Manisha Malhotra ( hi, मनीषा मल्होत्रा ''Manīṣā Maľhōtrā''; born 19 September 1976) is a retired

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from India. Her career high in singles is 314, achieved on 21 April 2003. In doubles, she peaked at No. 149 in the

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on 8 April 2002. In her career, Malhotra won five singles and seven doubles titles on the

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. Playing for

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at the

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, Malhotra has a win–loss record of 17–15.

Career

Malhotra represented India at the

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in the women's doubles tournament, partnering Nirupama Vaidyanathan but lost in the first round to

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and

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. At the 2001 PreCon Open in Switzerland, she was defeated in the first qualifying round by

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. This was her first match at the WTA-level. Malhotra had her most successful year in 2002, when she was the runner-up at the Busan Asian Games and won the silver medal in the mixed doubles draw, partnering

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. Malhotra qualified for the 2003 AP Tourism Hyderabad Open, winning three matches; but lost in the first round to

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. This was her second and last tournament at the WTA-level. She retired from professional tennis in 2004. Her last singles match was a loss in the first qualifying round, against Japan's

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at an ITF $50,000 tournament in

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, China, in early December, 2003. Her last doubles matches came at the

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, where she won three of her ties (against Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Taiwan), and lost one (against Indonesia) (all partnering

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). She along with Sania Mirza holds the record of ''Longest Fed Cup tie breaks'' (21-19), which they achieved against Uzbekistan in 2004.

ITF finals

Singles (5–4)

Doubles (7–8)

Other finals

Mixed doubles

References

External links

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