Karman Thandi

Karman Kaur Thandi (born 16 June 1998) is an Indian professional tennis player. She is a former Indian number one in singles.

Thandi's career-high WTA rankings was No. 196 in singles, as of 20 August 2018, and No. 180 in doubles, as of 14 January 2019.

Career She started playing tennis at the age of eight.

Thandi is the sixth Indian female tennis player to enter the top 200 of the WTA rankings, after Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza, Shikha Uberoi, Sunitha Rao and Ankita Raina.

Thandi has won four singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit - the maiden singles title in $25k Hong Kong tournament on 23 June 2018, and the doubles titles in 2017 in Heraklion, and two in 2015 in Gulbarga. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she achieved a career-high ranking of 32 in January 2016. Additionally, she also made it to the semifinals in two other tournaments in China.

Since 2017, she has represented India in the Fed Cup, with a career win–loss record of 3–7 in singles and of 2–1 in doubles.

Thandi won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2018 Taipei Challenger. Partnering Ankita Raina, they defeated Olga Doroshina and Natela Dzalamidze, when their opponents retired in the deciding champions tiebreak because of a hamstring injury suffered by Dzalamidze.

She participated in the 2018 Asian Games, with Divij Sharan in mixed-doubles event. They defeated Filipino pairing of Marian Capadocia and Alberto Lim jr in their first match in the Games. But the pair lost in the third round.

Personal life In 2023, Thandi married Indian national hockey player Gurjant Singh.

Performance timelines

Sourced from WTA Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2022 Chennai Open.

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin Taipei Open, Taiwan Hard Ankita Raina Olga Doroshina Natela Dzalamidze 6–3, 5–7, [12–12] ret.

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments (2–1)$25,000 tournaments (2–6)$10,000 tournaments (0–2)

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments (0–1)$25,000 tournaments (1–2)$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation Singles (0–2) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore 2019 Z1 R/R 7 Feb 2019 Astana Thailand Hard (i) Nudnida LuangnamL 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 8 Feb 2019 Kazakhstan Zarina DiyasL 3–6, 2–6

Doubles (1–0) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 2019Z1 R/R 7 Feb 2019 Astana (KAZ) Thailand Hard (i) Ankita Raina Nudnida Luangnam Peangtarn PlipuechW 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 7–5