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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian tennis player (born 2004)}}<br />
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| name = Vaishnavi Adkar<br />
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| caption = Adkar at the [[2024 BRICS Games]] <br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|12|14}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India <br />
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| plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)<br />
| careerprizemoney = US$ 27,968<br />
| university = [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]]<br />
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| highestsinglesranking = No. 383 (6 April 2026)<br />
| currentranking = No. 383 (6 April 2026)<br />
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'''Vaishnavi Adkar''' (born 14 December 2004) is an [[India]]n female [[tennis]] player. She competes primarily on the [[ITF Women's World Tennis Tour]], where she has won one singles and one doubles title. She won the bronze medal in the women's individual category of the [[2025 Summer World University Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2025 |title=Vaishnavi Adkar becomes first Indian woman tennis player to win medal in WUG |url=https://www.ptinews.com/editor-detail/vaishnavi-adkar-becomes-first-indian-woman-tennis-player-to-win-medal-in-wug/2758267 |access-date=27 July 2025 |website=[[Press Trust of India]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Adkar began playing tennis at the age of seven and prefers hard courts. In 2024, she won the singles and doubles titles (along with Pooja Ingale) at the ITF W15 tournament held in [[Ahmedabad]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 January 2025 |title="Aiming for WTA Top-400 rank in 2025" - Vaishnavi Adkar |url=https://indiantennisdaily.com/2025/01/26/aiming-for-wta-top-400-rank-in-2025-vaishnavi-adkar/ |access-date=27 July 2025 |website=Indian Tennis Daily |language=en}}</ref><br />
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She became the first Indian woman tennis player to win a medal in the World University Games by winning the bronze medal in the Women's individual event.<ref name=Olympics-July2024/> She also broke the 46-year wait for an Indian to win a tennis medal since [[Nandan Bal]]'s [[Tennis at the 1979 Summer Universiade|silver in the 1979 games]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2025 |title=Vaishnavi Adkar to become 2nd Indian to win a tennis medal in WUG |url=https://nagalandpost.com/vaishnavi-adkar-to-become-2nd-indian-to-win-a-tennis-medal-in-wug/ |access-date=27 July 2025 |website=[[Nagaland Post]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=Olympics-July2024/><br />
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Adkar made her [[WTA Tour]] main-draw debut as a lucky loser at the [[2025 Chennai Open – Singles|2025 Chennai Open]], but was defeated in the first round by third seed [[Donna Vekić]] in straight sets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/4392243/vekic-advances-past-indian-lucky-loser-adkar-in-chennai-opener|title=Vekic advances past Indian lucky loser Adkar in Chennai opener|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|accessdate=9 April 2026}}</ref><br />
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<ref name=Olympics-July2024>{{cite web |accessdate=27 July 2025 |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/fisu-world-university-games-2025-tennis-vaishnavi-adkar-bronze-medal |title=FISU World University Games 2025: Vaishnavi Adkar wins bronze; ends India's 46-year-long wait for tennis medal |first=Ali Asgar |last=Nalwala |date=24 July 2025 |website=Olympics.com}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{WTA|333018}}<br />
* {{ITF|vaishnavi-adkar/800545031/ind}}<br />
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{{Top Indian female tennis players}}<br />
{{Top Indian female doubles tennis players}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female tennis players]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Pune]]<br />
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2025 Summer Universiade]]<br />
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for India]]<br />
[[Category:Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]</div>Ranehospital