Tara Deodhar (born 1924) is an Indian former badminton and tennis player. She is the daughter of cricketer D. B. Deodhar.

Tara Deodhar
Tara and Sunder Deodhar
Personal information
Country India
BornPune, Maharashtra, India

Career edit

Deodhar won her first national title in 1942 in the women's doubles with her sister Sunder Deodhar. Between 1942 and 1954 the Deodhar sisters, Suman, Sunder, and Tara dominated the Indian National Badminton Champion competition.[1][2]

While studying at University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States,[3] she was seeded fifth among foreign tennis players in the U.S. Tennis Championship.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Badminton Association of India. "List of Indian National Championship Winners". Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  2. ^ Sports Team (13 March 2011). "The Other Trailblazers". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  3. ^ Schoenfeld, Clay (March 1946). "There's an international set on campus". Wisconsin Alumnus. 46 (6): 5–6. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Seedings in U.S. Tennis". The Straits Times. Singapore. 31 August 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 22 August 2014.