Shikha Uberoi

Shikha Uberoi

Uberoi at the 2006 Asian Games
Full name	Shikha Devi Uberoi
Country (sports)	United States (2000–2005)  India (2005–2011)
Residence	Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Born	(1983-04-05) 5 April 1983 Bombay, India
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	August 2003
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed, two-handed backhand
Prize money	US$214,908
Singles
Career record	192/205
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 122 (29 August 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2005, 2006)
French Open	Q2 (2006)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2005, 2006)
US Open	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	93–144
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2006, 2007)
US Open	1R (2004)

Shikha Devi Uberoi (Hindi: शिखा उबेरोई; born 5 April 1983, in Bombay) is an Indian-American professional tennis player and a former Indian No. 1. Her highest ranking is 122nd in the world in singles, which she achieved on 29 August 2005.

Biography

Shikha was born to father Mahesh (who was a table-tennis player for India) and mother Madhu in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her family moved to Princeton, New Jersey when she was an infant. She has one older sister (Diya) and three younger sisters (Neha, Nikita and Nimita). Her four sisters are also tennis players, but of all, Shikha is by far the most successful, and the only one to represent India (the other sisters were born-in represented the United States).

She was named the Zee Astitva Athlete of the Year 2007. She was one of the top-10 fastest servers in the world. She earned her bachelor's degree from Princeton University in Anthropology and South Asian Studies. She graduated with high academic standing while winning Princeton’s prestigious Kit Harris Memorial Award for Leadership and Ethics.

Shikha launched her media and lifestyle company, SDU Seva, Inc. As of 2013, she is currently creating and producing international social issue television shows, and is a social entrepreneur. She speaks internationally at various diplomatic conferences on female empowerment through sport. She has recently been invited to sit on the board of directors of the World Economic Forum’s "Global Shapers Initiative" for Bhopal. She is also a news and sports presenter and coaches all levels of tennis and fitness.^[1]

Tennis career

She turned pro in August 2003. Though she has not won any WTA Tour event till date, Uberoi has three ITF Women's Circuit singles titles to her name- one in Harrisonburg in 2003 and two in Fort Worth and Edmond in 2004.^[2]

At the 2004 US Open, Uberoi became the second ever Indian female player in the modern era to feature and win a round at a main draw Grand Slam Tournament, defeating Japan's Saori Obata.^[3] (The first was Nirupama Vaidyanathan at the 1998 Australian Open.)

In 2005, Shikha reached 2 WTA doubles finals partnering sister Neha, one in Kolkata^[4] and one in Guangzhou.^[5]

In 2006, Uberoi represented India at the 2006 Asian Games where she defeated Linda Ahmad of Bahrain in Round 1, but retired in the second round to Zheng Jie of China.

In 2007, Shikha was the finalist in Auckland, partnering Su-Wei Hsieh.

She was also the India Fed Cup Team leader.

Career statistics

WTA Tour Finals

Doubles (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	25 September 2005	Kolkata, India	Hard	Neha Uberoi	Elena Likhovtseva Anastasia Myskina	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	2 October 2005	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Neha Uberoi	Maria Elena Camerin Emmanuelle Gagliardi	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	3.	7 January 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	Janette Husárová Paola Suárez	6–0, 6–2

ITF finals (6-3)

Singles (3–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	3 August 2003	Harrisonburg, United States	Hard	Meghha Vakaria	6–1, 6–1
Winner	2.	20 June 2004	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Neha Uberoi	6–1, 6–2
Winner	3.	27 June 2004	Edmond, United States	Hard	Anne Mall	6–2, 6–4

Doubles (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 February 2000	Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Brandi Freudenberg	Maria Eugenia Brito Alejandra Rivero	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	20 June 2004	Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Neha Uberoi	Vania King Anne Mall	6–2, 3–6, 6–7(5)
Runner-up	2.	21 June 2008	Houston, United States	Hard	Kim-Anh Nguyen	Catrina Thompson Christian Thompson	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	14 June 2009	El Paso, United States	Hard	Christina Fusano	Maria-Fernanda Alves Tetiana Luzhanska	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	26 June 2011	Cleveland, United States	Clay	Dianne Hollands	Brooke Austin Brooke Bolender	6–7(2), 3–6
Winner	3.	3 July 2011	Buffalo, United States	Clay	Dianne Hollands	Paulina Bigos Brittany Wowchuk	7–5, 6–4

References

External links

• Shikha Uberoi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Shikha Uberoi at the International Tennis Federation