Nirupama Mankad

Nirupama Mankad née Vasant (born 17 January 1947 in Karachi, now in Pakistan) is a former Indian tennis player. She is the first Indian woman in the modern era to play at a main draw of a Grand Slam.

Nirupama Mankad

Country (sports)	Pakistan  India
Born	January 17, 1947 Karachi, Pakistan
Turned pro	1964
Retired	1979
Singles
Career titles	9 ITF
Doubles
Career titles	17 ITF
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1971)

Nirupama Mankad is the daughter of G. Vasant, a leading tennis player in India in his time. She survives her husband, the late Ashok Mankad, a former Indian Test cricketer. Their son Harsh Mankad is an Indian Davis Cup player.[1]

Mankad won the Asian women's tennis championship in 1965 at the age of 17. She played Wimbledon junior event in 1965 and partnered Anand Amritraj in the mixed doubles event in 1971, reaching the second round. She was India's top ranked tennis player between 1965 and 1978, winning the national championship seven times during this time. She won the Indian government's Arjuna award in 1980.

Her best ranking was No 1, and was also a two-time Asian champion and a Fed Cup player.[2]

ITF finals

Singles (9–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	3 January 1965	Kolkata, India	Hard	Lakshmi Mahadevan	6-2, 6-4
Runner-up	2.	16 January 1965	New Delhi, India	Hard	Marion Law	2-6, 4-6
Runner-up	3.	9 January 1966	Allahabad, India	Grass	Tiiu Kivi	9-11, 2-6
Runner-up	4.	30 January 1966	Mumbai, India	Hard	Carol Ann Prosen	3-6, 6-3, 4-6
Runner-up	5.	28 January 1968	New Delhi, India	Clay	Alexandra Ivanova	3-6, 6-2, 4-6
Winner	6.	29 December 1968	Kolkata, India	Hard	Alice Tym	6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Winner	7.	23 December 1969	New Delhi, India	Hard	Alice Tym	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Runner-up	8.	5 January 1971	Amritsar, India	Hard	Alexandra Ivanova	2-6, 5-7
Runner-up	9.	11 January 1971	Amaravati, India	Hard	Tiiu Kivi	2-6, 5-7
Winner	10.	7 February 1971	Kolkata, India	Hard	Kiran Peshawaria	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	11.	1 March 1971	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Jenny Paterson	6-0, 6-0
Runner-up	12.	7 February 1972	Pune, India	Hard	Marilyn Tesch	4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	13.	14 February 1972	Chennai, India	Hard	Alexandra Ivanova	2-6, 1-6
Runner-up	14.	14 February 1974	Chennai, India	Hard	Susan Das	4-6, 2-6
Winner	15.	6 January 1975	Amritsar, India	Hard	Susan Das	7–5, 6–4
Winner	16.	18 January 1976	New Delhi, India	Hard	Susan Das	6–4, 6–3
Winner	17.	2 February 1977	Chennai, India	Hard	Susan Das	6–4, 6–3
Winner	18.	15 February 1978	New Delhi, India	Hard	Amreeta Ahluwalia	3–6, 6–1, 8–6

Doubles (17–17)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 March 1964	Jaipur, India	Hard	Lakshmi Mahadevan	Begum Khan Jill Rook	0-6, 1-6
Runner-up	2.	3 January 1965	Kolkata, India	Hard	Leela Panjabi	Begum Khan Rita Suriya	2-6, 4-6
Runner-up	3.	16 January 1965	New Delhi, India	Hard	Leela Panjabi	Marion Law Madonna Schacht	6-2, 3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	4.	9 January 1966	Allahabad, India	Grass	Begum Khan	Alexandra Ivanova Tiiu Kivi	4-6, 5-7
Runner-up	5.	17 January 1966	New Delhi, India	Grass	Leela Panjabi	Alexandra Ivanova Tiiu Kivi	6-4, 1-6, 4-6
Winner	6.	25 January 1966	Thiruvananthapuram, India	Hard	Carol Ann Prosen	Rita Bentley Elizabeth Starkie	6-2, 6-4
Winner	7.	30 January 1966	Mumbai, India	Hard	Begum Khan	Carol Ann Prosen Susan Tutt	6-2, 1-6, 6-4
Winner	8.	6 February 1966	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Susan Tutt	Begum Khan Carol Ann Prosen	6-1, 6-4
Winner	9.	20 February 1966	Chennai, India	Hard	Dechu Appaiah	Begum Khan Leela Panjabi	6–2, 6–3
Winner	10.	20 February 1966	Lucknow, India	Hard	Dechu Appaiah	Rita Bentley Anthea Rigby	9–11, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	23 January 1967	Kolkata, India	Hard	Rita Suriya	Rena Abzhanididzye Alexandra Ivanova	3-6, 5-7
Winner	12.	29 December 1968	Kolkata, India	Hard	Rita Suriya	Alexandra Ivanova Nina Turkheli	4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Winner	13.	1 January 1969	Visakhapatnam, India	Hard	Alexandra Ivanova	Alice Tym Kiran Peshawaria	6-2, 6-1
Runner-up	14.	5 January 1969	Chennai, India	Hard	Kiran Peshawaria	Judith Dibar Alice Tym	7-5, 1-2 ret.
Winner	15.	12 January 1969	New Delhi, India	Hard	Robin Lloyd	Judith Dibar Alice Tym	6-4, 7-5
Runner-up	16.	19 January 1969	Amritsar, India	Hard	Sally Holdsworth	Judith Dibar Alexandra Ivanova	3-6, 2-6
Runner-up	17.	27 January 1969	Allahabad, India	Hard	Judy Congdon	Judith Dibar Alexandra Ivanova	4-6, 1-6
Winner	18.	3 February 1969	Jaipur, India	Hard	Kiran Peshawaria	Eva Lundqvist Alice Tym	6-3, 2-6, 8-6
Winner	19.	23 December 1969	New Delhi, India	Hard	Alexandra Ivanova	Marilyn Aschner Alice Tym	6-1, 6-3
Winner	20.	30 December 1969	Guwahati, India	Hard	Judith Dibar	Alexandra Ivanova Nina Turkheli	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Runner-up	21.	6 January 1970	Amritsar, India	Hard	Indu Sood	Alexandra Ivanova Irena Škulj	2-6, 1-6
Runner-up	22.	12 January 1970	New Delhi, India	Hard	Kiran Peshawaria	Rena Abzhanididzye Alexandra Ivanova	4-6, 1-6
Runner-up	23.	18 January 1970	Amaravati, India	Hard	Rita Bentley	Alexandra Ivanova Nina Turkheli	4-6, 4-6
Runner-up	24.	25 January 1970	Kolkata, India	Hard	Janice Townsend	Kerry Hogarth Marilyn Tesch	6-4, 1-6, 2-6
Runner-up	25.	5 January 1971	Amritsar, India	Hard	Udaya Kumar	Alexandra Ivanova Tiiu Kivi	1-6, 2-6
Runner-up	26.	11 January 1971	Amaravati, India	Hard	Udaya Kumar	Alexandra Ivanova Tiiu Kivi	3-6, 1-6
Winner	27.	7 February 1971	Kolkata, India	Hard	Kiran Peshawaria	Udaya Kumar Susan Das	6-1, 6-3
Winner	28.	1 March 1971	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay	Jenny Paterson	Marianna Brummer Greta Delport	6-2, 6-2
Winner	29.	12 September 1971	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Cecilie Fleming	Somsri Klumsombut Phanow Sudsawadsi	7-5, 6-4
Runner-up	30.	7 February 1972	Pune, India	Hard	Udaya Kumar	Alexandra Ivanova Eugenia Isopaitis	1-6, 3-6
Winner	31.	14 February 1972	Chennai, India	Hard	Udaya Kumar	Alexandra Ivanova Irena Škulj	4-6, 6-4, 8-6
Winner	32.	14 February 1974	Chennai, India	Hard	Udaya Kumar	Susan Das Kiran Peshawaria	6-4, 6-4
Runner-up	33.	22 September 1974	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Hard	Susan Das	Lany Kaligis Lita Liem Sugiarto	5-7, 6-1, 1-6
Winner	34.	15 February 1978	New Delhi, India	Hard	Amreeta Ahluwalia	Carol Draper Robin Harris	5-7, 6-2, 6-0

References

1. "The Hindu : All eyes on Harsh Mankad". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
2. "At 56, tennis coach Mayur Vasant finally dons India colours". mid-day. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links

• K.R. Wadhwaney, Arjuna Awardees, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2002, ISBN 81-230-0286-0
• P.K. Datta, A Century of Indian Tennis, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2001, ISBN 81-230-0783-3