Sheethal Goutham

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Sheethal Goutham

Country (sports)	India
Born	(1981-06-06) 6 June 1981 (age 40) Bangalore, India
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$20,560
Singles
Career record	59–80
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	591 (24 September 2001)
Doubles
Career record	61–68
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	477 (27 August 2001)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	1–1

Sheethal Goutham Uthappa (born 6 June 1981) is an Indian former professional tennis player.^[1]

Goutham has a career high WTA singles ranking of 591 achieved on 24 September 2001. She also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 477 achieved on 27 August 2001. Goutham has won 5 ITF singles title and 13 ITF doubles titles.

Playing for India at the Fed Cup, Goutham has a win–loss record of 1–1.^[2]

She started playing tennis at the age of 9. Her brother Arjun Goutham also plays tennis and has helped her in her training. Sheethal Goutham married her fiancé, cricketer Robin Uthappa, in March 2016.^{[citation needed]}

ITF Finals[]

Singles: 8 (5–3)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	15 March 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard		6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	16 June 2001	New Delhi, India	Clay	Archana Venkataraman	4–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	2 July 2001	New Delhi, India	Clay	Meghha Vakaria	6–7(2), 7–5, 7–6(1)
Runner-up	4.	22 April 2002	Pune, India	Clay	Ankita Bhambri	3–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	27 May 2002	Mumbai, India	Carpet	Ankita Bhambri	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Winner	6.	3 June 2002	Mumbai, India	Carpet	Shruti Dhawan	6–2, 6–4
Winner	7.	8 June 2002	Mumbai, India	Carpet	Shruti Dhawan	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	8.	23 June 2002	New Delhi, India	Carpet	Radhika Tulpule	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 22 (13–9)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	26 October 1998	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	17 April 1999	Mumbai, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	7–5, 0–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	30 April 1999	Mumbai, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	5–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	10 May 1999	Mumbai, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	1–0 ret.
Runner-up	5.	8 May 2000	Indore, India	Hard		Archana Venkataraman	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	21 May 2000	New Delhi, India	Hard		Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria	5–7, 2–6
Winner	7.	18 March 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard		Archana Venkataraman	7–6(3), 6–2
Winner	8.	24 March 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard		Sonal Phadke	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	29 May 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard			2–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	2 June 2001	Mumbai, India	Clay		Sonal Phadke	6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	9 June 2001	Mumbai, India	Clay		Sonal Phadke	6–3, 7–5
Winner	12.	16 June 2001	Mumbai, India	Clay		Sonal Phadke	6–4, 6–1
Winner	13.	23 June 2001	Mumbai, India	Clay			7–6(7), 6–0
Runner-up	14.	27 May 2002	Mumbai, India	Carpet	Shruti Dhawan	Radhika Tulpule	6–7(6), 4–6
Winner	15.	21 June 2002	Mumbai, India	Carpet	Shruti Dhawan	Archana Venkataraman	7–5, 6–0
Winner	16.	26 June 2002	Mumbai, India	Clay	Shruti Dhawan	Ankita Bhambri Sonal Phadke	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	17.	1 July 2002	Mumbai, India	Carpet	Shruti Dhawan	Radhika Tulpule	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	18.	16 September 2002	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	Wilawan Choptang Khoo Chin-bee	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	19.	9 May 2003	New Delhi, India	Clay	Shruti Dhawan	Ankita Bhambri Sonal Phadke	6–7(3), 0–6
Winner	20.	15 May 2003	New Delhi, India	Carpet	Shruti Dhawan	Archana Venkataraman	2–6, 7–6(4), 6–0
Winner	21.	26 May 2003	New Delhi, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	Isha Lakhani	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	31 August 2003	New Delhi, India	Grass	Shruti Dhawan	Khoo Chin-bee Meghha Vakaria	1–6, 2–6

References[]

External links[]

• Sheethal Goutham at the Women's Tennis Association
• Sheethal Goutham at the International Tennis Federation
• Sheethal Goutham at the Billie Jean King Cup

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