Ankita Bhambri (

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

: अंकिता भाम्बरी; born 28 October 1986) is an

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former professional

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and coach. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 332, which she achieved in May 2006. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 299, which she reached in October 2005. In her career, Bhambri won a total of nine singles and nine doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit. She has played on the

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on five occasions, losing in round one at

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(2004),

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(2005), and

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(2006). Playing for

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at the

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, Bhambri has a win–loss record of 8–14.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (9–9)

Doubles: 17 (9–8)

Personal life

Ankita's sister

Sanaa Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...

, brother Yuki and cousins Prerna and

Prateek Bhambri Prateek is an Indian given name. Notable people with this name include: * Prateek Babbar (born 1986), Indian actor mostly in Hindi language films * Prateek Baid, Indian model, actor, automobile engineer and beauty pageant titleholder *Prateek Chaud ...

also play tennis professionally.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bhambri, Ankita Living people People from New Delhi Indian female tennis players Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis 1986 births Sportswomen from Delhi Racket sportspeople from Delhi 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for India