Sanaa Bhambri

Sanaa Bhambri (; born 7 March 1988) is a former professional tennis player from India. Her highest doubles ranking is world No. 298, which she achieved October 2005. She won one $25k doubles event at Lagos, Nigeria in 2005 and competed in three WTA Tour tournament main draws.

In her career, Bhambri won two singles titles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career A left-hander, Bhambri reached the semifinals of the 2003 French Open girls' doubles event, partnering fellow Indian Sania Mirza.

In October 2005, partnering Ankita Bhambri, Sanaa won a $25k event at Lagos. The sister tandem won both their semifinal and final matches by seeing their opponents withdraw before a point was played.

Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearances were at Kolkata at the Sunfeast Open, in each of the three years that the event was held – 2005, 2006 and 2007. Competing in doubles, Bhambri lost in the first round each time.

Active on tour from 2005 through 2010, competing primarily in events in India and Thailand, Bhambri won twelve $10k tournaments; two in singles (2006 in Ahmedabad and 2008 in Gurgaon) and ten in doubles.

Sanaa won a triple crown at the 2004 DSCL National Championships held in Delhi- in women's singles, women's doubles and girls' under-18s singles. She is the youngest Indian to achieve the feat.

Personal life Bhambri's sister Ankita and brother Yuki all are or have been tour-level tennis players. She has cousins, Prerna Bhambri and Prateek Bhambri, who also play on the Indian circuit.

ITF Circuit finals $25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–4) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 21 May 2005 ITF Indore, India Hard Isha Lakhani 1–6, 7–6, 4–6Winner 2. 30 October 2006 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi 7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3Runner-up 3. 19 November 2007 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay Ankita Bhambri 3–6, 6–7Winner 4. 21 June 2008 ITF Gurgaon, India Hard Han Sung-hee 7–5, 6–1Runner-up 5. 8 November 2008 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Nicole Thyssen 6–7(3), 3–6Runner-up 6. 14 September 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi 3–6, 1–6

Doubles (12–11) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 30 May 2004 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Liza Pereira Viplav Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi 6–7, 6–3, 7–6 Runner-up 2. 6 December 2004 ITF Kolkatta, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Wilawan Choptang Shruti Dhawan 2–6, 5–7Runner-up 3. 13 December 2004 ITF Gurgaon, India Clay Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 6–2, 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 4. 9 April 2005 ITF Mumbai, India Hard Mihaela Buzărnescu Chan Chin-wei Julia Efremova 2–6, 1–6Runner-up 5. 9 May 2005 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard Shruti Dhawan Ankita Bhambri Sai Jayalakshmy Jayaram 2–6, 5–7Winner 6. 16 May 2005 ITF Indore, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Isha Lakhani Meghha Vakaria 5–7, 6–3, 6–2Winner 7. 9 August 2005 ITF Hampstead, UK Hard Ankita Bhambri Sarah Coles Elizabeth Thomas 6–3, 6–3Winner 8. 17 October 2005 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard Ankita Bhambri Rushmi Chakravarthi Punam Reddy w/oWinner 9. 16 June 2006 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Archana Venkataraman Lu Jingjing Lee Wei-ping 6–3, 7–6Runner-up 10. 30 October 2006 Lagos Open, Nigeria Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Surina De Beer Ágnes Szatmári 3–6, 1–6Winner 11. 30 October 2006 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Tara Iyer Meghha Vakaria 6–2, 6–4Runner-up 12. 25 May 2007 ITF Mumbai, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Isha Lakhani Marinne Giraud 4–6, 1–6Winner 13. 25 August 2007 ITF Noida, India Carpet Ankita Bhambri Sophia Mulsap Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6–1, 6–4Runner-up 14. 19 November 2007 ITF Aurangabad, India Clay Ankita Bhambri Sandhya Nagaraj Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6–7(4), 5–7Runner-up 15. 9 June 2008 ITF Gurgaon, India Carpet Ankita Bhambri Elina Gasanova Isha Lakhani 3–6, 4–6Winner 16. 23 August 2008 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand Hard Ankita Bhambri Nungnadda Wannasuk Kanyapat Narattana 7–5, 7–6 Winner 17. 8 November 2008 ITF Muzaffarnagar, India Grass Rushmi Chakravarthi Treta Bhattacharyya Shalini Sahoo 6–1, 6–1Winner 18. 1 June 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Ankita Bhambri Seo Soon-mi Shin Jung-yoon 6–4, 2–6, [10–1]Winner 19. 10 August 2009 ITF New Delhi, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Rishika Sunkara Nova Patel 6–2, 6–1Runner-up 20. 5 October 2009 ITF Noida, India Hard Poojashree Venkatesha Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko 1–6, 6–4, [5–10]Runner-up 21. 5 October 2009 ITF Pune, India Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Miki Miyamura Moe Kawatoko 0–6, 3–6Winner 22. 17 May 2010 ITF Durban, South Africa Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Tegan Edwards Bianca Swanepoel 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Runner-up 23. 28 May 2010 ITF Durban, South Africa Hard Rushmi Chakravarthi Blanka Szávay Nicole Rottmann 6–3, 5–7, [9–11]