Nirupama Mankad

Nirupama Mankad

Country (sports)	India
Born	(1947-01-17) 17 January 1947 (age 75) Karachi, Sindh, British India
Turned pro	1964
Retired	1979
Singles
Career titles	9 ITF
Doubles
Career titles	11 ITF
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1971)

Nirupama Mankad (née Vasant; born 17 January 1947) 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]

Career finals[]

Singles (9–7)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	January 1965	Kolkata, India	Hard		6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	January 1965	New Delhi, India	Hard	Marion Law	2-6, 4-6
Runner-up	3.	January 1966	Allahabad, India	Grass	Tiiu Kivi	9–11, 2-6
Runner-up	4.	January 1966	Mumbai, India	Hard	Carol-Ann Prosen	3-6, 6–3, 4-6
Runner-up	5.	January 1968	Bombay, India	Clay	Aleksandra Ivanova	3-6, 6–2, 4-6
Winner	6.	December 1968	Kolkata, India	Hard	Alice Tym	6–4, 4-6, 6–3
Winner	7.	December 1969	New Delhi, India	Hard	Alice Tym	6–1, 3-6, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	January 1971	Amaravati, India	Hard	Tiiu Kivi	2-6, 5-7
Winner	9.	February 1971	Kolkata, India	Hard	Kiran Peshawaria	4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	10.	March 1971	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay		6–0, 6–0
Runner-up	11.	February 1972	Pune, India	Hard	Marilyn Tesch	4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	12.	February 1974	Chennai, India	Hard		4-6, 2-6
Winner	13.	January 1975	Amritsar, India	Hard		7–5, 6–4
Winner	14.	January 1976	New Delhi, India	Hard		6–4, 6–3
Winner	15.	February 1977	Chennai, India	Hard		6–4, 6–3
Winner	16.	February 1978	New Delhi, India	Hard		3–6, 6–1, 8–6

Doubles (11–8)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	March 1964	Jaipur, India	Hard		Jill Rook	0-6, 1-6
Runner-up	2.	January 1965	Kolkata, India	Hard			2-6, 4-6
Runner-up	3.	January 1965	New Delhi, India	Hard		Marion Law Madonna Schacht	6–2, 3-6, 3-6
Winner	4.	January 1966	Thiruvananthapuram, India	Hard	Carol-Ann Prosen	Rita Bentley Elizabeth Starkie	6–2, 6–4
Winner	5.	January 1966	Mumbai, India	Hard		Carol-Ann Prosen Sue Tutt	6–2, 1-6, 6–4
Winner	6.	February 1966	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Sue Tutt	Carol-Ann Prosen	6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	February 1966	Chennai, India	Hard			6–2, 6–3
Winner	8.	February 1966	Lucknow, India	Hard		Rita Bentley	9–11, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	January 1967	Calcuta, India	Hard		Aleksandra Ivanova	0–6, 5–7
Runner-up	10.	January 1968	Bangalore, India	Hard		Aleksandra Ivanova	0–6, 1–6
Runner-up	11.	January 1968	Bombay, India	Hard		Aleksandra Ivanova	2–6, 3–6
Winner	12.	January 1969	Visakhapatnam, India	Hard		Alice Tym Kiran Peshawaria	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	January 1970	Amritsar, India	Hard		Aleksandra Ivanova Irena Škulj	2–6, 1–6
Winner	14.	February 1971	Kolkata, India	Hard	Kiran Peshawaria		6–1, 6–3
Winner	15.	March 1971	Nairobi, Kenya	Clay		Marianna Brummer Greta Delport	6–2, 6–2
Winner	16.	September 1971	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard			7–5, 6–4
Winner	17.	February 1974	Chennai, India	Hard		Kiran Peshawaria	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	September 1974	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Hard		Lany Kaligis Lita Liem Sugiarto	5-7, 6–1, 1-6
Winner	19.	February 1978	New Delhi, India	Hard			5-7, 6–2, 6–0

References[]

External links[]

• 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