Rushmi Chakravarthi

Indian tennis player

Rushmi Chakravarthi
రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి

Chakravarthi Rushmi in 2010

Country (sports)

India

Residence

Chennai, India

Born

(1977-10-09) 9 October 1977 (age 46)
Hyderabad, India

Height

1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Turned pro

September 2005

Plays

Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Prize money

$124,005

Singles

Career record

321–241 (57.1%)

Career titles

12 ITF

Highest ranking

No. 310 (13 September 2004)

Doubles

Career record

372–209 (64.0%)

Career titles

40 ITF

Highest ranking

No. 252 (18 June 2001)

Other doubles tournaments

Olympic Games

1R (2012)

Medal record

Representing India

Women's tennis
Afro-Asian Games
	2003 Hyderabad	Women's doubles
	2003 Hyderabad	Team
	2003 Hyderabad	Singles
	2003 Hyderabad	Mixed doubles
Commonwealth Games
	2010 Delhi	Women's doubles

Rushmi Chakravarthi (Telugu: రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is an Indian former professional tennis player.^[1] She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional, after playing in the first round of the WTA Tour tournament Sunfeast Open, held at Kolkata in September 2005. Her last match on the ITF Circuit took place in June 2017 in Aurangabad.^[2]

Tennis career

2005–2010

She was predominantly an ITF Circuit player. In her career, Chakravarthi played on the WTA Tour on two occasions, at the Sunfeast Open in 2005 and 2006, losing in round one both times.

Her career highlight was winning four medals (of which two were gold) at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games. Rushmi has represented India at the Asian Games in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Chakravarthi lost in the qualifying of the Malaysian Open. This was her only performance in a WTA tournament outside India.

She has also competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she progressed to the quarterfinals by beating English Katie O'Brien,^[3] and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza.^[4]

2011

Chakravarthi partnered with compatriot Poojashree Venkatesha to win the ITF event in Muzaffarnagar.

2012

Chakravarthi was awarded a wildcard entry to the 2012 London Olympics along with Sania Mirza to play in women's doubles.^[5] The pair were beaten in a tight three-setter by Taiwanese pair of Hsieh Su-wei and Chuang Chia-jung in round one.^[6]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$15,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 24 (12–12)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	12 October 1998	ITF Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	26 October 1998	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	0–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	30 April 1999	Mumbai, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	6–3, 0–6, 0–6
DNP	–	17 September 2000	Bangalore, India	Clay	Radhika Tulpule	—
Win	4.	16 April 2001	Chandigarh, India	Hard	Dea Sumantri	6–2, 6–4
Win	5.	9 September 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard	Shruti Dhawan	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	6.	14 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Jennifer Schmidt	4–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	21 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Isabel Collischonn	6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Win	8.	10 September 2002	Mysore, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–2, 6–1
Loss	9.	6 April 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	10.	13 April 2003	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Cheli Bargil	6–0, 6–4
Loss	11.	5 October 2003	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Sania Mirza	3–6, 5–7
Loss	12.	17 January 2004	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Sandy Gumulya	1–6, 3–6
Win	13.	23 May 2004	Lucknow, India	Grass	Ankita Bhambri	6–2, 2–6, 7–6
Win	14.	30 May 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	6–4, 6–4
Win	15.	30 August 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	6–3, 6–2
Loss	16.	30 October 2004	Pune, India	Hard	Akgul Amanmuradova	0–6, 6–7
Win	17.	13 December 2004	Gurgaon, India	Clay	Ankita Bhambri	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	18.	16 April 2005	Mumbai, India	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	4–6, 2–6
Loss	19.	30 October 2006	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	20.	20 May 2007	Mumbai, India	Hard	Marinne Giraud	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 2–6
Win	21.	28 April 2008	Cochin, India	Clay	Magda Okruashvili	6–4, 7–5
Win	22.	9 June 2008	Gurgaon, India	Carpet	Ankita Bhambri	6–4, 6–2
Win	23.	14 September 2009	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	6–3, 6–1
Loss	24.	21 September 2009	ITF Dehradun, India	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 73 (40–33)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	12 October 1998	ITF Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Monthika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	2.	19 October 1998	ITF Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	26 October 1998	ITF Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham	4–6, 4–6
Win	4.	2 November 1998	Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Monthika Anuchan Orawan Wongkamalasai	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 1–6, 6–2
Win	5.	17 April 1999	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham	5–7, 6–0, 6–3
Win	6.	24 April 1999	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman	7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Win	7.	30 April 1999	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	10 May 1999	Mumbai, India	Carpet	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Sheethal Goutham	0–1 ret.
Runner-up	9.	18 October 1999	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Liza Andriyani Benjamas Sangaram	0–6, 3–6
Win	10.	16 April 2000	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Manisha Malhotra Satomi Kinjo	6–4, 4–6, 2–1 ret.
Runner-up	11.	17 April 2000	New Delhi, India	Carpet	Radhika Tulpule	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Nirupama Sanjeev	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	12.	3 September 2000	Jaipur, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Monique Adamczak Jennifer Schmidt	3–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win	13.	10 September 2000	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Orawan Wongkamalasai Wang I-ting	6–3, 6–2
DNP	–	17 September 2000	Bangalore, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Jyotsna Vasisht Karishma Patel	—
Runner-up	14.	16 October 2000	Gwalior, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Monica Acosta Larissa Schaerer	2–4, 1–4, 4–0, 3–5
Win	15.	23 October 2000	New Delhi, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak	4–2, 4–5⁽⁵⁾, 4–1, 4–0
Win	16.	30 October 2000	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Urška Vesenjak Maša Vesenjak	5–3, 4–2, 5–3
Runner-up	17.	6 November 2000	Bandung, Indonesia	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Liza Andriyani Angelique Widjaja	1–4, 2–4, 0–4
Win	18.	20 November 2000	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Miho Saeki Remi Uda	5–3, 4–1, 4–2
Win	19.	11 March 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Archana Venkataraman Arthi Venkataraman	6–1, 6–2
Win	20.	16 April 2001	Chandigarh, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Dea Sumantri Radhika Tulpule	6–1, 7–5
Win	21.	23 April 2001	Pune, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Sania Mirza Sonal Phadke	6–2, 6–0
Win	22.	3 September 2001	Chennai, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Samrita Sekar Shubha Srinivasen	6–0, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	23.	19 September 2001	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Radhika Tulpule	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	7 July 2002	Tlemcen, Algeria	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Susanne Aigner Elisabeth Bahn	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	25.	21 July 2002	Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Christina Zachariadou	Asimina Kaplani Maria Pavlidou	6–2, 6–2
Win	26.	10 September 2002	Mysore, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Alena Dvornikova Anastasia Dvornikova	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	27.	27 October 2002	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Kira Nagy Maria Wolfbrandt	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	28.	9 February 2003	Chennai, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Akgul Amanmuradova Ivanna Israilova	4–6, 1–6
Win	29.	23 February 2003	Bangalore, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Maki Arai Natallia Dziamidzenka	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	30.	10 March 2003	Benalla, Australia	Grass	Ryoko Takemura	Nicole Sewell Andrea van den Hurk	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	31.	31 March 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Akgul Amanmuradova Khoo Chin-bee	2–6, 2–6
Win	32.	20 April 2003	Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Shruti Dhawan Yael Glitzenshtein	6–1, 6–4
Win	33.	17 August 2003	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Hwang I-hsuan Varanya Vijuksanaboon	6–0, 6–0
Win	34.	8 September 2003	Bangalore, India	Grass	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Khoo Chin-bee Meghha Vakaria	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	35.	2 November 2003	Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Gabriela Chmelinová Hana Šromová	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	36.	17 January 2004	Hyderabad, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria	5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Winner	37.	23 May 2004	Lucknow, India	Grass	Ankita Bhambri	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram Archana Venkataraman	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	38.	30 May 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	Sanaa Bhambri Liza Pereira Viplav	7–6, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	39.	8 August 2004	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Sania Mirza	Eden Marama Paula Marama	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 5–7
Winner	40.	15 August 2004	Hampstead, United Kingdom	Hard	Sania Mirza	Anna Hawkins Nicole Rencken	6–3, 6–2
Win	41.	21 August 2004	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Chan Yung-jan Minori Takemoto	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Win	42.	4 September 2004	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Montinee Tangphong Thassha Vitayaviroj	w/o
Win	43.	13 December 2004	Gurgaon, India	Clay	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	44.	11 April 2005	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Nina Bratchikova Francesca Lubiani	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	45.	3 August 2005	ITF Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Paula Marama	Anna Smith Rebecca Llewellyn	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	46.	17 October 2005	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Punam Reddy	Ankita Bhambri Sanaa Bhambri	w/o
Runner-up	47.	6 November 2005	Pune Championships, India	Hard	Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram	Nicole Clerico Ksenia Palkina	5–7, 6–7
Runner-up	48.	23 January 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Bhambri	Ksenia Palkina Nicole Clerico	w/o
Runner-up	49.	8 May 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Archana Venkataraman	Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	50.	15 May 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Archana Venkataraman	Zhao Yijing Song Shanshan	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	51.	12 June 2006	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Meghha Vakaria	Isha Lakhani Pichittra Thongdach	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	52.	30 October 2006	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári	3–6, 1–6
Winner	53.	30 October 2006	ITF Ahmedabad, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Tara Iyer Meghha Vakaria	6–2, 6–4
Win	54.	15 January 2007	ITF Algiers, Algeria	Clay	Polona Hercog	Bárbora Matusová Anna Savitskaya	6–2, 6–0
Winner	55.	28 April 2008	ITF Cochin, India	Clay	Poojashree Venkatesha	Archana Venkataraman Geeta Manohar	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	56.	24 October 2008	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Elena Chalova Valeria Savinykh	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 3–6, [7–10]
Winner	57.	8 November 2008	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Sanaa Bhambri	Treta Bhattacharyya Shalini Sahoo	6–1, 6–1
Winner	58.	22 May 2009	ITF Mumbai, India	Hard	Isha Lakhani	Renee Binnie He Chunyan	2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Winner	59.	29 May 2009	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	He Chunyan	Keren Shlomo Kristina Pejkovic	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	60.	15 October 2009	Pune Championships, India	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko	0–6, 3–6
Winner	61.	21 May 2010	ITF Durban, South Africa	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Tegan Edwards Bianca Swanepoel	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner-up	62.	28 May 2010	ITF Durban, South Africa	Hard	Sanaa Bhambri	Blanka Szávay Nicole Rottmann	6–3, 5–7, [9–11]
Winner	63.	17 July 2010	ITF Hatyai, Thailand	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	Ayu-Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta	6–3, 7–6⁽¹⁰⁾
Runner-up	64.	30 October 2010	ITF Kuching, Malaysia	Hard	Élodie Rogge-Dietrich	Sabina Sharipova Sandy Gumulya	3–6, 2–6
Loss	65.	4 December 2010	ITF Mandya, India	Hard	Poojashree Venkatesha	Peangtarn Plipuech Nungnadda Wannasuk	1–6, 1–6
Winner	66.	22 January 2011	ITF Muzaffarnagar, India	Grass	Poojashree Venkatesha	Mari Tanaka Miki Miyamura	3–6, 6–4, [14–12]
Runner-up	67.	13 May 2011	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Fatma Al-Nabhani	Aishwarya Agrawal Ankita Raina	4–6, 3–6
Loss	68.	18 June 2011	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun]	3–6, 4–6
Loss	69.	25 June 2011	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Keren Shlomo	Kim Hae-sung Kim Ju-eun	5–7, 0–6
Win	70.	12 May 2012	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Raina	Liu Yuxuan Zhao Qianqian	6–1, 6–4
Win	71.	26 May 2012	ITF New Delhi, India	Hard	Ankita Raina	Sri Peddy Reddy Prarthana Thombare	6–3, 6–2
Loss	72.	30 April 2013	ITF Chennai, India	Clay	Ankita Raina	Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare	7–5, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	73.	12 December 2014	ITF Lucknow, India	Grass	Nidhi Chilumula	Ankita Raina Emily Webley-Smith	2–6, 4–6

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