Prarthana Gulabrao Thombare (born 18 June 1994) is an Indian tennis player. A doubles specialist, she is the former Indian number one in women's doubles, and an Olympian.
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Full name | Prarthana Gulabrao Thombare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Barshi, India | 18 June 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 130,204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 112–101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 3 ITF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 335 (25 August 2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 297–248 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 28 ITF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 125 (16 October 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 149 (20 May 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | 1R (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 17–10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 25 May 2024. |
Career
editThombare has won three singles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 25 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 335. On 16 October 2017, she peaked at No. 125 in the doubles rankings.
Playing for India Fed Cup team, Thombare has a win–loss record of 17–10 (10–8 in doubles) as of June 2024.
She won a bronze medal in women's doubles at the Asian Games, along with Sania Mirza.[1][2][3][4]
Asian Games finals
editDoubles: 1 (bronze medal)
editOutcome | Year | Location | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 2014 | Incheon, South Korea |
Sania Mirza | Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei |
6–7, 6–2, [4–10] |
WTA Challenger finals
editDoubles: 1 (runner up)
editResult | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2024 | Mumbai Open, India | Hard | Arianne Hartono | Dalila Jakupović Sabrina Santamaria |
4–6, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
editSingles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Yana Sizikova | 6–7(7), 6–3, 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2013 | ITF Mumbai, India | 15,000 | Hard | Hsu Ching-wen | 6–3, 6–7(10), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2014 | ITF Aurangabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti | 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Apr 2014 | ITF Chennai, India | 10,000 | Clay | Eetee Maheta | 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5) |
Win | 3–2 | May 2014 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Rishika Sunkara | 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 58 (28 titles, 30 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Sri Peddy Reddy | Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Shweta Rana | Risa Hasegawa Miyabi Inoue |
6–1, 5–7, [1–10] |
Win | 1–2 | Mar 2013 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Natasha Palha | Sharmada Balu Sowjanya Bavisetti |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 2–2 | Apr 2013 | ITF Chennai, India | 10,000 | Clay | Natasha Palha | Rushmi Chakravarthi Ankita Raina |
5–7, 6–3, [10–6] |
Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2013 | ITF Lucknow, India | 10,000 | Grass | Natasha Palha | Nidhi Chilumula Emi Mutaguchi |
4–6, 6–7(4) |
Loss | 2–4 | Jun 2013 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Natasha Palha | Rishika Sunkara Naomi Totka |
4–6, 6–4, [11–13] |
Win | 3–4 | Aug 2013 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Akari Inoue | Matilda Hamlin Shweta Rana |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 4–4 | Sep 2013 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Julia Valetova | Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya Evgeniya Svintsova |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 5–4 | Jan 2014 | ITF Aurangabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Ankita Raina | Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 6–4 | Mar 2014 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Eugeniya Pashkova | Laura Deigman Emily Webley-Smith |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 6–5 | Apr 2014 | ITF Chennai, India | 10,000 | Clay | Natasha Palha | Rishika Sunkara Sharmada Balu |
0–6, 6–7(4) |
Loss | 6–6 | May 2014 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Shweta Rana | Rishika Sunkara Sharmada Balu |
1–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 6–7 | Jun 2014 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Nao Hibino | Hiroko Kuwata Mari Tanaka |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 7–7 | Aug 2014 | ITF Bangalore, India | 10,000 | Hard | Sharmada Balu | Hsu Ching-wen Natasha Palha |
6–4, 0–6, [10–6] |
Win | 8–7 | Mar 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Ekaterina Yashina | Vera Lapko Anhelina Kalita |
6–4, 5–7, [10–6] |
Win | 9–7 | Apr 2015 | ITF Dehra Dun, India | 10,000 | Hard | Nungnadda Wannasuk | Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara |
6–0, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–8 | Apr 2015 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | 25,000 | Hard | Nao Hibino | Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk |
3–6, 6–2, [10–12] |
Win | 10–8 | May 2015 | ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia | 25,000 | Hard | Harriet Dart | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Nudnida Luangnam |
6–4, 4–6, [18–16] |
Win | 11–8 | Jun 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Olga Parres Azcoitia | Jenny Claffey Inês Murta |
6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 11–9 | Jun 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Olga Parres Azcoitia | Rishika Sunkara Eva Wacanno |
1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 12–9 | Jun 2015 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | 10,000 | Hard | Eva Wacanno | Ola Abou Zekry Eleni Kordolaimi |
6–4, 7–6(5) |
Loss | 12–10 | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Prerna Bhambri | Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 12–11 | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Sharmada Balu | Fatma Al-Nabhani Prerna Bhambri |
5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 13–11 | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Sharmada Balu | Nidhi Chilumula Rishika Sunkara |
2–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
Win | 14–11 | Oct 2015 | ITF Lucknow, India | 10,000 | Grass | Prerna Bhambri | Sharmada Balu Nidhi Chilumula |
6–3, 4–6, [10–7] |
Win | 15–11 | Oct 2015 | ITF Raipur, India | 10,000 | Hard | Sharmada Balu | Prerna Bhambri Rishika Sunkara |
6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8] |
Win | 16–11 | Dec 2015 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Julia Terziyska | Tadeja Majerič Conny Perrin |
4–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 16–12 | Dec 2015 | Pune Open, India | 25,000 | Hard | Hsu Chieh-yu | Valentyna Ivakhnenko Anastasiya Vasylyeva |
6–4, 2–6, [10–12] |
Win | 17–12 | Mar 2016 | ITF Puebla, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard (i) | Akiko Omae | Irina Khromacheva Ksenia Lykina |
6–4, 2–6, [10–8] |
Loss | 17–13 | Mar 2016 | ITF Irapuato, Mexico | 25,000 | Hard | Akiko Omae | Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok |
1–6, 4–6 |
Win | 18–13 | Jun 2016 | Open de Montpellier, France | 25,000 | Clay | Eva Wacanno | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Jil Teichmann |
7–5, 2–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 18–14 | Oct 2016 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Chayenne Ewijk Rosalie van der Hoek |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 19–14 | Oct 2016 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Kyra Shroff Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal |
6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9] |
Loss | 19–15 | Feb 2017 | ITF Perth, Australia | 25,000 | Hard | Irina Bara | Junri Namigata Riko Sawayanagi |
6–7(5), 6–4, [9–11] |
Loss | 19–16 | Apr 2017 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Eva Wacanno | Lina Gjorcheska Bernarda Pera |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 19–17 | Apr 2017 | Kunming Open, China | 100,000 | Clay | Xun Fangying | Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu |
2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 20–17 | Jun 2017 | Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary | 60,000 | Clay | Kotomi Takahata | Ulrikke Eikeri Tereza Mrdeža |
1–0 ret. |
Win | 21–17 | Jun 2018 | Manchester Trophy, UK | 100,000 | Grass | Luksika Kumkhum | Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad |
7–6(5), 6–3 |
Loss | 21–18 | Jul 2018 | Contrexéville Open, France | 100,000 | Clay | Eva Wacanno | An-Sophie Mestach Zheng Saisai |
6–3, 2–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 21–19 | Oct 2019 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Sandra Samir | Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi |
6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
Loss | 21–20 | Oct 2019 | Lagos Open, Nigeria | 25,000 | Hard | Sandra Samir | Rutuja Bhosale Laura Pigossi |
3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10] |
Loss | 21–21 | Jan 2020 | ITF Daytona Beach, US | W25 | Clay | Paula Ormaechea | Dalma Gálfi Kimberley Zimmermann |
6–7(4), 2–6 |
Loss | 21–22 | Mar 2021 | ITF New Delhi, India | W15 | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti | Pia Lovrič Adrienn Nagy |
2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 21–23 | Jan 2022 | ITF Cairo, Egypt | W25 | Clay | Adrienn Nagy | Melanie Klaffner Sinja Kraus |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 22–23 | Feb 2022 | Open de l'Isère, France | W60 | Hard (i) | Lily Miyazaki | Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 22–24 | Feb 2022 | Porto Indoor, Portugal | W25 | Hard (i) | Adrienn Nagy | Valentini Grammatikopoulou Quirine Lemoine |
2–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 22–25 | May 2022 | ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal | W25 | Hard | Alana Parnaby | Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 23–25 | Jun 2022 | ITF Prokuplje, Serbia | W25 | Clay | Zhibek Kulambayeva | Leyre Romero Gormaz Tara Würth |
w/o |
Loss | 23–26 | Jul 2022 | Liepāja Open, Latvia | W60 | Clay | Emily Appleton | Dalila Jakupović Ivana Jorović |
4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 23–27 | Aug 2022 | ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia | W25 | Clay | Emily Appleton | Cristina Dinu Valeriya Strakhova |
1–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Win | 24–27 | Dec 2022 | ITF Solapur, India | W25 | Hard | Ankita Raina | Priska Madelyn Nugroho Ekaterina Yashina |
6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 24–28 | Dec 2022 | ITF Navi Mumbai, India | W25 | Hard | Ankita Raina | Priska Madelyn Nugroho Ekaterina Yashina |
3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 25–28 | Jan 2023 | Pune Open, India | W40 | Hard | Ankita Raina | Gozal Ainitdinova Zhibek Kulambayeva |
4–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
Loss | 25–29 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mâcon, France | W40 | Hard (i) | Darya Astakhova | Magali Kempen Xenia Knoll |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 26–29 | Aug 2023 | Internacional de Barcelona, Spain | W60 | Hard | Anastasia Tikhonova | Estelle Cascino Diāna Marcinkēviča |
3–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
Win | 27–29 | Apr 2024 | Split Open, Croatia | W75 | Clay | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Veronika Erjavec Justina Mikulskyte |
6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 28–29 | Apr 2024 | ITF Shenzhen, China | W50 | Hard | Arianne Hartono | Eudice Chong Madeleine Brooks |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 28–30 | May 2024 | Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia | W75 | Clay | Emily Appleton | Laura Pigossi Céline Naef |
6–4, 1–6, [8–10] |
References
edit- ^ "Indian pair of Sania-Prarthana settles for bronze". The Times of India. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Prarthana given top billing in ITF event". Shrivathsa Sridhar. The Times of India. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Asian Games: Yuki Bhambri, Sania-Prarthana settle for bronze". Deccan Chronicle. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Players Prarthana Thombare". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 October 2014.