Rushmi Chakravarthi

Rushmi Chakravarthi (Telugu: రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is a former professional tennis player from India.[1] She won a record 45 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 Sunfeast Open held at Kolkata in September 2005.

Rushmi Chakravarthi
రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి
Chakravarthi Rushmi in 2010.
Country (sports) India
ResidenceChennai, India
Born (1977-10-09) 9 October 1977
Hyderabad, India
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned proSeptember 2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$124,005
Singles
Career record321–241
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 310 (13 September 2004)
Doubles
Career record372–209
Career titles34 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 252 (18 June 2001)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Medal record
Afro-Asian Games
2003 HyderabadWomen's Doubles
2003 HyderabadWomen's Team
2003 HyderabadWomen's Singles
2003 HyderabadMixed Doubles
Commonwealth Games
2010 DelhiWomen's Doubles

Tennis career

2005–2010

She was predominantly an ITF Circuit player. In her career, Chakravarthi played on the WTA Tour on two occasions, at the Sunfeast Open in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times.

Her career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were gold) at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Rushmi has represented India at the Asian Games 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 in Delhi, where she progressed to the quarterfinals by beating English Katie O'Brien,[2] and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza.[3]

2011

Chakravarthi partnered with compatriot Poojashree Venkatesha to win the ITF event in Muzaffarnagar.

2012

Chakravarthi was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2012 London Olympics along with Sania Mirza to play in women's doubles.[4] The pair were beaten in a tight three-setter to Taiwanese pair of Hsieh Su-wei and Chuang Chia-jung in round one.[5]

ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 21 (11–10)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 16 April 2001 ITF Chandigarh, India Hard Dea Sumantri 6–2, 6–4
Winner 2. 9 September 2001 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Shruti Dhawan 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 14 July 2002 ITF Algiers, Algeria Clay Jennifer Schmidt 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 21 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Isabel Collischonn 6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Winner 5. 10 September 2002 Mysore, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 6. 6 April 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 7. 13 April 2003 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Cheli Bargil 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 5 October 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Sania Mirza 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 9. 17 January 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Sandy Gumulya 1–6, 3–6
Winner 10. 23 May 2004 Lucknow, India Grass Ankita Bhambri 6–2, 2–6, 7–6
Winner 11. 30 May 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Bhambri 6–4, 6–4
Winner 12. 30 August 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 13. 30 October 2004 Pune, India Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 0–6, 6–7
Winner 14. 13 December 2004 Gurgaon, India Clay Ankita Bhambri 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up 15. 16 April 2005 Mumbai, India Hard Chan Chin-wei 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 16. 30 October 2006 Ahmedabad, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up 17. 20 May 2007 Mumbai, India Hard Marinne Giraud 6–7(7–9), 2–6
Winner 18. 28 April 2008 Cochin, India Clay Magda Okruashvili 6–4, 7–5
Winner 19. 9 June 2008 ITF Gurgaon, India Carpet Ankita Bhambri 6–4, 6–2
Winner 20. 14 September 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 21. 21 September 2009 ITF Dehradun, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 66 (34–32)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 2 November 1998 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Montika Anuchan
Orawan Wongkamalasai		 7–6(7–4), 1–6, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 10 May 1999 ITF Lucknow, India Carpet Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan
Sheethal Goutham		 0–1 ret.
Runner-up 3. 18 October 1999 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Liza Andriyani
Benjamas Sangaram		 0–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 16 April 2000 Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Manisha Malhotra
Satomi Kinjo]		 6–4, 4–6, 2–1 ret.
Runner-up 5. 17 April 2000 New Delhi, India Carpet Radhika Tulpule Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
Nirupama Sanjeev		 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 3 September 2000 Jaipur, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Monique Adamczak
Jennifer Schmidt		 3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Winner 7. 10 September 2000 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Orawan Wongkamalasai
Wang I-ting		 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 8. 16 October 2000 Gwalior, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Monica Acosta
Larissa Schaerer		 2–4, 1–4, 4–0, 3–5
Winner 9. 23 October 2000 New Delhi, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Urška Vesenjak
Maša Vesenjak		 4–2, 4–5(5), 4–1, 4–0
Winner 10. 30 October 2000 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Urška Vesenjak
Maša Vesenjak		 5–3, 4–2, 5–3
Runner-up 11. 6 November 2000 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Liza Andriyani
Angelique Widjaja		 1–4, 2–4, 0–4
Winner 12. 20 November 2000 Manila, Philippines Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Miho Saeki
Remi Uda		 5–3, 4–1, 4–2
Winner 13. 16 April 2001 Chandigarh, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Dea Sumantri
Radhika Tulpule		 6–1, 7–5
Winner 14. 23 April 2001 Pune, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Sania Mirza
Sonal Phadke		 6–2, 6–0
Winner 15. 3 September 2001 Chennai, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Samrita Sekar
Shubha Srinivasen		 6–0, 7–6(7–2)
Winner 16. 19 September 2001 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan
Radhika Tulpule		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 17. 7 July 2002 Tlemcen, Algeria Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Susanne Aigner
Elisabeth Bahn		 6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Winner 18. 21 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Christina Zachariadou Asimina Kaplani
Maria Pavlidou		 6–2, 6–2
Winner 19. 10 September 2002 Mysore, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Alena Dvornikova
Anastasia Dvornikova		 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 20. 27 October 2002 Cairo, Egypt Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Kira Nagy
Maria Wolfbrandt		 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 21. 9 February 2003 Chennai, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Akgul Amanmuradova
Ivanna Israilova		 4–6, 1–6
Winner 22. 23 February 2003 Bangalore, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Maki Arai
Natallia Dziamidzenka		 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up 23. 10 March 2003 Benalla, Australia Grass Ryoko Takemura Nicole Sewell
Andrea van den Hurk		 3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up 24. 31 March 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Akgul Amanmuradova
Khoo Chin-bee		 2–6, 2–6
Winner 25. 20 April 2003 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Shruti Dhawan
Yael Glitzenshtein		 6–1, 6–4
Winner 26. 17 August 2003 Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Hwang I-hsuan
Varanya Vijuksanaboon		 6–0, 6–0
Winner 27. 8 September 2003 Bangalore, India Grass Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Khoo Chin-bee
Meghha Vakaria		 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 28. 2 November 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Gabriela Chmelinová
Hana Šromová		 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 29. 17 January 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Isha Lakhani
Meghha Vakaria		 5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Winner 30. 23 May 2004 Lucknow, India Grass Ankita Bhambri Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram
Archana Venkataraman		 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 31. 30 May 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri
Liza Pereira Viplav		 7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up 32. 8 August 2004 Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard Sania Mirza Eden Marama
Paula Marama		 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Winner 33. 15 August 2004 Hampstead, United Kingdom Hard Sania Mirza Anna Hawkins
Nicole Rencken		 6–3, 6–2
Winner 34. 21 August 2004 Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Chan Yung-jan
Minori Takemoto		 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Winner 35. 4 September 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Montinee Tangphong
Thassha Vitayaviroj		 w/o
Winner 36. 13 December 2004 Gurgaon, India Clay Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Ankita Bhambri
Sanaa Bhambri		 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 37. 11 April 2005 Mumbai, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nina Bratchikova
Francesca Lubiani		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 38. 3 August 2005 Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard Paula Marama Anna Smith
Rebecca Llewellyn		 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 39. 17 October 2005 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Punam Reddy Ankita Bhambri
Sanaa Bhambri		 w/o
Runner-up 40. 6 November 2005 Pune, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nicole Clerico
Ksenia Palkina		 5–7, 6–7
Runner-up 41. 23 January 2006 New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Ksenia Palkina
Nicole Clerico		 w/o
Runner-up 42. 8 May 2006 New Delhi, India Hard Archana Venkataraman Zhao Yijing
Song Shanshan		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 43. 15 May 2006 New Delhi, India Hard Archana Venkataraman Zhao Yijing
Song Shanshan		 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Winner 44. 12 June 2006 New Delhi, India Hard Meghha Vakaria Isha Lakhani
Pichittra Thongdach		 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 45. 30 October 2006 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Sanaa Bhambri Surina De Beer
Ágnes Szatmári		 3–6, 1–6
Winner 46. 30 October 2006 Ahmedabad, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri Tara Iyer
Meghha Vakaria		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 47. 15 January 2007 Algiers, Algeria Clay Polona Hercog Bárbora Matusová
Anna Savitskaya		 6–2, 6–0
Winner 48. 28 April 2008 Cochin, India Clay Poojashree Venkatesha Archana Venkataraman
Geeta Manohar		 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 49. 24 October 2008 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Isha Lakhani Elena Chalova
Valeria Savinykh		 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [7–10]
Winner 50. 8 November 2008 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Sanaa Bhambri Treta Bhattacharyya
Shalini Sahoo		 6–1, 6–1
Winner 51. 22 May 2009 Mumbai, India Hard Isha Lakhani Renee Binnie
He Chunyan		 2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Winner 52. 29 May 2009 New Delhi, India Hard He Chunyan Keren Shlomo
Kristina Pejkovic		 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 53. 15 October 2009 Pune, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri Miki Miyamura
Moe Kawatoko		 0–6, 3–6
Winner 54. 21 May 2010 Durban, South Africa Hard Sanaa Bhambri Tegan Edwards
Bianca Swanepoel		 3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner-up 55. 28 May 2010 Durban, South Africa Hard Sanaa Bhambri Blanka Szávay
Nicole Rottmann		 6–3, 5–7, [9–11]
Winner 56. 17 July 2010 Hatyai, Thailand Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Ayu-Fani Damayanti
Lavinia Tananta		 6–3, 7–6(12–10)
Runner-up 57. 30 October 2010 Kuching, Malaysia Hard Élodie Rogge-Dietrich Sabina Sharipova
Sandy Gumulya		 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 58. 4 December 2010 Mandya, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Peangtarn Plipuech
Nungnadda Wannasuk		 1–6, 1–6
Winner 59. 22 January 2011 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Poojashree Venkatesha Mari Tanaka
Miki Miyamura		 3–6, 6–4, [14–12]
Runner-up 60. 13 May 2011 New Delhi, India Hard Fatma Al-Nabhani Aishwarya Agrawal
Ankita Raina		 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 61. 18 June 2011 New Delhi, India Hard Keren Shlomo Kim Hae-sung
Kim Ju-eun]		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 62. 25 June 2011 New Delhi, India Hard Keren Shlomo Kim Hae-sung
Kim Ju-eun		 5–7, 0–6
Winner 63. 12 May 2012 New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Raina Liu Yuxuan
Zhao Qianqian		 6–1, 6–4
Winner 64. 26 May 2012 New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Raina Sri Peddy Reddy
Prarthana Thombare		 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 65. 30 April 2013 ITF Chennai, India Clay Ankita Raina Natasha Palha
Prarthana Thombare		 7–5, 3–6, [6–10]
Runner-up 66. 12 December 2014 ITF Lucknow, India Grass Nidhi Chilumula Ankita Raina
Emily Webley-Smith		 2–6, 4–6

References
  1. "Rushmi Chakravarthi continues to march on". The Hindu. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  2. "Perfect outing for journeywoman Rushmi". The Times of India. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  3. "CWG tennis: Sania-Chakravarthi win bronze". Hindustan Times. 10 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  4. "Sania, Somdev get wild cards for London Olympics". 26 June 2012.
  5. 'Sania-Rushmi out of women's doubles' Rediff Sports. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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