Sanaa Bhambri
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | New Delhi, India |
Born | New Delhi | 7 March 1988
Turned pro | November 2002 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $46,738 |
Singles | |
Career record | 121–83 |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 434 (31 October 2005) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 129–65 |
Career titles | 12 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 298 (31 October 2005) |
Sanaa Bhambri (Hindi: सना भाम्बरी; born 7 March 1988) is a former professional tennis player from India. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 434, which she achieved in October 2005. She won one $25k doubles event at Lagos, Nigeria in 2005 and competed in three WTA Tour tournament main draws.
In her career, Bhambri won two singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Career
A left-hander, Bhambri reached the semifinals of the 2003 French Open girls' doubles event, partnering fellow Indian Sania Mirza.
In October 2005, partnering Ankita Bhambri, Sanaa won a $25k event at Lagos. The sister tandem won both their semifinal and final matches by seeing their opponents withdraw before a point was played.
Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearances were at Kolkata at the Sunfeast Open, in each of the three years that the event was held – 2005, 2006 and 2007. Competing in doubles, Bhambri lost in the first round each time.[1]
Active on tour from 2005 through 2010, competing primarily in events in India and Thailand, Bhambri won twelve $10k tournaments; two in singles (2006 in Ahmedabad and 2008 in Gurgaon) and ten in doubles.
Sanaa won a triple crown at the 2004 DSCL National Championships held in Delhi- in women's singles, women's doubles and girls' under-18s singles. She is the youngest Indian to achieve the feat.
Personal life
Bhambri's sister Ankita and brother Yuki all are or have been tour-level tennis players. She has cousins, Prerna Bhambri and Prateek Bhambri, who also play on the Indian circuit.
ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 6 (2–4)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 21 May 2005 | ITF Indore, India | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 7–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 30 October 2006 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 19 November 2007 | ITF Aurangabad, India | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7 |
Winner | 4. | 21 June 2008 | ITF Gurgaon, India | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 5. | 8 November 2008 | ITF Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | ![]() |
6–7(3), 3–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 14 September 2009 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 23 (12–11)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 30 May 2004 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7, 6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 December 2004 | ITF Kolkatta, India | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 3. | 13 December 2004 | ITF Gurgaon, India | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 9 April 2005 | ITF Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 9 May 2005 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 6. | 16 May 2005 | ITF Indore, India | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 9 August 2005 | ITF Hampstead, UK | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 8. | 17 October 2005 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | ![]() |
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w/o |
Winner | 9. | 16 June 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 30 October 2006 | ITF Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 11. | 30 October 2006 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 12. | 25 May 2007 | ITF Mumbai, India | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 13. | 25 August 2007 | ITF Noida, India | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 14. | 19 November 2007 | ITF Aurangabad, India | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(4), 5–7 |
Runner-up | 15. | 9 June 2008 | ITF Gurgaon, India | Carpet | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 16. | 23 August 2008 | ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6 |
Winner | 17. | 8 November 2008 | ITF Muzaffarnagar, India | Grass | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 18. | 1 June 2009 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 2–6, [10–1] |
Winner | 19. | 10 August 2009 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up | 20. | 5 October 2009 | ITF Noida, India | Hard | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
Runner-up | 21. | 5 October 2009 | ITF Pune, India | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 22. | 17 May 2010 | ITF Durban, South Africa | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 23. | 28 May 2010 | ITF Durban, South Africa | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [9–11] |