Ankita Raina

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Ankita Raina
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Raina at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameAnkita Ravinderkrishan Raina
Country (sports) India
ResidencePune, Maharashtra[1]
Born (1993-01-11) 11 January 1993 (age 31)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned proMay 2009
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 675,771
Singles
Career recordTemplate:Tennis record
Career titles0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 160 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 189 (14 August 2023)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2021)
French OpenQ2 (2020, 2021, 2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2018, 2019)
US OpenQ3 (2023)
Doubles
Career recordTemplate:Tennis record
Career titles1 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 93 (17 May 2021)
Current rankingNo. 150 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French Open1R (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open1R (2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2020)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed CupTemplate:Tennis record
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's tennis
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Women's singles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati–Shillong Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 28 August 2023.

Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina (born 11 January 1993)[2] is an Indian professional tennis player. Since 2018, she has regularly been the Indian number one in both singles and doubles.

Raina has won one title on the WTA Tour and one at WTA 125 tournaments (both in doubles), along with 11 singles and 25 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In April 2018, she entered the top 200 in the singles rankings for the first time, becoming only the fifth player representing India to achieve this feat.[3][4] Raina has also won gold medals in the women's singles and mixed-doubles events at the 2016 South Asian Games, and a bronze medal in singles at the 2018 Asian Games. Raina is one of only two women representing India who have won a WTA Tour-level title.

Playing for India Fed Cup team, Raina has a win–loss record of 30–24.[5] She has notable wins over 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur,[6] Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki,[7] former world No. 5 Sara Errani, and multiple doubles grand slam winner Barbora Strýcová.[8]

Personal life[edit]

Raina was born in the Indian state of Gujarat to Kashmiri Pandit parents Lalita Raina[9] and Ravinder Kishen Raina. She was born and brought up in Ahmedabad before moving to Pune, Maharashtra at the age of 14 as Pune had a better infrastructure and opportunities to develop professional tennis players; the decision was made based on her performance at the Asians 14 and under masters tournament in Melbourne, where she placed second.[10] Raina briefly studied at Brihan Maharashtra and is fluent in Hindi, Kashmiri, Gujarati, and English.[citation needed]

At the national events, Raina has represented her home state Gujarat. Her idols growing up were Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, and Sania Mirza.[citation needed]

Raina trains at the Hemant Bendrey Tennis Academy at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune.[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Raina playing in the qualifying at the 2018 French Open – her first Grand Slam tournament

2008–16: Junior career[edit]

Raina started playing tennis at the age of five. From a young age she has been coached by Hemant Bendrey, who recognized her strong discipline and mentality.[11] Following a promising junior career, Raina made her first professional appearance in 2009, at a small ITF tournament in Mumbai. In 2010, she continued to participate in local ITF events with limited success. Raina's 2011 season saw her advance to three ITF Circuit finals in doubles, winning one with countrywoman Aishwarya Agrawal. In 2012, she won her first professional singles title in New Delhi and won three more in doubles. This was followed by a few years of mediocre results on the ITF Women's Circuit.[citation needed]

2017–19: Breakthrough[edit]

Raina won two matches at the Mumbai Open, advancing to the quarterfinal. This would turn out to be her breakthrough tournament. In April 2018, she reached a ranking of world No. 181, after winning a $25k title, becoming the fifth Indian national to crack to the top-200 ladies singles rankings, following Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, and Sunitha Rao.[12]

In August 2018, Ankita won the bronze medal in the Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia in singles event. Raina and Sania Mirza are the only players representing India to have won a singles medal at the Asian Games.[13] Later that year, she won the biggest doubles title of her career at the Taipei Challenger, partnering with compatriot Karman Kaur Thandi.[14]

Following a loss at the Australian Open, Raina won a $25k title in Singapore, with a solid win over Arantxa Rus in the final.[15] At the Kunming Open, she got her first top-100 win, defeating Samantha Stosur, former US Open champion and top-10 player, scoring the biggest win of her career. At the French Open, Raina lost her first qualifying match to well-known American youngster Coco Gauff in two tight sets, despite playing well. She went on to reach the second qualifying rounds of both the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open, losing tight three-setters in both tournaments. In October 2019, Raina entered the top 150 doubles rankings for the first time, after reaching the finals of the Suzhou Ladies Open with partner Rosalie van der Hoek. She is now coached by Arjun Kadhe, who is also her trainer and hitting partner.[16][17]

2020–21: Grand Slam main-draw and Olympics debut[edit]

Raina had a disappointing result at the Australian Open, albeit she was unwell due to the Australian bushfires.[18] However, Raina found further doubles success by winning two back-to-back ITF titles in Nonthaburi alongside Bibiane Schoofs;[19] followed by reaching her first WTA Tour semifinal at the Thailand Open alongside Rosalie. This gave Raina a new career-high ranking of No. 119 in doubles. She also won two singles titles early on in 2020, one in Nonthaburi, and the other in Jodhpur, India.[20] Raina then helped India advance to the Fed Cup World Group 2 playoffs for the first time in history in April 2020 in Dubai, along with Sania Mirza, Rutuja Bhosale, Riya Bhatia and Sowjanya Bavisetti.[21] In the Fed Cup, Raina had put up a good fight and won the first set 6–1 against China's top player Wang Qiang, but lost the match in three tight sets.[citation needed]

Raina returned to competition at the resumption of the tour in September after a long hiatus due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; she suffered early exits in ITF tournaments she played in after the break. She then competed at the 2020 French Open qualifying where she advanced to the second round for the first time but lost to Kurumi Nara.[22] In December, Raina won the biggest ITF doubles title of her career at Dubai, alongside Ekaterine Gorgodze, and reached a new career-high doubles ranking of 117.[citation needed]

Raina competed in all the Grand Slam championships and the Olympics in 2021 but had first-round exits in all in doubles category. She competed mixed doubles only in Wimbledon but that too was a first-round exit. Raina began 2021 at the Australian Open, where she had her best performance at a major, losing in the third and final qualifying round to Olga Danilović. She then became the fourth player representing India to feature in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship (after Nirupama Mankad, Nirupama Sanjeev, and Sania Mirza), playing doubles alongside Mihaela Buzărnescu, losing in the first round.[23]

Raina won the first WTA Tour singles main-draw match of her career at the Phillip Island Trophy. She came from a break down in the third set to reel off the last six games for a 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 win over Elisabetta Cocciaretto.[24] She then lost to Kimberly Birrell. In doubles, Raina partnered with Kamilla Rakhimova to advance to her first WTA level final, where they defeated the Russian pairing of Anastasia Potapova and Anna Blinkova.[25] With this victory, Ankita become the second Indian female after Sania Mirza to win a WTA title, and also the third Indian woman after Mirza and Shikha Uberoi to break into the top 100 of the WTA rankings, debuting at world No. 94 in doubles.[citation needed]

Her improved ranking allowed her to compete more regularly on the WTA Tour, albeit with limited success. At the Abierto Zapopan, Raina scored a victory over former world No. 5 and French Open finalist, Sara Errani,[26] before losing to Leonie Küng. At the French Open, she lost in the second qualifying round in singles, and the first round of the main draw in doubles. Raina enjoyed a strong grass-court season in doubles, reaching back to back semifinals at the Nottingham Open and Nottingham Trophy. At Wimbledon, she competed in all three events, losing in the first qualifying round of singles to Varvara Lepchenko and the first round of doubles and mixed doubles, partnering Lauren Davis and Ramkumar Ramanathan, respectively.[citation needed]

Sania Mirza's protected ranking of No. 9 meant that Raina and Mirza gained direct entry into the Tokyo Olympics in women's doubles. They lost in three sets in the first round to the Kichenok sisters, in spite of leading 6–0, 5–2.[citation needed]

Raina competed at the 2021 US Open, losing in the first round of singles qualifying to Jamie Loeb and the first round of doubles. This meant she had played in the main draw of doubles at all four major tournaments. She then won only one of her next seven matches in singles, to end the year outside the top 200. She also lost seven out of her eight doubles matches during this stretch.

For her achievements at the Asian Games and South Asian Games, Raina was conferred the Arjuna Award in 2021.

2022–2023[edit]

Raina's poor form from the end of 2021 carried into 2022, with her losing in the first qualifying round of the Australian open, and then, at and ITF tournament in Kazakhstan. As a result. she dropped out of the top 350 and returned to playing on the ITF Circuit. Her form improved in the second half of the season, and she won 18 of her last 27 matches to end the year. Her lone final of the season came in August, at a ITF event at Aldershot, losing to Chinese Taipei player Joanna Garland.

However, she was much more successful in doubles, reaching nine ITF Circuit finals, winning five of them.

Raina reached the semifinals of a $40k tournament in India in January, and the final of the tournament in Bangalore in March. She reached her second ITF final of the season in at the Jakarta $25k tournament, but lost again. These results propelled her close to the top 200, and she returned to a Grand Slam qualifying at the French Open, where she lost in the second round. She also competed in the first qualifying round at Wimbledon but lost again. Raina qualified for the main draw of the WTA 250 Poland Open, but lost to Jodie Burrage in a tight three-setter. She entered the WTA Prague Open the following week as lucky loser, and scored her first WTA Tour main-draw win of the season over former world No. 16, Barbora Strýcová.

At the 2023 US Open, Raina reached the final round of qualifying, but lost in straight sets to Mirjam Bjorklund. This was the second time Raina reached the final round of qualifying.[27]

Playing style[edit]

Raina won the gold medal in singles at the 2016 South Asian Games.

Raina is a steady baseliner who primarily relies on her speed and counterpunching abilities to outlast her opponents.[28] Her preferred surfaces are grass and hard court, as they are more suited to her game style.[29]

Sponsorship and equipment[edit]

In her junior years, Raina was helped by Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals to participate in overseas junior tournaments. Since then, she has been supported by Bharat Forge and Lakshya. Most recently, Raina has signed sponsorship deals with the Sports Authority of Gujarat and Yonex, and she is officially employed with ONGC.[30] Hence, Raina uses Yonex racquets and clothing.[citation needed] Adani Group is her current supporter.[citation needed]

In 2013, Raina met Narendra Modi, India's then-future prime minister, and officially was recognised under the Shaktidhoot scheme and hence became a part of India's goal of reaching Olympic podiums.[31]

Performance timelines[edit]

Template:Performance key

Singles[edit]

Current through the 2023 French Open qualifying.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 Q1 Q3 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 A Q2 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon A A A A Q2 Q2 NH Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A A A A A Q2 A Q1 A Q3 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A Q1 A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Career statistics
Tournaments 0[lower-alpha 2] 0[lower-alpha 2] 0[lower-alpha 2] 0[lower-alpha 2] 1 3 1 4 2 0 Career total: 11
Overall win–loss 1–2 3–1 3–1 0–3 4–1 2–4 2–4 1–6 4–4 1–1 0 / 11 20–26 Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 3] 314 247 284 283 192 184 180 190 301 $602,449

Doubles[edit]

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 W–L
Australian Open 1R A A 0–1
French Open 1R A A 0–1
Wimbledon 1R A A 0–1
US Open 1R A A 0–1
Win–loss 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–4

WTA career finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (title)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 Phillip Island Trophy, Australia WTA 250 Hard Russia Kamilla Rakhimova Russia Anna Blinkova
Russia Anastasia Potapova 		2–6, 6–4, [10–7]

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (title)[edit]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 Taipei Open, Taiwan Carpet (i) India Karman Thandi Russia Olga Doroshina
Russia Natela Dzalamidze 		6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 24 (11 titles, 13 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (0–2)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (7–5)
$15,000 tournaments (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–11)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2012 ITF Fujairah, United Arab Emirates 10,000[lower-alpha 4] Hard Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Prerna Bhambri 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jul 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Japan Miyabi Inoue 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard Portugal Bárbara Luz 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(3)
Loss 1–4 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard Portugal Bárbara Luz 6–2, 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–4 Apr 2013 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay India Natasha Palha 6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–5 Apr 2013 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass Japan Emi Mutaguchi 6–3, 6–7(2), 1–6
Loss 2–6 Jun 2013 ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Uzbekistan Sabina Sharipova 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–6 Jun 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Eetee Maheta 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–6 Jul 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Kanika Vaidya 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–7 May 2014 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia 25,000 Clay China Zhu Lin 5–7, 6–2, 3–6
Win 5–7 Dec 2014 Pune Championships, India 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Katy Dunne 6–2, 6–2
Loss 5–8 Apr 2015 ITF Ahmedabad, India 25,000 Hard Latvia Anastasija Sevastova 4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 5–9 May 2017 Jin'an Open, China 60,000 Hard China Zhu Lin 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 6–9 Mar 2018 ITF Gwalior, India 25,000 Hard France Amandine Hesse 6–2, 7–5
Win 7–9 Jul 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Japan Risa Ozaki 6–2, 6–3
Win 8–9 Jan 2019 ITF Singapore 25,000 Hard Netherlands Arantxa Rus 6–3, 6–2
Loss 8–10 Apr 2019 Lale Cup Istanbul, Turkey 60,000 Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 4–6, 0–6
Win 9–10 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Naiktha Bains 6–3, 6–3
Win 10–10 Jan 2020 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard France Chloé Paquet 6–3, 7–5
Win 11–10 Feb 2020 ITF Jodhpur, India 25,000 Hard Turkey Berfu Cengiz 7–5, 6–1
Loss 11–11 Aug 2022 ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland 2–6, 4–6
Loss 11–12 Mar 2023 ITF Bangalore, India 40,000 Hard Czech Republic Brenda Fruhvirtová 6–0, 4–6, 0–6
Loss 11–13 Apr 2023 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 25,000 Hard China Bai Zhuoxuan 6–3, 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 44 (25 titles, 19 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (4–2)
$40,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (12–10)
$15,000 tournaments (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (20–13)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2011 ITF Kolkata, India 10,000 Clay India Poojashree Venkatesha Italy Nicole Clerico
Slovenia Dalila Jakupovič 		3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2011 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass India Aishwarya Agrawal Slovenia Anja Prislan
India Kyra Shroff 		3–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 2011 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Aishwarya Agrawal Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani
India Rushmi Chakravarthi 		6–4, 6–3
Win 2–2 May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi China Liu Yuxuan
China Zhao Qianqian 		6–1, 6–4
Win 3–2 May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Rushmi Chakravarthi India Sri Peddy Reddy
India Prarthana Thombare 		6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 Jun 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Aishwarya Agrawal Israel Ester Masuri
Hungary Naomi Totka 		6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Apr 2013 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay India Rushmi Chakravarthi India Natasha Palha
India Prarthana Thombare 		7–5, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 4–4 Jul 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Shweta Rana India Sharmada Balu
India Sowjanya Bavisetti 		2–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 Jan 2014 ITF Aurangabad, India 10,000 Clay India Prarthana Thombare India Shweta Rana
India Rishika Sunkara 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–5 May 2014 ITF Tianjin, China 25,000 Hard Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani China Liu Chang
China Ran Tian 		1–6, 5–7
Win 6–5 Nov 2014 ITF Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard China Lu Jiajing Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 		6–4, 1–6, [11–9]
Win 7–5 Dec 2014 ITF Lucknow, India 15,000 Grass United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Nidhi Chilumula 		6–2, 6–4
Loss 7–6 Aug 2015 ITF Westende, Belgium 25,000 Hard Ukraine Alyona Sotnikova Netherlands Indy de Vroome
Netherlands Lesley Kerkhove 		6–7(4), 4–6
Loss 7–7 Jun 2016 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard India Prerna Bhambri Russia Polina Monova
Russia Yana Sizikova 		6–7(0), 2–6
Win 8–7 Sep 2016 Zhuhai Open, China 50,000[lower-alpha 5] Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith China Guo Hanyu
China Jiang Xinyu 		6–4, 6–4
Win 9–7 Apr 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 		6–4, 6–4
Win 10–7 May 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith Thailand Nudnida Luangnam
China Zhang Yukun 		6–2, 6–0
Win 11–7 Aug 2017 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Belgium Marie Benoît
Belgium Magali Kempen 		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 11–8 Aug 2017 ITF Leipzig, Germany 25,000 Clay Croatia Tereza Mrdeža Russia Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Belarus Lidziya Marozava 		2–6, 1–6
Win 12–8 Aug 2017 Mençuna Cup, Turkey 60,000 Hard Brazil Gabriela Cé Bulgaria Elitsa Kostova
Russia Yana Sizikova 		6–2, 6–3
Win 13–8 May 2018 Jin'an Open, China 60,000 Hard United Kingdom Harriet Dart China Liu Fangzhou
China Xun Fangying 		6–3, 6–3
Win 14–8 Nov 2018 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard India Karman Thandi Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek 		6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9]
Loss 14–9 Jul 2019 Reinert Open, Germany 60,000 Clay Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Russia Amina Anshba
Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc 		6–0, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 14–10 Aug 2019 GB Pro-Series Foxhills, United Kingdom 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Naiktha Bains United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
United Kingdom Eden Silva 		2–6, 5–7
Loss 14–11 Oct 2019 Suzhou Ladies Open, China 100,000 Hard Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek China Jiang Xinyu
China Tang Qianhui 		6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 14–12 Nov 2019 Liuzhou Open, China 60,000 Hard Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek China Jiang Xinyu
China Tang Qianhui 		4–6, 4–6
Win 15–12 Dec 2019 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard Norway Ulrikke Eikeri Turkey Berfu Cengiz
Greece Despina Papamichail 		5–7, 6–4, [10–3]
Win 16–12 Jan 2020 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Thailand Supapitch Kuearum
Thailand Mananchaya Sawangkaew 		6–4, 6–2
Win 17–12 Jan 2020 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Netherlands Bibiane Schoofs Japan Miyabi Inoue
China Kang Jiaqi 		6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss 17–13 Feb 2020 ITF Jodhpur, India 25,000 Hard India Snehal Mane India Rutuja Bhosale
Japan Miyabi Inoue 		6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Win 18–13 Dec 2020 Dubai Challenge, UAE 100,000 Hard Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze Spain Aliona Bolsova
Slovenia Kaja Juvan 		6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 19–13 Mar 2022 Bendigo International, Australia 25,000 Hard India Rutuja Bhosale Australia Alexandra Bozovic
Poland Weronika Falkowska 		4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 20–13 Apr 2022 Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay Australia Arina Rodionova Mexico Fernanda Contreras
Australia Alana Parnaby 		4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Win 21–13 Jul 2022 ITF Gurugram, India 25,000 Hard Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho Japan Momoko Kobori
Japan Misaki Matsuda 		3–6, 6–0, [10–6]
Loss 21–14 Jul 2022 Reinert Open, Germany 100,000 Clay Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Netherlands Arianne Hartono 		7–6(4), 4–6, [6–10]
Win 22–14 Jul 2022 ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori South Korea Choi Ji-hee
South Korea Han Na-lae 		6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 22–15 Oct 2022 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France 25,000 Hard (i) Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek Spain Irene Burillo Escorihuela
Spain Andrea Lázaro García 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 22–16 Nov 2022 ITF Traralgon, Australia 25,000 Hard Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho Australia Destanee Aiava
New Zealand Katherine Westbury 		1–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win 23–16 Dec 2022 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard India Prarthana Thombare Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Russia Ekaterina Yashina 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 23–17 Dec 2022 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard India Prarthana Thombare Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Russia Ekaterina Yashina 		3–6, 1–6
Win 24–17 Jan 2023 ITF Pune, India 40,000 Hard India Prarthana Thombare Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova
Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva 		4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss 24–18 Apr 2023 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard India Rutuja Bhosale United Kingdom Naiktha Bains
United Kingdom Maia Lumsden 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 24–19 Apr 2023 ITF Calvi, France 40,000 Hard France Estelle Cascino United Kingdom Naiktha Bains
United Kingdom Maia Lumsden 		4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 25–19 May 2023 ITF Tbilisi, Georgia 40,000 Hard Georgia (country) Ekaterine Gorgodze Russia Anastasia Zakharova
Russia Anastasia Zolotareva 		4–6, 6–2, [10–6]

Fed Cup participation[edit]

Singles[edit]

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2014 Fed Cup Z2 R/R 5 February 2014 Astana, Kazakhstan Pakistan Pakistan Hard (i) Sara Mansoor W 6–1, 6–2
6 February 2014 New Zealand New Zealand Marina Erakovic L 1–6, 2–6
Z2 P/O 7 February 2014 Hong Kong Hong Kong Zhang Ling L 3–6, 4–6
2015 Fed Cup Z2 R/R 15 April 2015 Hyderabad, India Pakistan Pakistan Hard Ushna Suhail W 6–0, 6–1
16 April 2015 Malaysia Malaysia Jawairiah Noordin W 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
Z2 P/O 17 April 2015 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Anastasiya Prenko W 6–1, 6–2
2016 Fed Cup Z1 R/R 3 February 2016 Hua Hin, Thailand Thailand Thailand Hard Luksika Kumkhum L 6–7(5–7), 3–6
4 February 2016 Japan Japan Nao Hibino W 6–3, 6–1
5 February 2016 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova W 6–1, 6–0
2017 Fed Cup Z1 R/R 8 February 2017 Astana, Kazakhstan Japan Japan Hard (i) Misaki Doi L 0–6, 3–6
9 February 2017 China China Zhu Lin L 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
10 February 2017 Philippines Philippines Katharina Lehnert L 3–6, 4–6
2018 Fed Cup Z1 R/R 7 February 2018 New Delhi, India China China Hard Zhu Lin W 6–3, 6–2
8 February 2018 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva W 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
9 February 2018 Hong Kong Hong Kong Zhang Ling W 6–3, 6–2
Z1 P/O 10 February 2018 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu W 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
2019 Fed Cup Z1 R/R 7 February 2019 Astana, Kazakhstan Thailand Thailand Hard (i) Peangtarn Plipuech W 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–4
8 February 2019 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva L 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Z1 P/O 9 February 2019 South Korea South Korea Jeong Su-nam W 6–3, 6–3
2020 Billie Jean King Cup P/O 16 April 2021 Jūrmala, Latvia Latvia Latvia Hard (i) Jeļena Ostapenko L 2–6, 7–5, 5–7
17 April 2021 Anastasija Sevastova L 0–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles[edit]

Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
2013 Fed Cup Z1 R/R 6 February 2013 Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Hard (i) Rutuja Bhosale Sesil Karatantcheva
Galina Voskoboeva 		L 3–6, 1–6
8 February 2013 Thailand Thailand Rishika Sunkara Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Varatchaya Wongteanchai 		L 1–6, 3–6
2014 Fed Cup Z2 P/O 7 February 2014 Hong Kong Hong Kong Rishika Sunkara Ng Kwan-yau
Wu Ho-ching 		W 6–2, 6–1
2019 Fed Cup Z1 R/R 7 February 2019 Astana, Kazakhstan Thailand Thailand Hard (i) Karman Thandi Nudnida Luangnam
Peangtarn Plipuech 		W 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5
Z1 P/O 9 February 2019 Astana, Kazakhstan South Korea South Korea Hard (i) Prarthana Thombare Jang Su-jeong
Kim Na-ri 		L 4–6, 4–6

Asian Games[edit]

Singles (bronze medal)[edit]

Medal Date Tournament Location Opponent Score
Bronze medal blank.svg Bronze August 2018 2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia China Zhang Shuai 4–6, 6–7(6–8)

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.
  3. ↑ 2010: WTA ranking–804, 2011: WTA ranking–616, 2012: WTA ranking–314, 2013: WTA ranking–314.
  4. ↑ The $10,000 tournaments were reclassified as $15,000 in 2017. However, there were some $15k events even before 2017.
  5. ↑ The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.

References[edit]

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  8. ↑ Prague: India's Raina outlasts Czech veteran Strycova in first round
  9. ↑ Srinivasan, Kamesh. "Ankita Raina optimistic about getting to the next level". Sportstar. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Rajput, Avinash (29 December 2009). "Mother of sacrifice". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. ↑ Vatsal Tolasaria, Indian Tennis Daily. "Tennis: There were many talented players but Ankita Raina's hard work stood out, says coach Bendrey". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Srinivasan, Kamesh (9 April 2018). "Ankita Raina in top-200". Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Ankita Raina settles for bronze at Asian Games". PTI. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "WTA Chinese Taipei: Ankita, Karman Kaur clinch doubles trophy".
  15. ↑ Ankita Raina clinches first singles title of 2019
  16. ↑ "Ankita Raina – Bio". Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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  18. ↑ "Felt uneasy", Ankita after qualification exit
  19. ↑ ITF Thailand: Ankita Raina in singles final, wins doubles title
  20. ↑ Ankita Raina wins ITF title in Jodhpur
  21. ↑ Sania Mirza, Ankita Raina guide India to maiden Fed Cup playoffs
  22. ↑ "Ankita Raina out of French Open qualifiers".
  23. ↑ Tomorrow is a New Day for Indian Sports as Ankita Raina Makes Her Australian Open Debut
  24. ↑ Unranked Gadecki shocks Kenin in Phillip Island Trophy opener
  25. ↑ "Ankita Raina wins Phillip Island Trophy for first WTA doubles title".
  26. ↑ "Ankita Raina stuns former World No. 5 Sara Errani in 2021 WTA Abierto Zapopan qualifier in Mexico". India Today. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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