Naiktha Bains

Naiktha Bains (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian-British tennis player.

Bains has won two singles titles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In January 2020, she reached her best WTA ranking of 199 in singles. On 9 October 2023, she peaked at No. 87 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Personal life Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake from Britain to Brisbane aged eight and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.

Career 2014 Bains commenced the year with a ranking of 1041. She was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Hobart International where she made it through the first two rounds defeating Maria Elena Camerin and Teliana Pereira, before losing to eventual tournament champion, Garbiñe Muguruza, in the final round.

At the qualifying for the Australian Open, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets but together with Olivia Tjandramulia she was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw where they faced 14th-seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.

In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into the qualifying of the Miami Open, for just her third appearance at WTA Tour-level. She lost in round one to Virginie Razzano. Her next match was in September in Vegas, before playing four more ITF tournaments across Australia. She ended the year with a ranking of 713.

2015 Her season began with a wildcard entry into the qualifying rounds of the Brisbane International, Hobart International and Australian Open. She lost in round one in all three events. The rest of the year, Bains competed on the ITF Circuit, with limited success. She ended the year with a ranking of 630.

2016–2017 Bains commenced the season with a wildcard into the qualifying rounds of Brisbane, Hobart, and the Australian Open. She lost in the first round in all three events. Through February and March, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Australia, before heading to Croatia and Spain where she made three consecutive quarterfinals. From June to October, she competed on the ITF Circuit across Europe, Asia and Australia. Her best result was reaching the quarterfinals of the Bendigo International. Bains finished 2016 season ranked world No. 452.

Thanks to a wildcard, she entered the qualifying of the WTA 500 2017 Brisbane International but lost again in the first round, this time to Anastasia Rodionova.

2023: Wimbledon quarterfinalist in doubles & top 100 debut At Wimbledon, Bains partnered with Maia Lumsden, and the wildcard players became the first British pair to reach the quarterfinals in 40 years.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Doubles

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW50 tournaments (0–1)W25/35 tournaments (1–6)W15 tournaments (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–7)Clay (1–0)Grass (1–0)

Doubles: 53 (28 titles, 25 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–1)W50/60/75 tournaments (2–5)W40/50 tournaments (3–3)W25/35 tournaments (19–15)W10/15 tournaments (4–1)Finals by surfaceHard (20–19)Clay (8–5)Grass (0–1)