Zeel Desai

Zeel Desai
Country (sports)	India
Born	18 February 1999 (age 24); Ahmedabad, India
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 33,840
Singles
Career record	Template:Tennis record
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 562 (8 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 568 (12 April 2021)
Doubles
Career record	Template:Tennis record
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 510 (10 September 2018)
Current ranking	No. 881 (12 April 2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	0–0
	Last updated on: 4 April 2021.

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Zeel Desai (born 18 February 1999) is an Indian tennis player.

Desai has a career high WTA singles ranking of 562 achieved on 8 October 2018. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 510 achieved on 10 September 2018. Desai has won 1 ITF singles title and 4 ITF doubles titles.

Desai represents India at the Billie Jean King Cup, where she made her debut at the 2021 play-offs against Latvia.^[1]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ana Bianca Mihăilă	6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2017	Gwalior, India	15,000	Hard	Mahak Jain	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Jul 2018	Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Maria João Koehler	1–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 2020	Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Sandra Samir	7–5, 6–7^(7–9), 2–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 2021	Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Salma Djoubri	4–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2016	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	10,000	Hard	Ola Abou Zekry	Suzy Larkin Theiviya Selvarajoo	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 2017	Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Pranjala Yadlapalli	Rutuja Bhosale Alexandra Walters	6–2, 7–5
Win	3–0	May 2018	Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Bunyawi Thamchaiwat	Sheng Yuqi Aldila Sutjiadi	7–5, 6–1
Loss	3–1	Jul 2018	Guimarães, Portugal	15,000	Hard	Cristina Ene	Karola Bejenaru Jacqueline Cabaj Awad	1–6, 0–6
Loss	3–2	Jul 2018	Hong Kong	15,000	Hard	Akari Inoue	Ng Kwan-yau Wu Ho-ching	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Jul 2018	Jakarta, Indonesia	15,000	Hard	Mana Ayukawa	Arianne Hartono Aldila Sutjiadi	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 2019	Pretoria, South Africa	15,000	Hard	Merel Hoedt	Caroline Roméo Chanel Simmonds	Walkover
Win	4–4	Jan 2020	Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Anastasia Tikhonova	Bojana Marinković Tereza Mihalíková	7–6^(7–4), 5–7, [10–5]
Loss	4–5	Mar 2020	Cairo, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Stefania Rogozińska Dzik	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Sandra Samir	5–7, 2–6