imported>Scorpions13256: Copying from Category:21st-century Indian women to Category:21st-century Indian people non-diffusing subcategory using Cat-a-lot

2021-06-24T17:57:47Z

Copying from Category:21st-century Indian women to Category:21st-century Indian people non-diffusing subcategory using Cat-a-lot

New page

{{short description|Indian tennis player}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Poojashree Venkatesha
| image = XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Poojashree Venkatesha of India in action against Heather Watson of Guernsey, at R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium, in New Delhi on October 06, 2010.jpg
|caption = Poojashree Venkatesha in action against Heather Watson in XIX Commonwealth Games (Khanna Tennis Stadium, Delhi, October 6, 2010)
| country = {{IND}}
| residence = [[Mysore]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|07|27}}
| birth_place = [[Mandya]], India
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| turnedpro = 2006
| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = $34,906
| singlesrecord = 95–59
| singlestitles = 5 [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]]
| highestsinglesranking = No. 306 (30 November 2009)
| doublesrecord = 81–48
| doublestitles = 9 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 371 (28 February 2011)
}}
{{MedalTableTop}}
{{MedalSport | [[Women's]] Tennis}}
{{MedalCountry | {{IND}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Youth Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games|2008 Pune]]|Women's singles}}
{{MedalBottom}}

'''Poojashree Venkatesha''' (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian former [[tennis]] player, primarily competing on the [[ITF Women's Circuit]]. She won a silver medal for her native country in the women's singles event at the [[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games]].

==Career==
===2008===
Venkatesha was the runner-up and won the [[silver medal]] at the [[2008 Commonwealth Youth Games]]. In the final, she was beaten by [[Heather Watson]] of [[Great Britain]] 6–2, 6–1.

===2010===
In the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]], Venkatesha lost and missed out on the [[bronze medal]] along with India's [[Nirupama Sanjeev]] for the women's doubles, defeated by [[Sania Mirza]] and [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]] of India, 6–4, 6–2.

==ITF Circuit finals==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|- style="background:#f88379;"
| $100,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f7e98e;"
| $75,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#addfad;"
| $50,000 tournaments
|- style="background:lightblue;"
| $25,000 tournaments
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| $10,000 tournaments
|}

===Singles: 7 (5–2)===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Opponent
!Score
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 24 November 2008
| [[Islamabad]], Pakistan
| Clay
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Hae-sung
| 7–6(8–10), 6–4
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 18 April 2009
| [[Shymkent]], Kazakhstan
| Clay
| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Albina Khabibulina]]
| 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 1–6
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| 10 August 2009
| [[New Delhi]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Emily Webley-Smith]]
| 7–6(10–8), 6–2
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 3.
| 7 September 2009
| [[Bangalore]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Dalila Jakupovic]]
| 6–3, 6–3
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 4.
| 21 September 2009
| [[Dehradun]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]]
| 6–3, 7–5
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 5.
| 5 October 2009
| [[Noida]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Moe Kawatoko
| 6–4, 6–0
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 17 May 2010
| [[Durban]], South Africa
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Chanel Simmonds]]
| 1–6, 4–6
|}

===Doubles: 16 (9–7)===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
!Outcome
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!Score
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 1.
| 28 April 2008
| [[Cochin]], India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rushmi Chakravarthi]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Archana Venkataraman]] {{flagicon|IND}} Geeta Manohar
| 6–1, 7–5
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 5 May 2008
| [[Trivandrum]], India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|GEO}} Magda Okruashvili
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miki Miyamura]] {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Yu Min-hwa]]
| 6–7(6–8), 2–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 2.
| 24 November 2008
| Islamabad, Pakistan
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} Treta Bhattacharyya
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Hae-sung {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Jung-yoon
| 1–6, 3–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 3.
| 1 December 2008
| Islamabad, Pakistan
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Parul Goswami
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Hae-sung {{flagicon|KOR}} Shin Jung-yoon
| 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 2.
| 26 January 2009
| [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} Parija Maloo
| {{flagicon|IND}} Shivika Burman {{flagicon|IND}} Kumari-Sweta Solanki
| 6–1, 6–2
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 3.
| 10 August 2009
| New Delhi, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanaa Bhambri]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Rishika Sunkara]] {{flagicon|IND}} Nova Patel
| 6–2, 6–1
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 4.
| 7 September 2009
| Bangalore, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Isha Lakhani]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} Kumari-Sweta Solanki {{flagicon|JPN}} Moe Kawatoko
| 6–4, 6–3
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 4.
| 21 September 2009
| [[Dehradun]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|ISR}} [[Keren Shlomo]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Miyamura {{flagicon|JPN}} Moe Kawatoko
| 1–6, 3–6
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 5.
| 5 October 2009
| Noida, India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Sanaa Bhambri
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Miyamura {{flagicon|JPN}} Moe Kawatoko
| 1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 5.
| 12 July 2010
| [[Hatyai]], Thailand
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| {{flagicon|INA}} [[Ayu-Fani Damayanti]] {{flagicon|INA}} [[Lavinia Tananta]]
| 6–3, 7–6(12–10)
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 6.
| 26 July 2010
| [[Jakarta]], Indonesia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|INA}} [[Jessy Rompies]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yumi Miyazaki {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoko Taira
| 6–2, 7–5
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 6.
| 4 December 2010
| [[Mandya]], India
| Hard
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[Peangtarn Plipuech]] {{flagicon|THA}} [[Nungnadda Wannasuk]]
| 1–6, 1–6
|- bgcolor="lightblue"
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 7.
| 21 January 2011
| [[Muzaffarnagar]], India
| Grass
| {{flagicon|IND}} Rushmi Chakravarthi
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mari Tanaka]] {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Miki Miyamura]]
| 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
|-
| bgcolor="FFA07A"|Runner-up
| 7.
| 28 January 2011
| [[Kolkata]], India
| Clay
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ankita Raina]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicole Clerico]] {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Dalila Jakupovic]]
| 3–6, 1–6
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 8.
| 16 December 2011
| [[Djibouti City]], Djibouti
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexandra Romanova
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Diana Isaeva {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Morgina]]
| 6–1, 6–0
|-
| bgcolor="98FB98"|Winner
| 9.
| 23 December 2011
| Djibouti City
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Alexandra Romanova
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Diana Isaeva {{flagicon|RUS}} Margarita Lazareva
| 7–5, 7–6(10–8)
|}

==References==
#'[http://www.thesportscampus.com/201010068080/tennis-news/cwg-tennis-update-rushmi-stuns-katie-obrien-bopanna-poojashree-beaten|Poojashree Venkatesha gets beaten by Heather Watson in the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games]'- CWG Tennis Update{{dead link|date=January 2011}}
#'[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100020295&event=|Poojashree Venkatesha wins the 2009 Circuit ITF tournament of US$10000 by beating United Kingdom's Emily Webley-Smith]'- ITF Tennis: itftennis.com: 2009 Delhi ITF
#'[http://www.wtatour.com/player/poojashree-venkatesha_2257889_12442|Poojashree Venkatesha's basic information]'- WTA Tour

==External links==
* {{WTA}}
* {{ITF}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Venkatesha, Poojashree}}
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Mysore]]
[[Category:Tennis players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Indian female tennis players]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Karnataka]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Racket sportspeople from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Asian Games competitors for India]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for India]]
{{Top Indian female tennis players}}
{{Top Indian female doubles tennis players}}

Poojashree Venkatesha - Revision history

imported>Scorpions13256: Copying from Category:21st-century Indian women to Category:21st-century Indian people non-diffusing subcategory using Cat-a-lot