Unnati Hooda

Unnati Hooda (born 20 September 2007) is an Indian badminton player. She was a member of the 2022 Uber Cup Indian team.

Early life Hooda was born on 20 September 2007 in Rohtak, Haryana. She was seven years old when she started playing badminton. Her father Upkar Hooda was passionate about badminton and enrolled her at the Chottu Ram Stadium badminton academy.

Career 2021–22: First senior title In 2021, Hooda's first tournament was the India International Challenge where she lost to Anupama Upadhyaya in the finals. In January 2022, Unnati played in the 2022 Odisha Open where she won the tournament beating Smit Toshniwal in the finals, winning her first ever BWF World Tour tournament.

2023: Abu Dhabi Masters title In 2023, Unnati Hooda defeated compatriot Samiya Farooqui in the 2023 Abu Dhabi Masters finals and won her second BWF World Tour Title. She then won the India International Challenge by beating compatriot Tasnim Mir in straight games.

Achievements World Tour (3 titles) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. The World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the Tour Super 100.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Odisha Masters Super 100 Smit Toshniwal 21–18, 21–11 Winner

International Challenge (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2021 India International Anupama Upadhyaya 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 II India International Tasnim Mir 21–18, 21–10 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

Tournaments Senior events

Junior events

World Tour Women's singles

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Player Matches Win Lost Wang Zhiyi 2 0 2 –2 Putri Kusuma Wardani 1 0 1 –1 P. V. Sindhu 2 1 1 0 Akane Yamaguchi 1 0 1 –1 Nozomi Okuhara 2 0 2 –2 An Se-young 1 0 1 –1