Rushmi Chakravarthi ( te, రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is a former professional
tennis player
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...
from India. She won a record 52
ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional, after playing in the first round of the WTA Tour tournament
Sunfeast Open, held at Kolkata in September 2005. Her last match on the ITF Circuit took place in June 2017 in Aurangabad.
Tennis career
2005–2010
She was predominantly an
ITF Circuit player. In her career, Chakravarthi played on the
WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tour is the WTA 125K series, and third-tier is the ITF Women's Circuit. The men's equivalent is the ATP Tour.
WTA Tour tourna ...
on two occasions, at the
Sunfeast Open in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times.
Her career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were
gold
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) at the
2003 Afro-Asian Games
The 2003 Afro-Asian Games, officially known as the First Afro-Asian Games or I Afro-Asian Games and unofficially known as the Inaugural Afro-Asian Games, was a major international multi-sport sporting event, event held in Hyderabad, India, from ...
. Rushmi has represented India at the
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
Chakravarthi lost in the qualifying of the
Malaysian Open. This was her only performance in a WTA tournament outside India.
She has also competed in the
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...
in Delhi, where she progressed to the quarterfinals by beating English
Katie O'Brien
Katie Jill O'Brien (born 2 May 1986) is a British former professional tennis player from Beverley, Yorkshire. She was briefly the British No. 1 tennis player, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 84 on 1 February 2010. She w ...
, and won the
doubles bronze medal
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with
Sania Mirza
Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she has won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles in ...
.
2011
Chakravarthi partnered with compatriot
Poojashree Venkatesha
Poojashree Venkatesha (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian former tennis player, primarily competing on the ITF Women's Circuit. She won a silver medal for her native country in the women's singles event at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games.
...
to win the ITF event in Muzaffarnagar.
2012
Chakravarthi was awarded a wildcard entry to the
2012 London Olympics
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along with Sania Mirza to play in women's doubles. The pair were beaten in a tight three-setter by Taiwanese pair of
Hsieh Su-wei and
Chuang Chia-jung
Chuang Chia-jung (; ; born 10 January 1985) is a retired Taiwanese tennis player.
In her career, she won 22 doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as ten singles titles and ...
in round one.
'Sania-Rushmi out of women's doubles'
''Rediff Sports''. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 24 (12–12)
Doubles: 73 (40–33)
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Living people
1977 births
Sportswomen from Hyderabad, India
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
Indian female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of India
Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in tennis
20th-century Indian women
20th-century Indian people
Racket sportspeople from Hyderabad, India
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Asian Games competitors for India