Rishika Sunkara

Rishika Sunkara (born 14 May 1993) is an Indian former tennis player.

In her career, she won 12 titles on the ITF Circuit; two in singles and ten in doubles (four in 2015 of which three were won with Sowjanya Bavisetti). On 9 November 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 441. On 5 August 2013, she peaked at No. 375 in the doubles rankings.

She competed for the India Fed Cup team in 2013 and 2014. Rishika has a rare distinction of being the junior and pro number one in India while still being a teenager.

Playing for India in Fed Cup, Sunkara scored a win–loss record of 2–4.

Early career Rishika Sunkara was born on 14 May 1993 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She has an elder brother who used to play tennis, and she started playing tennis at the age of six. One of her earliest coaches was Mahesh Kumbria in Cosmic.

Rishika Sunkara teamed up with Sai Samhitha for doubles final in National Hard Court Tennis, in 2021.

Sunkara was part of the Team Tennis Academy under coach Aditya Sachdev for nine years till the split in 2016. She has been coached by Anantha Bhaskar. and sponsored by Head. Previously, she was supported by GVK and Adidas.

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Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Simran Kaur Sethi 6–2, 6–4Loss 2. Dec 2012 ITF Kolkata, India Hard Katherine Ip 6–2, 3–6, 3–6Loss 3. May 2014 ITF Hyderabad, India Hard Prarthana Thombare 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 3–6Loss 4. Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India Clay Fatma Al-Nabhani 3–6, 1–6Loss 5. Oct 2015 ITF Lucknow, India Grass Prerna Bhambri 4–6, 1–6Win 6. Oct 2015 ITF Raipur, India Hard Natasha Palha 7–5, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles: 23 (10 titles, 13 runner-ups) ResultNo.DateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 14 August 2009 New Delhi, India Hard Nova Patel Sanaa Bhambri Poojashree Venkatesha 2–6, 1–6Win 1. 6 October 2012 Bidar, India Hard Oleksandra Korashvili Nungnadda Wannasuk Zhang Nannan 6–4, 7–5Loss 2. 1 December 2012 Kolkata, India Hard Rutuja Bhosale Arantxa Andrady Kyra Shroff 4–6, 4–6Win 2. 28 June 2013 New Delhi, India Hard Naomi Totka Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare 6–4, 4–6, [13–11]Loss 3. 28 July 2013 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Sowjanya Bavisetti Mayar Sherif Zuzana Zlochová 5–7, 3–6Loss 4. 10 January 2014 Aurangabat, India Clay Shweta Rana Ankita Raina Prarthana Thombare 3–6, 3–6Win 3. 11 April 2014 Chennai, India Clay Sharmada Balu Natasha Palha Prarthana Thombare 6–0, 7–6Win 4. 9 May 2014 Hyderabad, India Hard Sharmada Balu Shweta Rana Prarthana Thombare 6–1, 7–5Loss 5. 30 August 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Giulia Bruzzone Anna Morgina Michelle Sammons 2–6, 1–6Loss 6. 6 September 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Gai Ao Ilze Hattingh Michelle Sammons 3–6, 5–7Loss 7. 3 April 2015 Dehra Dun, India Hard Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare Nungnadda Wannasuk 0–6, 4–6Win 5. 15 May 2015 Nashik, India Clay Sowjanya Bavisetti Riya Bhatia Karman Thandi 7–6(7–5), 6–2Win 6. 20 June 2015 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Eva Wacanno Olga Parres Azcoitia Prarthana Thombare 6–1, 6–1Win 7. 22 August 2015 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Sowjanya Bavisetti Eva Siska Shelby Talcott 6–1, 6–1Win 8. 14 September 2015 Hyderabad, India Clay Sowjanya Bavisetti Prerna Bhambri Prarthana Thombare 6–3, 6–4Loss 8. 25 September 2015 Hyderabad, India Hard Nidhi Chilumula Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare 6–2, 3–6, [10–12]Loss 9. 30 October 2015 Raipur, India Hard Prerna Bhambri Sharmada Balu Prarthana Thombare 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]Loss 10. 7 May 2016 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard Nidhi Chilumula Samantha Murray Despina Papamichail 6–3, 2–6, [1–10]Loss 11. 11 November 2016 Pune, India Hard Sowjanya Bavisetti Irina Khromacheva Aleksandrina Naydenova 2–6, 1–6Win 9. 4 February 2017 Cairo, Egypt Clay Natasha Palha Sandra Samir Shelby Talcott 6–2, 6–1Win 10. 3 March 2017 Gwalior, India Hard Natasha Palha Riya Bhatia Shweta Rana 6–4, 6–2Loss 12. 6 May 2017 Cairo, Egypt Clay Sowjanya Bavisetti María Herazo González Magali Kempen 1–6, 2–6Loss 13. 21 October 2017 Colombo, Sri Lanka Clay Natasha Palha Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli 4–6, 1–6