Ankita Raina
Full name | Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Pune, Maharashtra, India[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India | 11 January 1993||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 532,164 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 285–243 (54.0%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 11 ITF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 160 (2 March 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 195 (25 October 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q3 (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q2 (2020, 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 (2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q2 (2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 220–189 (53.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 18 ITF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 93 (17 May 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 101 (25 October 2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other doubles tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | 1R (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | 23–19 (54.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 28 October 2021. |
Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina (born 11 January 1993[2]) is an Indian professional tennis player.
Raina has won one title on the WTA Tour and one at tournaments of the WTA 125K series (both in doubles), along with 11 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In April 2018, she entered the top 200 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 won a bronze medal in singles at the 2018 Asian Games. Raina is one of only two women representing India who has won a WTA-level title.
Playing for India Fed Cup team, Raina has a win/loss record of 23–19.[5] She has notable wins over 2011 US Open champion Samantha Stosur,[6] Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki and former world No. 5, Sara Errani.[7]
Personal life[]
Raina was born in the Indian state of Gujarat to Lalita Raina[8] and Ravinder Kishen Raina. She was born and brought up in Ahmedabad before moving to Pune, Maharashtra at the age of 14. Pune has a better infrastructure for raising young tennis talent, and the decision to move was based on a great performance at the Asians 14 and under masters tournament in Melbourne, where she placed second.[9] Raina briefly studied at Brihan Maharashtra and is fluent in Hindi, Kashmiri, Gujarati, and English.
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.
Raina trains at the Hemant Bendrey Tennis Academy at the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in Pune.
Career[]
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.[10] 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 Circuit.
Raina won two matches at the 2017 Mumbai Open, advancing to the biggest quarterfinal of her career. 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.[11]
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.[12] Later that year, she won the biggest doubles title of her career at the Taipei Challenger, partnering with compatriot Karman Kaur Thandi.[13]
Following a loss at the 2019 Australian Open, Raina won a 25k title in Singapore, with a solid win over Arantxa Rus in the final.[14] 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 Open with partner Rosalie van der Hoek. She is now coached by Arjun Kadhe, who is also her trainer and hitting partner.[15][16]
Raina had a disappointing result at the 2020 Australian Open, albeit she was unwell due to the Australian bushfires.[17] However, Raina found further doubles success by winning two back-to-back ITF titles in Nonthaburi alongside Bibiane Schoofs;[18] 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.[19] 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.[20] 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.
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 where she advanced to the second qualifying round for the first time but lost to Kurumi Nara.[21] 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.
Raina began 2021 at the Australian Open, where she had her best performance at a slam, 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 (after Nirupama Mankad, Nirupama Sanjeev, and Sania Mirza), playing doubles alongside Mihaela Buzarnescu, losing in the first round.[22]
Raina won the first WTA 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.[23] 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.[24] 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.
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,[25] 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 season in doubles, reaching back to back semifinals at the Nottingham Open and Nottingham Trophy. At Wimbledon, Raina 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.
Sania Mirza's protected ranking of 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.
Playing style[]
Raina is a steady baseliner who primarily relies on her speed and counterpunching abilities to outlast her opponents.[26] Raina's preferred surfaces are grass and hard court, as they are more suited to her game style; with clay being her weakest surface.[27]
Sponsorship and equipment[]
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.[28] Hence, Raina uses Yonex racquets and clothing. Adani Group is her current supporter.
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.[29]
Grand Slam performance timelines[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles[]
Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q1 | Q3 | 0–0 |
French Open | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | 0–0 |
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q2 | NH | Q1 | 0–0 |
US Open | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | 0–0 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Doubles[]
Tournament | 2021 | W–L |
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Australian Open | 1R | 0–1 |
French Open | 1R | 0–1 |
Wimbledon | 1R | 0–1 |
US Open | 1R | 0–1 |
Win–Loss | 0–4 | 0–4 |
WTA career finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Feb 2021 | Phillip Island Trophy, Australia | WTA 250 | Hard | Kamilla Rakhimova | Anna Blinkova Anastasia Potapova |
2–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
WTA 125K series finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2018 | Taipei Open, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | Karman Thandi | Olga Doroshina Natela Dzalamidze |
6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret. |
ITF Circuit finals[]
Singles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner–ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2012 | ITF Fujairah, United Arab Emirates | 10,000 | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jun 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Prerna Bhambri | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Miyabi Inoue | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2013 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Bárbara Luz | 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(3) |
Loss | 1–4 | Mar 2013 | ITF Hyderabad, India | 10,000 | Hard | Bárbara Luz | 6–2, 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 2–4 | Apr 2013 | ITF Chennai, India | 10,000 | Clay | Natasha Palha | 6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–5 | Apr 2013 | ITF Lucknow, India | 10,000 | Grass | Emi Mutaguchi | 6–3, 6–7(2), 1–6 |
Loss | 2–6 | Jun 2013 | ITF Qarshi, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Sabina Sharipova | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 3–6 | Jun 2013 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Eetee Maheta | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 4–6 | Jul 2013 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Kanika Vaidya | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–7 | May 2014 | ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia | 25,000 | Clay | Zhu Lin | 5–7, 6–2, 3–6 |
Win | 5–7 | Dec 2014 | Pune Championships, India | 25,000 | Hard | Katy Dunne | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2015 | ITF Ahmedabad, India | 25,000 | Hard | Anastasija Sevastova | 4–6, 6–7(5) |
Loss | 5–9 | May 2017 | Jin'an Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Zhu Lin | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Win | 6–9 | Mar 2018 | ITF Gwalior, India | 25,000 | Hard | Amandine Hesse | 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 7–9 | Jul 2018 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Risa Ozaki | 6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 8–9 | Jan 2019 | ITF Singapore | 25,000 | Hard | Arantxa Rus | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 8–10 | Apr 2019 | Lale Cup, Turkey | 60,000 | Hard | Vitalia Diatchenko | 4–6, 0–6 |
Win | 9–10 | Dec 2019 | ITF Solapur, India | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 10–10 | Jan 2020 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Chloé Paquet | 6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 11–10 | Feb 2020 | ITF Jodhpur, India | 25,000 | Hard | Berfu Cengiz | 7–5, 6–1 |
Doubles: 31 (18 titles, 13 runner–ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2011 | ITF Kolkata, India | 10,000 | Clay | Poojashree Venkatesha | Nicole Clerico Dalila Jakupovič |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2011 | ITF Lucknow, India | 10,000 | Grass | Aishwarya Agrawal | Anja Prislan Kyra Shroff |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–2 | May 2011 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Aishwarya Agrawal | Fatma Al-Nabhani Rushmi Chakravarthi |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Rushmi Chakravarthi | Liu Yuxuan Zhao Qianqian |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | May 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Rushmi Chakravarthi | Sri Peddy Reddy Prarthana Thombare |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 4–2 | Jun 2012 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Aishwarya Agrawal | Ester Masuri Naomi Totka |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2013 | ITF Chennai, India | 10,000 | Clay | Rushmi Chakravarthi | Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare |
7–5, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 4–4 | Jul 2013 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Shweta Rana | Sharmada Balu Sowjanya Bavisetti |
2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–4 | Jan 2014 | ITF Aurangabad, India | 10,000 | Clay | Prarthana Thombare | Shweta Rana Rishika Sunkara |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–5 | May 2014 | ITF Tianjin, China | 25,000 | Hard | Fatma Al-Nabhani | Liu Chang Ran Tian |
1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 6–5 | Nov 2014 | ITF Mumbai, India | 25,000 | Hard | Lu Jiajing | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech |
6–4, 1–6, [11–9] |
Win | 7–5 | Dec 2014 | ITF Lucknow, India | 15,000 | Grass | Emily Webley-Smith | Rushmi Chakravarthi Nidhi Chilumula |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 7–6 | Aug 2015 | ITF Westende, Belgium | 25,000 | Hard | Alyona Sotnikova | Indy de Vroome Lesley Kerkhove |
6–7(4), 4–6 |
Loss | 7–7 | Jun 2016 | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | 25,000 | Hard | Prerna Bhambri | Polina Monova Yana Sizikova |
6–7(0), 2–6 |
Win | 8–7 | Sep 2016 | Zhuhai Open, China | 50,000 | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith | Guo Hanyu Jiang Xinyu |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 9–7 | Apr 2017 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | Eva Wacanno | Irene Burillo Escorihuela |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 10–7 | May 2017 | ITF Hua Hin, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Emily Webley-Smith | Nudnida Luangnam |
6–2, 6–0 |
Win | 11–7 | Aug 2017 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | Bibiane Schoofs | Marie Benoît |
3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Loss | 11–8 | Aug 2017 | ITF Leipzig, Germany | 25,000 | Clay | Tereza Mrdeža | Valentyna Ivakhnenko Lidziya Marozava |
2–6, 1–6 |
Win | 12–8 | Aug 2017 | Mençuna Cup, Turkey | 60,000 | Hard | Gabriela Cé | Elitsa Kostova Yana Sizikova |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 13–8 | May 2018 | Jin'an Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Harriet Dart | Liu Fangzhou Xun Fangying |
6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 14–8 | Nov 2018 | ITF Pune, India | 25,000 | Hard | Karman Thandi | Aleksandrina Naydenova Tamara Zidanšek |
6–2, 6–7(5), [11–9] |
Loss | 14–9 | Jul 2019 | Reinert Open, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | Bibiane Schoofs | Amina Anshba Anastasia Dețiuc |
6–0, 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 14–10 | Aug 2019 | Pro-Series Foxhills, UK | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Sarah Beth Grey Eden Silva |
2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 14–11 | Oct 2019 | Suzhou Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | Rosalie van der Hoek | Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui |
6–3, 3–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 14–12 | Nov 2019 | Liuzhou Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Rosalie van der Hoek | Jiang Xinyu Tang Qianhui |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 15–12 | Dec 2019 | ITF Solapur, India | 25,000 | Hard | Ulrikke Eikeri | Berfu Cengiz Despina Papamichail |
5–7, 6–4, [10–3] |
Win | 16–12 | Jan 2020 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Bibiane Schoofs | Mananchaya Sawangkaew |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 17–12 | Jan 2020 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Bibiane Schoofs | Miyabi Inoue Kang Jiaqi |
6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 17–13 | Feb 2020 | ITF Jodhpur, India | 25,000 | Hard | Snehal Mane | Rutuja Bhosale Miyabi Inoue |
6–4, 4–6, [8–10] |
Win | 18–13 | Dec 2020 | Al Habtoor Challenge, U.A.E. | 100,000 | Hard | Ekaterine Gorgodze | Aliona Bolsova Kaja Juvan |
6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
Fed Cup participation[]
Singles[]
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Opponent | W/L | Score |
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2014 Fed Cup | Z2 R/R | 5 February 2014 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Pakistan | Hard (i) | Sara Mansoor | W | 6–1, 6–2 |
6 February 2014 | New Zealand | Marina Erakovic | L | 1–6, 2–6 | ||||
Z2 P/O | 7 February 2014 | Hong Kong | Zhang Ling | L | 3–6, 4–6 | |||
2015 Fed Cup | Z2 R/R | 15 April 2015 | Hyderabad, India | Pakistan | Hard | Ushna Suhail | W | 6–0, 6–1 |
16 April 2015 | Malaysia | Jawairiah Noordin | W | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | ||||
Z2 P/O | 17 April 2015 | Turkmenistan | Anastasiya Prenko | W | 6–1, 6–2 | |||
2016 Fed Cup | Z1 R/R | 3 February 2016 | Hua Hin, Thailand | Thailand | Hard | Luksika Kumkhum | L | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
4 February 2016 | Japan | Nao Hibino | W | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||
5 February 2016 | Uzbekistan | Nigina Abduraimova | W | 6–1, 6–0 | ||||
2017 Fed Cup | Z1 R/R | 8 February 2017 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Japan | Hard (i) | Misaki Doi | L | 0–6, 3–6 |
9 February 2017 | China | Zhu Lin | L | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 | ||||
10 February 2017 | Philippines | Katharina Lehnert | L | 3–6, 4–6 | ||||
2018 Fed Cup | Z1 R/R | 7 February 2018 | New Delhi, India | China | Hard | Zhu Lin | W | 6–3, 6–2 |
8 February 2018 | Kazakhstan | Yulia Putintseva | W | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 | ||||
9 February 2018 | Hong Kong | Zhang Ling | W | 6–3, 6–2 | ||||
Z1 P/O | 10 February 2018 | Chinese Taipei | Hsu Chieh-yu | W | 6–4, 5–7, 6–1 | |||
2019 Fed Cup | Z1 R/R | 7 February 2019 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Thailand | Hard (i) | Peangtarn Plipuech | W | 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–4 |
8 February 2019 | Kazakhstan | Yulia Putintseva | L | 1–6, 6–7(4–7) | ||||
Z1 P/O | 9 February 2019 | South Korea | Jeong Su-nam | W | 6–3, 6–3 | |||
2020 Billie Jean King Cup | P/O | 16 April 2021 | Jūrmala, 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[]
Edition | Stage | Date | Location | Against | Surface | Partner | Opponents | W/L | Score |
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2013 Fed Cup | Z1 R/R | 6 February 2013 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | Hard (i) | Rutuja Bhosale | Sesil Karatantcheva Galina Voskoboeva |
L | 3–6, 1–6 |
8 February 2013 | Thailand | Rishika Sunkara | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Varatchaya Wongteanchai |
L | 1–6, 3–6 | ||||
2014 Fed Cup | Z2 P/O | 7 February 2014 | 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 | 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 | Hard (i) | Prarthana Thombare | Jang Su-jeong Kim Na-ri |
L | 4–6, 4–6 |
Asian Games[]
Singles (bronze medal)[]
Medal | Date | Tournament | Location | Opponent | Score |
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Bronze | August 2018 | 2018 Asian Games | Jakarta, Indonesia | Zhang Shuai | 4–6, 6–7(6–8) |
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External links[]
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- Ankita Raina at the International Tennis Federation
- Ankita Raina at the Billie Jean King Cup
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