Prarthana Thombare

Prarthana Gulabrao Thombare (born 18 June 1994) is an Indian tennis player. A doubles specialist, she is the former Indian No. 1 (current No. 2) in women's doubles.

Prarthana G. Thombare

Country (sports)	India
Born	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 Barshi, India
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 87,041
Singles
Career record	111–99 (52.9%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 335 (25 August 2014)
Doubles
Career record	201–175 (53.5%)
Career titles	21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 125 (16 October 2017)
Current ranking	No. 331 (16 March 2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2016)
Medal record Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's Doubles
Last updated on: 4 May 2020.

Thombare has won three singles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 August 2014, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 335. On 16 October 2017, she peaked at No. 125 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Thombare has a win-loss record of 13–8.

She won the Asian Games bronze medal in women's doubles along with Sania Mirza.[1][2][3][4]

ITF finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2013	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Yana Sizikova	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, 5–7
Win	1–1	Nov 2013	ITF Mumbai, India	15,000	Hard	Hsu Ching-wen	6–3, 6–7^(10–12), 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jan 2014	ITF Aurangabad, India	10,000	Clay	Sowjanya Bavisetti	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Apr 2014	ITF Chennai, India	10,000	Clay	Eetee Maheta	4–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	3–2	May 2014	ITF Hyderabad, India	10,000	Hard	Rishika Sunkara	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 42 (21–21)

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Finals by surface Hard (14–13) Clay (5–6) Grass (2–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 May 2012	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sri Peddy Reddy	Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	2 July 2012	New Delhi, India	Hard	Shweta Rana	Risa Hasegawa Miyabi Inoue	6–1, 5–7, [1–10]
Winner	1.	23 March 2013	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Natasha Palha	Sharrmadaa Baluu Sowjanya Bavisetti	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	20 April 2013	Chennai, India	Clay	Natasha Palha	Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina	5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Runner-up	3.	27 April 2013	Lucknow, India	Grass	Natasha Palha	Nidhi Chilumula Emi Mutaguchi	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	4.	29 June 2013	New Delhi, India	Hard	Natasha Palha	Rishika Sunkara Naomi Totka	4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Winner	3.	19 August 2013	New Delhi, India	Hard	Akari Inoue	Matilda Hamlin Shweta Rana	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	22 September 2013	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Julia Valetova	Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya Evgeniya Svintsova	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	6 January 2014	Aurangabad, India	Clay	Ankita Raina	Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara	6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	24 March 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Eugeniya Pashkova	Laura Deigman Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	12 April 2014	Chennai, India	Clay	Natasha Palha	Rishika Sunkara Sharrmadaa Baluu	0–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	6.	5 May 2014	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Shweta Rana	Rishika Sunkara Sharrmadaa Baluu	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	7.	15 June 2014	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Nao Hibino	Hiroko Kuwata Mari Tanaka	1–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	4 August 2014	Bangalore, India	Hard	Sharrmadaa Baluu	Hsu Ching-wen Natasha Palha	6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Winner	8.	9 March 2015	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Ekaterina Yashina	Vera Lapko Anhelina Kalita	6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Winner	9.	4 April 2015	Dehra Dun, India	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	11 April 2015	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Nao Hibino	Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Winner	10.	31 May 2015	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Harriet Dart	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Nudnida Luangnam	6–4, 4–6, [18–16]
Winner	11.	14 June 2015	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Olga Parres Azcoitia	Jenny Claffey Inês Murta	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	21 June 2015	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Olga Parres Azcoitia	Rishika Sunkara Eva Wacanno	1–6, 1–6
Winner	12.	22 June 2015	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Eva Wacanno	Ola Abou Zekry Eleni Kordolaimi	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	10.	14 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Prerna Bhambri	Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	20 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Sharrmadaa Baluu	Fatma Al-Nabhani Prerna Bhambri	5–7, 2–6
Winner	13.	20 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Sharrmadaa Baluu	Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara	2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Winner	14.	24 October 2015	Lucknow, India	Grass	Prerna Bhambri	Sharrmadaa Baluu Nidhi Chilumula	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	15.	31 October 2015	Raipur, India	Hard	Sharrmadaa Baluu	Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), [10–8]
Winner	16.	18 December 2015	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Julia Terziyska	Tadeja Majerič Conny Perrin	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up	12.	25 December 2015	Pune, India	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Anastasiya Vasylyeva	6–4, 2–6, [10–12]
Winner	17.	12 March 2016	Puebla, México	Hard (i)	Akiko Omae	Irina Khromacheva Ksenia Lykina	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	13.	20 March 2016	Irapuato, Mexico	Hard	Akiko Omae	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	1–6, 4–6
Winner	18.	19 June 2016	Montpellier, France	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Lourdes Domínguez Lino Jil Teichmann	7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	14.	10 October 2016	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Chayenne Ewijk Rosalie van der Hoek	5–7, 3–6
Winner	19.	22 October 2016	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal	6–7^(3–7), 6–3, [11–9]
Runner-up	15.	17 February 2017	Perth, Australia	Hard	Irina Bara	Junri Namigata Riko Sawayanagi	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, [9–11]
Runner-up	16.	1 April 2017	Pula, Italy	Clay	Eva Wacanno	Lina Gjorcheska Bernarda Pera	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	30 April 2017	Anning, China	Clay	Xun Fangying	Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu	2–6, 5–7
Winner	20.	16 June 2017	Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary	Clay	Kotomi Takahata	Ulrikke Eikeri Tereza Mrdeža	1–0 ret.
Winner	21.	17 June 2018	Manchester, Great Britain	Grass	Luksika Kumkhum	Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	18.	15 July 2018	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Eva Wacanno	An-Sophie Mestach Zheng Saisai	6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	19.	14 October 2019	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Sandra Samir	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	20.	20 October 2019	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Sandra Samir	Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi	3–6, 7–6(7–3), [6–10]
Runner-up	21.	Jan 2020	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Dalma Galfi Kimberley Zimmermann	6–7^(4–7), 2–6

References

1. "Indian pair of Sania-Prarthana settles for bronze". The Times of India. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
2. "Prarthana given top billing in ITF event". Shrivathsa Sridhar. The Times of India. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
3. "Asian Games: Yuki Bhambri, Sania-Prarthana settle for bronze". Deccan Chronicle. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
4. "Players Prarthana Thombare". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

External links

• Prarthana Thombare at the Women's Tennis Association
• Prarthana Thombare at the International Tennis Federation
• Prarthana Thombare at the Fed Cup