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Ankita Raina

Indian tennis player (born )

Ankita Raina (born 11 January )[2] is an Indiantennis player. Since , she was India's number one female player in singles and doubles, but in she was dethroned by Sahaja Yamalapalli in the singles category.

Raina has won one title on the WTA Tour and one WTA tournament (both in doubles), along with 11 singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

In April , she entered the top in the singles rankings for the first time, becoming only the fifth player representing India to achieve this feat.[3][4] Raina has also won gold medals in the women's singles and mixed-doubles events at the South Asian Games, and a bronze medal in singles at the Asian Games.

Raina is one of only two women representing India who have won a WTA Tour-level title.

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Playing for India Billie Jean King Cup team, Raina has a win–loss record of 33–[5] She has notable wins over US Open champion Samantha Stosur,[6]Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki,[7] former world No. 5 Sara Errani, and multiple doubles Grand Slam champion Barbora Strýcová.[8]

Personal life

Raina was born in the Indian state of Gujarat to Kashmiri Pandit parents Lalita Raina[9] and Ravinder Kishen Raina.

She was born and brought up in Ahmedabad before moving to Pune, Maharashtra at the age of 14 as Pune had a better infrastructure and opportunities to develop professional tennis players; the decision was made based on her performance at the Asians 14 and under masters tournament in Melbourne, where she placed second.[10] Raina briefly studied at Brihan Maharashtra and is fluent in Hindi, Kashmiri, Gujarati, and English.[citation needed]

At the national events, Raina has represented her home state Gujarat.

Her idols growing up were Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, and Sania Mirza.[citation needed]

Raina trains at the Hemant Bendrey Tennis Academy at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune.[citation needed]

Career

– Junior career

Raina started playing tennis at the age of five.

From a young age she has been coached by Hemant Bendrey, who recognized her strong discipline and mentality.[11] Following a promising junior career, Raina made her first professional appearance in , at a small ITF tournament in Mumbai. In , she continued to participate in local ITF events with limited success. Raina's season saw her advance to three ITF Circuit finals in doubles, winning one with countrywoman Aishwarya Agrawal.

In , she won her first professional singles title in New Delhi and won three more in doubles. This was followed by a few years of mediocre results on the ITF Women's Circuit.[citation needed]

– Breakthrough

Raina won two matches at the Mumbai Open, advancing to the quarterfinal.

  • This would turn out to be her breakthrough tournament. In April , she reached a ranking of world No. , after winning a $25, title, becoming the fifth Indian national to crack to the top women's singles rankings, following Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, and Sunitha Rao.[12]

    In August , Ankita won the bronze medal in the Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia in singles event.

    Raina and Sania Mirza are the only players representing India to have won a singles medal at the Asian Games.[13] Later that year, she won the biggest doubles title of her career at the Taipei Challenger, partnering with compatriot Karman Kaur Thandi.[14]

    Following a loss at the Australian Open, Raina won a $25, title in Singapore, with a solid win over Arantxa Rus in the final.[15] At the Kunming Open, she got her first top win, defeating Samantha Stosur, former US Open champion and top player, scoring the biggest win of her career.

    At the French Open, Raina lost her first qualifying match to well-known American youngster Coco Gauff in two tight sets, despite playing well.

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    She went on to reach the second qualifying rounds of both the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, losing tight three-setters in both tournaments. In October , Raina entered the top doubles rankings for the first time, after reaching the finals of the Suzhou Ladies Open with partner Rosalie van der Hoek. She is now coached by Arjun Kadhe, who is also her trainer and hitting partner.[16]

    – Grand Slam main-draw and Olympics debut

    Raina had a disappointing result at the Australian Open, albeit she was unwell due to the Australian bushfires.[17] However, Raina found further doubles success by winning two back-to-back ITF titles in Nonthaburi alongside Bibiane Schoofs;[18] followed by reaching her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Thailand Open alongside Rosalie.

    This gave Raina a new career-high ranking of No. in doubles. She also won two singles titles early on in , one in Nonthaburi, and the other in Jodhpur, India.[19] Raina then helped India advance to the Fed Cup World Group 2 playoffs for the first time in history in April in Dubai, along with Sania Mirza, Rutuja Bhosale, Riya Bhatia and Sowjanya Bavisetti.[20] In the Fed Cup, Raina had put up a good fight and won the first set 6–1 against China's top player Wang Qiang, but lost the match in three tight sets.[citation needed]

    Raina returned to competition at the resumption of the tour in September after a long hiatus due to the ongoing COVID pandemic; she suffered early exits in ITF tournaments she played in after the break.

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    • She then competed at the French Open qualifying where she advanced to the second round for the first time but lost to Kurumi Nara.[21] In December, Raina won the biggest ITF doubles title of her career at Dubai, alongside Ekaterine Gorgodze, and reached a new career-high doubles ranking of [citation needed]

    Raina competed in all the Grand Slam championships and the Olympics in but had first-round exits in all in doubles category.

    She competed mixed doubles only in Wimbledon but that too was a first-round exit. Raina began at the Australian Open, where she had her best performance at a major, losing in the third and final qualifying round to Olga Danilović. She then became the fourth player representing India to feature in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship (after Nirupama Mankad, Nirupama Sanjeev, and Sania Mirza), playing doubles alongside Mihaela Buzărnescu, losing in the first round.[22]

    Raina won the first WTA Tour singles main-draw match of her career at the Phillip Island Trophy.

    She came from a break down in the third set to reel off the last six games for a 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 win over Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[23] She then lost to Kimberly Birrell. In doubles, Raina partnered with Kamilla Rakhimova to advance to her first WTA Tour level final, where they defeated the Russian pairing of Anastasia Potapova and Anna Blinkova.[24] With this victory, Ankita became the second Indian female after Sania Mirza to win a WTA title, and also the third Indian woman after Mirza and Shikha Uberoi to break into the top of the WTA rankings, debuting at world No.

    94 in doubles.[citation needed]

    Her improved ranking allowed her to compete more regularly on the WTA Tour, albeit with limited success. At the Abierto Zapopan, Raina scored a victory over former world No. 5 and French Open finalist, Sara Errani,[25] before losing to Leonie Küng.

    At the French Open, she lost in the second qualifying round in singles, and the first round of the main draw in doubles.

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    Raina enjoyed a strong grass-court season in doubles, reaching back to back semifinals at the Nottingham Open and Nottingham Trophy. At Wimbledon, she competed in all three events, losing in the first qualifying round of singles to Varvara Lepchenko and the first round of doubles and mixed doubles, partnering Lauren Davis and Ramkumar Ramanathan, respectively.[citation needed]

    Sania Mirza's protected ranking of No.

    9 meant that Raina and Mirza gained direct entry into the Tokyo Olympics in women's doubles. They lost in three sets in the first round to the Kichenok sisters, in spite of leading 6–0, 5–2.[citation needed]

    Raina competed at the US Open, losing in the first round of singles qualifying to Jamie Loeb and the first round of doubles.

    This meant she had played in the main draw of doubles at all four major tournaments. She then won only one of her next seven matches in singles, to end the year outside the top She also lost seven out of her eight doubles matches during this stretch.

    For her achievements at the Asian Games and South Asian Games, Raina was conferred the Arjuna Award in

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    Raina carried her poor form from the end of into , with her losing in the first qualifying round of the Australian Open, and then, at an ITF tournament in Kazakhstan.

    As a result, she dropped out of the top and returned to playing on the ITF Circuit. In the second half of the season, she won 18 of her last 27 matches to end the year. Her lone final of the season came in August, at an ITF event at Aldershot, losing to Chinese Taipei player Joanna Garland.

    However, she was much more successful in doubles, reaching nine ITF Circuit finals, winning five of them.

    Raina reached the semifinals of a $40k tournament in India in January, and the final in Bangalore in March. She reached her second ITF final of the season in at the Jakarta $25k tournament, but lost again.

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    These results propelled her close to the top , and she returned to a Grand Slam qualifying at the French Open, where she lost in the second round. She also competed in the first qualifying round at Wimbledon but lost again. Raina qualified for the main draw of the WTA Poland Open, but lost to Jodie Burrage in a tight three-setter.

    She entered the WTA Prague Open the following week as lucky loser, and scored her first WTA Tour main-draw win of the season over former world No. 16, Barbora Strýcová.

    At the US Open, Raina reached the final round of qualifying, but lost in straight sets to Mirjam Björklund. This was the second time Raina reached the final round of qualifying.[26]

    Playing style

    Raina is a steady baseliner who primarily relies on her speed and counterpunching abilities to outlast her opponents.[27] Her preferred surfaces are grass and hard court, as they are more suited to her game style.[28]

    Sponsorship and equipment

    In her junior years, Raina was helped by Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals to participate in overseas junior tournaments.

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    Since then, she has been supported by Bharat Forge and Lakshya. Most recently, Raina has signed sponsorship deals with the Sports Authority of Gujarat and Yonex, and she is officially employed with ONGC.[29] Hence, Raina uses Yonex racquets and clothing.[citation needed]Adani Group is her current supporter.[citation needed]

    In , Raina met Narendra Modi, India's then-future prime minister, and officially was recognised under the Shaktidhoot scheme and hence became a part of India's goal of reaching Olympic podiums.[30]

    Performance timelines

    W&#;F&#; SF QF #R RRQ# P# DNQ A Z# PO GS B NMS NTI P NH

    (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

    To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

    Singles

    Current through the French Open qualifying.

    Doubles

    WTA Tour finals

    Doubles: 1 (title)

    Legend
    Grand Slam (0–0)
    WTA (0–0)
    WTA (0–0)
    WTA (1–0)
    Finals by surface
    Hard (1–0)
    Grass (0–0)
    Clay (0–0)
    Carpet (0–0)

    WTA Challenger finals

    Doubles: 1 (title)

    ITF Circuit finals

    Singles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runner–ups)

    Legend
    $60, tournaments (0–2)
    $40, tournaments (0–1)
    $25, tournaments (7–5)
    $10, tournaments (4–5)
    Finals by surface
    Hard (10–11)
    Clay (1–1)
    Grass (0–1)
    Result W–L &#;&#;&#;Date&#;&#;&#; Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
    Loss 0–1Apr ITF Fujairah, United Arab Emirates 10, Hard Fatma Al-Nabhani3–6, 2–6
    Win 1–1Jun ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Prerna Bhambri6–4, 6–2
    Loss 1–2Jul ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Miyabi Inoue2–6, 2–6
    Loss 1–3Mar ITF Hyderabad, India 10, Hard Bárbara Luz6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(3)
    Loss 1–4Mar ITF Hyderabad, India 10, Hard Bárbara Luz 6–2, 3–6, 1–6
    Win 2–4Apr ITF Chennai, India 10, Clay Natasha Palha6–3, 6–1
    Loss 2–5Apr ITF Lucknow, India 10, Grass Emi Mutaguchi 6–3, 6–7(2), 1–6
    Loss 2–6Jun ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan 25, Hard Sabina Sharipova3–6, 3–6
    Win 3–6Jun ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Eetee Maheta 6–3, 6–2
    Win 4–6Jul ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Kanika Vaidya 6–4, 6–4
    Loss 4–7May ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia 25, Clay Zhu Lin5–7, 6–2, 3–6
    Win 5–7Dec Pune Championships, India 25, Hard Katy Dunne6–2, 6–2
    Loss 5–8Apr ITF Ahmedabad, India 25, Hard Anastasija Sevastova4–6, 6–7(5)
    Loss 5–9May Jin'an Open, China 60, Hard Zhu Lin 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
    Win 6–9Mar ITF Gwalior, India 25, Hard Amandine Hesse6–2, 7–5
    Win 7–9Jul ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25, Hard Risa Ozaki6–2, 6–3
    Win 8–9Jan ITF Singapore 25, Hard Arantxa Rus6–3, 6–2
    Loss 8–10Apr Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey 60, Hard Vitalia Diatchenko4–6, 0–6
    Win 9–10Dec ITF Solapur, India 25, Hard Naiktha Bains6–3, 6–3
    Win 10–10Jan ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25, Hard Chloé Paquet6–3, 7–5
    Win 11–10Feb ITF Jodhpur, India 25, Hard Berfu Cengiz7–5, 6–1
    Loss 11–11Aug ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom 25, Hard Joanna Garland2–6, 4–6
    Loss 11–12Mar ITF Bangalore, India 40, Hard Brenda Fruhvirtová6–0, 4–6, 0–6
    Loss 11–13Apr ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 25, Hard Bai Zhuoxuan6–3, 0–6, 2–6

    Doubles: 51 (27 titles, 24 runner–ups)

    Legend
    W tournaments (1–2)
    W60/75 tournaments (4–3)
    W40/50 tournaments (3–4)
    W25/35 tournaments (13–11)
    W10/15 tournaments (6–4)
    Finals by surface
    Hard (22–18)
    Clay (4–5)
    Grass (1–1)
    Result W–L &#;&#;&#;Date&#;&#;&#; Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
    Loss 0–1Jan ITF Kolkata, India 10, Clay Poojashree VenkateshaNicole Clerico
    Dalila Jakupovič    		3–6, 1–6
    Loss 0–2Apr ITF Lucknow, India 10, Grass Aishwarya Agrawal Anja Prislan
    Kyra Shroff    		3–6, 3–6
    Win 1–2May ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Aishwarya Agrawal Fatma Al-Nabhani
    Rushmi Chakravarthi    		6–4, 6–3
    Win 2–2May ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Liu Yuxuan
    Zhao Qianqian     		6–1, 6–4
    Win 3–2May ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Sri Peddy Reddy
    Prarthana Thombare    		6–3, 6–2
    Win 4–2Jun ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Aishwarya Agrawal Ester Masuri
    Naomi Totka     		6–1, 6–4
    Loss 4–3Apr ITF Chennai, India 10, Clay Rushmi Chakravarthi Natasha Palha
    Prarthana Thombare     		7–5, 3–6, [6–10]
    Loss 4–4Jul ITF New Delhi, India 10, Hard Shweta Rana Sharmada Balu
    Sowjanya Bavisetti    		2–6, 4–6
    Win 5–4Jan ITF Aurangabad, India 10, Clay Prarthana Thombare Shweta Rana
    Rishika Sunkara    		6–3, 6–3
    Loss 5–5May ITF Tianjin, China 25, Hard Fatma Al-Nabhani Liu Chang
    Ran Tian    		1–6, 5–7
    Win 6–5Nov ITF Mumbai, India 25, Hard Lu JiajingNicha Lertpitaksinchai
    Peangtarn Plipuech    		6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
    Win 7–5Dec ITF Lucknow, India 15, Grass Emily Webley-Smith Rushmi Chakravarthi
    Nidhi Chilumula     		6–2, 6–4
    Loss 7–6Aug ITF Westende, Belgium 25, Hard Alyona SotnikovaIndy de Vroome
    Lesley Kerkhove    		6–7(4), 4–6
    Loss 7–7Jun Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan 25, Hard Prerna BhambriPolina Monova
    Yana Sizikova    		6–7(0), 2–6
    Win 8–7Sep Zhuhai Open, China 50, Hard Emily Webley-Smith Guo Hanyu
    Jiang Xinyu    		6–4, 6–4
    Win 9–7Apr ITF Pula, Italy 25, Clay Eva WacannoIrene Burillo Escorihuela
    Yvonne Cavallé Reimers    		6–4, 6–4
    Win 10–7May ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25, Hard Emily Webley-Smith Nudnida Luangnam
    Zhang Yukun     		6–2, 6–0
    Win 11–7Aug ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25, Clay Bibiane SchoofsMarie Benoît
    Magali Kempen    		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
    Loss 11–8Aug ITF Leipzig, Germany 25, Clay Tereza MrdežaValentyna Ivakhnenko
    Lidziya Marozava    		2–6, 1–6
    Win 12–8Aug Mençuna Cup, Turkey 60, Hard Gabriela CéElitsa Kostova
    Yana Sizikova     		6–2, 6–3
    Win 13–8May Jin'an Open, China 60, Hard Harriet DartLiu Fangzhou
    Xun Fangying    		6–3, 6–3
    Win 14–8Nov ITF Pune, India 25, Hard Karman ThandiAleksandrina Naydenova
    Tamara Zidanšek    		6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]
    Loss 14–9Jul Reinert Open, Germany 60, Clay Bibiane Schoofs Amina Anshba
    Anastasia Dețiuc    		6–0, 3–6, [8–10]
    Loss 14–10Aug GB Pro-Series Foxhills, United Kingdom 25, Hard Naiktha BainsSarah Beth Grey
    Eden Silva    		2–6, 5–7
    Loss 14–11Oct Suzhou Ladies Open, China , Hard Rosalie van der HoekJiang Xinyu
    Tang Qianhui    		6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
    Loss 14–12Nov Liuzhou Open, China 60, Hard Rosalie van der Hoek Jiang Xinyu
    Tang Qianhui     		4–6, 4–6
    Win 15–12Dec ITF Solapur, India 25, Hard Ulrikke EikeriBerfu Cengiz
    Despina Papamichail    		5–7, 6–4, [10–3]
    Win 16–12Jan ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25, Hard Bibiane Schoofs