Ankita Bhambri

Ankita Bhambri
Native name	अंकिता भाम्बरी
Country (sports)	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Born	28 October 1986 (age 38); New Delhi
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$62,691
Singles
Career record	162–91
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 332 (1 May 2006)
Doubles
Career record	100–69
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 299 (31 October 2005)

Ankita Bhambri (Hindi: अंकिता भाम्बरी; born 28 October 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player and coach.

Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 299, which she reached in October 2005.

In her career, Bhambri won a total of nine singles and nine doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She has played on the WTA Tour on five occasions, losing in round one at Hyderabad (2004), Hyderabad & Kolkata (2005), and Bangalore & Kolkata (2006).

Playing for India Fed Cup team, Bhambri has a win–loss record of 8–14.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 18 (9–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	22 April 2002	ITF Pune, India	Clay	Sheethal Goutham	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	27 May 2002	ITF Mumbai, India	Carpet	Sheethal Goutham	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	12 May 2003	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Liza Pereira Viplav	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Winner	4.	26 May 2003	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5.	23 May 2004	ITF Lucknow, India	Grass	Rushmi Chakravarthi	2–6, 6–2, 6–7
Runner-up	6.	30 May 2004	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	6 December 2004	ITF Kolkatta, India	Hard	Wilawan Choptang	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	8.	13 December 2004	ITF Gurgaon, India	Clay	Rushmi Chakravarthi	7–6, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	9 May 2005	ITF Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sun Shengnan	2–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	7 November 2005	ITF Pune, India	Clay	Parul Goswami	6–1, 6–3
Winner	11.	23 January 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Ksenia Palkina	6–4, 6–3
Winner	12.	27 March 2006	ITF Mumbai, India	Clay	Kazusa Ito	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
Winner	13.	12 June 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	14.	25 August 2007	ITF Noida, India	Carpet	Tara Iyer	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	15.	19 November 2007	ITF Aurangabad, India	Clay	Sanaa Bhambri	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	16.	9 June 2008	ITF Gurgaon, India	Carpet	Rushmi Chakravarthi	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	18 October 2008	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Tamaryn Hendler	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	18.	1 June 2009	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	He Chunyan	6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 17 (9–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	16 June 2002	ITF Mumbai, India	Clay	Sonal Phadke	Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	2.	1 June 2003	ITF New Delhi, India	Clay	Sonal Phadke	Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–0
Winner	3.	23 May 2004	ITF Lucknow, India	Grass	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	30 May 2004	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Sanaa Bhambri Liza Pereira Viplav	7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	6 December 2004	ITF Kolkatta, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Wilawan Choptang Shruti Dhawan	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	13 December 2004	ITF Gurgaon, India	Clay	Sanaa Bhambri	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	9 May 2005	ITF Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Sanaa Bhambri Shruti Dhawan	6–2, 7–5
Winner	8.	16 May 2005	ITF Indore, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	9.	9 August 2005	ITF London, United Kingdom	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Sarah Coles Elizabeth Thomas	6–3, 6–3
Winner	10.	17 October 2005	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Rushmi Chakravarthi Punam Reddy	w/o
Runner-up	11.	23 January 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Rushmi Chakravarthi	Ksenia Palkina Nicole Clerico	w/o
Runner-up	12.	25 May 2007	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Isha Lakhani Marinne Giraud	4–6, 1–6
Winner	13.	25 August 2007	ITF Noida, India	Carpet	Sanaa Bhambri	Sophia Mulsap Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	19 November 2007	ITF Aurangabad, India	Clay	Sanaa Bhambri	Sandhya Nagaraj Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 5–7
Runner-up	15.	9 June 2008	ITF Gurgaon, India	Carpet	Sanaa Bhambri	Elina Gasanova Isha Lakhani	3–6, 4–6
Winner	16.	23 August 2008	ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Nungnadda Wannasuk Kanyapat Narattana	7–5, 7–6
Winner	17.	1 June 2009	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Seo Soon-mi Shin Jung-yoon	6–4, 2–6, [10–1]

Personal life

Ankita's sister Sanaa, brother Yuki and cousins Prerna and Prateek Bhambri also play tennis professionally.^[1]

References

^ Srinivasan, Kamesh (11 June 2020). "Fed Cup coach Ankita discusses the Bhambri formula for success". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

External links

Ankita Bhambri at the Women's Tennis Association
Ankita Bhambri at the International Tennis Federation
Ankita Bhambri at the Billie Jean King Cup

[1] Srinivasan, Kamesh (11 June 2020). "Fed Cup coach Ankita discusses the Bhambri formula for success". sportstar.thehindu.com. Sportstar. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

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