Naiktha Bains

Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.[1][2]

Naiktha Bains

Bains at Surbiton, 2015
Country (sports)	Australia (–March 2019)  Great Britain (April 2019–)
Born	(1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 Leeds, United Kingdom
Prize money	US$ 246,848
Singles
Career record	148–157 (48.5%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 202 (23 December 2019)
Current ranking	No. 223 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
US Open	Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	136–93 (59.4%)
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 134 (24 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 212 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Last updated on: 25 June 2020.

Bains has won two singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 23 December 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 202. On 24 September 2018, she peaked at No. 134 in the doubles rankings.

Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake[3] from Britain to Brisbane aged eight[4] and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.[1]

Career

2014

Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International, where she made it through the first two rounds, defeating Maria Elena Camerin[5] and Teliana Pereira,[6] before losing to eventual tournament champion Garbiñe Muguruza in the final qualifying round.

At Australian Open qualifying, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, she was awarded a wildcard into the main doubles draw where she faced the 14th seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Sony Open in Miami, for just her third appearance at WTA Tour-level.[7] She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia to end the year. She ended the year with a ranking of 713.

2015

Her season began with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF circuit, with limited success. She ended the year with a ranking of 630.

2016

Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, Bains competed on the ITF circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals. From June to October, she competed on the ITF circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was the quarterfinal of Bendigo International. Bains finished 2016 with a ranking of world No. 452.

2017

She started the new season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International where she lost in round one to Anastasia Rodionova.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournsments (1–1) $15,000 tournaments (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (1–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Natalija Kostić	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Mar 2019	ITF Mildura, Australia	25,000	Grass	Kaylah McPhee	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
Loss	2–1	Dec 2019	ITF Solapur, India	25,000	Hard	Ankita Raina	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Dec 2019	ITF Pune, India	25,000	Hard	Emma Raducanu	6–3, 1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (13 titles, 14 runners-up)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000/$80,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournsments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (6–11) Clay (7–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2014	ITF Bendigo, Australia	50,000	Hard	Karolina Wlodarczak	Jessica Moore Abbie Myers	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	May 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Morozova	Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	May 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	Marine Partaud Laëtitia Sarrazin	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	2–2	May 2016	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Alexandra Morozova	Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová	6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss	2–3	Sep 2016	ITF Tweed Heads, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abbie Myers	Monique Adamczak Olivia Rogowska	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(3–7)
Win	3–3	Sep 2016	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Julia Glushko Liu Fangzhou	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Win	4–3	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Chiara Grimm	Natalija Kostić Jelena Simić	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	5–3	May 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Tereza Mihalíková	Francesca Bullani Veronica Napolitano	4–6, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss	5–4	Jul 2017	ITF Middelburg, Netherlands	25,000	Clay	Dasha Ivanova	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Bibiane Schoofs	7–6^(10–8), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss	5–5	Jul 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Karin Kennel	Luksika Kumkhum Ksenia Palkina	3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Loss	5–6	Aug 2017	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	25,000	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Miharu Imanishi Akiko Omae	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–6	Sep 2017	ITF Penrith, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Tammi Patterson Olivia Rogowska	6–0, 7–5
Win	7–6	Sep 2017	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Jennifer Elie Erika Sema	6–4, 6–1
Loss	7–7	Oct 2017	ITF Toowoomba, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu	5–7, 5–7
Win	8–7	Oct 2017	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Abigail Tere-Apisah	Astra Sharma Belinda Woolcock	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	9–7	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Marie Benoît Xu Shilin	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–7	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Rosalie van der Hoek	Victoria Kan Maria Zotova	6–2, 6–2
Win	11–7	May 2018	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Francesca Di Lorenzo	Manon Arcangioli Sherazad Reix	6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Loss	11–8	Jun 2018	ITF Grado, Italy	25,000	Clay	Rika Fujiwara	Giorgia Marchetti Alice Matteucci	0–6, 4–6
Loss	11–9	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Barbora Stefkova	Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli	6–2, 0–6, [6–10]
Loss	11–10	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Wang Xinyu Wang Xiyu	5–7, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss	11–11	Aug 2018	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	25,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Akiko Omae You Xiaodi	0–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	12–11	Sep 2018	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Xu Shilin	Erin Routliffe Astra Sharma	6–1, 7–6^(9–7)
Loss	12–12	Nov 2018	ITF Canberra, Australia	60,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [7–10]
Win	13–12	Oct 2019	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Alison Bai Paige Hourigan	6–3, 6–3
Loss	13–13	Oct 2019	ITF Bendigo, Australia	60,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee	6–3, 2–6, [2–10]
Loss	13–14	Nov 2019	ITF Playford, Australia	60,000	Hard	Tereza Mihalíková	Asia Muhammad Storm Sanders	3–6, 4–6

References

1. Ornstein, David (17 May 2011). "The one who got away". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
2. "Naiktha Bains formally requests to change playing nationality from Australian to GB". 7 April 2019.
3. Hanlon, Peter (25 January 2012). "Britain loses bright spark to Australia". The Age. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
4. Briggs, Simon (17 May 2011). "Lawn Tennis Association's fingers burned by defection of young talent Naiktha Bains to Australia". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
5. Rogers, Leigh (3 January 2014). "Australian teen Naiktha Bains a winner on day one of qualifying". Hobart International. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
6. Smith, Adam (5 January 2014). "Giant killer Naiktha Bains eyes the tennis big time at Hobart International". The Sunday Tasmanian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
7. "Bains awarded Miami qualifying wildcard". Tennis Australia. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

External links

• Naiktha Bains at the Women's Tennis Association
• Naiktha Bains at the International Tennis Federation
• Naiktha Bains at Tennis Australia