Prarthana Thombare

Prarthana Thombare
Full namePrarthana Gulabrao Thombare
Country (sports) India
Born (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 29)
Barshi, India
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 127,341
Singles
Career record112–101 (52.6%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 335 (25 August 2014)
Doubles
Career record289–244 (54.2%)
Career titles27 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 125 (16 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 154 (15 April 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup17–10 (63.0%)
Medal record
Representing  India
Women's tennis
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Women's Doubles
South Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Guwahati Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Women's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Guwahati Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Mixed doubles
Last updated on: 12 February 2024.

Prarthana Gulabrao Thombare (born 18 June 1994) is an Indian tennis player. A doubles specialist, she is the former Indian number one in women's doubles, and an Olympian.

Thombare has won three singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 335. On 16 October 2017, she peaked at No. 125 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for India Fed Cup team, Thombare has a win–loss record of 17–10 (10–8 in doubles) as of April 2024.

She won a bronze medal in women's doubles at the Asian Games, along with Sania Mirza.[1][2][3][4]

Asian Games finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (bronze medal)[edit]

Outcome Date Tournament Location Partner Opponents Score
Bronze Sep 2014 2014 Asian Games Incheon,
South Korea
India Sania Mirza Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
6–7, 6–2, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (runner up)[edit]

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2024 Mumbai Open, India Hard Netherlands Arianne Hartono Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
United States Sabrina Santamaria
4–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Yana Sizikova 6–7(7), 6–3, 5–7
Win 1–1 Nov 2013 ITF Mumbai, India 15,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen 6–3, 6–7(10), 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jan 2014 ITF Aurangabad, India 10,000 Clay India Sowjanya Bavisetti 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Apr 2014 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay India Eetee Maheta 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 3–2 May 2014 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard India Rishika Sunkara 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 56 (27 titles, 29 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–2)
$60/75,000 tournaments (4–1)
$40/50,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25/35,000 tournaments (7–15)
$10/15,000 tournaments (14–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–18)
Clay (7–10)
Grass (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Sri Peddy Reddy India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Ankita Raina
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2012 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Shweta Rana Japan Risa Hasegawa
Japan Miyabi Inoue
6–1, 5–7, [1–10]
Win 1–2 Mar 2013 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard India Natasha Palha India Sharmada Balu
India Sowjanya Bavisetti
6–1, 6–4
Win 2–2 Apr 2013 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay India Natasha Palha India Rushmi Chakravarthi
India Ankita Raina
5–7, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 2–3 Apr 2013 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass India Natasha Palha India Nidhi Chilumula
Japan Emi Mutaguchi
4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 2–4 Jun 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard India Natasha Palha India Rishika Sunkara
Hungary Naomi Totka
4–6, 6–4, [11–13]
Win 3–4 Aug 2013 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Japan Akari Inoue Sweden Matilda Hamlin
India Shweta Rana
6–1, 6–4
Win 4–4 Sep 2013 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Julia Valetova Russia Viktoriya Bogoslovskaya
Russia Evgeniya Svintsova
6–1, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jan 2014 ITF Aurangabad, India 10,000 Clay India Ankita Raina India Shweta Rana
India Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–3
Win 6–4 Mar 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Eugeniya Pashkova United Kingdom Laura Deigman
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–5 Apr 2014 ITF Chennai, India 10,000 Clay India Natasha Palha India Rishika Sunkara
India Sharmada Balu
0–6, 6–7(4)
Loss 6–6 May 2014 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard India Shweta Rana India Rishika Sunkara
India Sharmada Balu
1–6, 5–7
Loss 6–7 Jun 2014 Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan 25,000 Hard Japan Nao Hibino Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Japan Mari Tanaka
1–6, 4–6
Win 7–7 Aug 2014 ITF Bangalore, India 10,000 Hard India Sharmada Balu Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen
India Natasha Palha
6–4, 0–6, [10–6]
Win 8–7 Mar 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Russia Ekaterina Yashina Belarus Vera Lapko
Belarus Anhelina Kalita
6–4, 5–7, [10–6]
Win 9–7 Apr 2015 ITF Dehra Dun, India 10,000 Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk India Prerna Bhambri
India Rishika Sunkara
6–0, 6–4
Loss 9–8 Apr 2015 ITF Ahmedabad, India 25,000 Hard Japan Nao Hibino Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk
3–6, 6–2, [10–12]
Win 10–8 May 2015 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Harriet Dart Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Thailand Nudnida Luangnam
6–4, 4–6, [18–16]
Win 11–8 Jun 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Spain Olga Parres Azcoitia Republic of Ireland Jenny Claffey
Portugal Inês Murta
6–4, 6–2
Loss 11–9 Jun 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Spain Olga Parres Azcoitia India Rishika Sunkara
Netherlands Eva Wacanno
1–6, 1–6
Win 12–9 Jun 2015 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Netherlands Eva Wacanno Egypt Ola Abou Zekry
Greece Eleni Kordolaimi
6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss 12–10 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay India Prerna Bhambri India Sowjanya Bavisetti
India Rishika Sunkara
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–11 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay India Sharmada Balu Oman Fatma Al-Nabhani
India Prerna Bhambri
5–7, 2–6
Win 13–11 Sep 2015 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Clay India Sharmada Balu India Nidhi Chilumula
India Rishika Sunkara
2–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win 14–11 Oct 2015 ITF Lucknow, India 10,000 Grass India Prerna Bhambri India Sharmada Balu
India Nidhi Chilumula
6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 15–11 Oct 2015 ITF Raipur, India 10,000 Hard India Sharmada Balu India Prerna Bhambri
India Rishika Sunkara
6–3, 6–7(4), [10–8]
Win 16–11 Dec 2015 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Julia Terziyska Slovenia Tadeja Majerič
Switzerland Conny Perrin
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 16–12 Dec 2015 Pune Open, India 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu Russia Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Ukraine Anastasiya Vasylyeva
6–4, 2–6, [10–12]
Win 17–12 Mar 2016 ITF Puebla, Mexico 25,000 Hard (i) Japan Akiko Omae Russia Irina Khromacheva
Russia Ksenia Lykina
6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 17–13 Mar 2016 ITF Irapuato, Mexico 25,000 Hard Japan Akiko Omae Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
1–6, 4–6
Win 18–13 Jun 2016 Open de Montpellier, France 25,000 Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Switzerland Jil Teichmann
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss 18–14 Oct 2016 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Netherlands Chayenne Ewijk
Netherlands Rosalie van der Hoek
5–7, 3–6
Win 19–14 Oct 2016 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou India Kyra Shroff
India Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal
6–7(3), 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 19–15 Feb 2017 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Romania Irina Bara Japan Junri Namigata
Japan Riko Sawayanagi
6–7(5), 6–4, [9–11]
Loss 19–16 Apr 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno North Macedonia Lina Gjorcheska
United States Bernarda Pera
2–6, 3–6
Loss 19–17 Apr 2017 Kunming Open, China 100,000 Clay China Xun Fangying China Han Xinyun
China Ye Qiuyu
2–6, 5–7
Win 20–17 Jun 2017 Hódmezővásárhely Ladies Open, Hungary 60,000 Clay Japan Kotomi Takahata Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Croatia Tereza Mrdeža
1–0 ret.
Win 21–17 Jun 2018 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass Thailand Luksika Kumkhum United Kingdom Naomi Broady
United States Asia Muhammad
7–6(5), 6–3
Loss 21–18 Jul 2018 Contrexéville Open, France 100,000 Clay Netherlands Eva Wacanno Belgium An-Sophie Mestach
China Zheng Saisai
6–3, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss 21–19 Oct 2019 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Egypt Sandra Samir India Rutuja Bhosale
Brazil Laura Pigossi
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 21–20 Oct 2019 Lagos Open, Nigeria 25,000 Hard Egypt Sandra Samir India Rutuja Bhosale
Brazil Laura Pigossi
3–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss 21–21 Jan 2020 ITF Daytona Beach, U.S. 25,000 Clay Argentina Paula Ormaechea Hungary Dalma Gálfi
Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann
6–7(4), 2–6
Loss 21–22 Mar 2021 ITF New Delhi, India 15,000 Hard India Sowjanya Bavisetti Slovenia Pia Lovrič
Hungary Adrienn Nagy
2–6, 3–6
Loss 21–23 Jan 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 25,000 Clay Hungary Adrienn Nagy Austria Melanie Klaffner
Austria Sinja Kraus
5–7, 3–6
Win 22–23 Feb 2022 Open de l'Isère, France 60,000 Hard (i) Japan Yuriko Miyazaki United Kingdom Alicia Barnett
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls
6–3, 6–3
Loss 22–24 Feb 2022 ITF Porto, Portugal 25,000 Hard (i) Hungary Adrienn Nagy Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Netherlands Quirine Lemoine
2–6, 0–6
Loss 22–25 May 2022 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Alana Parnaby Portugal Francisca Jorge
Portugal Matilde Jorge
3–6, 4–6
Win 23–25 Jun 2022 ITF Prokuplje, Serbia 25,000 Clay Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz
Croatia Tara Würth
w/o
Loss 23–26 Jul 2022 Liepāja Open, Latvia 60,000 Clay United Kingdom Emily Appleton Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
Serbia Ivana Jorović
4–6, 3–6
Loss 23–27 Aug 2022 ITF Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia 25,000 Clay United Kingdom Emily Appleton Romania Cristina Dinu
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
1–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 24–27 Dec 2022 ITF Solapur, India 25,000 Hard India Ankita Raina Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Ekaterina Yashina
6–1, 6–2
Loss 24–28 Dec 2022 ITF Navi Mumbai, India 25,000 Hard India Ankita Raina Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Ekaterina Yashina
3–6, 1–6
Win 25–28 Jan 2023 Pune Open, India W40 Hard India Ankita Raina Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova
Kazakhstan Zhibek Kulambayeva
4–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss 25–29 Feb 2023 ITF Mâcon, France W40 Hard (i) Darya Astakhova Belgium Magali Kempen
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
3–6, 4–6
Win 26–29 Aug 2023 ITF Barcelona, Spain W60 Hard Anastasia Tikhonova France Estelle Cascino
Latvia Diāna Marcinkēviča
3–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 27–29 Apr 2024 ITF Split, Croatia W75 Clay Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou Slovenia Veronika Erjavec
Lithuania Justina Mikulskyte
6–4, 6–1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Indian pair of Sania-Prarthana settles for bronze". The Times of India. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Prarthana given top billing in ITF event". Shrivathsa Sridhar. The Times of India. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Asian Games: Yuki Bhambri, Sania-Prarthana settle for bronze". Deccan Chronicle. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Players Prarthana Thombare". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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