Prerna Bhambri

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Prerna Bhambri

Country (sports)	India
Born	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 29) 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.

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.^[1] She received 'Award for Excellence in Sports' from the Hon'ble Smt. Pratibha Patil, Former President of India.

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] She is married to Ayush Tandon, who is a Chartered Accountant.

Achievements[]

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

ITF finals[]

Singles (5–5)[]

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)[]

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	Prarthana Thombare	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	23 October 2015	Lucknow, India	Grass	Prarthana Thombare	Sharrmadaa Baluu	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		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

References[]

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

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