Manisha Malhotra

Manisha Malhotra ( Manīṣā Maľhōtrā; born 19 September 1976) is a former professional tennis player from India.

Her career high in singles is 314, achieved on 21 April 2003. In doubles, she peaked at No. 149 in the WTA rankings on 8 April 2002. In her career, Malhotra won five singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for India in the Fed Cup, Malhotra has a win–loss record of 17–15.

Career Malhotra represented India at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the women's doubles tournament, partnering Nirupama Vaidyanathan but lost in the first round to Jelena Dokić and Rennae Stubbs.

At the 2001 Swiss Indoors, she was defeated in the first qualifying round by Maja Palaveršić. This was her first match at WTA Tour-level.

Malhotra had her most successful year in 2002, when she was the runner-up at the Busan Asian Games and won the silver medal in the mixed doubles draw, partnering Mahesh Bhupathi.

Malhotra qualified for the 2003 Hyderabad Open, winning three matches; but lost in the first round to Tatiana Poutchek. This was her second and last tournament at the WTA-level.

She retired from professional tennis in 2004. Her last singles match was a loss in the first qualifying round against Maki Arai, at a $50k ITF tournament in Shenzhen, China, in early December 2003. Her last doubles matches came at the 2004 Fed Cup when she won three of her ties (against Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Taiwan), and lost one (against Indonesia) (all partnering Sania Mirza).

Along with Sania Mirza, Malhotra holds the record of the Longest Fed Cup tie break (21-19), which they achieved against Uzbekistan in 2004.

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Singles (5–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 8 August 1998 Southsea, United Kingdom Grass Eleni Daniilidou 6–7(5), 3–6Loss 2. 30 May 1999 El Paso, United States Hard Sara Walker 3–6, 3–6Win 3. 8 August 1999 Harrisonburg, United States Hard Michelle Dasso 6–4, 6–3Win 4. 26 September 1999 Sunderland, United Kingdom Hard (i) Nicola Payne 2–6, 6–1, 6–0Loss 5. 3 October 1999 Glasgow, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Gréta Arn w/oWin 6. 23 July 2000 Baltimore, United States Hard Rika Fujiwara 7–6(5), 6–7(4), 6–2Loss 7. 3 September 2000 Jaipur, India Grass Monique Adamczak 2–6, 6–2, 3–6Win 8. 10 September 2000 Delhi, India Hard Veronika Raimřová 4–6, 6–1, 6–3Win 9. 13 April 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(10)

Doubles (7–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 30 May 1999 El Paso, United States Hard Julie Scott Kim Grant Sara Walker 6–2, 6–4Loss 2. 3 October 1999 Glasgow, United Kingdom Carpet (i) Gréta Arn Lizzie Jelfs Karen Nugent w/oWin 3. 20 December 1999 Lucknow, India Grass Tong Ka-po Maša Vesenjak Urška Vesenjak 6–3, 5–7, 6–1Loss 4. 27 December 1999 Chandigarh, India Grass Katarina Mišić Maša Vesenjak Urška Vesenjak 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 0–6Loss 5. 16 April 2000 Mumbai, India Hard Satomi Kinjo Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 4–6, 6–4, 1–2 ret.Win 6. 28 May 2000 El Paso, United States Hard Leanne Baker Kaysie Smashey Varalee Sureephong 6–2, 7–6(7–5)Loss 7. 4 June 2000 San Antonio, United States Hard Leanne Baker Melanie Clayton Emma Gott 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 5–7Win 8. 11 June 2000 Hilton Head, United States Hard Wendy Fix Milagros Sequera Gabriela Voleková 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss 9. 20 August 2000 London, United Kingdom Hard Susi Bensch Natalie Grandin Nicole Rencken 2–6, 7–5, 6–7(6–8)Loss 10. 5 March 2001 Warrnambool, Australia Grass Nadia Johnston Simona Arghire Remi Uda 3–6, 3–6Win 11. 22 April 2001 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Nirupama Vaidyanathan Leanne Baker Shelley Stephens 6–3, 7–5Win 12. 17 June 2001 Marseille, France Clay Leanne Baker Caroline Dhenin Maja Palaveršić 7–6(7–5), 6–2Win 13. 1 July 2001 Båstad, Sweden Clay Leanne Baker Daniela Klemenschits Sandra Klemenschits 6–3, 6–1Loss 14. 3 December 2001 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Jeon Mi-ra Ivana Abramović Kim Jin-hee 1–6, 5–7Loss 15. 21 July 2002 Valladolid, Spain Hard Leanne Baker Elena Baltacha Natacha Randriantefy 2–6, 3–6

Other finals Mixed doubles: 1 (silver medal)