Rishika Sunkara
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| Country (sports) |
 India |
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| Residence | New Delhi, India |
| Born |
14 May 1993 Vijayawada, India |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $25,854 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 94–81 |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 441 (9 November 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 576 (13 July 2016)[1] |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 82–70 |
| Career titles | 8 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 375 (5 August 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 469 (22 March 2015)[1] |
| Last updated on: 13 July 2016. | |
Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian tennis player. She has won ten titles on the ITF Women's Circuit; two in singles and eight in doubles (4 in 2015 wich 3 were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at world number 375 in the doubles rankings.
Sunkara competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014.
Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Sunkara has a win–loss record of 2–3.
Early life
Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She has an elder who used to play tennis.
Personal life
She started playing tennis at the age of 6. Her elder brother used to play tennis which inspired her to take up the game. She has cited Justin Henin as her role model.[2]
ITF Circuit Finals
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles Finals: 6 (2–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1. | 21 May 2012 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Simran Kaur Sethi |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner–up | 2. | 1 December 2012 | Kolkata, India | Hard |  Katherine Ip |
6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Runner–up | 3. | 5 May 2014 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Prarthana Thombare |
7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner–up | 4. | 26 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Clay |  Fatma Al-Nabhani |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Runner–up | 5. | 24 October 2015 | Lucknow, India | Grass | Prerna Bhambri |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 31 October 2015 | Raipur, India | Hard | Natasha Palha |
7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
Doubles: 19 (8–11)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner–up | 1. | 10 August 2009 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Nova Patel |
Sanaa Bhambri Poojashree Venkatesha |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 1 October 2012 | Bidar, India | Hard |  Oleksandra Korashvili |
 Nungnadda Wannasuk  Zhang Nannan |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2 December 2012 | Kolkata, India | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale |
Arantxa Andrady Kyra Shroff |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 24 June 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard |  Naomi Totka |
Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare |
6–4, 4–6, [13–11] |
| Runner-up | 5. | 22 July 2013 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti |
 Mayar Sherif  Zuzana Zlochová |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 6 January 2014 | Aurangabat, India | Clay | Shweta Rana |
Ankita Raina Prarthana Thombare |
3–6 3–6 |
| Winner | 7. | 7 April 2014 | Chennai, India | Clay | Sharrmadaa Baluu |
Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare |
6–0, 7–6 |
| Winner | 8. | 5 May 2014 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Sharrmadaa Baluu |
Shweta Rana Prarthana Thombare |
6–1, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 30 August 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard |  Giulia Bruzzone |
 Anna Morgina  Michelle Sammons |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 6 September 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Gai Ao |
Ilze Hattingh Michelle Sammons |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 4 April 2015 | Dehra Dun, India | Hard | Prerna Bhambri |
Prarthana Thombare Nungnadda Wannasuk |
0–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 12. | 11 May 2015 | Nashik, India | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti |
Riya Bhatia Karman Thandi |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Winner | 13. | 15 June 2015 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard |  Eva Wacanno |
 Olga Parres Azcoitia Prarthana Thombare |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 14. | 17 August 2015 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti |
 Eva Siska Shelby Talcott |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 15. | 7 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti |
Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 16. | 21 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Nidhi Chilumula |
Sharrmadaa Baluu Prarthana Thombare |
6–2, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Runner-up | 17. | 30 October 2015 | Raipur, India | Hard | Prerna Bhambri |
Sharrmadaa Baluu Prarthana Thombare |
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 18. | 2 May 2016 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Nidhi Chilumula |
 Samantha Murray  Despina Papamichail |
6–3, 2–6, [1–10] |
| Runner-up | 19. | 13 November 2016 | Pune, India | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti |
Irina Khromacheva  Aleksandrina Naydenova |
2–6, 1–6 |
References
- 1 2 "RISHIKA SUNKARA Player Stats". WTA. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ "Interview - Rishika Sunkara, India's #3 tennis player". National Sports. Sportskeeda. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
External links
- Rishika Sunkara at the International Tennis Federation
- Rishika Sunkara at the Fed Cup
Women's Tennis Association': Top ten Indian female singles tennis players as of 13 April 2015 | |
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