Rishika Sunkara
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Residence | New Delhi, India |
Born |
Vijayawada, India | 14 May 1993
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 | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Runner–up | 2. | 1 December 2012 | Kolkata, India | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner–up | 3. | 5 May 2014 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | ![]() |
7–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
Runner–up | 4. | 26 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Runner–up | 5. | 24 October 2015 | Lucknow, India | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 6. | 31 October 2015 | Raipur, India | Hard | ![]() |
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 |
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Runner–up | 1. | 10 August 2009 | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 2. | 1 October 2012 | Bidar, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 3. | 2 December 2012 | Kolkata, India | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 24 June 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 4–6, [13–11] |
Runner-up | 5. | 22 July 2013 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 6 January 2014 | Aurangabat, India | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6 3–6 |
Winner | 7. | 7 April 2014 | Chennai, India | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 7–6 |
Winner | 8. | 5 May 2014 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 9. | 30 August 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 6 September 2014 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 11. | 4 April 2015 | Dehra Dun, India | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 12. | 11 May 2015 | Nashik, India | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Winner | 13. | 15 June 2015 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 14. | 17 August 2015 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
Winner | 15. | 7 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 16. | 21 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, [10–12] |
Runner-up | 17. | 30 October 2015 | Raipur, India | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10] |
Runner-up | 18. | 2 May 2016 | Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [1–10] |
Runner-up | 19. | 13 November 2016 | Pune, India | Hard | ![]() |
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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