Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian tennis player.
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| Country (sports) |  India | ||||||||||||||
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| Residence | New Delhi, India | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 May 1993 Vijayawada, India | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$ 49,998 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 160–142 (53.0%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 2 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 441 (9 November 2015) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 151–125 (54.7%) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 10 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 375 (5 August 2013) | ||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 2–3 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 26 August 2020. | |||||||||||||||
In her career, she has won 12 titles on the ITF Circuit; two in singles and ten in doubles (four in 2015 of which three were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at No. 375 in the doubles rankings.
She competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014. Rishika has a rare distinction of being the junior and pro number one in India while still being a teenager.
Playing for India in Fed Cup, Sunkara has a win–loss record of 2–3.
Early career edit
Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She has an elder brother who used to play tennis, and she started playing tennis at the age of six. One of her earliest coaches was Mahesh Kumbria in Cosmic.[1]
Rishika Sunkara teamed up with Sai Samhitha for doubles final in National Hard Court Tennis, in 2021. [2][3]
Sunkara was part of the Team Tennis Academy under coach Aditya Sachdev for nine years till the split in 2016. She is currently coached by Anantha Bhaskar. Rishika is sponsored by Head. In the past, she was supported by GVK and Adidas.
ITF Circuit finals edit
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) edit
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1. | May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Simran Kaur Sethi
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | Dec 2012 | ITF Kolkata, India | Hard |  Katherine Ip
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6–2, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | May 2014 | ITF Hyderabad, India | Hard | Prarthana Thombare
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7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Sep 2015 | ITF Hyderabad, India | Clay |  Fatma Al-Nabhani
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3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Oct 2015 | ITF Lucknow, India | Grass | Prerna Bhambri
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4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 6. | Oct 2015 | ITF Raipur, India | Hard | Natasha Palha
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7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
Doubles: 23 (10–13) edit
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 14 August 2009 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Nova Patel
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Sanaa Bhambri Poojashree Venkatesha
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 6 October 2012 | Bidar, India | Hard |  Oleksandra Korashvili
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 Nungnadda Wannasuk  Zhang Nannan
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6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 1 December 2012 | Kolkata, India | Hard | Rutuja Bhosale
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Arantxa Andrady Kyra Shroff
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4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 28 June 2013 | New Delhi, India | Hard |  Naomi Totka
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Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare
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6–4, 4–6, [13–11] |
| Runner-up | 3. | 28 July 2013 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti
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 Mayar Sherif  Zuzana Zlochová
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 10 January 2014 | Aurangabat, India | Clay | Shweta Rana
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Ankita Raina Prarthana Thombare
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3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 11 April 2014 | Chennai, India | Clay | Sharmada Balu
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Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare
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6–0, 7–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 9 May 2014 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Sharmada Balu
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Shweta Rana Prarthana Thombare
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6–1, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 30 August 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard |  Giulia Bruzzone
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 Anna Morgina  Michelle Sammons
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 6 September 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Gai Ao
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Ilze Hattingh Michelle Sammons
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3–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 3 April 2015 | Dehra Dun, India | Hard | Prerna Bhambri
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Prarthana Thombare Nungnadda Wannasuk
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0–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 15 May 2015 | Nashik, India | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti
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Riya Bhatia Karman Thandi
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7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 20 June 2015 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard |  Eva Wacanno
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 Olga Parres Azcoitia Prarthana Thombare
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6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 7. | 22 August 2015 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti
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 Eva Siska Shelby Talcott
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6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 8. | 14 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti
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Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare
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6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 25 September 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Hard | Nidhi Chilumula
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Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare
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6–2, 3–6, [10–12] |
| Runner-up | 9. | 30 October 2015 | Raipur, India | Hard | Prerna Bhambri
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Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare
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3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 10. | 7 May 2016 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Hard | Nidhi Chilumula
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 Samantha Murray  Despina Papamichail
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6–3, 2–6, [1–10] |
| Runner-up | 11. | 11 November 2016 | Pune, India | Hard | Sowjanya Bavisetti
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Irina Khromacheva  Aleksandrina Naydenova
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 4 February 2017 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Natasha Palha
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Sandra Samir Shelby Talcott
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6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 10. | 3 March 2017 | Gwalior, India | Hard | Natasha Palha
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Riya Bhatia Shweta Chandra Rana
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 6 May 2017 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Sowjanya Bavisetti
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 María Fernanda Herazo  Magali Kempen
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1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 21 October 2017 | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Clay | Natasha Palha
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Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli
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4–6, 1–6 |
References edit
- ^ "Interview with Rishika Sunkara". National Sports. IndianTennisDaily. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ "Prithvi makes the semifinals". The Hindu. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ K, Kumaraswamy (22 March 2021). "Fourth-time lucky Kadhe lifts national title". Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
