Rushmi Chakravarthi

Rushmi Chakravarthi (; born 9 October 1977) is an Indian former professional tennis player. 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.

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, and won the doubles bronze medal with Sania Mirza.

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. The pair were beaten in a tight three-setter by Taiwanese pair of Hsieh Su-wei and Chuang Chia-jung in round one.

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Singles: 24 (12–12) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 12 October 1998 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 7–6, 6–3Loss 2. 26 October 1998 Ahmedabad, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 0–6, 2–6Loss 3. 30 April 1999 Mumbai, India Hard Shruti Dhawan 6–3, 0–6, 0–6 – 17 September 2000 Bangalore, India Clay Radhika Tulpule Win 4. 16 April 2001 Chandigarh, India Hard Dea Sumantri 6–2, 6–4Win 5. 9 September 2001 New Delhi, India Hard Shruti Dhawan 6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss 6. 14 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Jennifer Schmidt 4–6, 3–6Loss 7. 21 July 2002 Algiers, Algeria Clay Isabel Collischonn 6–3, 4–6, 6–7Win 8. 10 September 2002 Mysore, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–2, 6–1Loss 9. 6 April 2003 Mumbai, India Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 4–6, 6–3, 5–7Win 10. 13 April 2003 Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Cheli Bargil 6–0, 6–4Loss 11. 5 October 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Sania Mirza 3–6, 5–7Loss 12. 17 January 2004 Hyderabad, India Hard Sandy Gumulya 1–6, 3–6Win 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, 6–4Win 15. 30 August 2004 New Delhi, India Hard Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–3, 6–2Loss 16. 30 October 2004 Pune, India Hard Akgul Amanmuradova 0–6, 6–7Win 17. 13 December 2004 Gurgaon, India Clay Ankita Bhambri 6–7, 7–6, 6–4Loss 18. 16 April 2005 Mumbai, India Hard Chan Chin-wei 4–6, 2–6Loss 19. 30 October 2006 Ahmedabad, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri 6–7(4), 6–4, 3–6Loss 20. 20 May 2007 Mumbai, India Hard Marinne Giraud 6–7(7), 2–6Win 21. 28 April 2008 Cochin, India Clay Magda Okruashvili 6–4, 7–5Win 22. 9 June 2008 Gurgaon, India Carpet Ankita Bhambri 6–4, 6–2Win 23. 14 September 2009 New Delhi, India Hard Sanaa Bhambri 6–3, 6–1Loss 24. 21 September 2009 ITF Dehradun, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 73 (40–33)