Nirupama Mankad

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Nirupama Mankad
Country (sports) India
Born (1947-01-17) January 17, 1947 (age 77)
Karachi, Pakistan
Turned pro1964
Retired1979
Singles
Career recordTemplate:Format numeric span
Career titles9 ITF
Doubles
Career recordTemplate:Format numeric span
Career titles17 ITF
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1971)

Nirupama Mankad née Vasant (born 17 January 1947 in Karachi, now in Pakistan) is a former Indian tennis player. She is the first Indian woman in the modern era to play at a main draw of a Grand Slam.

Nirupama Mankad is the daughter of G. Vasant, a leading tennis player in India in his time. She survives her husband, the late Ashok Mankad, a former Indian Test cricketer. Their son Harsh Mankad is an Indian Davis Cup player.[1]

Mankad won the Asian women's tennis championship in 1965 at the age of 17. She played Wimbledon junior event in 1965 and partnered Anand Amritraj in the mixed doubles event in 1971, reaching the second round. She was India's top ranked tennis player between 1965 and 1978, winning the national championship seven times during this time. She won the Indian government's Arjuna award in 1980.

Her best ranking was No 1, and was also a two-time Asian champion and a Fed Cup player.[2]

ITF finals[edit]

Singles (9–9)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 3 January 1965 Kolkata, India Hard India Lakshmi Mahadevan 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 16 January 1965 New Delhi, India Hard New Zealand Marion Law 2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 3. 9 January 1966 Allahabad, India Grass Template:Country data URS Tiiu Kivi 9–11, 2-6
Runner-up 4. 30 January 1966 Mumbai, India Hard United States Carol Ann Prosen 3-6, 6–3, 4-6
Runner-up 5. 28 January 1968 New Delhi, India Clay Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova 3-6, 6–2, 4-6
Winner 6. 29 December 1968 Kolkata, India Hard United States Alice Tym 6–4, 4-6, 6–3
Winner 7. 23 December 1969 New Delhi, India Hard United States Alice Tym 6–1, 3-6, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 5 January 1971 Amritsar, India Hard Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova 2-6, 5-7
Runner-up 9. 11 January 1971 Amaravati, India Hard Template:Country data URS Tiiu Kivi 2-6, 5-7
Winner 10. 7 February 1971 Kolkata, India Hard India Kiran Peshawaria 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner 11. 1 March 1971 Nairobi, Kenya Clay South Africa Jenny Paterson 6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 12. 7 February 1972 Pune, India Hard Australia Marilyn Tesch 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up 13. 14 February 1972 Chennai, India Hard Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova 2-6, 1-6
Runner-up 14. 14 February 1974 Chennai, India Hard India Susan Das 4-6, 2-6
Winner 15. 6 January 1975 Amritsar, India Hard India Susan Das 7–5, 6–4
Winner 16. 18 January 1976 New Delhi, India Hard India Susan Das 6–4, 6–3
Winner 17. 2 February 1977 Chennai, India Hard India Susan Das 6–4, 6–3
Winner 18. 15 February 1978 New Delhi, India Hard India Amreeta Ahluwalia 3–6, 6–1, 8–6

Doubles (17–17)[edit]

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1 March 1964 Jaipur, India Hard India Lakshmi Mahadevan India Begum Khan
United Kingdom Jill Rook
0-6, 1-6
Runner-up 2. 3 January 1965 Kolkata, India Hard India Leela Panjabi India Begum Khan
India Rita Suriya
2-6, 4-6
Runner-up 3. 16 January 1965 New Delhi, India Hard India Leela Panjabi New Zealand Marion Law
Australia Madonna Schacht
6–2, 3-6, 3-6
Runner-up 4. 9 January 1966 Allahabad, India Grass India Begum Khan Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Tiiu Kivi
4-6, 5-7
Runner-up 5. 17 January 1966 New Delhi, India Grass India Leela Panjabi Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Tiiu Kivi
6–4, 1-6, 4-6
Winner 6. 25 January 1966 Thiruvananthapuram, India Hard United States Carol Ann Prosen United Kingdom Rita Bentley
United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie
6–2, 6–4
Winner 7. 30 January 1966 Mumbai, India Hard India Begum Khan United States Carol Ann Prosen
United Kingdom Susan Tutt
6–2, 1-6, 6–4
Winner 8. 6 February 1966 Hyderabad, India Hard United Kingdom Susan Tutt India Begum Khan
United States Carol Ann Prosen
6–1, 6–4
Winner 9. 20 February 1966 Chennai, India Hard India Dechu Appaiah India Begum Khan
India Leela Panjabi
6–2, 6–3
Winner 10. 20 February 1966 Lucknow, India Hard India Dechu Appaiah United Kingdom Rita Bentley
United Kingdom Anthea Rigby
9–11, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 23 January 1967 Kolkata, India Hard India Rita Suriya Template:Country data URS Rena Abzhanididzye
Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
3-6, 5-7
Winner 12. 29 December 1968 Kolkata, India Hard India Rita Suriya Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Nina Turkheli
4-6, 6–4, 7–5
Winner 13. 1 January 1969 Visakhapatnam, India Hard Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova United States Alice Tym
India Kiran Peshawaria
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 14. 5 January 1969 Chennai, India Hard India Kiran Peshawaria Romania Judith Dibar
United States Alice Tym
7–5, 1-2 ret.
Winner 15. 12 January 1969 New Delhi, India Hard United Kingdom Robin Lloyd Romania Judith Dibar
United States Alice Tym
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 16. 19 January 1969 Amritsar, India Hard United Kingdom Sally Holdsworth Romania Judith Dibar
Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
3-6, 2-6
Runner-up 17. 27 January 1969 Allahabad, India Hard United Kingdom Judy Congdon Romania Judith Dibar
Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
4-6, 1-6
Winner 18. 3 February 1969 Jaipur, India Hard India Kiran Peshawaria Sweden Eva Lundqvist
United States Alice Tym
6–3, 2-6, 8–6
Winner 19. 23 December 1969 New Delhi, India Hard Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova United States Marilyn Aschner
United States Alice Tym
6–1, 6–3
Winner 20. 30 December 1969 Guwahati, India Hard Romania Judith Dibar Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Nina Turkheli
6–4, 3-6, 6–2
Runner-up 21. 6 January 1970 Amritsar, India Hard India Indu Sood Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data YUG Irena Škulj
2-6, 1-6
Runner-up 22. 12 January 1970 New Delhi, India Hard India Kiran Peshawaria Template:Country data URS Rena Abzhanididzye
Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
4-6, 1-6
Runner-up 23. 18 January 1970 Amaravati, India Hard United Kingdom Rita Bentley Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Nina Turkheli
4-6, 4-6
Runner-up 24. 25 January 1970 Kolkata, India Hard United Kingdom Janice Townsend Australia Kerry Hogarth
Australia Marilyn Tesch
6–4, 1-6, 2-6
Runner-up 25. 5 January 1971 Amritsar, India Hard India Udaya Kumar Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Tiiu Kivi
1-6, 2-6
Runner-up 26. 11 January 1971 Amaravati, India Hard India Udaya Kumar Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Tiiu Kivi
3-6, 1-6
Winner 27. 7 February 1971 Kolkata, India Hard India Kiran Peshawaria India Udaya Kumar
India Susan Das
6–1, 6–3
Winner 28. 1 March 1971 Nairobi, Kenya Clay South Africa Jenny Paterson South Africa Marianna Brummer
South Africa Greta Delport
6–2, 6–2
Winner 29. 12 September 1971 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard New Zealand Cecilie Fleming Thailand Somsri Klumsombut
Thailand Phanow Sudsawadsi
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 30. 7 February 1972 Pune, India Hard India Udaya Kumar Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data URS Eugenia Isopaitis
1-6, 3-6
Winner 31. 14 February 1972 Chennai, India Hard India Udaya Kumar Template:Country data URS Alexandra Ivanova
Template:Country data YUG Irena Škulj
4-6, 6–4, 8–6
Winner 32. 14 February 1974 Chennai, India Hard India Udaya Kumar India Susan Das
India Kiran Peshawaria
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 33. 22 September 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka Hard India Susan Das Indonesia Lany Kaligis
Indonesia Lita Liem Sugiarto
5-7, 6–1, 1-6
Winner 34. 15 February 1978 New Delhi, India Hard India Amreeta Ahluwalia Australia Carol Draper
Australia Robin Harris
5-7, 6–2, 6–0

References[edit]

  1. "All eyes on Harsh Mankad". The Hindu. 5 June 2000. Retrieved 3 May 2018.[dead link]
  2. "At 56, tennis coach Mayur Vasant finally dons India colours". mid-day. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links[edit]

  • K. R. Wadhwaney, Arjuna Awardees, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2002, ISBN 81-230-0286-0
  • P.K. Datta, A Century of Indian Tennis, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 2001, ISBN 81-230-0783-3
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