Rushmi Chakravarthi

Rushmi Chakravarthi (Telugu: రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is a former professional tennis player from India.[1] She won a record 45 ITF Women's Circuit titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional, after playing in the first round of the WTA tournament Sunfeast Open held at Kolkata in September 2005.

Rushmi Chakravarthi
రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి

Chakravarthi Rushmi in 2010.
Country (sports)	India
Residence	Chennai, India
Born	(1977-10-09) 9 October 1977 Hyderabad, India
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	September 2005
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$124,005
Singles
Career record	321–241
Career titles	0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 310 (13 September 2004)
Doubles
Career record	372–209
Career titles	0 WTA, 34 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 252 (18 June 2001)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Medal record Afro-Asian Games 2003 Hyderabad Women's Doubles 2003 Hyderabad Women's Team 2003 Hyderabad Women's Singles 2003 Hyderabad Mixed Doubles Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi Women's Doubles

Tennis career

2005–2010

She was predominantly an ITF Circuit player. In her career, Chakravarthi played on the WTA Tour on two occasions, at the Sunfeast Open in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times.

Her career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were gold) at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Rushmi has represented India at the Asian Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Chakravarthi lost in the qualifying of the Malaysian Open. This was her only performance in a WTA tournament outside India.

She has also competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she progressed to the quarterfinals by beating English Katie O'Brien,[2] and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza.[3]

2011

Chakravarthi partnered with compatriot Poojashree Venkatesha to win the ITF event in Muzaffarnagar.

2012

Chakravarthi was awarded a wild-card entry to the 2012 London Olympics along with Sania Mirza to play in women's doubles.[4] The pair were beaten in a tight three-setter to Taiwanese pair of Hsieh Su-wei and Chuang Chia-jung in round one.[5]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$15,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (11–10)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	16 April 2001	Chandigarh, India	Hard	Dea Sumantri	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	9 September 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	14 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Jennifer Schmidt	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	21 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Isabel Collischonn	6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Winner	5.	10 September 2002	Mysore, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	6 April 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	7.	13 April 2003	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Cheli Bargil	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	5 October 2003	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Sania Mirza	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	17 January 2004	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Sandy Gumulya	1–6, 3–6
Winner	10.	23 May 2004	Lucknow, India	Grass	Ankita Bhambri	6–2, 2–6, 7–6
Winner	11.	30 May 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	6–4, 6–4
Winner	12.	30 August 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	30 October 2004	Pune, India	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	0–6, 6–7
Winner	14.	13 December 2004	Gurgaon, India	Clay	Ankita Bhambri	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	16 April 2005	Mumbai, India	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	30 October 2006	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	20 May 2007	Mumbai, India	Hard	Marinne Giraud	6–7^(7–9), 2–6
Winner	18.	28 April 2008	Cochin, India	Clay	Magda Okruashvili	6–4, 7–5
Winner	19.	9 June 2008	Gurgaon, India	Carpet	Ankita Bhambri	6–4, 6–2
Winner	20.	14 September 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	21.	21 September 2009	Dehradun, India	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	3–6, 5–7

Doubles (34–32)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	2 November 1998	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Montika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai	7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	10 May 1999	Lucknow, India	Carpet	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham	0–1 ret.
Runner-up	3.	18 October 1999	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Liza Andriyani Benjamas Sangaram	0–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	16 April 2000	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Manisha Malhotra Satomi Kinjo]	6–4, 4–6, 2–1 ret.
Runner-up	5.	17 April 2000	New Delhi, India	Carpet	Radhika Tulpule	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nirupama Sanjeev	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	3 September 2000	Jaipur, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Monique Adamczak Jennifer Schmidt	3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Winner	7.	10 September 2000	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Orawan Wongkamalasai Wang I-ting	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	16 October 2000	Gwalior, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Monica Acosta Larissa Schaerer	2–4, 1–4, 4–0, 3–5
Winner	9.	23 October 2000	New Delhi, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak	4–2, 4–5^(5), 4–1, 4–0
Winner	10.	30 October 2000	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak	5–3, 4–2, 5–3
Runner-up	11.	6 November 2000	Bandung, Indonesia	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Liza Andriyani Angelique Widjaja	1–4, 2–4, 0–4
Winner	12.	20 November 2000	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Miho Saeki Remi Uda	5–3, 4–1, 4–2
Winner	13.	16 April 2001	Chandigarh, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Dea Sumantri Radhika Tulpule	6–1, 7–5
Winner	14.	23 April 2001	Pune, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Sania Mirza Sonal Phadke	6–2, 6–0
Winner	15.	3 September 2001	Chennai, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Samrita Sekar Shubha Srinivasen	6–0, 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	16.	19 September 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Radhika Tulpule	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	7 July 2002	Tlemcen, Algeria	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Susanne Aigner Elisabeth Bahn	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner	18.	21 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Christina Zachariadou	Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou	6–2, 6–2
Winner	19.	10 September 2002	Mysore, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Alena Dvornikova Anastasia Dvornikova	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	20.	27 October 2002	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	21.	9 February 2003	Chennai, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Akgul Amanmuradova Ivanna Israilova	4–6, 1–6
Winner	22.	23 February 2003	Bangalore, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Maki Arai Natalia Dziamidzenka	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	23.	10 March 2003	Benalla, Australia	Grass	Ryoko Takemura	Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	24.	31 March 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Akgul Amanmuradova Khoo Chin-bee	2–6, 2–6
Winner	25.	20 April 2003	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Yael Glitzenshtein	6–1, 6–4
Winner	26.	17 August 2003	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Hwang I-hsuan Varanya Vijuksanaboon	6–0, 6–0
Winner	27.	8 September 2003	Bangalore, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Khoo Chin-bee Meghha Vakaria	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	28.	2 November 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Gabriela Chmelinová Hana Šromová	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	29.	17 January 2004	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria	5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	30.	23 May 2004	Lucknow, India	Grass	Ankita Bhambri	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	31.	30 May 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	Sanaa Bhambri Liza Pereira Viplav	7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	32.	8 August 2004	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Sania Mirza	Eden Marama Paula Marama	6–7^(4–7), 5–7
Winner	33.	15 August 2004	Hampstead, United Kingdom	Hard	Sania Mirza	Anna Hawkins Nicole Rencken	6–3, 6–2
Winner	34.	21 August 2004	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Chan Yung-jan Minori Takemoto	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Winner	35.	4 September 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Montinee Tangphong Thassha Vitayaviroj	w/o
Winner	36.	13 December 2004	Gurgaon, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	37.	11 April 2005	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Nina Bratchikova Francesca Lubiani	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	38.	3 August 2005	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Paula Marama	Anna Smith Rebecca Llewellyn	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	39.	17 October 2005	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Punam Reddy	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	w/o
Runner-up	40.	6 November 2005	Pune, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Nicole Clerico Ksenia Palkina	5–7, 6–7
Runner-up	41.	23 January 2006	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	Ksenia Palkina Nicole Clerico	w/o
Runner-up	42.	8 May 2006	New Delhi, India	Hard	Archana Venkataraman	Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	43.	15 May 2006	New Delhi, India	Hard	Archana Venkataraman	Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Winner	44.	12 June 2006	New Delhi, India	Hard	Meghha Vakaria	Isha Lakhani Pichittra Thongdach	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	45.	30 October 2006	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári	3–6, 1–6
Winner	46.	30 October 2006	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Tara Iyer Meghha Vakaria	6–2, 6–4
Winner	47.	15 January 2007	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Polona Hercog	Bárbora Matusová Anna Savitskaya	6–2, 6–0
Winner	48.	28 April 2008	Cochin, India	Clay	Poojashree Venkatesha	Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	49.	24 October 2008	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [7–10]
Winner	50.	8 November 2008	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Sanaa Bhambri	Treta Bhattacharyya Shalini Sahoo	6–1, 6–1
Winner	51.	22 May 2009	Mumbai, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Renee Binnie He Chunyan	2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Winner	52.	29 May 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	He Chunyan	Keren Shlomo Kristina Pejkovic	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	53.	15 October 2009	Pune, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko	0–6, 3–6
Winner	54.	21 May 2010	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Tegan Edwards Bianca Swanepoel	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner-up	55.	28 May 2010	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Blanka Szávay Nicole Rottmann	6–3, 5–7, [9–11]
Winner	56.	17 July 2010	Hatyai, Thailand	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	6–3, 7–6^(12–10)
Runner-up	57.	30 October 2010	Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Élodie Rogge-Dietrich	Sabina Sharipova Sandy Gumulya	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	58.	4 December 2010	Mandya, India	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk	1–6, 1–6
Winner	59.	22 January 2011	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Poojashree Venkatesha	Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura	3–6, 6–4, [14–12]
Runner-up	60.	13 May 2011	New Delhi, India	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Aishwarya Agrawal Ankita Raina	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	61.	18 June 2011	New Delhi, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun]	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	62.	25 June 2011	New Delhi, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun	5–7, 0–6
Winner	63.	12 May 2012	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Raina	Liu Yuxuan Zhao Qianqian	6–1, 6–4
Winner	64.	26 May 2012	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Raina	Sri Peddy Reddy Prarthana Thombare	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	65.	30 April 2013	Chennai, India	Clay	Ankita Raina	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	7–5, 3–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	66.	12 December 2014	Lucknow, India	Grass	Nidhi Chilumula	Ankita Raina Emily Webley-Smith	2–6, 4–6

References

1. "Rushmi Chakravarthi continues to march on". The Hindu. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
2. "Perfect outing for journeywoman Rushmi". The Times of India. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
3. "CWG tennis: Sania-Chakravarthi win bronze". Hindustan Times. 10 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
4. "Sania, Somdev get wild cards for London Olympics". 26 June 2012.
5. 'Sania-Rushmi out of women's doubles' Rediff Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

External links

• Rushmi Chakravarthi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Rushmi Chakravarthi at the International Tennis Federation
• Rushmi Chakravarthi at the Fed Cup