Rushmi Chakravarthi ( te, రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is a former professional

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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

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, 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

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on two occasions, at the

in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times. Her career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were

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) at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Rushmi has represented India at the

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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

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, and won the doubles

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with

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2011

Chakravarthi partnered with compatriot

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to win the ITF event in Muzaffarnagar.

2012

Chakravarthi was awarded a wildcard entry to the

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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

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and

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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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