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Naiktha Bains
Bains at Surbiton, 2015
Country (sports) Australia (–March 2019)
 Great Britain (April 2019–)
Born (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 26)
Leeds, United Kingdom
Prize moneyUS$ 246,848
Singles
Career record148–157
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 202 (23 December 2019)
Current rankingNo. 223 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2019)
WimbledonQ1 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record136–93
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 134 (24 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 212 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Last updated on: 25 June 2020.

Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.[1][2]

Bains has won two singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 December 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 202. On 24 September 2018, she peaked at No. 134 in the doubles rankings.

Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake[3] from Britain to Brisbane aged eight[4] and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.[1]

Career

2014

Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International, where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin[5] and Teliana Pereira,[6] before losing to eventual tournament champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the final qualifying round.

At Australian Open qualifying, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, she was awarded a wildcard into the main doubles draw where she faced the 14th seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Sony Open in Miami, for just her third appearance at WTA Tour-level.[7] She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia to end the year. She ended the year with a ranking of 713.

2015

Her season began with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF circuit, with limited success. She ended the year with a ranking of 630.

2016

Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, Bains competed on the ITF circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals. From June to October, she competed on the ITF circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was the quarterfinal of Bendigo International. Bains finished 2016 with a ranking of world No. 452.

2017

She started the new season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International where she lost in round one to Anastasia Rodionova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournsments (1–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Serbia Natalija Kostić 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Mar 2019 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass Australia Kaylah McPhee 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
Loss 2–1 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard India Ankita Raina 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Dec 2019 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Emma Raducanu 6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournsments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (6–11)
Clay (7–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2014 ITF Bendigo, Australia 50,000 Hard Australia Karolina Wlodarczak Australia Jessica Moore
Australia Abbie Myers
4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay United States Alexandra Morozova United States Dasha Ivanova
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
1–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay United States Dasha Ivanova France Marine Partaud
France Laëtitia Sarrazin
6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 2–2 May 2016 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay United States Alexandra Morozova United States Dasha Ivanova
Czech Republic Petra Krejsová
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 2–3 Sep 2016 ITF Tweed Heads, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Abbie Myers Australia Monique Adamczak
Australia Olivia Rogowska
6–7(6–8), 6–7(3–7)
Win 3–3 Sep 2016 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Israel Julia Glushko
China Liu Fangzhou
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Win 4–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Switzerland Chiara Grimm Serbia Natalija Kostić
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jelena Simić
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 5–3 May 2017 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Italy Francesca Bullani
Italy Veronica Napolitano
4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 5–4 Jul 2017 ITF Middelburg, Netherlands 25,000 Clay United States Dasha Ivanova Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs
7–6(10–8), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 5–5 Jul 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard Switzerland Karin Kennel Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
Kyrgyzstan Ksenia Palkina
3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss 5–6 Aug 2017 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu Japan Miharu Imanishi
Japan Akiko Omae
4–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2017 ITF Penrith, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Australia Tammi Patterson
Australia Olivia Rogowska
6–0, 7–5
Win 7–6 Sep 2017 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah United States Jennifer Elie
Japan Erika Sema
6–4, 6–1
Loss 7–7 Oct 2017 ITF Toowoomba, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Japan Momoko Kobori
Japan Ayano Shimizu
5–7, 5–7
Win 8–7 Oct 2017 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah Australia Astra Sharma
Australia Belinda Woolcock
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 9–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay United States Chiara Scholl Belgium Marie Benoît
China Xu Shilin
6–4, 7–5
Win 10–7 Apr 2018 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek Russia Victoria Kan
Russia Maria Zotova
6–2, 6–2
Win 11–7 May 2018 ITF Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay United States Francesca Di Lorenzo France Manon Arcangioli
France Sherazad Reix
6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss 11–8 Jun 2018 ITF Grado, Italy 25,000 Clay Japan Rika Fujiwara Italy Giorgia Marchetti
Italy Alice Matteucci
0–6, 4–6
Loss 11–9 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Barbora Stefkova India Rutuja Bhosale
India Pranjala Yadlapalli
6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss 11–10 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava China Wang Xinyu
China Wang Xiyu
5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss 11–11 Aug 2018 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Hiroko Kuwata Japan Akiko Omae
China You Xiaodi
0–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 12–11 Sep 2018 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard China Xu Shilin New Zealand Erin Routliffe
Australia Astra Sharma
6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 12–12 Nov 2018 ITF Canberra, Australia 60,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Australia Ellen Perez
Australia Arina Rodionova
7–6(7–5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win 13–12 Oct 2019 ITF Brisbane, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Australia Alison Bai
New Zealand Paige Hourigan
6–3, 6–3
Loss 13–13 Oct 2019 ITF Bendigo, Australia 60,000 Hard Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková Australia Maddison Inglis
New Zealand Kaylah McPhee
6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss 13–14 Nov 2019 ITF Playford, Australia 60,000 Hard Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková United States Asia Muhammad
New Zealand Storm Sanders
3–6, 4–6

References

  1. ^ a b Ornstein, David (17 May 2011). "The one who got away". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Naiktha Bains formally requests to change playing nationality from Australian to GB". 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hanlon, Peter (25 January 2012). "Britain loses bright spark to Australia". The Age. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  4. ^ Briggs, Simon (17 May 2011). "Lawn Tennis Association's fingers burned by defection of young talent Naiktha Bains to Australia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  5. ^ Rogers, Leigh (3 January 2014). "Australian teen Naiktha Bains a winner on day one of qualifying". Hobart International. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  6. ^ Smith, Adam (5 January 2014). "Giant killer Naiktha Bains eyes the tennis big time at Hobart International". The Sunday Tasmanian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Bains awarded Miami qualifying wildcard". Tennis Australia. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.