Ankita Bhambri

Ankita Bhambri (Hindi: अंकिता भाम्बरी; born 28 October 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player and coach. She is the current non-playing caption of the India Fed Cup team.

Ankita Bhambri

Native name	अंकिता भाम्बरी
Country (sports)	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Born	28 October 1986 New Delhi, India
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right Handed (Double Handed Backhand)
Prize money	US$ 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	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 299 (31 October 2005)

Her highest career singles ranking is World No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Highest career doubles ranking is World No. 299, which she achieved in October 2005.

In her career, Bhambri won a total of 9 ITF Women's Circuit singles and 8 doubles titles. She has played on the WTA Tour on 5 occasions, losing in round one at Hyderabad (2004); Hyderabad & Kolkata (2005); and Bangalore & Kolkata (2006).

Her sister Sanaa, brother Yuki and cousins Prerna and Prateek Bhambri also play tennis professionally.[1]

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

ITF Circuit Finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles Finals: 16 (9–7)

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

Doubles Finals: 15 (8–7)

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

References

1. Srinivasan, Kamesh. "Fed Cup coach Ankita discusses the Bhambri formula for success". Sportstar. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

External links

• Ankita Bhambri at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ankita Bhambri at the International Tennis Federation