Sanaa Bhambri Explained

Sanaa Bhambri
Residence:New Delhi, India
Birth Date:1988 3, df=y
Birth Place:New Delhi
Turnedpro:November 2002
College:NC State
Plays:Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$46,738
Singlestitles:2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 434 (31 October 2005)
Doublestitles:12 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 298 (31 October 2005)

Sanaa Bhambri (Hindi: सना भाम्बरी; born 7 March 1988) is a former Indian professional tennis player. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 298, which she achieved October 2005. She won one $25k doubles event at Lagos, Nigeria in 2005 and competed in three WTA tournament main draws.

In her career, Bhambri won two singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's 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

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (2–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1. 21 May 2005ITF Indore, IndiaHard Isha Lakhani1–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner2.30 October 2006ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaHard Rushmi Chakravarthi7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up3.19 November 2007ITF Aurangabad, IndiaClay Ankita Bhambri3–6, 6–7
Winner4.21 June 2008ITF Gurgaon, IndiaHard Han Sung-hee7–5, 6–1
Runner-up5.8 November 2008ITF Muzaffarnagar, IndiaGrass Nicole Thyssen6–7(3), 3–6
Runner-up6.14 September 2009ITF New Delhi, IndiaHard Rushmi Chakravarthi3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 23 (12–11)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.30 May 2004ITF New Delhi, IndiaHard Ankita Bhambri
Rushmi Chakravarthi
6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up2.6 December 2004ITF Kolkatta, IndiaHard Ankita Bhambri Wilawan Choptang
Shruti Dhawan
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up3.13 December 2004ITF Gurgaon, IndiaClay Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up4.9 April 2005ITF Mumbai, IndiaHard Mihaela Buzărnescu Chan Chin-wei
Julia Efremova
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up5.9 May 2005ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaHard Shruti Dhawan Ankita Bhambri
Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
2–6, 5–7
Winner6.16 May 2005ITF Indore, IndiaHard Ankita Bhambri Isha Lakhani
Meghha Vakaria
5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner7.9 August 2005ITF Hampstead, UKHard Ankita Bhambri Sarah Coles
Elizabeth Thomas
6–3, 6–3
Winner8.17 October 2005ITF Lagos, NigeriaHard Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi
Punam Reddy
w/o
Winner9. 16 June 2006 ITF New Delhi, IndiaHard Archana Venkataraman Lu Jingjing
Lee Wei-ping
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up10.30 October 2006ITF Lagos, NigeriaHard Rushmi Chakravarthi Surina De Beer
Ágnes Szatmári
3–6, 1–6
Winner11.30 October 2006ITF Ahmedabad, IndiaHard Rushmi Chakravarthi Tara Iyer
Meghha Vakaria
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up12.25 May 2007ITF Mumbai, IndiaHard Ankita Bhambri Isha Lakhani
Marinne Giraud
4–6, 1–6
Winner13.25 August 2007ITF Noida, IndiaCarpet Ankita Bhambri Sophia Mulsap
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up14.19 November 2007ITF Aurangabad, IndiaClay Ankita Bhambri Sandhya Nagaraj
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–7(4), 5–7
Runner-up15.9 June 2008ITF Gurgaon, IndiaCarpet Ankita Bhambri Elina Gasanova
Isha Lakhani
3–6, 4–6
Winner16.23 August 2008ITF Khon Kaen, ThailandHard Ankita Bhambri Nungnadda Wannasuk
Kanyapat Narattana
7–5, 7–6
Winner17.8 November 2008ITF Muzaffarnagar, IndiaGrass Rushmi Chakravarthi Treta Bhattacharyya
Shalini Sahoo
6–1, 6–1
Winner18.1 June 2009ITF New Delhi, IndiaHard Ankita Bhambri Seo Soon-mi
Shin Jung-yoon
6–4, 2–6, [10–1]
Winner 19.10 August 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Rishika Sunkara
Nova Patel
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 20.5 October 2009 ITF Noida, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Miki Miyamura
Moe Kawatoko
1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up 21.5 October 2009 ITF Pune, India Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Miki Miyamura
Moe Kawatoko
0–6, 3–6
Winner22.17 May 2010ITF Durban, South AfricaHard Rushmi Chakravarthi Tegan Edwards
Bianca Swanepoel
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 23.28 May 2010ITF Durban, South AfricaHard Rushmi Chakravarthi Blanka Szávay
Nicole Rottmann
6–3, 5–7, [9–11]

Notes and References

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