Prerna Bhambri

Prerna Bhambri (born 12 September 1992) is an Indian tennis player. Prerna Bhambri holds the record of being the only Indian to have won the All India National Tennis Championship four times in a row; and is a runner's up in 2019. She received 'Award for Excellence in Sports' from the Hon'ble Smt. Pratibha Patil, Former President of India.

Prerna Bhambri

Country (sports)	India
Born	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 India
Prize money	$48,103
Singles
Career record	160-114
Career titles	0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	358 (20 June 2016)
Doubles
Career record	60-80
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	430 (12 September 2016)
Medal record Representing India Women's tennis South Asian Games 2016 Guwahati Women's Singles
Last updated on: 22 October 2019.

Career

Ankita Raina (INDIA) won Gold Medal and Prerna Bhambri (INDIA) won Silver Medal in a Women’s Singles Tennis match, at the 12th South Asian Games-2016, in Guwahati on February 10, 2016

Prerna Bhambri holds the record of being the only Indian to have won the All India National Tennis Championship four times in a row; and is a runner's up in 2019.

She has a world career-high singles ranking of world No. 358, achieved on 20 June 2016. Bhambri has won five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

In December 2019, Prerna won 2 gold medals for India in the South Asian Games. In 2016 as well, she won the silver medal in the women's singles event of the South Asian Games. In 2018, she was the winner in Women's Singles and Women's Doubles at the Delhi Olympic Games.

In January 2012, Bhambri made her debut for the India Fed Cup team. Playing for India at Fed Cup, Bhambri has a win–loss record of 5–3.

Personal

Prerna is coached by her brother Prateek Bhambri, who has also been a professional tennis player. He has won the All India National Championship in Singles and Doubles. Bhambri's cousin Yuki Bhambri is a professional on the ATP World Tour, with a career-high world ranking of 83. Bhambri is also the younger cousin of Ankita Bhambri and Sanaa Bhambri, who are both retired players. Prerna graduated with an MBA from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is married to Ayush Tandon, who is a Chartered Accountant.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Position
2019	South Asian Games 2019, Nepal	Gold Medal (Team Event & Doubles)
	Fenesta Tennis Championship 2019	Runners-up (Singles)
	Asian Tennis Tour, Delhi	Runners-up (Singles)
	All India Tennis Association tournament, Jaipur	Winner (Singles)
2018	Delhi Olympic Games, Delhi	Winner (Singles and Doubles)
	Inter-State Tennis 2018	Runners-up – Silver Medal
2017	ITF Women US$15,000 Colombo	Runners-up (Singles)
2016	South Asian Games 2016	Runners-up (Women Singles) Silver Medal
	Fed Cup- Represented India in Team India Group I, Thailand	5th position for Team India
	ITF Women US$10,000 Egypt	Runners-up (Singles)
	ITF Women US$10,000 Egypt	Winner (Doubles)
2015	Fenesta Tennis Championship 2015	National Champion (Singles)
	ITF Women US$10,000 Gulbarga (week 1)	Winner (Singles) & Runners-up (Doubles)
	ITF Women US$10,000 Gulbarga (week 2)	Winner (Singles)
	ITF Women US$10,000 Lucknow	Winner (Singles) & Winner (Doubles)
	ITF Women US$10,000 Hyderabad	Runners-up (Singles) &Winner(Doubles)
	ITF Women US$15,000 Hong Kong	Qualified for main draw & Runners-Up (Singles)
2014	Fenesta Tennis Championship 2014	National Champion (Singles)
2013	Fenesta Tennis Championship 2013	National Champion (Singles)
2012	Fenesta Tennis Championship 2012	National Champion (Singles)
	Fed Cup - Represented India in Team India Group II, Shenzhen, China	Winner (Team India)
	ITF Women US$10,000 Gulbarga	Winner (Singles)
2011	ITF Women US$10,000 Delhi	Winner (Singles)
	34th National Games at Ranchi	Gold Medal (Doubles); Gold Medal (Team); & Bronze Medal (Singles)

Winner of various tournaments in categories i.e. National Series, Championship Series, and Talent Series.

ITF finals

Singles (5–5)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (0–2) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	25 June 2011	New Delhi, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	23 June 2012	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Raina	4–6, 2–6
Winner	2.	28 September 2012	Gulbarga, India	Hard	Yang Zi	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	26 July 2015	Hong Kong	Hard	Ayaka Okuno	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	19 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	4–6, 0–6
Winner	3.	24 October 2015	Lucknow, India	Grass	Rishika Sunkara	6–4, 6–1
Winner	4.	21 November 2015	Gulbarga, India	Hard	Riya Bhatia	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	28 November 2015	Gulbarga, India	Hard	Natasha Palha	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	8 May 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	14 October 2017	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Clay	Ma Yexin	1–6, 2–6

Doubles (3–5)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–4) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	3 April 2015	Dehra Dun, India	Hard	Rishika Sunkara	Prarthana Thombare Nungnadda Wannasuk	0–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	14 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Prarthana Thombare	Sowjanya Bavisetti Rishika Sunkara	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	20 September 2015	Hyderabad, India	Clay	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Sharrmadaa Baluu Prarthana Thombare	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	23 October 2015	Lucknow, India	Grass	Prarthana Thombare	Sharrmadaa Baluu Nidhi Chilumula	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	3.	30 October 2015	Raipur, India	Hard	Rishika Sunkara	Sharrmadaa Baluu Prarthana Thombare	3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Runner-up	4.	20 November 2015	Gulbarga, India	Hard	Kanika Vaidya	Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal Karman Kaur Thandi	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Winner	3.	21 May 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Nidhi Chilumula	Tamachan Momkoonthod Pranjala Yadlapalli	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Runner-up	5.	18 June 2016	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Hard	Ankita Raina	Polina Monova Yana Sizikova	6–7(0–7), 2–6

Fed Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone	30 January 2012	Shenzhen, China	Iran	Hard	Ghazaleh Torkaman	W	6–0, 6–1
	Asia/Oceania Zone	1 February 2012	Shenzhen, China	Turkmenistan	Hard	Anastasiya Prenko	W	6–1, 6–3
	Asia/Oceania Zone	3 February 2012	Shenzhen, China	Philippines	Hard	Anna Clarice Patrimonio	L	6–3, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Partner	Opponents	W/L	Score
2012 Fed Cup	Asia/Oceania Zone	31 January 2012	Shenzhen, China	Oman	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Sarah Al Balushi Maliha Al Awaidy	W	w/o
	Asia/Oceania Zone	1 February 2012	Shenzhen, China	Turkmenistan	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Guljan Muhammetkuliyeva Ummarahmat Hummetova	W	6–0, 6–0

External links

• Prerna Bhambri at the Women's Tennis Association
• Prerna Bhambri at the International Tennis Federation
• Prerna Bhambri at the Billie Jean King Cup