Sanaa Bhambri

Sanaa Bhambri (Hindi: सना भाम्बरी; born 7 March 1988) is a former professional tennis player from India. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 434, which she achieved in October 2005. She won one $25k doubles event at Lagos, Nigeria in 2005 and competed in three WTA Tour event main draws.

Sanaa Bhambri

Country (sports)	India
Residence	New Delhi, India
Born	(1988-03-07) 7 March 1988 New Delhi
Turned pro	November 2002
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$46,738
Singles
Career record	121–83
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 434 (31 October 2005)
Doubles
Career record	129–65
Career titles	0 WTA, 12 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 298 (31 October 2005)

In her career, Bhambri won two singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF circuit.

Career

A left-hander, Bhambri reached the semifinals of the 2003 French Open girls' doubles event, partnering compatriot Sania Mirza.

In October 2005, partnering Ankita Bhambri, Sanaa won the $25k Lagos 2 event. 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

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–4)

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

Doubles (12–11)

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

References

1. http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/video/live.quals.html

External links

• Sanaa Bhambri at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sanaa Bhambri at the International Tennis Federation