Manisha Malhotra

Manisha Malhotra (Hindi: मनीषा मल्होत्रा Manīṣā Maľhōtrā; born 19 September 1976) is a retired tennis player from India.

Not to be confused with Manish Malhotra.

Manisha Malhotra
मनीषा मल्होत्रा

Country (sports)	India
Residence	Mumbai, India
Born	(1976-09-19) 19 September 1976 Mumbai
Turned pro	1996
Retired	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$52,259
Singles
Career record	136–92
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 314 (21 April 2003)
Doubles
Career record	93–67
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (8 April 2002)
Olympic Games	1R (2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	17–15

Manisha Malhotra

Medal record
Asian Games
	2002 Busan	Mixed Doubles

Her career high in singles is 314, achieved on 21 April 2003. In doubles, she peaked at No. 149 in the WTA rankings on 8 April 2002. In her career, Malhotra won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Malhotra has a win–loss record of 17–15.

Career

Malhotra represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the women's doubles tournament, partnering Nirupama Vaidyanathan but lost in the first round to Jelena Dokić and Rennae Stubbs.

At the 2001 PreCon Open in Switzerland, she was defeated in the first qualifying round by Maja Palaveršić. This was her first match at the WTA-level.[1]

Malhotra had her most successful year in 2002, when she was the runner-up at the Busan Asian Games and won the silver medal in the mixed doubles draw, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi.

Malhotra qualified for the 2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open, winning three matches; but lost in the first round to Tatiana Poutchek. This was her second and last tournament at the WTA-level.[2]

She retired from professional tennis in 2004. Her last singles match was a loss in the first qualifying round, against Japan's Maki Arai at an ITF $50,000 tournament in Shenzhen, China, in early December, 2003. Her last doubles matches came at the 2004 Fed Cup, where she won three of her ties (against Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Taiwan), and lost one (against Indonesia) (all partnering Sania Mirza).

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (5–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 August 1998	Southsea, United Kingdom	Grass	Eleni Daniilidou	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	2.	30 May 1999	El Paso, United States	Hard	Sara Walker	3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	8 August 1999	Harrisonburg, United States	Hard	Michelle Dasso	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	26 September 1999	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nicola Payne	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	5.	3 October 1999	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Gréta Arn	w/o
Winner	6.	23 July 2000	Baltimore, United States	Hard	Rika Fujiwara	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(4–7), 6–2
Runner-up	7.	3 September 2000	Jaipur, India	Grass	Monique Adamczak	2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	8.	10 September 2000	Delhi, India	Hard	Veronika Raimřová	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner	9.	13 April 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(12–10)

Doubles (7–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	30 May 1999	El Paso, United States	Hard	Julie Scott	Kim Grant Sara Walker	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	3 October 1999	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Carpet (i)	Gréta Arn	Lizzie Jelfs Karen Nugent	w/o
Winner	3.	20 December 1999	Lucknow, India	Grass	Tong Ka-po	Maša Vesenjak Urška Vesenjak	6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	27 December 1999	Chandigarh, India	Grass	Katarina Mišić	Maša Vesenjak Urška Vesenjak	3–6, 7–6^(7–5), 0–6
Runner-up	5.	16 April 2000	Mumbai, India	Hard	Satomi Kinjo	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	4–6, 6–4, 1–2 ret.
Winner	6.	28 May 2000	El Paso, United States	Hard	Leanne Baker	Kaysie Smashey Varalee Sureephong	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	7.	4 June 2000	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Leanne Baker	Melanie Clayton Emma Gott	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 5–7
Winner	8.	11 June 2000	Hilton Head, United States	Hard	Wendy Fix	Milagros Sequera Gabriela Voleková	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	9.	20 August 2000	London, United Kingdom	Hard	Susi Bensch	Natalie Grandin Nicole Rencken	2–6, 7–5, 6–7^(6–8)
Runner-up	10.	5 March 2001	Warrnambool, Australia	Grass	Nadia Johnston	Simona Arghire Remi Uda	3–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	22 April 2001	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Nirupama Vaidyanathan	Leanne Baker Shelley Stephens	6–3, 7–5
Winner	12.	17 June 2001	Marseille, France	Clay	Leanne Baker	Caroline Dhenin Maja Palaveršić	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Winner	13.	1 July 2001	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Leanne Baker	Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	14.	3 December 2001	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Jeon Mi-ra	Ivana Abramović Kim Jin-hee	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	15.	21 July 2002	Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Leanne Baker	Elena Baltacha Natacha Randriantefy	2–6, 3–6

Other finals

Mixed doubles

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Location	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Silver medal	11 October 2002	2002 Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	Mahesh Bhupathi	Janet Lee Lu Yen-hsun	6–4, 3–6, 7–9

References

1. Basel 2001 - results
2. Hyderabad 2003 Full results

External links

• Manisha Malhotra at the Women's Tennis Association
• Manisha Malhotra at the International Tennis Federation
• Manisha Malhotra at the Fed Cup
• http://www.wtatennis.com/headtohead/manisha-malhotra_2255881_5505/0,,12781~5505~9449,00.html
• http://manishasthoughts.blogspot.com/