Prerna Bhambri (born 12 September 1992) is an Indian former

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player. Prerna Bhambri holds the record of being the only Indian to have won the All India National Tennis Championship four times in a row, and was a runner-up in 2019. She received the ''Award for Excellence in Sports'' from the Hon'ble Smt.

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, the former president of India.

Career

Bhambri holds the record of being the only Indian to have won the All India National Tennis Championship four times in a row. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 358, achieved on 20 June 2016. Bhambri won five singles and three doubles titles on the

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. In December 2019, Prerna won two gold medals for India at the

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. In 2016 as well, she won the silver medal in women's singles there. In 2018, she was the winner in singles and in doubles at the Delhi Olympic Games. In January 2012, Bhambri made her debut for the

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. Playing for

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, Bhambri has a win–loss record of 5–3.

Personal life

Prerna was coached by her brother Prateek Bhambri, who also was a professional tennis player. He won the All India National Championship in singles and doubles. Bhambri's cousin,

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, is a professional on the

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, with a career-high ranking of world No. 83. Bhambri is also the younger cousin of Ankita Bhambri and

Sanaa Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri ( hi, सना भाम्बरी; born 7 March 1988) is a former professional tennis player from India. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 298, which she achieved October 2005. She won one $25k doubles event at Lagos, N ...

, both retired players. Prerna graduated with an MBA from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is married to Ayush Tandon, who is a Chartered Accountant.

Achievements

Winner of various tournaments in categories i.e. National Series, Championship Series, and Talent Series.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (5–5)

Doubles (3–5)

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * * 1992 births Living people Indian female tennis players Sportswomen from Delhi Racket sportspeople from Delhi 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people South Asian Games gold medalists for India South Asian Games silver medalists for India South Asian Games medalists in tennis People from Delhi {{India-tennis-bio-stub