Hard |  Miyabi Inoue |
2-6, 2-6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 16 March 2013 | Hyderabad, India | Hard |  Bárbara Luz |
6-4, 6-7 (5-7) (3-7) |
| Runner-up | 4. | 23 March 2013 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Bárbara Luz |
6-2, 3-6, 1-6 |
| Winner | 2. | 20 April 2013 | Chennai, India | Clay | Natasha Palha |
6-3, 6-1 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 27 April 2013 | Lucknow, India | Grass | Emi Mutaguchi |
6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 8 June 2013 | Qarshi, Uzbekistan | Hard |  Sabina Sharipova |
3-6, 3-6 |
| Winner | 3. | 29 June 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Eetee Maheta |
6-3, 6-2 |
| Winner | 4. | 20 July 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Kanika Vaidya |
6-4, 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 31 May 2014 | Balikpapan, Indonesia | Clay |  Zhu Lin |
5-7, 6-2, 3-6 |
| Winner | 5. | 27 December 2014 | Pune, India | Hard |  Katy Dunne |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 6 April 2015 | Ahmedabad, India | Hard |  Anastasija Sevastova |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Runner-up | 9. | 28 May 2017 | Lu'an, China | Hard | Zhu Lin |
3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Doubles (10–7)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 24 January 2011 | Kolkata, India | Clay | Poojashree Venkatesha |
 Nicole Clerico  Dalila Jakupovič |
3-6, 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 4 April 2011 | Lucknow, India | Grass | Aishwarya Agrawal |
Anja Prislan Kyra Shroff |
3-6, 3-6 |
| Winner | 1. | 9 May 2011 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Aishwarya Agrawal |
Fatma Al-Nabhani Rushmi Chakravarthi |
6-4, 6-3 |
| Winner | 2. | 7 May 2012 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Rushmi Chakravarthi |
Yu Xuan Liu Qianqian Zhao |
6-1, 6-4 |
| Winner | 3. | 21 May 2012 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Rushmi Chakravarthi |
Sri Peddy Reddy Prarthana Thombare |
6-3, 6-2 |
| Winner | 4. | 18 June 2012 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Aishwarya Agrawal |
 Ester Masuri  Naomi Totka |
6-1, 6-4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 15 April 2013 | Chennai, India | Clay | Rushmi Chakravarthi |
Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare |
7-5, 3-6, [6-10] |
| Runner-up | 4. | 15 July 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Shweta Rana |
Sharmada Balu Sowjanya Bavisetti |
2-6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 5. | 6 January 2014 | Aurangabad, India | Clay | Prarthana Thombare |
Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara |
6-3, 6-3 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 25 May 2014 | Tianjin, China | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani |
Liu Chang Ran Tian |
1-6, 5-7 |
| Winner | 6. | 10 November 2014 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Lu Jiajing |
 Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech |
6–4, 1–6, [11–9] |
| Winner | 7. | 12 December 2014 | Lucknow, India | Grass | Emily Webley-Smith |
Rushmi Chakravarthi Nidhi Chilumula |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 10 August 2015 | Westende, Belgium | Hard |  Alyona Sotnikova |
 Indy de Vroome Lesley Kerkhove |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 18 June 2016 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Hard | Prerna Bhambri |
 Polina Monova Yana Sizikova |
6–7(0–7), 2–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 17 September 2016 | Zhuhai, China | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith |
Guo Hanyu Jiang Xinyu |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 9. | 23 April 2017 | Pula, Italy | Clay | Eva Wacanno |
 Irene Burillo Escorihuela Yvonne Cavallé Reimers |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 10. | 12 May 2017 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith |
Nudnida Luangnam Zhang Yukun |
6–2, 6–0 |
Fed Cup participation
Singles
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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| 2014 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
R/R | 5 February 2014 | Astana, Kazakhstan |  Pakistan |
Hard (i) | Sara Mansoor |
W | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 6 February 2014 |  New Zealand |
Marina Erakovic |
L | 1-6, 2-6 | ||||
| P/O | 7 February 2014 |  Hong Kong |
Zhang Ling |
L | 3-6, 4-6 |
Doubles
| Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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| 2013 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I |
R/R | 6 February 2013 | Astana, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan |
Hard (i) | Rutuja Bhosale |
Sesil Karatantcheva Galina Voskoboeva |
L | 3-6, 1-6 |
| 8 February 2013 | Thailand |
Rishika Sunkara |
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Varatchaya Wongteanchai |
L | 1–6, 3–6 | ||||
| 2014 Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II |
P/O | 7 February 2014 | Hong Kong |
Rishika Sunkara |
Ng Kwan-yau Wu Ho-ching |
W | 6-2, 6-1 |
References
- ↑ "Ankita Raina". Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "Ankita Raina". Retrieved 25 July 2014.
- ↑ Swamy, Narain (2 September 2015). "Game Changers". Retrieved 15 March 2016.
External links
- Ankita Raina at the Women's Tennis Association
- Ankita Raina at the International Tennis Federation
- Ankita Raina at the Fed Cup
- Ankita Raina, Profile tennislive
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Indian female singles tennis players as of 7 August 2017 | |
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