Sanaa Bhambri
Country (sports) India
ResidenceNew Delhi, India
Born (1988-03-07) 7 March 1988
New Delhi
Turned proNovember 2002
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeNC State
Prize money$46,738
Singles
Career record121–83 (59.3%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 434 (31 October 2005)
Doubles
Career record129–65 (66.5%)
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 298 (31 October 2005)

Sanaa Bhambri (Hindi: सना भाम्बरी; born 7 March 1988) is a former professional tennis player from India. 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)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 21 May 2005 ITF Indore, India Hard India Isha Lakhani 1–6, 7–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 30 October 2006 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 19 November 2007 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay India Ankita Bhambri 3–6, 6–7
Winner 4. 21 June 2008 ITF Gurgaon, India Hard South Korea Han Sung-hee 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 8 November 2008 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Netherlands Nicole Thyssen 6–7(3), 3–6
Runner-up 6. 14 September 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 23 (12–11)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 30 May 2004 ITF New Delhi, India Hard India Liza Pereira Viplav India Ankita Bhambri
India Rushmi Chakravarthi
6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 6 December 2004 ITF Kolkatta, India Hard India Ankita Bhambri Thailand Wilawan Choptang
India Shruti Dhawan
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 13 December 2004 ITF Gurgaon, India Clay India Ankita Bhambri India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 9 April 2005 ITF Mumbai, India Hard Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Russia Julia Efremova
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 5. 9 May 2005 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard India Shruti Dhawan India Ankita Bhambri
India Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
2–6, 5–7
Winner 6. 16 May 2005 ITF Indore, India Hard India Ankita Bhambri India Isha Lakhani
India Meghha Vakaria
5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 7. 9 August 2005 ITF Hampstead, UK Hard India Ankita Bhambri United Kingdom Sarah Coles
United Kingdom Elizabeth Thomas
6–3, 6–3
Winner 8. 17 October 2005 ITF Lagos, Nigeria Hard India Ankita Bhambri India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Punam Reddy
w/o
Winner 9. 16 June 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard India Archana Venkataraman China Lu Jingjing
Singapore Lee Wei-ping
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 10. 30 October 2006 ITF Lagos, Nigeria Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi South Africa Surina De Beer
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
3–6, 1–6
Winner 11. 30 October 2006 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi India Tara Iyer
India Meghha Vakaria
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 12. 25 May 2007 ITF Mumbai, India Hard India Ankita Bhambri India Isha Lakhani
Mauritius Marinne Giraud
4–6, 1–6
Winner 13. 25 August 2007 ITF Noida, India Carpet India Ankita Bhambri Thailand Sophia Mulsap
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 14. 19 November 2007 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay India Ankita Bhambri India Sandhya Nagaraj
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
6–7(4), 5–7
Runner-up 15. 9 June 2008 ITF Gurgaon, India Carpet India Ankita Bhambri Russia Elina Gasanova
India Isha Lakhani
3–6, 4–6
Winner 16. 23 August 2008 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard India Ankita Bhambri Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
Thailand Kanyapat Narattana
7–5, 7–6
Winner 17. 8 November 2008 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass India Rushmi Chakravarthi India Treta Bhattacharyya
India Shalini Sahoo
6–1, 6–1
Winner 18. 1 June 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard India Ankita Bhambri South Korea Seo Soon-mi
South Korea Shin Jung-yoon
6–4, 2–6, [10–1]
Winner 19. 10 August 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard India Poojashree Venkatesha India Rishika Sunkara
India Nova Patel
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 20. 5 October 2009 ITF Noida, India Hard India Poojashree Venkatesha Japan Miki Miyamura
Japan Moe Kawatoko
1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up 21. 5 October 2009 ITF Pune, India Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi Japan Miki Miyamura
Japan Moe Kawatoko
0–6, 3–6
Winner 22. 17 May 2010 ITF Durban, South Africa Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi South Africa Tegan Edwards
South Africa Bianca Swanepoel
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 23. 28 May 2010 ITF Durban, South Africa Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi Hungary Blanka Szávay
Austria Nicole Rottmann
6–3, 5–7, [9–11]

References

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