Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional

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player. She has been a previous Indian No. 1 in singles. Thandi has career-high

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of 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019.

Tennis career

She started playing tennis at the age of eight. Thandi is the sixth Indian female tennis player to enter the top 200 of the

, after the likes of

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, and Ankita Raina. Thandi has won four doubles titles and three singles titles on the ITF Circuit- the maiden singles title in $25k Hong Kong tournament on 23 June 2018, and the doubles titles in 2017 in Heraklion, and two in 2015 in Gulbarga. On the

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, she achieved a career-high ranking of 32 in January 2016. Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China. Since 2017 she has represented

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, with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in singles and of 2–1 in doubles. Karman is supported by the RoundGlass Tennis Academy, Chandigarh and currently trains at the academy under coach Aditya Sachdeva. Thandi participated in the

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, with

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in mixed-doubles event. They defeated Filipino pairing of Marian Jane Capadocia and Alberto Lim jr in their first match in the Games. But the pair was ousted in third round. Thandi became the first Indian player to win a WTA Tour main-draw match (defeating

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at the 2018 Jiangxi International Open) since

's victory over

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at the 2012 Indian Wells Open.

Performance timelines

*Sourced from WTA ''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Chennai Open.''

WTA 125 tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (3 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles (0–2)

Doubles (1–0)

References

External links

* * * 1998 births Living people Indian female tennis players Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for India {{India-tennis-bio-stub